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One of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) survey series of Western Channel sole and plaice. The survey’s main aim is to show trends in the distribution, abundance and age composition of sole (*Solea solea*) and plaice (*Pleuronectes platessa*), and to provide some information on bycatch species. At each station sampled, shot and haul, positional, depth and times information were recorded, and for all species of fish and shellfish length distribution data were taken. Otoliths were collected from sole and plaice to provide individual age at length information.
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS)
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 9215 |
| 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. | Western Channel sole and plaice 2007/08 - Fisheries Science Partnership |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | FSP Western Channel sole and plaice |
| 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. | CEFAS119e91f1-6b66-4dda-8884-c96a7e8086b2 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CEFAS18327 |
| 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 | 2007-08-21 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2007-10-05 |
| 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'. | annually |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | One of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) survey series of Western Channel sole and plaice. The survey’s main aim is to show trends in the distribution, abundance and age composition of sole (*Solea solea*) and plaice (*Pleuronectes platessa*), and to provide some information on bycatch species. At each station sampled, shot and haul, positional, depth and times information were recorded, and for all species of fish and shellfish length distribution data were taken. Otoliths were collected from sole and plaice to provide individual age at length information. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The primary aim is to investigate the abundance, size and age composition of sole,* Solea solea*, and plaice, *Pleuronectes platessa*, in the Western English Channel (ICES Division VIIe). Additional data are collected on other commercial species such as cod (*Gadus morhua*), lemon sole (*Microstromus kitt*), megrim (*Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis*), and monkfish (*Lophius piscatorius*). Both the Eastern and Western surveys of the study area are carried out by one commercial beam trawler during late summer and early autumn. In all, there are 90 target stations equally spread over the western and eastern surveys that have been sampled consistently over all years, from 2003 onwards. Historically, there were more stations but not all were sampled every year and the survey design was thus simplified to cover only the 90 core stations, maintaining the survey for the long term. At each station the catch for the port and starboard gears were combined, which was subsequently split into the retained and discarded component prior to sampling. Fish and shellfish were identified to either species or if not the highest possible taxa, and were measured in accordance with Cefas’ standard practices. When necessary catches by species were a subsampled prior to measuring. Species of Cephalopod were measured, except for Octopii, which were counted. Biological samples for sole and plaice were collected for age determination purposes. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biota abundance, biomass and diversity |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Water column | |
| 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 | 50.75 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -2 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8 |
| 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, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | 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, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | 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, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Delivery point | Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road | |
| Postal code | NR33 0HT | |
| City | Lowestoft | |
| Administrative area | Suffolk | |
| Country | UK | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) | |
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/18327 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | Cefas Data Portal |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/ | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#MD_RestrictionCode | |
| 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. | 2017-01-20 |
| Date of last revision | The most recent date that the resource was revised. | 2020-05-18 |
| Date of creation | The date that the resource was created. | 2017-01-11 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2020-05-18 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.1 |
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