Identification

Title

2011 - 2012 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Spawning and Nursery Grounds Layers for Selected Fish in UK Waters in 2010

Alternative title(s)

Ellis, J.R., Milligan, S.P., Readdy, L., Taylor, N. and Brown, M.J. 2012. Spawning and nursery grounds of selected fish species in UK waters. Sci. Ser. Tech. Rep., Cefas Lowestoft, 147: 56 pp.

Abstract

Additional analyses to complement the original maps produced in 'Coull, K.A., Johnstone, R., and S.I. Rogers. 1998. Fisheries Sensitivity Maps in British Waters' (published and distributed by UKOOA Ltd.) and to: (a) Provide supporting evidence for the maps of spawning and nursery grounds; (b) Provide some of the more recent data that has become available since the original Fisheries Sensitivity Maps were produced; (c) Increase the number of species for which maps are available;(d) Plot the spawning areas as rectangles, so that the user is more likely to infer that the boundaries of such areas are not fixed delineations between spawning and non-spawning areas; (e) Provide more information on those grounds likely to be of greater importance to the stock(s).

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/153/

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS9690c5d5-dd4d-4f81-94ce-207cc6b58466

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

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-14

East bounding longitude

11

North bounding latitude

61

South bounding latitude

48

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

2011

End position

2012

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-11-23

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Since the production of maps by Coull et el 1998 there have been further ichthyoplankton surveys in some areas, and there are now other fish species for which there is an interest in the location of ‘critical habitats’.This report aimed to update some of these maps with more recent data, and so highlighting some of the evidence for their selection, and to provide a first attempt at identifying some of the ecologically important habitats for some other fish species, including some species of conservation importance (e.g. OSPAR, 2008) that have been considered in marine planning. Spurdog Squalus acanthias Tope shark Galeorhinus galeus Common skate Dipturus batis-complex 16 Thornback ray Raja clavata Spotted ray Raja montagui Undulate ray Raja undulata Herring Clupea harengus Cod Gadus morhua Whiting Merlangius merlangus Blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou Blue ling Molva dypterygia Ling Molva molva European hake Merluccius merluccius Anglerfish Lophius piscatorius Horse mackerel Trachurus trachurus Sandeels Ammodytidae Mackerel Scomber scombrus Plaice Pleuronectes platessa Sole Solea solea Where a value 0f -9999 appears in the dataset this is a NULL (NA) value where no sampling was taken for the field in the data.

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

2020-11-23T14:39:37

Metadata language