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Metadata: 2024, Kent Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Seal Depredation Characterisation
Abstract:
This report examines the interactions between seals and inshore fisheries in Kent, focusing on the economic and operational impacts of seal depredation. Seal depredation, defined as the removal or damage of commercially targeted fish species by seals, has emerged as a critical challenge for local fishers. Both grey and harbour seals have recovered significantly in the UK due to conservation efforts, with their populations increasing in the Thames Estuary. However, this success has led to the perceived growth of conflicts with fisheries.
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
Use constraints:
Publicly Available
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4655 |
| 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. | 2024, Kent Wildlife Trust, Marine Internships, Seal Depredation Characterisation |
| 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. | 468cc9d3da99c14a4e22a5c4105ee45f |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | MDE-TCE-195-4117 |
| 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 | 2024-06-12 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-12-12 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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. | This report examines the interactions between seals and inshore fisheries in Kent, focusing on the economic and operational impacts of seal depredation. Seal depredation, defined as the removal or damage of commercially targeted fish species by seals, has emerged as a critical challenge for local fishers. Both grey and harbour seals have recovered significantly in the UK due to conservation efforts, with their populations increasing in the Thames Estuary. However, this success has led to the perceived growth of conflicts with fisheries. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | To analyse the seal depredation in Kentâ??s inshore fisheries, several methods were explored. The potential ways of evidencing or quantifying seal depredation via these methods were evaluated. A two-step approach was taken, first aiming to evidence and secondly quantify the interactions. Objectives: 1. Evidence and document seal depredation - determining what animal is damaging the catch was crucial. 2. Following verification of seal depredation, analyse the magnitude and subsequent associated costs of seal-fishery interactions. |
| 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 | Habitats and biotopes | |
| 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 | Fish abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seal abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seal behaviour | |
| 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 | Fishing effort | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.4875 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.6415 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 50.7203 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.7781 |
| Regional sea | English Channel | |
| water column | ||
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Position name | Marine Data Advisor | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-4117/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | otherRestrictions | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | Publicly Available |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| 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. | 2024-12-12 |
| 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. | 2025-02-05 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery metadata standard |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |