Identification

Title

Transitional & coastal water fish surveys (NFPD)

Alternative title(s)

National Fish Populations Database (NFPD)

Abstract

The Environment Agency undertakes fisheries monitoring work on rivers, lakes and transitional and coastal (TraC) waters. This dataset contains site and survey information, the numbers and species of fish caught, fish lengths, weights and ages (where available), for all the TraC water fish surveys carried out across England from 1981 onwards. Notes: - These survey data are stored in an archive more commonly known as the NFPD (National Fish Populations Database). - This dataset contains transitional and coastal (TraC) water surveys only. - Third party data held on the NFPD are excluded from the dataset. - Approved for Access under AfA347. Please see the Dataset Documentation for further detail. Attribution Statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/ecology-fish/

protocol: http:

name: ECOLOGY_AND_FISH_DATA_EXPLORER

description: The Ecology and Fish data explorer

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/1b18613fed424fc19d64c7ab806bde32

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Documentation_(Supporting_information_for_the_Transitional_and_Coastal_water_(TraC)_fish_surveys_dataset)

description: Documentation (Supporting information for the Transitional and Coastal water (TraC) fish surveys dataset)

Unique resource identifier

code

c6628ca9-f9ff-4b78-81bd-51bdc645de0f

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Fish population

Fish distribution

Fish data

Fish survey

Marine fish

Estuarine fish

Keyword set

keyword value

fishery resource

fisheries management

fish

fish stock

migratory fish

coastal water

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1981-03-01

End position

2022-06-30

Dataset reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022-06-30

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

This data was extracted from the National Fish Populations Database.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Not applicable

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-06-29

Metadata language