FISP AI crustacean camera project 2022-2025 Observer Data
Brown crab and European lobster size composition data was collected by researchers onboard commercial crustacean potting vessels across Wales. Core measurements taken include: string number, number of pots per string, the abundance and size of each lobster and crab caught in the string, the sex of each animal, GPS location of string and whether the animal was landed or discarded. Additional measurements sometimes taken include: Abdomen width of lobsters, total length, whether the animal was berried, pot type information (e.g., presence/absence of escape gaps, entrance size, pot size, top entry or side entry), soak time, moult stage, condition index and damage. Trips were sporadic and dependent on weather and fisher availability. Trips occurred more frequently March-August in line with the seasonality of pot fishing in Wales.
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2009-06-18
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2010-01-01
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2023-04-24
2025-03-31
publication
2025-03-31
creation
2023-04-24
revision
2025-03-31
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Data was collected by trained Bangor University Fisheries Researchers. Moult stage, condition index and damage protocols taken from Aiken, D. E. (1980), Moulting and growth, In “The Biology and Management of Lobsters†(J. S. Cobb and B. F. Phillips, eds), Vol. 1, pp. 91-162. Academic Press, New York.
publication
2011-02-02
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See the referenced specification
Data is confidential and not permitted access wider than Bangor University Fisheries Team.
This dataset contains commerically sensitive informative e.g., volume of catch and fishing locations. Therefore cannot be shared wider than the Bangor University Fisheries Team, due to data sharing agreements with fishers.
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey,
Menai Bridge
LL59 5AB
originator
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey,
Menai Bridge
LL59 5AB
custodian
Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences
School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey,
Menai Bridge
LL59 5AB
pointOfContact
2025-03-26