Use when the user asks about ICES fisheries data, fish distribution, stock assessments, trawl surveys, DATRAS, SAG, SID, species lookups, ICES statistical areas/rectangles, or marine fish ecology in European waters. Triggers on "ICES", "fish stock", "DATRAS", "trawl survey", "stock assessment", "fish distribution", "ICES rectangles", "Baltic fish", "North Sea fish".
Use the ices-fish-data MCP server tools to query ICES fisheries APIs. The server is at ices-mcp/ices_mcp_server.py in this repo and exposes 22 tools via stdio transport.
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
datras_list_surveys | List all survey acronyms (NS-IBTS, BITS, etc.) |
datras_survey_years | Years available for a survey |
datras_get_haul_data | HH haul-level exchange data |
datras_get_length_data | HL length-frequency exchange data |
datras_get_age_data | CA catch/age exchange data |
datras_get_cpue_length |
| CPUE per length per haul per hour |
datras_get_cpue_age | CPUE per age per haul per hour |
datras_get_indices | Age-based abundance indices |
datras_get_catch_weight | Derived catch weight by species/haul |
datras_get_species_list | Species recorded in DATRAS |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
sag_list_stocks | All assessed stocks for a given year |
sag_search_stocks | Search stocks by species name |
sag_get_stock_summary | SSB, F, recruitment, catches time-series |
sag_get_reference_points | Blim, Bpa, FMSY reference points |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
sid_search_stocks | Search by species/label/expert group/ecoregion |
sid_stocks_by_year | All stocks for a year |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
ices_search_species | Search species by name → WoRMS Aphia IDs |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
ices_list_gis_layers | Available spatial layers on ICES GeoServer |
ices_get_areas | ICES statistical areas as GeoJSON |
ices_get_rectangles | Stat rectangles by bounding box |
ices_get_gis_layer | Any ICES WFS layer by name |
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
ices_analyse_distribution | Spatial/temporal distribution analysis from DATRAS data |
1. datras_list_surveys → pick survey (e.g. "BITS" for Baltic, "NS-IBTS" for North Sea)
2. ices_search_species → get Aphia ID for target species
3. ices_analyse_distribution(survey, years, quarters, aphia_ids) → spatial stats
1. sag_search_stocks("cod") → find stock keys
2. sag_get_stock_summary(assessment_key) → SSB/F/R time-series
3. sag_get_reference_points(assessment_key) → Blim, FMSY
1. datras_survey_years("BITS") → available years
2. datras_get_haul_data("BITS", 2023, 1) → haul positions + conditions
3. datras_get_cpue_length("BITS", 2023, 1) → CPUE by species/length
1. ices_get_rectangles(19.0, 55.0, 22.0, 56.5) → rectangles in Lithuanian EEZ
2. ices_get_areas("27.3.d.24") → specific ICES subdivision polygon
gis.ices.dk/geoserver/wfsices_datras package from marine-gis-tools