Digitised fish spawning distribution adapted from the Olsen 1883 Piscatorial Atlas
The dataset is a collection of Geographic Information System (GIS) shapefiles showing the general distribution and spawning distribution of 14 fish species selected from the 46 maps in O.T. Olsen's Atlas ( `https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`_) based on their relevance to the present day spawning datasets and commercial importance: cod, haddock, herring, lemon sole, mackerel, plaice, sole, whiting, skate, thornback ray, ling, horse mackerel, hake and sprat (general distribution only). The majority of the Olsen (1883) maps were for species either no longer considered in a large commercial capacity in UK waters (e.g. anchovy, garfish, tusk etc.) and/or had no comparative present day dataset available (e.g. mussels, turbot etc.). The data complements the present day fish spawning datasets, in: Coull, K.A., Johnstone, R. & Rogers, S.I. (1998) Fisheries sensitivity maps in British waters. *Published and distributed by UKOOA Ltd*, *9*. Ellis, J.R., Milligan, S.P., Readdy, L., Taylor, N. & Brown, M.J. (2012) Spawning and nursery grounds of selected fish species in UK waters. Sci. Ser. Tech. Rep., Cefas Lowestoft, 147: 56pp. See also, `Fisheries Sensitivity Maps | Marine Scotland Information`_ .. _`https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn .. _`fisheries sensitivity maps | marine scotland information`: https://marine.gov.scot/information/fisheries-sensitivity-maps
dataset
https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/10006
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description: The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols.
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2008-06-01
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2016-06-13
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2023-02-03
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2016-05-27
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In the early 1870s, Olsen created a simple questionnaire which was distributed to fishermen in Grimsby and Hull, England. He requested information on location, tides, tack, and weather; quantity and description of fish; and description of bycatch. After gathering this data for almost a decade, in 1883 Olsen published the “Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels”. The atlas illustrates the fishing ports, boats, gear, species of fish (how, where, and when caught) and other information concerning fish and fisheries). The National Library for Scotland, Edinburgh provided scanned copies of the requested maps in jpeg format. Of the 14 maps selected, the sprat map was subsequently discarded, as it was not possible to distinguish between the general distribution and spawning areas on the scanned version.
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2013-12-10
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2010-12-08
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
originator
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
custodian
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
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Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
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