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Metadata: 2008, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd., (CMACS), Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm, Post-Construction (Year 1) Commercial Fish Survey (4m Beam Trawl)
Abstract:
The report in this series presents results of the 2008 4m beam trawl (‘commercial fish survey’) at Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm. The survey contributes to a programme of environmental monitoring at the site designed in response to conditions of the Food and Environment Protection Act (FEPA) Licence issued to the developer. The 2008 survey provides the third set of annual 4m beam trawl survey data designed to sample demersal fish present in and around the wind farm and at reference sites. This was the first survey during the operational phase of the wind farm and results have been compared with pre-construction (baseline) and during-construction surveys in preceding years. The 4m trawl surveys have detected no major impact of wind farm construction and initial period of operation on the distribution of fish locally. This is concluded based on high levels of similarity between catches pre, during and post-construction across sites and is consistent with the project Environmental Impact Assessment which did not anticipate major effects.
Data holder:
DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd
Use constraints:
http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 4696 |
| 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. | 2008, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd., (CMACS), Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm, Post-Construction (Year 1) Commercial Fish Survey (4m Beam Trawl) |
| 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. | 4d2bfc6b-937f-4e6a-b09e-07139ca74329 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 5068_TCE708 |
| 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 | 2008-05-06 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2008-05-08 |
| 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. | The report in this series presents results of the 2008 4m beam trawl (‘commercial fish survey’) at Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm. The survey contributes to a programme of environmental monitoring at the site designed in response to conditions of the Food and Environment Protection Act (FEPA) Licence issued to the developer. The 2008 survey provides the third set of annual 4m beam trawl survey data designed to sample demersal fish present in and around the wind farm and at reference sites. This was the first survey during the operational phase of the wind farm and results have been compared with pre-construction (baseline) and during-construction surveys in preceding years. The 4m trawl surveys have detected no major impact of wind farm construction and initial period of operation on the distribution of fish locally. This is concluded based on high levels of similarity between catches pre, during and post-construction across sites and is consistent with the project Environmental Impact Assessment which did not anticipate major effects. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The survey was carried out over 3 days from 6th to 8th May 2008 aboard the fishing vessel ‘Admiral Grenville’ (Figure 1) operating out of the East Canada Dock in Liverpool. The survey was carried out using twin 4m commercial beam trawls (Figure 2) with 80mm mesh cod-end and a chain matrix between the beam and footrope. Trawling was carried out over a distance of approximately 2km (30 minutes) over the ground at a speed (c. 3 knots) deemed to be efficient for the capture of fish and in keeping with the previous methodology of the 2006 and 2007 surveys. Once the trawl distance had been completed and the gear retrieved to deck, the contents of the cod-ends of each trawl were emptied into port and starboard bins, where any sediment could be washed off. One at a time, these bins were tilted so that the contents poured gradually onto a conveyor belt, which ran into the whale-back on the bow of the vessel where the contents of the trawl could be sorted on a second conveyor belt. Discards of the trawls dropped into a chute at the end of the second conveyor belt that emptied at sea-level. The port trawl was used in all of the trawls except trawl 1 as the port net had a large hole in it. Each trawl and any species of interest were photographed (see Appendix 4). As the catch passed along the conveyor in the whale-back (Figure 4), all fish were sorted from the trawl contents by the onboard CMACS representatives (experienced Marine Biologists). Benthic epifauna were not considered in this survey and were returned to sea via the chute previously described. The fish from each trawl were photographed in boxes and then counted, all commercial fish species with the addition of dab Limanda limanda were measured, elasmobranchs were sexed and measured. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Renewable Energy Lease area |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Post-Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Habitat characterisation | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish and benthos trawl tow | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish taxonomy-related counts | |
| 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 | Fishing by-catch | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.5031 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.1464 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.4705 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.2224 |
| 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 | ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd | |
| Phone | 02380711840 | |
| Delivery point | Quayside Suite,, Medina Chambers,, Town Quay | |
| Postal code | SO14 2AQ | |
| City | Southampton | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@abpmer.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.abpmer.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 | DONG Energy Power (UK) Ltd | |
| Phone | +44 (0) 20 7811 5200 | |
| Fax | +44 (0) 20 7811 5298 | |
| Delivery point | 33 Grosvenor Place, Belgravia | |
| Postal code | SW1X 7HY | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| infouk@dongenergy.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.dongenergy.co.uk/Pages/landing.html | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd (CMACS) | |
| Phone | +44 1516 502 275 | |
| Delivery point | Cammell Lairds Waterfront Park | |
| Postal code | CH41 9HP | |
| City | Birkenhead | |
| Administrative area | Merseyside | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| info@cmacsltd.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 | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/187/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | This states any limitations on access to the data and uses free text. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx | |
| 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. | 2026-04-19 |
| 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. | 2016-09-27 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |