Identification

Title

Southern IFCA Solent Scallop Survey 2021 - Present

Abstract

As part of Southern IFCA's management of Bivalve species in the Solent, a baseline survey, repeated annually, has been carried out in order to better understand the extent and nature of the Solent scallop fishery. This survey aims to provide an initial understanding on the distribution of the king scallop (Pecten maximus) and collect information on the population structure of the scallops found within the Solent. The intention is to use the findings of this survey to not only provide an initial baseline but also be used to develop an annual monitoring programme which will enable Southern IFCA to track population trends and feed this into its management of the Solent bivalve fisheries through the newly confirmed Solent Dredge Permit Byelaw. Survey includes Catch Per Unit Effort (kg/m of dredge/hr) and height and width measurements of all scallops sampled.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk

name: Southern IFCA

description: A link to the web service or dataset

Unique resource identifier

code

SIFCA0721

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

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

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2008-01-06

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009-11-16

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2015-04-07

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-1.3231

East bounding longitude

-1.0209

North bounding latitude

50.8487

South bounding latitude

50.7037

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-06-18

code identifying the extent

Eastern Channel

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2009-05-01

code identifying the extent

30E8

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

circalittoral

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2010-01-01

code identifying the extent

infralittoral

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2021-07-30

End position

2022-04-21

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-08-19

date type

creation

effective date

2021-07-30

date type

revision

effective date

2022-04-21

Frequency of update

continual

Quality and validity

Lineage

This data was collected by Research officers at Southern IFCA. Data is collected using set tows on a dredge for 4 minutes. All catch is measured, weighed and returned to produce catch per unit effort data and measurement data for the scallops.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

None

Constraint set

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

email address

patrick.cooper@Southern-IFCA.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

contact position

IFCO

organisation name

Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

email address

enquiries@Southern-IFCA.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

IFCO

organisation name

Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

email address

enquiries@Southern-IFCA.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-04-21

Metadata language