Identification

Title

2012 - 2012 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Western anglerfish and hake 2012/13- Fisheries Science Partnership

Alternative title(s)

FSP Western anglerfish and hake

Abstract

One of ten beam trawl surveys to investigate catches of anglerfish and hake ( *Merluccius* *merluccius* ) in the Celtic Sea and Western Approaches, and to examine bycatches of other species. To investigate the effectiveness of an "environmental panel" designed for reducing the bycatch of organisms and debris.

Resource type

series

Resource locator

http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/18240/

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFASe70864ce-2270-4954-abcb-a59df88b18c6

codeSpace

http://www.cefas.co.uk/

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

authority code

OGP

code identifying the spatial reference system

urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

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

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-8

East bounding longitude

-2

North bounding latitude

52.5

South bounding latitude

48.5

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

code identifying the extent

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2012-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

End position

2012-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-02-14

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

The western anglerfish programme was carried out every year from 2003 to 2012 with the aim of investigating the abundance and size composition of anglerfish on the main UK anglerfish fishing grounds off the southwest coast of England. Additional data are collected on other commercial species, such as megrim, hake, cod and lemon sole. Throughout the time-series, the same two commercial beam trawlers have been used, the FV Twilight III in the southern part of the survey area and the FV Billy Rowney in the northern region. The vessels have fished in the same areas, using the same gear, for the duration of the time-series. On the survey fishing grounds, two species of anglerfish are caught. The most common (scientific name *Lophius piscatorius* ) is referred to herein as anglerfish or monk (fish) ( *L. piscatorius* ), and the less common species ( *Lophius budegassa* ) as anglerfish or monk (fish) ( *L. budegassa* ), to avoid the use of common names such as “black anglerfish” or “white anglerfish”, which are used for the same species in different areas. The two species of anglerfish belong to populations that extend over a broad area of the continental shelf to the west and southwest of the British Isles. Anglerfish populations extend from coastal waters to the continental slope and are fished by several nations using beam trawls, otter trawls and fixed nets. The area covered by the FSP survey is therefore only a small part of the overall range of the populations.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

Data Manager

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

telephone number

+44 (0)1502 562244

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2017-02-14T10:27:04

Metadata language