CEFAS1086cb9f-e5bf-40af-b1e4-ccf3f25b302c English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2025-10-13T01:27:37 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision 4323 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 DAPSTOM Fish Stomach Data - 1836 to Present 2023-09-28 publication 2025-10-13 revision 2023-09-28 creation CEFAS21715 https://data.cefas.co.uk DAPSTOM (integrated database and portal for fish stomach records) is an ongoing initiative (supported by Defra and the EU) to digitise and make available fish stomach content records spanning the past 100 years. In this latest iteration (Version 6.3) an additional 26,767 records for 122,137 individual predator stomachs have been added to the dataset (including 31,488 cod stomachs), bringing the total up to 283,121 records from 481,476 stomachs and 741 distinct research cruises/sampling campaigns. Data are available for 210 predator species and a huge swathe of the Northeast Atlantic, but particularly the North Sea, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and area around Spitzbergen. Records span the period 1836 to 2023, and the database encompasses individuals ranging in size from 0.1 cm (a herring larva) to 768 cm for a basking shark caught in 1947. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner European Commission info@publications.europa.eu owner Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Fish SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Fish behaviour SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse English biota 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 1836-02-24 2025-10-13 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21715 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Species Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification The DAPSTOM database (version 1) was originally created in 2007. It has been used to parameterise multispecies fisheries models and to develop ecosystem indicators, with a focus on ‘food-webs’, as well as basic investigations into the underlying biology of particular species. Most datasets were derived from scientists log-books or reports contained within the Cefas archive, others were donated by ‘partners’ or were digitised from published peer-reviewed papers, with specific relevance to the British Isles. This update to DAPSTOM has been funded via the European Union under project “SC10 – Study on stomach content of fish to update databases and analyse possible changes in diet or food webs interactions” (EASME/EMFF/2018/011). The intention is that the DAPSTOM Version 6.3 database will be made searchable and freely available to users via a dedicated R-shiny interface. MEDIN 3.1.1