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Marine Scotland requires a detailed understanding of fishing activity in Scottish Territorial Waters to inform marine spatial planning at both the national and regional level, and in relation to marine renewable energy development, marine nature conservation designations and fisheries mnagement. For larger fishing vessels (those over 5 m overall length) which fish mainly in offshore wters, spatially resolved information on the ctivity and the value of fishing can be derived fom Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and landings data. The competition for space is, however, often greatest in inshore waters where most fishing is undertaken by small vessels which are not currently fitted with VMS. To improve knowledge of the distribution of fishing activity and the value of fisheries in inshore waters, Marine Scotland carried out a fisheries mapping study known as ScotMap. ScotMap provides spatial information on the fishing activity of Scottish registered commercial fishing vessels under 15 m in overall length.
Marine Scotland
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| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 6121 |
| 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. | ScotMap Inshore Fisheries Mapping in Scotland: Recording Fishermen’s use of the Sea |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 17 |
| 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. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1554 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1554 |
| 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 | 2007-01-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2011-12-31 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | 55000.00 |
| Spatial resolution unit | This describes the unit of spatial resolution which for distance must be metres. | http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/ISO_19139_Schemas/resources/uom/gmxUom.xml#m |
| 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'. | not planned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | Marine Scotland requires a detailed understanding of fishing activity in Scottish Territorial Waters to inform marine spatial planning at both the national and regional level, and in relation to marine renewable energy development, marine nature conservation designations and fisheries mnagement. For larger fishing vessels (those over 5 m overall length) which fish mainly in offshore wters, spatially resolved information on the ctivity and the value of fishing can be derived fom Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and landings data. The competition for space is, however, often greatest in inshore waters where most fishing is undertaken by small vessels which are not currently fitted with VMS. To improve knowledge of the distribution of fishing activity and the value of fisheries in inshore waters, Marine Scotland carried out a fisheries mapping study known as ScotMap. ScotMap provides spatial information on the fishing activity of Scottish registered commercial fishing vessels under 15 m in overall length. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The data were collected during face-to-face interviews with individual vessel owners and operators and relate to fishing activity for the period 2007 to 2011. Interviewees were asked to identify the areas in which they fish, and to provide associated information on their fishing vessel, species targeted, fishing gear used and income from fishing. The dataset, as of July 2013, is based on interviews of 1,090 fishermen who collectively identified 2,634 fishing areas or ‘polygons’, the majority of which relate to creel (pot) fishing. The data collected were aggregated and analysed to provide raster data and mapped outputs of the monetary value, relative importance (relative value) and the usage (number of fishing vessels and number of crew) of seas around Scotland. Examples of the mapped outputs for subsets of the data representing the main types of fishery prosecuted by the under 15 m fleet, and for the combined data set, are presented and discussed. Not all fishermen initially targeted for the ScotMap project were interviewed (72% vessel coverage overall) and not all those interviewed provided earnings information (10% earnings disclosure decline rate overall). Individuals defined their fishing areas with variable levels of precision. Users of the data should be aware of this, particularly of the coverage provided by the ScotMap data which varies regionally. |
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| 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 | Fisheries | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation | |
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| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 61.5 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 54.5 |
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| 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 | Marine Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1224 876 544 | |
| 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 | Marine Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1224 876 544 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Vcitoria Road | |
| Postal code | AB11 9DB | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Marine Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1224 876 544 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Vcitoria Road | |
| Postal code | AB11 9DB | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| 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 | Marine Scotland | |
| Individual name | Mcgregor, Helen | |
| Phone | +44 (0)1224 876 544 | |
| Delivery point | Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Vcitoria Road | |
| Postal code | AB11 9DB | |
| City | Aberdeen | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/1554-1 |
| Locator name | Name of the web resource | DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/1554-1 |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | download |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| Limitations on public access | Any restrictions imposed on accessing the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | Open Government License (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/) |
| Access constraints (code) | ISO restriction code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | license |
| Use constraints (code) | ISO restriction name chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | license |
| 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. | 1900-01-01 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2015-04-09 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Metadata |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | Version 2.3.7 |
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