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Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
UK
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MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
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2007 - 2007 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) North East coast cod 2007/08 - Fisheries Science Partnership survey
FSP North East coast cod and whiting
2017-02-14
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CEFAS3e601947-0290-4bbb-8b91-bf91b217f527
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The North East (NE) Coast (of England) cod survey is a designated time-series
survey conducted since 2003 as part of the UK Fisheries Science Partnership
(FSP). The NE Coast cod surveys in 2003 and 2004 were largely exploratory,
examining factors such as the effect of gear type and time of day on catch
rates of cod and other species. The objective of the survey series is to
provide year-on-year comparative information on distribution, relative
abundance and size/age composition of NE coast cod and whiting. The surveys
also provide data on catches of other species important to the NE coast
fishery, including haddock.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
UK
data.manager@cefas.co.uk
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
UK
data.manager@cefas.co.uk
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NDGO0005
Biota abundance, biomass and diversity
Fish
SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary
2011-03-25
revision
Species distribution
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
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biota
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
2010-05-18
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Water column
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2007-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/18207/order
series
The geographic limits of the survey were initially defined to encompass the
main grounds for cod and allied species fished by bottom trawlers operating
from ports such as Scarborough, Bridlington and Whitby on England’s NE coast.
The routine Cefas observer scheme clearly shows that vessels using whitefish
otter trawls operate mainly on the strip of coarser sediments running along
the coast, particularly between autumn and spring. (The area of coarse
sediment is referred to as "hard ground"). Inshore hard ground provides a
typical habitat for young cod up to 2–3 years old, which remain in the area
until they mature, then migrate seasonally between feeding and spawning
grounds. The immature cod are therefore present in such areas throughout the
year. The FSP surveys of NE cod in 2003 and 2004 targeted mainly hard ground,
with some stations farther offshore. The survey was redesigned in 2005 in
collaboration with the vessel owner to provide broad coverage of a range of
seabed types off the NE coast, at the same time allowing increased survey
intensity on the hard ground. The same survey design was used in 2006 and
2007. A similar design, but with a coarser grid and fewer stations, was used
in 2008 to allow for a ~10% curtailment of the survey concomitant with rising
fuel costs, and that design was subsequently also used from 2009 to 2012.