1913 - 1981 Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) Catalogue of Defra Historical Catch and Effort Charts: Six Decades of Detailed Spatial Statistics for British Fisheries - PDFs
PDFs of unpublished historical 'Statistical Charts' held at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Lowestoft, UK. These charts provide annual and monthly fisheries statistics at a fine spatial scale for the period 1913-81 (excluding both World Wars). More specifically, they show the annual and monthly landings and catch rates per fish species, and the fishing effort for various components of the British commercial fishing fleet. These values are indicated separately for each rectangle of 1° longitude by 30' latitude (equivalent to International Council for the Exploration of the Sea [ICES] rectangles) as well as for the entire area charted (generally equivalent to ICES fishing areas).
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http://www.cefas.co.uk/
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OGP
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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revision
2011-03-25
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2008-06-01
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2008-06-01
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2010-05-18
1913
1981
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2005
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The largest subset of charts covers the North Sea (both pre- and post-war years); smaller but still substantial subsets of charts cover the Faroe Grounds, Iceland, West of Scotland and Rockall, the Irish and Celtic Seas and English Channel (post-war years). The focus is on demersal fisheries, with only a small proportion of charts devoted to pelagic fisheries. Combined, this set of 'Statistical Charts' provides consistent, standardised data over a considerable time-span, for Britain's former and current fishing grounds, covering an important portion of the fishing history of this nation.
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
Public data (Crown Copyright) - Open Government Licence Terms and Conditions apply
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
custodian
Data Manager
Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK
+44 (0)1502 562244
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