Identification

Title

Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FISMADIM) - Fisheries Context Providing Information (average 2012-2021)

Abstract

These data product layers provide context for the Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling data products. The gridded layers cover gear concentration, inter-annual variability and seasonal variability for UK vessels fishing the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22030

name: Cefas Data Portal

description: The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download.

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS22030

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

GEMET, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-05-18

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

MEDIN metadata record availability

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

MEDIN metadata record availability

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

In collaboration with a project advisory group, sensitivity indicators were developed seeking to capture the importance of the fishing location for the industry in terms of economic dependency, irreplaceability, etc. The individual indicators were either summarized as fisheries sensitivity index or classified as context providing layers. Context providing layers describe: (1) Average concentration (Herfindahl-Hirschman Index) of gear groups harvesting the grid cells. (2) Interannual variability of fishing activity measured as average number of years the grid cell was harvested within the years 2012-2021 by the gear group. (3) Interannual variability of fishing activity measured as standard deviation of annual landing values for the years 2012-21 by gear group. (4) Seasonal behaviour indicated as average number of months the grid cells was harvested within the years 2012-2021 by vessels in the gear group. (5) Seasonal behaviour measured as standard deviation of monthly landing values for the years 2021-2021 by gear group. Context providing layers were generated based on a dataset combining VMS and AIS data for UK fishing vessels for the years 2012-2021 in the UK EEZ, hence predominantly including information of vessels with length above 12m, combined with catch reports provided by MMO fisheries data using VMStools (Hintzen et al. 2012) and aggregated into a C-square grid (0.05x0.05degree). An average of the index for all years (2012-2021), the most recent 5 years (2017-2021) and the most recent 3 years (2019-2021) are provided. For a detailed description of the method see Muench, A., Gibson, T.I., Mendo, T., Swift, R., James, M., Wright, K., Simmons, E. (2024): Mapping the sensitivity of fishing activities in the UK EEZ, Report produced for The Crown Estate, OWEC funded project: FiSMaDiM, 81 pages. Doi: 1`https://doi.org/0.14465/2024.OWEC.002`_. MMO fisheries data was last updated November 2023. Grid cells in which 3 or less vessels are fishing are denoted by -999 and actual value suppressed to acknowledge commercial sensitivity of the information. .. _`https://doi.org/0.14465/2024.owec.002`: https://doi.org/0.14465/2024.OWEC.002

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Data Specification on Statistical Units – Technical Guidelines

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

2025-06-06T02:02:53

Metadata language

eng