Identification

Title

Fish stomach contents data 1893 - 2012

Alternative title(s)

DAPSTOM - Integrated Database and Portal for Fish Stomach Records

Abstract

In recent years considerable emphasis has been placed on finding 'ecosystem-based' approaches to fisheries management and multispecies models are seen as crucial for addressing this new agenda. However, there are currently, very few long-term datasets within the European context available for parameterising such models. DAPSTOM (Integrated Database and Portal for Fish Stomach Records) is an ongoing initiative (supported by Defra and the EU) to digitize and make available fish stomach content records spanning the past 100 years. The online database contains information (over 225,000 records) on 188 predator species (most of those occurring in northern European groundfish surveys) and can be searched by predator name or by prey name for given sea areas and years. CSV data files can be outputted containing all records from a particular query. The current database contains information spanning 1893 - 2012.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/254

name: Cefas Data Portal

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.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS254

codeSpace

https://data.cefas.co.uk

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

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

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2012-01-11

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-20.00

East bounding longitude

70.00

North bounding latitude

90.00

South bounding latitude

43.00

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1893

End position

2012

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-12-20

date type

revision

effective date

2023-10-06

date type

creation

effective date

2011-10-07

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The database is available through a web portal `https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/fish-stomach-records/`_. Scientific partners in France, Ireland, Norway and Iceland generously submitted electronic datasets for inclusion, while Cefas staff made efforts to seek out older datasets, both in the Cefas archive and in published reports and papers, especially those focussing on sharks, tunas and unusual species observed around the UK. Large quantities of historical data have been added from the various Annual Reports of the ‘Fishery Board for Scotland’ (1884-1933). Extensive datasets (33,918 records) have also been digitised from log-books of the research vessel Ernest Holt that was operated by the MAFF Directorate of Fisheries (predecessor of Cefas) in the Arctic in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. .. _`https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/fish-stomach-records/`: https://www.cefas.co.uk/data-and-publications/fish-stomach-records/

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2013-12-10

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

true

explanation

See the referenced specification

Data format

name of format

Unknown

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

email address

defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

European Commission

email address

info@publications.europa.eu

responsible party role

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)

full postal address

Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory

Pakefield Road

Lowestoft

NR33 0HT

UK

email address

data.manager@cefas.co.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-10-06T10:22:05

Metadata language