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 nature, tourism, security, energy, passenger transport, sea bottom, climate change, fishing stocks and quotas, aquaculture, and much more.
Users can also benefit from an enriched catalogue with more than 295 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 teachers, students, researchers and professionals, or anyone who wishes to know more about the European seas and its coastal areas.
The European Atlas of the Seas (hereafter ‘the Atlas’) is an easy to use and interactive web-based geographic application, providing general marine data and maritime information along with statistics on the European seas and coasts. The Atlas catalogue of maps covers various natural and socio-economic aspects and features in the marine and coastal regions of Europe.
The Atlas is a public window to access information and maps based data originating primarily from the European Commission and its agencies and the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). Its aim is to bring statistical data in a comprehensive visual way to the broad public and at the same time serve as a support tool for the marine policy and blue economy.
(1) Access the help, legal notice and feedback form
(2) Discover all the data available: you can search for map layers in the search box, select a predefined map or create and save your own map.
(3) On the map viewer, you can study and compare the data and extract and manage the content details.
(4) Print the map or share it via social networks.
* The Atlas is available in the 24 official EU languages.