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Fishing Statistics sales of demersal landings (£GBP) from Scottish waters - latest published statistics and previous 4 years

First sales (£GBP) from commercial fishing activity in Scottish seas of demersal (bottom dwelling) fish species, including UK registered fishing vessels wherever they land and non-UK vessels if...

Species point records from 1986 OPRU Shetland fish farm infaunal sediment survey

This report describes the macrofauna present in benthic sediment samples taken at three salmon farm cage sites in August 1986. Samples were obtained in cores taken along a 50m transect line...

Habitat point records from 1986 OPRU Shetland fish farm infaunal sediment survey

This report describes the macrofauna present in benthic sediment samples taken at three salmon farm cage sites in August 1986. Samples were obtained in cores taken along a 50m transect line...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Particle size analysis

Particle size distribution, Folk, European Nature Information System (EUNIS) and Broadscale habitat classifications identified from 0.1m2 Day Grab samples of the seabed, with associated station...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Seabed imagery analysis

Total counts and derived abundance codes of individual taxa identified from video files & still photographs of the seabed and total counts of nephrops burrows identified from video files,...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Sediment profile imagery

Biological (presence of infauna, tubes) and physical (apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) layer, penetration depth, surface roughness) parameters measured, and a Benthic Habitat Quality...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Sediment profile imagery

Biological (presence of infauna, tubes) and physical (apparent redox potential discontinuity (aRPD) layer, penetration depth, surface roughness) parameters measured, and a Benthic Habitat Quality...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Particle size analysis

Particle size distribution, Folk, European Nature Information System (EUNIS) and Broadscale habitat classifications identified from 0.1m2 Day Grab samples of the seabed, with associated station...

Fladen experimental fishing impact recovery data - Seabed imagery analysis

Total counts and derived abundance codes of individual taxa identified from video files & still photographs of the seabed and total counts of nephrops burrows identified from video files,...

Occurrence data for British fossil fishes and associated R code (NERC grant NE/I005536/1)

Occurrence data for fossil fishes in British record and associated R code. From: Lloyd, G. T., & Friedman, M. (2013). A survey of palaeontological sampling biases in fishes based on the...

Species point records from 1954 McIntyre Scottish inshore fishing grounds survey

A survey of three Scottish Inshore fishing grounds, giving quantitative, unbiased results of the standing crop of the Benthos. The granulometry scale used was not the Wentworth Scale, so the scale...

Habitat point records from 1954 McIntyre Scottish inshore fishing grounds survey

A survey of three Scottish Inshore fishing grounds, giving quantitative, unbiased results of the standing crop of the Benthos. The granulometry scale used was not the Wentworth Scale, so the scale...

Modelled and observed fish feeding traits for the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (1836-2020) and population estimates of fish with different feeding traits from Northeast Atlantic scientific trawl surveys (1997-2020)

The data we provide here have been assembled to categorise fish into feeding guilds and determine change in populations of fish with different feeding traits relevant to food web status...

2021 Okeanos Casablanca fishing port Morocco Rhincodon typus bycatch sighting

In February 2021 a whale shark was observed to be caught as bycatch by a bottom trawler at Casablanca fishing port, Morocco. The species was first identified in a photo posted in february...

2021 Okeanos Casablanca fishing port Morocco Rhincodon typus bycatch sighting

In February 2021 a whale shark was observed to be caught as bycatch by a bottom trawler at Casablanca fishing port, Morocco. The species was first identified in a photo posted in february...

Fish monitoring data from Akrotiri SBA, Cyprus, February 2018 to March 2019

This dataset contains the number and fork length of Aphanius fasciatus and Gambusia holbrooki individuals caught in traps within pools and channels in Akrotiri SBA, Cyprus between 26th February...

Creel Fishing Effort Study - Average Number of Crab/Lobster Hauls Per Day and Average Number of Nephrop Hauls Per Day

Measuring fishing effort is important for assessing the environmental sustainability of fish stocks and the socioeconomic efficiency of fishing activity. Fishing effort describes the amount of...

2013 onwards, Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), Cuckmere, biannual small fish surveys by beach seine

The Sussex IFCA in collaboration with the Environment Agency (EA) undertake biannual small fish surveys at two sites near the entrance of the Cuckmere river during spring and autumn each year, the...

2013 onwards, Sussex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA), Cuckmere, biannual small fish surveys by beach seine

The Sussex IFCA in collaboration with the Environment Agency (EA) undertake biannual small fish surveys at two sites near the entrance of the Cuckmere river during spring and autumn each year, the...

Aquaculture - Guidance on the Location of Marine Fish Farms

Category 1, 2 and 3 areas are designated on the basis of Marine Scotland predictive models to estimate environmental sensitivity of sea lochs. The maps describe the Category 1, 2 and 3 areas for...