CEFAS460477E2-BCF8-4069-A640-51E55DB892EE English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2023-02-03T05:52:40 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Digitised fish spawning distribution adapted from the Olsen 1883 Piscatorial Atlas 2016-06-13 publication 2023-02-03 revision 2016-05-27 creation CEFAS10006 https://data.cefas.co.uk The dataset is a collection of Geographic Information System (GIS) shapefiles showing the general distribution and spawning distribution of 14 fish species selected from the 46 maps in O.T. Olsen's Atlas ( `https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`_) based on their relevance to the present day spawning datasets and commercial importance: cod, haddock, herring, lemon sole, mackerel, plaice, sole, whiting, skate, thornback ray, ling, horse mackerel, hake and sprat (general distribution only). The majority of the Olsen (1883) maps were for species either no longer considered in a large commercial capacity in UK waters (e.g. anchovy, garfish, tusk etc.) and/or had no comparative present day dataset available (e.g. mussels, turbot etc.). The data complements the present day fish spawning datasets, in: Coull, K.A., Johnstone, R. & Rogers, S.I. (1998) Fisheries sensitivity maps in British waters. *Published and distributed by UKOOA Ltd*, *9*. Ellis, J.R., Milligan, S.P., Readdy, L., Taylor, N. & Brown, M.J. (2012) Spawning and nursery grounds of selected fish species in UK waters. Sci. Ser. Tech. Rep., Cefas Lowestoft, 147: 56pp. See also, `Fisheries Sensitivity Maps | Marine Scotland Information`_ .. _`https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn .. _`fisheries sensitivity maps | marine scotland information`: https://marine.gov.scot/information/fisheries-sensitivity-maps Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor notPlanned Biota abundance, biomass and diversity SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Publicly available data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ( `https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)`_ – Please note the applicable attribution statement is as follows: ‘includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2022' .. _`https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)`: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English environment -7.00 10.00 49.00 60.50 1870-01-01 1883-01-01 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/10006 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification In the early 1870s, Olsen created a simple questionnaire which was distributed to fishermen in Grimsby and Hull, England. He requested information on location, tides, tack, and weather; quantity and description of fish; and description of bycatch. After gathering this data for almost a decade, in 1883 Olsen published the “Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s Channels”. The atlas illustrates the fishing ports, boats, gear, species of fish (how, where, and when caught) and other information concerning fish and fisheries). The National Library for Scotland, Edinburgh provided scanned copies of the requested maps in jpeg format. Of the 14 maps selected, the sprat map was subsequently discarded, as it was not possible to distinguish between the general distribution and spawning areas on the scanned version. MEDIN 3.1.1