© OpenStreetMap contributors
- Add External Layer
- Upload Shapefile
- Layer Tutorial
- Close
Use the checkbox () to show or hide a layer.
Use the radio buttons () to select a layer to use with the identify function.
- Layers
- Opacity
Available layers
(ctrl+c)
Search for marine data across UK organisations
- API
- How-To
- About
- Contact MEDIN
- Share
Metadata: Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FISMADIM) - Fishing effort data product - 2012 to 2021
Abstract:
These data are a gridded data product delineating annual estimated fishing effort from vessel data available Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) only as well as joined VMS and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data interpolated to have vessel positional data for every 20 minutes for vessels active in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) separately generated for eight gear groups. Although the data mainly contains information on vessels with length above 12m, fishing effort of some parts of the inshore fleet and international vessels are included where data were available. Grid cells in which 3 or less vessels were fishing are suppressed to acknowledge commercial sensitivity of the information.
Data holder:
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 10733 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FISMADIM) - Fishing effort data product - 2012 to 2021 |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | CEFASc96cd9ec-fd1d-4965-9899-27942a59f72a |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CEFAS22027 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | dataset |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2012-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2021-12-31 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | These data are a gridded data product delineating annual estimated fishing effort from vessel data available Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) only as well as joined VMS and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data interpolated to have vessel positional data for every 20 minutes for vessels active in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) separately generated for eight gear groups. Although the data mainly contains information on vessels with length above 12m, fishing effort of some parts of the inshore fleet and international vessels are included where data were available. Grid cells in which 3 or less vessels were fishing are suppressed to acknowledge commercial sensitivity of the information. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Vessels using VMS data and AIS data were identified, available VMS (only) as well as VMS & AIS data interpolated to have vessel positional data for every 20 minute for each vessel. Depending on gear group, the fishing activity was identified and translated into fishing effort. A detailed description of the methods is published as T Mendo, A Mujal-Colilles, J Stounberg, G Glemarec, J Egekvist, E Mugerza, M Rufino, R Swift, M James, A workflow for standardizing the analysis of highly resolved vessel tracking data, *ICES Journal of Marine Science*, Volume 81, Issue 2, March 2024, Pages 390–401, `https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209`_ as well as in Mendo, T.; Ransijn, J.; Durbach, I. Gibson, T.; James, M.; Swift, R.; Muench, A. Identifying the recent spatial distribution of fishing activities in the UK EEZ – a report on methods used. Report produced for The Crown Estate, OWEC funded project: FiSMaDiM, 11 pages. Doi: `https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.OWEC.003`_ Within the FiSMaDiM (Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling) project, a method was developed to estimate fishing effort information derived from VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) data augmented by AIS (Automatic Identification System) data. Based on information provided by MMO (Marine Management Organisation), MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency), fleet register, global fishing watch and marine traffic, AIS (UK and non-UK-flagged vessels) data was added to augment information on fishing effort within the UK EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) as derived from VMS (only UK-flagged vessels) data provided by MMO. .. _`https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209`: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad209 .. _`https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.owec.003`: https://doi.org/10.14465/2024.OWEC.003 |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Analysis |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Human impacts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Modelling | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Planning | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Remote Sensing | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Human activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fisheries | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Statistical units | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Unknown | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | data.gov.uk | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 65 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 14 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 45 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -25 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| data.manager@cefas.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22027 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Cefas Data Portal |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | noLimitations | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | http://standards.iso.org/iso/19139/resources/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_RestrictionCode | |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2025-05-01 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2025-10-13 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2024-09-05 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2025-10-13 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |