Pelagic ecosystem monitoring with acoustic surveys in the Croatian waters the Croatian waters of the Adriatic Sea (PELMON-MEDIAS)

Data were collected during annual acoustic surveys carried out in the eastern part of the Adriatic Sea. Various data (i.e. oceanography, plankton, pelagic fish, acoustic - 38kHz) are collected, but up to now not organized in unique dataset. At the present, number of different excel files exist. Data might be available for common scientific studies/publications, upon agreement. Before accesion of Republic of Croatia to EU, data were collected within framework of national acoustic survey projects (Acronym: PELMON); after accession of Republic of Croatia to EU, data have been collected within EU-Data collection framework (EU-DCF) as related to Mediterranean acoustic surveys (Acronym: MEDIAS); possible use of data collected within EU-DCF, as submitted to Joint Research Center (JRC) database, is regulated by Council Regulation (EC) No. 199/2008. Sampling protocol followed is available on http://www.medias-project.eu/medias/website/handbooks-menu/handbooks/MEDIAS-Handbook-March-2015.pdf/