CEFASe0196680-c075-4bac-a1d1-6d84fbeb1a92
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dataset
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
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MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Version 2.3.7
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
1981 - 2010 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Young Fish Survey Data 1981 to 2010
2020-09-10
publication
CEFASe0196680-c075-4bac-a1d1-6d84fbeb1a92
http://www.cefas.co.uk/
Total numbers of individual fish identified during the Cefas Young Fish Survey
(YFS) which ran from 1981 to 2010. The survey deployed a light 2-meter beam
trawl to survey inshore locations for small / young fish around the British
Isles, predominantly along the south and east coasts. Total numbers of fish
(identified to species or if not to the highest taxonomic level) were recorded
at each station, and were measured in the majority of cases. The surveys were
primarily undertaken to evaluate the abundance of juvenile sole and plaice, as
well as providing further information on the abundance of other species of
fish. Alongside the main 'Young Fish Survey Data 1981 to 2010' data table are
three further data tables marked as 'YFS_DWC' which give the same data in
EventCore format and a readme file which describes historic versions of
metadata which this record has replaced.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
UK
data.manager@cefas.co.uk
originator
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Data Manager
+44 (0)1502 562244
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 0HT
UK
data.manager@cefas.co.uk
custodian
notPlanned
Delimited
NDGO0005
Fish
Fish abundance in water bodies
Fish biomass in water bodies
Fish taxonomy-related counts
Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed
Fisheries
SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary
2011-03-25
revision
Biodiversity
GEMET, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
Species distribution
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
otherRestrictions
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
English
biota
SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages
2010-05-18
revision
Circalittoral
1.73881
1.74086
52.4581
52.4595
1981-08-31T23:00:00.000Z
2010-09-20T23:00:00.000Z
http://data.cefas.co.uk/#/View/19682/order
dataset
The YFS formed part of the International Young Fish Survey, coordinated by
ICES. The survey used commercial inshore vessels to sample with a light
2-meter beam trawl deployed at fixed (prime) stations, towed for a duration of
10-minutes, with varying coverage of the British Isles over the time-series
period. From 2000 onwards actual shot and haul positions were recorded,
whereas prior to this a single generic position was given for a specific prime
station. Fish species were nearly always measured, and on the very few
occasions that they were not they were counted. These data are currently
undergoing quality assurance. Species-specific records for gobies are known to
contain taxonomic errors, and analyses should be undertaken on data aggregated
to the level of family (Gobiidae). Data for sand smelt Atherina spp. and smelt
Osmerus eperlanus may also be confounded, and data for these taxa should be
interpreted with particular care.