Are the Marseille and Côte Bleue depth maps survey-backed?

5 released maps use surveyed or official agency bathymetry. Each child page preserves its own provider, product, datum and not-for-navigation disclosure.

Do the fish and access records apply everywhere in Marseille and Côte Bleue?

No. Species, forage, access and fishing spots remain scoped to each child map and carry their own evidence labels.

Split-water fishing maps

Marseille and Côte Bleue fishing maps and mapped sections

Marseille and Côte Bleue fishing maps with official SHOM bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official fish evidence, seasonal forage context, shore-access leads and transparent quality holds.

5 live sections1 on quality hold5 survey-backed depth maps14 cataloged target species20 official access records

Built for useful map scale

Why Marseille and Côte Bleue is split up

This named coastal system is divided into non-overlapping trip-scale ownership windows; every public child independently passes the fixed provenance, 25-mile, 250,000-acre, contour and fishing-spot gates.

One page per mapped area

Choose a Marseille and Côte Bleue fishing-map section

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South West

80,357-acre Marseille and Côte Bleue — South West France saltwater fishing map with official SHOM 100 m bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official regional fish evidence, seasonal forage guidance, public shore-use context and current-rule links. The Côte Bleue, Marseille roadstead and Frioul approaches, with calanques, harbor walls, islands and steep rocky contours. This page covers the south west angler-scale survey window.

Recorded max: 381 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole

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Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South Central

91,885-acre Marseille and Côte Bleue — South Central France saltwater fishing map with official SHOM 100 m bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official regional fish evidence, seasonal forage guidance, public shore-use context and current-rule links. The Côte Bleue, Marseille roadstead and Frioul approaches, with calanques, harbor walls, islands and steep rocky contours. This page covers the south central angler-scale survey window.

Recorded max: 377 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

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Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South East

60,130-acre Marseille and Côte Bleue — South East France saltwater fishing map with official SHOM 100 m bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official regional fish evidence, seasonal forage guidance, public shore-use context and current-rule links. The Côte Bleue, Marseille roadstead and Frioul approaches, with calanques, harbor walls, islands and steep rocky contours. This page covers the south east angler-scale survey window.

Recorded max: 663 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North West

25,184-acre Marseille and Côte Bleue — North West France saltwater fishing map with official SHOM 100 m bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official regional fish evidence, seasonal forage guidance, public shore-use context and current-rule links. The Côte Bleue, Marseille roadstead and Frioul approaches, with calanques, harbor walls, islands and steep rocky contours. This page covers the north west angler-scale survey window.

Recorded max: 152 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North East

2,705-acre Marseille and Côte Bleue — North East France saltwater fishing map with official SHOM 100 m bathymetry, source-qualified fishing spots, official regional fish evidence, seasonal forage guidance, public shore-use context and current-rule links. The Côte Bleue, Marseille roadstead and Frioul approaches, with calanques, harbor walls, islands and steep rocky contours. This page covers the north east angler-scale survey window.

Recorded max: 186 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 2 official records

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Sections on quality hold

These named sections are part of Marseille and Côte Bleue but did not pass the release gate, so they have no public map yet.

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North Central — Official-source hold: No contiguous SHOM official-grid wet-cell footprint met the generator floor inside this operational child. No source or page-size waiver is applied.

Choose with the evidence visible

How to compare Marseille and Côte Bleue sections

The released set contains 5 survey-backed sections and 0 modeled sections. Their published maximum depths run from 152 to 663 ft, with a median of 377 ft. Those numbers make scale differences visible, but they do not make sections interchangeable: contour provenance, access, species evidence and local structure remain specific to each child map.

Start with the section closest to the water you actually plan to fish. Then compare its depth-data label and species roster with an adjacent section before treating a pattern as system-wide. A survey-backed child is the stronger choice for precise breakline planning; a modeled child is broader reconnaissance and should be checked against sonar and conditions on the water. Return to this overview whenever you cross into another mapped reach, pool or coastal section.

Same child-page contract

What every section keeps separate

Depth provenance: each child discloses whether its contours are survey-backed or modeled; a family card never upgrades that label.
Fishing spots: structure and seasonal recommendations are calculated inside the child boundary so distant reaches are not mixed together.
Fish species: each page keeps its own supported roster rather than inheriting every species found anywhere in the parent system.
Local context: hatch guidance, access, hazards, catches and nearby-water links continue to resolve for the individual child where data is available.

Source-backed, not crowd-guessed

Authoritative sources for this overview

Planning questions

Frequently asked questions

Why is Marseille and Côte Bleue divided into separate fishing maps?

Are these depth maps survey-backed?

5 released maps use surveyed or official agency bathymetry. Each child keeps its own provider, product, datum and not-for-navigation disclosure.

Do fish and access records apply everywhere?

No. Species, forage, access and fishing spots remain scoped to each child map and retain their evidence labels.

Marseille and Côte Bleue fishing maps and mapped sections

5 live sections1 on quality hold5 survey-backed depth maps14 cataloged target species20 official access records

Choose a Marseille and Côte Bleue fishing-map section

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South West

Recorded max: 381 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South Central

Recorded max: 377 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — South East

Recorded max: 663 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North West

Recorded max: 152 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 6 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Survey-backed depthCoastal map

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North East

Recorded max: 186 ft
Species: Bluefish, Garfish, European Seabass, Common Sole
Public access: 2 official records

Open depth map and fishing spots →

Sections on quality hold

These named sections are part of Marseille and Côte Bleue but did not pass the release gate, so they have no public map yet.

Marseille and Côte Bleue — North Central — Official-source hold: No contiguous SHOM official-grid wet-cell footprint met the generator floor inside this operational child. No source or page-size waiver is applied.