Identification

Title

Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FISMADIM) - Fishing effort data product - 2012 to 2021

Abstract

These data are a gridded data product delineating annual estimated fishing effort from vessel data available Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) only as well as joined VMS and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data interpolated to have vessel positional data for every 20 minutes for vessels active in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) separately generated for eight gear groups. Although the data mainly contains information on vessels with length above 12m, fishing effort of some parts of the inshore fleet and international vessels are included where data were available. Grid cells in which 3 or less vessels were fishing are suppressed to acknowledge commercial sensitivity of the information.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22027

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Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS22027

codeSpace

https://data.cefas.co.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

economy

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-25.00

East bounding longitude

14.00

North bounding latitude

65.00

South bounding latitude

45.00

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-01-01

End position

2021-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2025-05-01

date type

revision

effective date

2025-06-06

date type

creation

effective date

2024-09-05

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Vessels using VMS data and AIS data were identified, available VMS (only) as well as VMS & AIS data interpolated to have vessel positional data for every 20 minute for each vessel. Depending on gear group, the fishing activity was identified and translated into fishing effort. A detailed description of the methods is published as T Mendo, A Mujal-Colilles, J Stounberg, G Glemarec, J Egekvist, E Mugerza, M Rufino, R Swift, M James, A workflow for standardizing the analysis of highly resolved vessel tracking data, *ICES Journal of Marine Science*, Volume 81, Issue 2, March 2024, Pages 390–401, `https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209`_ as well as in Mendo, T.; Ransijn, J.; Durbach, I. Gibson, T.; James, M.; Swift, R.; Muench, A. Identifying the recent spatial distribution of fishing activities in the UK EEZ – a report on methods used. Report produced for The Crown Estate, OWEC funded project: FiSMaDiM, 11 pages. Doi: `https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.OWEC.003`_ Within the FiSMaDiM (Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling) project, a method was developed to estimate fishing effort information derived from VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) data augmented by AIS (Automatic Identification System) data. Based on information provided by MMO (Marine Management Organisation), MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency), fleet register, global fishing watch and marine traffic, AIS (UK and non-UK-flagged vessels) data was added to augment information on fishing effort within the UK EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) as derived from VMS (only UK-flagged vessels) data provided by MMO. .. _`https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209`: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209 .. _`https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.owec.003`: https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.OWEC.003

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-10

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

Unknown

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-06-06T01:55:35

Metadata language