2012 Marine Conservation Zone Stakmap Project Recreational Angling Interviews dataset https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=010_b9fdd7e669963f4439b54b86372288a6 This geodatabase contains manually digitised GI created during the Stakmap/Fishermap participatory mapping research project. The geometries have been cleansed and non polygonal features have been converted into polygons using a 300m buffer. Individual records are presented in those feature classes which have the '_individual suffix'. One condition of the research was that only those interviewees who explicitly gave permission for their data to be shared would have their own mapping represented in the final product shared with third parties. All other individuals have had their data removed from this feature class. Charter Boats: 174 interviews. 118 gave permission for sharing. Divers: 105 Interviews. 49 gave permission for sharing. Anglers: 481 Interviews. 400 gave permission for sharing. Watersports: 662 Interviews. 340 gave permission for sharing. Wildlife Enthusiasts: 9 Interviews gave permission for sharing. Where interviewees gave permission to share there data it has been presented in a suite of three feature classes '_activity_individual', '_additional_individual', '_club_individual'. This feature class gives details on the nature and frequency of recreational angling activities, their location, distribution over the year and the numbers of people involved (GroupN). In addition to this information, the importance field gives the interviewee's appraisal of the importance of the site to themselves and the people they represent. This is communicated using a 3 point scale (valued -, valued, valued +). Angling itself is described through four fields. Target species and Scientific name give details of the species tagetted. The general character of the activity (private fishing , shore fishing, charter boat fishing or bait collection) is described in the Mode field. The method field gives more specific details of the fishing activity. This field was often not completed. 20120331