Identification

Title

1994 - 2016 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) SHARK BYWATCH CATCH DATA

Alternative title(s)

Catch data from Shark Bywatch

Abstract

Seasonal fishery-dependent surveys were conducted to catch and tag elasmobranch species. Data consists of catch and release information.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFASfea6bfb9-3b7f-4a6a-ad4d-3d7f2923f138

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

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2011-03-25

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-0.5

East bounding longitude

8

North bounding latitude

54

South bounding latitude

50.5

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

1994-01-02

End position

2016-01-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-10-29

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

The study was carried out over a four year period (2012-2015) around the UK coast from local fising vessels. These data are recorded to 1/4 or 1/8 ICES rectangle resolution.

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

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

2019-10-29T10:09:44

Metadata language