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Metadata: 2023-2025 Lyell Centre North Wales and Outer Hebrides Environmental Assessment of Scallop Innovation Gear (EASIG)
Abstract:
The Environmental Assessment of Scallop Innovation Gear (EASIG) project is an industry and science led collaboration project undertaking rigorous testing of several modified scallop dredge gear that aim to maintain catch efficiency while reducing the environmental impact of the king scallop dredging activity. This is a collection of data covering catch selectivity of these modified scallop dredge designs from fieldwork conducted across 2023 and 2024.
Data holder:
Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats
Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 29817 |
| 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. | 2023-2025 Lyell Centre North Wales and Outer Hebrides Environmental Assessment of Scallop Innovation Gear (EASIG) |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | EASIG, Environmental Assessment of Scallop Innovation Gear - EASIG |
| 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. | 5381a5c6-3b71-40e8-8b68-172b00ab5027 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | DASSHSE00000064 |
| 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. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2023-08-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-08-31 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001 |
| 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. | The Environmental Assessment of Scallop Innovation Gear (EASIG) project is an industry and science led collaboration project undertaking rigorous testing of several modified scallop dredge gear that aim to maintain catch efficiency while reducing the environmental impact of the king scallop dredging activity. This is a collection of data covering catch selectivity of these modified scallop dredge designs from fieldwork conducted across 2023 and 2024. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Over the course of August 2023, both the Newhaven and N-Viro dredge gear were compared for abundance of king scallop (Pecten maximus) and bycatch retained, as well as the damage inflicted on the retained species. Trials took place in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland between Loch Maddy and Stuley Island. Replicate 30- minute hauls were conducted in two separate biotopes, one comprising mainly cobbles and stone whilst the other comprised of finer sediment and mud. The catch was sorted as king scallop, bycatch including invertebrates such as echinoderms and decapods, stones and other debris (primarily broken shells). Rocks and other debris (shells as example) were weighed (kg) as a total, as were the abundance of scallops collected separated by gear type and belly ring size. Each individual bycatch organism was weighed (kg), sized (mm) and assigned a damage score following a classification adapted from Jenkins et al. 2001. Scallops retained were measured and sorted into those of landing size and under the minimum landing size (<105mm). Each group was then weighed to provide the biomass per gear type and belly ring size. Over the course of May 2024, both the Newhaven and N-Viro dredge gear were compared for abundance of bycatch retained, as well as the damage inflicted on the retained species. Trials took place in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland between Loch Maddy and Stuley Island. Replicate 60 - minute hauls were conducted in multiple separate biotopes, comprising mainly cobbles and stone whilst the others comprised of finer sediment and mud. The catch was sorted as king scallop, bycatch including invertebrates such as echinoderms and decapods, stones and other debris (primarily broken shells). Rocks and other debris (shells as example) were weighed (kg) as a total, as were the abundance of scallops collected separated by gear type. Each individual bycatch organism was weighed (kg), sized (mm) and assigned a damage score following a classification adapted from Jenkins et al. 2001. Scallops retained were measured and sorted into those of landing size and under the minimum landing size (<105mm). Over a 7-day study in North Wales/Anglesey (August 2024), comparisons of seabed disturbance pre and post fishing activity of four modified scallop dredges was conducted. Benthic sleds and side scan sonar equipment was used to collect images and side scan images of benthic disturbance following the fishing activity. Furrows created by the dragging scallop dredges and the abundance of marine biota within and outside the dredge lanes were quantified using these images. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish biomass in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish morphology, age and physiology | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishing by-catch | |
| 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 | Fisihing Activity | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North #1 | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.562718373454 |
| East #1 | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.9179992675781 |
| South #1 | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.330437292132 |
| West #1 | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -4.1954040527344 |
| North #2 | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.693276932823 |
| East #2 | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.0074460655451 |
| South #2 | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.2155342012 |
| West #2 | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7.4835200607777 |
| Regional sea | Irish Sea | |
| Minches and Western Scotland | ||
| 35E5 | ||
| 42E2 | ||
| 43E2 | ||
| VIa | ||
| 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 | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Individual name | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Phone | 01752 426237 | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences | |
| Individual name | Marija Sciberras | |
| Position name | Associate Professor | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 451 3455 | |
| enquiries@sls.hw.ac.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 | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Individual name | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 426237 | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.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 | Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences | |
| Individual name | Marija Sciberras | |
| Position name | Associate Professor | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 451 3455 | |
| enquiries@sls.hw.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Heriot-Watt University School of Life Sciences | |
| Individual name | Blair Easton | |
| Position name | Research Associate | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 451 3455 | |
| enquiries@sls.hw.ac.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Individual name | Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats | |
| Position name | Data Manager | |
| Phone | 01752 426237 | |
| dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk | ||
| 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 | Open access | |
| 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 | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
| 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. | 2026-08-13 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2025-03-12 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2025-03-12 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-08-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-08-13 |
| 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 | 3.1.2 |