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FishMap Môn is a collaborative project between Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Welsh Government, and the recreational and commercial fisheries sectors. Project Partners include The North Wales Fisherman's Cooperative Limited, Bangor Mussel Producers Limited and The Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers. The project sets out to inform the sustainable management of the Welsh marine environment by collecting and mapping fishing activity and subsequently combining this with information on seabed habitats and their sensitivity to such activities. It was jointly funded 75% / 25% between the European Fisheries Fund and the Welsh Government. The pilot project focuses on an area around Anglesey in North Wales covering the waters out to 12 nautical miles. The Project area is located bet ween Nefyn to the west and the Great Orme to the east and extends out to the Welsh 12 nautical mile limit. It encompasses an area of approximately 265 kmsq, of which approximately 3% are Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and 3% are Special Protection Areas (SPAs). The main aim of the project is to survey commercial, recreational and charter boat fishermen, map the distribution and intensity of fishing activity around Anglesey and combine it with seabed habitat maps and their sensitivities to fishing activity. The project aimed to deliver the following outputs: - Mapped fishing activity for a range of commercial and recreational fishing activity in the Project area. Maps have been created following surveys of approximately 50 commercial fishers and 600 recreational fishers. - The FishMap Môn Guidance Tool; an easy to use web based mapping application allowing stakeholders to view fishing activity data or hypothetical fishing scenarios in combination with seabed habitats and their sensitivity. - An evaluation of how learning from FishMap Môn could be applied to managing the marine environment in Wales. - A literature review to explore global case studies where an Ecosystem Approach has been applied to managing the marine environment. The review will identify lessons learnt and how they relate to Wales - Lessons in stakeholder engagement and collaborative working with the fishing industry The project also aimed to develop a trial method for gathering fishing activity data from recreational and commercial fishing communities; and, to develop and test an indicative, web based guidance tool for the pilot area using GIS Techniques.
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Other details | ||
Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 2075 |
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. | FishMap Môn Project - Anglesey |
Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Prosiect FishMap Môn |
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. | 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135363330 |
Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 115630 |
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. | dataset |
Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-01-01 |
End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2014-06-01 |
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. | FishMap Môn is a collaborative project between Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Welsh Government, and the recreational and commercial fisheries sectors. Project Partners include The North Wales Fisherman's Cooperative Limited, Bangor Mussel Producers Limited and The Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers. The project sets out to inform the sustainable management of the Welsh marine environment by collecting and mapping fishing activity and subsequently combining this with information on seabed habitats and their sensitivity to such activities. It was jointly funded 75% / 25% between the European Fisheries Fund and the Welsh Government. The pilot project focuses on an area around Anglesey in North Wales covering the waters out to 12 nautical miles. The Project area is located bet ween Nefyn to the west and the Great Orme to the east and extends out to the Welsh 12 nautical mile limit. It encompasses an area of approximately 265 kmsq, of which approximately 3% are Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and 3% are Special Protection Areas (SPAs). The main aim of the project is to survey commercial, recreational and charter boat fishermen, map the distribution and intensity of fishing activity around Anglesey and combine it with seabed habitat maps and their sensitivities to fishing activity. The project aimed to deliver the following outputs: - Mapped fishing activity for a range of commercial and recreational fishing activity in the Project area. Maps have been created following surveys of approximately 50 commercial fishers and 600 recreational fishers. - The FishMap Môn Guidance Tool; an easy to use web based mapping application allowing stakeholders to view fishing activity data or hypothetical fishing scenarios in combination with seabed habitats and their sensitivity. - An evaluation of how learning from FishMap Môn could be applied to managing the marine environment in Wales. - A literature review to explore global case studies where an Ecosystem Approach has been applied to managing the marine environment. The review will identify lessons learnt and how they relate to Wales - Lessons in stakeholder engagement and collaborative working with the fishing industry The project also aimed to develop a trial method for gathering fishing activity data from recreational and commercial fishing communities; and, to develop and test an indicative, web based guidance tool for the pilot area using GIS Techniques. |
Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | FishMap Môn piloted methods to inform the sustainable management of the Welsh marine environment by collecting and mapping information about fishing activity and combining it with existing information on seabed habitat types and their sensitivity to fishing activities using GIS tools. Commercial and recreational fishers were surveyed during one-to-one interviews or by postal questionnaires during 2011-2012. Participants mapped the locations of their fishing activity using Admiralty Charts or Ordinance Survey Maps and secondly provided details about the characteristics of their fishing to allow fishing intensity to be determined. All the information was recorded onto GIS. Detailed and generalised layers were produced due to sensitivity of the information, therefore lower resolution GIS layers were produced. FishMap Mon was undertaken as a pilot project giving a general indication of where a limited amount of fishing activity is thought to have occurred at a given time, and its expected impact on marine habitats. This fishing effort dataset was a snap shot in time and may not be representative of current fishing practices in the study area or the rest of Wales. There is a low level of confidence in the data and trail methodology. |
Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Six output layers were produced, each of which have their own metadata (See Contains). Further information can be found at the Natural Resources Wales website: https://naturalresources.wales/about-us/our-projects/fishmap-mon/?lang=en |
Related keywords | ||
Keyword | 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 | Habitat extent | |
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 | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
Geographical coverage | ||
North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.75431218 |
East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -3.64119166 |
South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 52.76302277 |
West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -5.02599726 |
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 | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
Organisation name | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
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 | Natural Resources Wales (NRW) | |
Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
Delivery point | Maes-y-Ffynnon | |
Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
Organisation name | Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) | |
Phone | 0300 065 3000 | |
Delivery point | Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon | |
Postal code | LL57 2DW | |
Dataset constraints | ||
20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
20 Limitations on Public Access – Other constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. For specific details on General Access Restrictions please refer to metadata for each of the individual output layers. |
21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | © CNC/NRW NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset. For details on General Use Restrictions please refer to metadata for each of the individual output layers. |
Available data formats | ||
Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Geographic Information System |
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. | 2014-06-01 |
Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2013-12-31 |
Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2021-03-31 |
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 2.3.8 |
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