Identification

Title

Sea Angling Diary Catch, Participation and Economic Estimates 2016-2021

Abstract

Modelled estimates of the participation, catch and economic impact of recreational sea angling taken from the Sea Angling Diary project in the UK from 2016 onwards which collects user responses via an app.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21673

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. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download, CSV.

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

CEFAS21673

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

1.73881

East bounding longitude

1.74086

North bounding latitude

52.4595

South bounding latitude

52.4581

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-01-01

End position

2021-01-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-06-15

date type

revision

effective date

2024-09-19

date type

creation

effective date

2023-05-25

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Sea Angling Diary programme has been running since 2016 with the aim of estimating the number of sea anglers, how often they fish, what they catch, and the social and economic benefits that they generate. This is done through combining the outputs from two surveys: a survey of 12,000 individuals that generates estimates of the numbers of anglers and their characteristics; and sea anglers that volunteer as ‘citizen scientists’ to report their catches through the Sea Angling Diary with separate surveys for volunteers to report their spend on Sea Angling in 2016, 2017 and 2021. These estimates are combined accounting for differences in characteristics of sea anglers to generate the numbers and tonnages of fish kept and released by sea anglers in the UK as well as the economic impact of sea angling. To estimate the participation and effort by UK sea anglers, questions were added to a survey of 12,000 residents (Watersports Participation Survey - WPS). Due to COVID restrictions, it was not possible to do face-to-face surveys as in 2016-19. Instead, data from the WPS from 2016-19 were modelled and used to derive estimates for 2016-2020 for the UK. This approach utilised all existing data to generate estimates for the total number of UK anglers and days fished with more consistent and robust results than previous annual estimates. Sea anglers signed up to the Sea Angling Diary provide data on their fishing sessions and report catches of fish. These data were used to model the number of fish kept and released by individual sea anglers each year and the weights of individual fish. Numbers of sea anglers were combined with diary panel estimates of catch per angler, to estimate total UK catches, after correcting for differences between the diary sample and the UK population. Economic estimates were generated from separate surveys of the diarist panel in 2016, 2017 and 2021 as part of the sea angling diary project. Expenditure on trips and major items (capital) was collected from the sample of sea anglers and raised to the total population of UK sea anglers using information generated from the estimates of the participation and effort by UK sea anglers. The total economic impact, Gross Value Added (GVA), and employment supported by sea angling in the UK in 2016, 2017 and 2021 were estimated using an Input-Output method. In this, taxes were removed, and expenditure partitioned between industrial sectors accounting for imports.

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

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

email address

defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk

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

2024-09-19T12:24:14

Metadata language