8233f63d-606c-45de-9580-04323aed285b eng ICES Data manager ICES +45 33 38 67 00 +45 33 93 42 15 H.C. Andersens Blv. 44-46 Copenhagen V DK-1553 Denmark accessions@ices.dk 2026-05-01T08:55:42.6181047Z ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 ICES Fish stomach content datasets 2011-11-11T13:08:00 20171101 https://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/metadata/8233f63d-606c-45de-9580-04323aed285b The ICES Fish predator/prey database (ICES stomach content database) consists of data collected and reported by 7 different countries in the North Sea, Baltic, and the Arctic Ocean, spanning from 1963 to 2014. A total of 70928 analyzed stomachs are reported, of which more than half are cod stomachs. The North Sea data, derive from the North Sea Year of the Stomach program, while Baltic data derive from the Baltic Year of the Stomach program and the EU Baltic Stomach tender (EU Tender No MARE/2012/02) program. The database also contains historical Latvian data spanning from 1963 to 2014. The project has received funding from the EU Framework Contract for the Studies providing scientific advice in support of the Common Fisheries Policy in the Baltic Sea and North Sea EU waters (SANoBA) in 2022. The dataset contains measurements of the predators (species, length, weight, age, maturity), of the analyzed stomachs (stomach weight, stomach fullness) and of the prey (species, length, weight, digestion stage). To provide a standardized, quality-controlled format for historic and new stomach data derived from different national and international programs. The data are used in multispecies models for the estimation of fishing mortality, meeting the goals of the Common Fisheries policy for the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. ICES Data manager ICES +45 33 38 67 00 +45 33 93 42 15 H.C. Andersens Blv. 44-46 Copenhagen V DK-1553 Denmark accessions@ices.dk https://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8233f63d-606c-45de-9580-04323aed285b/attachments/NumStomachs.png large_thumbnail png STOMACH CONTENT PREDATION PREDATOR FISH PREY FISH STOMACH ICES Year of Stomach Stomach Tender Stomach Database NORTH SEA BALTIC SEA NORTHEAST ATLANTIC Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme samplingEvent GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.EML_Dataset_Type no limitations to public access Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 Data is available under the terms of the ICES Data Policy. (See: https://ices.dk/data/guidelines-and-policy/Pages/ICES-data-policy.aspx) eng biota -30.9375 37.2656 35.4607 78.63 While ICES has made every effort to ensure that this stomach content dataset presented here is the most complete set of information, it should be noted that there are a number of versions of this dataset held by institutions and individuals which may differ from this set. ZIP 1 http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/data-portals/Pages/Fish-stomach.aspx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing page Fish Stomach web access point https://data.ices.dk/stomachdata/download.aspx WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data download Direct link to the data download page Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-11-23 true ICES is a receiver of Marine Data from national programmes and other marine institutes, therefore ICES is not the primary collection point of marine evidence that it holds and disseminates to the users of the data. Data are quality assured using internal and external programmes. For example, the national laboratories that take part in monitoring programmes related to contaminants and biological effects that submit information to ICES, subscribe to the Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in Europe (QUASIMEME) or the Biological Effects Quality Assurance in Monitoring Programmes (BEQUALM) inter-laboratory proficiency-testing schemes and perform internal quality assurance. ICES operates through a network of scientific expert and advisory groups. These groups, and the processes they feed into, act as a quality check on the marine evidence, both in terms of how the evidence was gathered and how the evidence has been subsequently treated. The groups, in cooperation with regional programmes under the Regional Sea Conventions, set standards and guidelines for the collection, transmission and analysis of these data. In addition, the ICES Secretariat provides supplementary quality assurance through its internal programmes related to the different types of marine data collection datasets, which is fedback to the participating national and regional programmes. These internal and external programmes and procedures have been established over a period of 30 or more years. They continue to evolve and strive to reflect the best available practices in the collection and treatment of marine data relevant to the ICES community.