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Metadata: 2022-2024 Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) England Survey Data
Abstract:
Data from Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) surveys completed in England between 2022 and 2024, funded by the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. VSAS is a citizen science programme that trains volunteers to conduct ESAS surveys on vessels of opportunity around the UK. Surveys were conducted using the European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) method and recorded seabirds, marine mammals, large fish and turtles observed during monthly surveys on three ferry routes out of ports in England. The three routes were Penzance to St Marys, Newhaven to Dieppe and Heysham to Dublin.
Data holder:
ICES
JNCC
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 11382 |
| 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. | 2022-2024 Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) England Survey Data |
| 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. | 5dcda8f0-3afe-4a55-b912-da1ea59f9e52 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | JNCCVSASEngland2022-2024 |
| 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 | 2022-04-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2024-12-31 |
| 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'. | unknown |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Data from Volunteer Seabirds at Sea (VSAS) surveys completed in England between 2022 and 2024, funded by the Marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (mNCEA) programme. VSAS is a citizen science programme that trains volunteers to conduct ESAS surveys on vessels of opportunity around the UK. Surveys were conducted using the European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) method and recorded seabirds, marine mammals, large fish and turtles observed during monthly surveys on three ferry routes out of ports in England. The three routes were Penzance to St Marys, Newhaven to Dieppe and Heysham to Dublin. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This dataset was collected between 2022 and 2024 by volunteers trained and managed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and MARINElife. Data are stored on the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) data portal for long-term archive and management. Data was collected following the standardised ESAS survey methodology. These data were collected during ship-based surveys at sea and according to a methodology that allows to calculate georeferenced seabird densities. Standard practice further implies collecting as much information as possible on animal age, plumage and behaviour as well as observation conditions and distance to the observed individuals. |
| 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 | NDGO0005 | |
| Keyword title | data.gov.uk | |
| 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 | Species distribution | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cetacean abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cetacean behaviour | |
| 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 behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Birds, mammals and reptiles | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environment Monitoring | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54.645101571586 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.9555672444403 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 49.206681678378 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -8.0053711496294 |
| 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 | JNCC | |
| feedback@jncc.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | JNCC | |
| Position name | Seabird Monitoring Team | |
| feedback@jncc.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | MARINElife | |
| info@marine-life.org.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 | ICES | |
| Position name | ICES Secretariat | |
| info@ices.dk | ||
| 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 | JNCC | |
| Position name | Seabird Monitoring Team | |
| feedback@jncc.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | JNCC | |
| Position name | Seabird Monitoring Team | |
| feedback@jncc.gov.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | MARINElife | |
| info@marine-life.org.uk | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | ICES | |
| Position name | ICES Secretariat | |
| info@ices.dk | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://esas.ices.dk/inventory |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | ICES ESAS database |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | 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. | Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0 |
| 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. | Data is available under the terms of the ICES Data Policy. (See: https://ices.dk/data/guidelines-and-policy/Pages/ICES-data-policy.aspx) | |
| Available data formats | ||
| Data format | Format in which digital data can be provided for transfer | Delimited |
| 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. | 2025-03-10 |
| 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. | 2025-03-10 |
| 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 | 3.1.2 |