The European Atlas of the Seas provides information about Europe’s marine environment. Users can view predefined and ready to use maps, covering topics such as environment, tourism, security, energy, transport, litter, sea bottom, fishing activity, aquaculture, and much more.
Users can also benefit from an enriched catalogue with more than 270 map layers, covering a wide range of topics, to explore, collate and create their own maps. These maps can be printed, shared and embedded in articles or presentations. The Atlas is the ideal tool for schools, researchers and professionals, or anyone wishing to know more about the European seas and its coastal areas.
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Teachers' corner
Are you a teacher or an educator interested in ocean literacy? The teachers’ corner of the European Atlas of the Seas contains exercises for different age groups as well as communication tools. It is an open platform where you can find and share information, educational material, inspirations and much more!
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Latest Maps of the Week
This map shows the locations of European shellfish farms, seawater finfish farms and macroalgae production facilities. Six specific European Union aquaculture producer sites are highlighted using the Atlas’ ‘My Notes’ tool.
This map shows the main European rivers and lakes, the trends in the flow of river water into the European seas, and the relative sea level trends.
This map shows the location of 15 current European Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) projects.
This map shows the members of the three communities of the EU4Ocean Coalition dedicated to ocean literacy.
This map shows the list of Mission Actions updated to 2024, showcasing the joint efforts to achieve the objectives of the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ by 2030.
This map shows the median number of plastic bags and fishing related litter items along 100 metre segments of the European beaches from Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) monitoring.