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Metadata: 1997, CEFAS, A review of closed areas in the United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Abstract:
Author: CEFAS. Technical Report number: 106. This Report lists all the closed areas in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which prohibit access to fishing vessels for 12 months a year, and which may also regulate access to particular gears. There are other local and national seasonal restrictions on access by vessels which are beyond the scope of this report, but it should be noted that where such short term bans regulate access to a seasonal fishery, they can in effect constitute a 12 month closure. Areas are grouped according to whether the closure applies to (a) a particular form of fishing (interpreted as a gear type or target species), (b) all forms of fishing activity, (c) all seabed extraction activities, and (d) all forms of human activity.
Data holder:
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5044 |
| 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. | 1997, CEFAS, A review of closed areas in the United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Science Series Technical Report Number 106 |
| 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. | 906c0475154a5d0a96dc5522c0f8f252 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 19502 |
| 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 | 1997 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 1997 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 1 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| 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. | Author: CEFAS. Technical Report number: 106. This Report lists all the closed areas in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which prohibit access to fishing vessels for 12 months a year, and which may also regulate access to particular gears. There are other local and national seasonal restrictions on access by vessels which are beyond the scope of this report, but it should be noted that where such short term bans regulate access to a seasonal fishery, they can in effect constitute a 12 month closure. Areas are grouped according to whether the closure applies to (a) a particular form of fishing (interpreted as a gear type or target species), (b) all forms of fishing activity, (c) all seabed extraction activities, and (d) all forms of human activity. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | Many areas around the UK are closed to fishing activity for a variety of reasons, from the need to either protect high security Royal Navy ports, ensure safety near oil and gas installations, or to protect natural populations that may be at risk. Where these closed areas provide protection for fish stocks and benthic fauna and flora, they might also provide either control areas for comparison with sites where normal fishing activity occurs, or experimental sites which can be manipulated. This Report lists all the closed areas in the UK Exclusive Ecomonic Zone (EEZ) which prohibit access to fishing vessels for 12 months a year, and which may also regulate access to particular gears. There are other local and national seasonal restrictions on access by vessels which are beyond the scope of this report, but it should be noted that where such short term bans regulate access to a seasonal fishery, they can in effect constitute a 12 month closure. Areas are grouped according to whether the closure applies to (a) a particular form of fishing (interpreted as a gear type or target species), (b) all forms of fishing activity, (c) all seabed extraction activities, and (d) all forms of human activity. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Presentation type: digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) Spatial representation type: 001 Supply media: 001 Origin: Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
| 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 | Research | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Research and Development Activity | |
| 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 | Fish abundance in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish reproduction | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine archaeology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 60.876099 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.7629 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.164902 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8.6526 |
| 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 | |
| Position name | Resource Manager | |
| Phone | +44(0)1502562244 | |
| Delivery point | Lowestoft Laboratory | |
| s.boyd@efas.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.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 | |
| Position name | Resource Manager | |
| Phone | +44(0)1502562244 | |
| Delivery point | Lowestoft Laboratory | |
| s.boyd@cefas.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.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 | |
| Phone | +44(0)1502562244 | |
| Delivery point | Lowestoft Laboratory | |
| s.boyd@cefas.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.Cefas.co.uk/ | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/1105/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 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. | exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor, rights to financial benefit from and control of distribution of nontangible property that is a result of creativity |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Government Funded Research Project |
| 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. | 1997-01-01 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 1997-01-01 |
| 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. | 2007-01-26 |
| 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 | Version 2.3.5 |