Conventional and chemical munitions dumpsites in waters >200 m in the OSPAR region (OSPAR, 2005) [28].

<p>Conventional and chemical munitions dumpsites in waters >200 m in the OSPAR region (OSPAR, 2005) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-OSPAR5" target="_blank">[28]</a>.</p

Spatial extent and confidence rating of activities.

<p>Estimates of the spatial extent of six major human activities occurring directly on the sea floor, including structures and artefacts present on the seafloor resulting from past activities, within the OSPAR maritime area of the North East Atlantic in waters >200 m during 2005. Estimates for bottom trawling and marine scientific research are based on 2005 data only.</p><p>wd: water depth;</p>†<p>Confidence ratings indicate whether the spatial extent of each activity is based on data or estimates of location and extent (Eastwood et al., 2007) <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Eastwood1" target="_blank">[19]</a>: 1, estimated location and estimated extent; 2 known location, estimated extent; 3, known location and extent.</p><p>*Carter et al., 2009 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Carter1" target="_blank">[23]</a>.</p>1<p>Information from NPD and Statoil datasets and Eastwood et al., 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Eastwood1" target="_blank">[19]</a>.</p>2<p>Overlapping boundaries merged.</p>3<p>SERPENT Project, unpublished data.</p

North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission Regulatory Area and OSPAR Maritime Area.

<p>OSPAR Regions I: Arctic Waters, II: Greater North Sea, III: Celtic Seas, IV: Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast, V: Wider Atlantic.</p

Military activities.

<p>Sources to which requests for information on military activities during 2005 in the North East Atlantic were addressed.</p

Spatial extent of seafloor trawled in the Hatton - Rockall area during 2005: overlapping tracks not merged.

<p>Estimates based on 28 vessels engaged in bottom trawling, identified from speed profiles and pattern of activity. All overlapping tracks included in estimate.</p><p>*Dick Ferro, Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen, personal communication.</p><p>**Hall-Spencer et al., 2002 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-HallSpencer1" target="_blank">[39]</a>.</p>1<p>Davies et al., 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Davies1" target="_blank">[3]</a>.</p>2<p>ICES, 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-ICES1" target="_blank">[38]</a>.</p>3<p>1.5–5.0 knots encompasses the range of bottom trawling speeds referred to by Davies et al., 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Davies1" target="_blank">[3]</a> and ICES, 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-ICES1" target="_blank">[38]</a>.</p

Human activities on the seafloor, including structures and artefacts present on the seafloor resulting from past activities, within the OSPAR Maritime Area, >200 m water depth, during 2005.

<p>Human activities on the seafloor, including structures and artefacts present on the seafloor resulting from past activities, within the OSPAR Maritime Area, >200 m water depth, during 2005.</p

Bottom trawling.

<p>Tracks of vessels operating between 1.5 and 5.0 knots in the Hatton - Rockall area during 2005.</p

Sources to which requests for VMS data were addressed.

†<p>EC Fishing Monitoring Centres Contact List: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control/fmc_contact_list_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/control/fmc_contact_list_en.pdf</a>.</p

Data sources.

<p>Sources from which data were acquired.</p

Comparison of extrapolated spatial extent of human activities in the OSPAR area in 2005.

<p>Estimates and extrapolations of the spatial extent of six major human activities occurring directly on the sea floor, including structures and artefacts present on the seafloor resulting from past activities, within the OSPAR maritime area of the North East Atlantic in waters >200 m during 2005. Estimates for bottom trawling and marine scientific research are based on 2005 data only.</p><p>wd: water depth;</p><p>*Carter et al., 2009] <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Carter1" target="_blank">[23]</a>.</p>1<p>Information from NPD and Statoil datasets and Eastwood et al., 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012730#pone.0012730-Eastwood1" target="_blank">[19]</a>.</p>2<p>Boundaries merged and dissolved.</p>3<p>SERPENT Project, unpublished data.</p