Iain Shepherd, European Commission, Directorate-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, gives an overview of the role and the mission of the six EMODnet Sea-basin Checkpoints: Arctic, Atlantic, Baltic, Black Sea, MedSea & North Sea. The presentation was given at the EMODnet Sea-Basin Checkpoints Stakeholder Conference held on the 14-15 February 2017 in Brussels.

1. ari e data
stress tests
Va e ti e’s Day 2017

2. which bathy etry surveys

3. which bathy etry surveys

4. which bathy etry surveys

5. which bathy etry surveys

6. are ari e Pr tected Areas a
c here t etw r
•management measures
•representative habitats
•larval flow

7. ca we f recast da age fr i
discharge
•oil type
•currents
•tourist beaches
•wind forecasts

8. h w has c i ate affected
sea
•temperature
•heat
•ice

9. h w are ur c asts
cha gi g
•sea-level
•erosion
•sediments

10. what is i pact f
fisheries
•landings
•discards
•bycatch
•benthos

11. is eutr phicati
i creasi g
•nutrients
•oxygen
•algae

12. what c es ut f
rivers
•mass flow
•nutrients
•sediments
•salmon
•eels

13. i pact f i vasive
species
•number
•introduction date and pathway
•impact

14. tw questi s
• are the data avai ab e a d appr priate
• are the right data bei g c ected