Identification

Title

2018 - 2019 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Small Scale Semi‐Pelagic Trawling Trial in the South West 2018/19 - Fisheries Science Partnership

Alternative title(s)

FSP Small Scale Semi‐Pelagic Trawling Trial in the South West

Abstract

This work was carried out as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) programme. The fishing vessel *Imogen 3* PZ 110 was chartered to undertake the trials in the South West of England otter trawl fishery in August and September 2018. Eleven days of fishing trials were conducted in ICES area VIIE, statistical rectangles 28E3 and 28E4, with a total of 27 hauls completed, 25 of these were considered valid for examination. The specific objective of this trial was to investigate the operation and profitability of a semi‐pelagic trawl towed higher in the water column to catch non‐quota species. It was thought that John Dory ( *Zeus faber* ), Hake ( *Merluccius merluccius* ), Black Seabream ( *Spondyliosoma cantharus* ), Cuttlefish ( *Sepia officinalis* ) and Squid ( *Loligo forbesi * & *Loligo vulgaris* ) could be caught in greater quantities than when using a demersal trawl.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/19846/

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS1e8cf53d-fa73-411d-b827-5c2f110735b9

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

-7

East bounding longitude

-4.5

North bounding latitude

50.25

South bounding latitude

49.5

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

2018-08-19T23:00:00.000Z

End position

2019-09-02T23:00:00.000Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-05-29

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

In these trials fishing took place between the 20th of August and the 3rd of September 2018. A demersal trawl was used for 13 tows (52 hours 50 minutes), whilst 12 tows (45 hours 35 minutes) considered valid were made using the semi‐pelagic trawl. It was observed that it was possible to operate the semi pelagic rig from a conventional demersal trawler, but for maximum efficiency modifications to the hydraulic systems would be necessary.

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

2019-05-29T10:53:51

Metadata language