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Marine Scotland – Science uses MRV Scotia to undertake a deep-water trawl survey along the continental slope of the Rockall Trough. This survey area is situated some 100 km to the north and west of Scotland. The continental slope separates the shallow shelf seas (< 200 m) from the deep ocean plains (> 2000 m) and supports a diverse assemblage of fish, some of which are commercially exploited such as roundnose grenadier, blue ling, black scabbard.
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
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| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 6256 |
| 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. | FishDAC - 2015 West Scotland Deepwater Trawl Survey |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | MSS Deepwater Slope Survey 2015 |
| 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_2028 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_2028 |
| 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 | 2015-09-04 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2015-09-16 |
| 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 – Science uses MRV Scotia to undertake a deep-water trawl survey along the continental slope of the Rockall Trough. This survey area is situated some 100 km to the north and west of Scotland. The continental slope separates the shallow shelf seas (< 200 m) from the deep ocean plains (> 2000 m) and supports a diverse assemblage of fish, some of which are commercially exploited such as roundnose grenadier, blue ling, black scabbard. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The main objective of the MSS deepwater survey is to sample the populations of fish on the slope to enable the generation of indices of abundance, size and diversity which can be compared over time and space. There are secondary objectives such as identification and cataloguing of the mega-benthos and biological sampling for specific research projects. The survey is currently of a fixed-station design stratified by depth at 500, 1000, 1500 and 1800 and 2000m and these are completed using a series of spatially resolved transects that commence at the top of the slope at 500m and continue down the shelf slope to 2000m. The range, either side of these sampled depths is ± 100 m. The reason for depth stratification is related to the strong bathymetric patterns in species distributions and abundance. In addition stations at 750m, and 1250m are also routinely sampled however due to time constraints these are not sampled on every transect every year rather different transects will be covered across years on a rolling basis. Overall therefore the survey gives good representation of the slope community, although this present design as it stands due to its lack of randomization prevents estimation of absolute abundance. |
| Additional information | This describes relevant references to the data e.g. reports, articles, websites plus other useful information not captured elsewhere. | Marine Scotland Science Report 03/10: Deepwater Trawl Survey Manual. |
| 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 | Fisheries and aquaculture | |
| 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 | Fisheries | |
| 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 morphology, age and physiology | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 59.5 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -7 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 56 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -11 |
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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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| 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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| 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 | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) | |
| Phone | +44 (0)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| 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)300 244 4000 | |
| Delivery point | 1B South, Victoria Quay | |
| Postal code | EH6 6QQ | |
| City | Edinburgh | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/295194/0103756.pdf |
| Locator function | Code that describes the function of the resource. ISO function code chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | Reference info #0 |
| 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 | otherRestrictions |
| Use constraints (code) | ISO restriction name chosen from ISO 19115-1 Codelist | otherRestrictions |
| Use constraints | Any restriction on the use of the resource such as the need to agree to certain licence conditions. | no limitations to public access |
| 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. | 2017-12-18 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2017-12-18 |
| 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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