CEFAS3ed42b65-a928-4c99-9b9a-d4b64f5816d7 English series series 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 2019-10-29T10:09:34 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Western anglerfish and hake 2005/06 - Fisheries Science Partnership FSP Western anglerfish and hake 2016-11-14 publication 2019-10-29 revision 2016-11-11 creation CEFAS18235 https://data.cefas.co.uk One of ten beam trawl surveys to investigate catches of anglerfish and hake (*Merluccius**merluccius*) in the Celtic Sea and Western Approaches, and to examine bycatches of other species. To investigate the effectiveness of an "environmental panel" designed for reducing the bycatch of organisms and debris. 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 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner annually Fish Biota abundance, biomass and diversity SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Water column 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 Adherance to the Cefas Data access policy required. Terms and conditions of OGL – Open Government Licence apply. `http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/`_ .. _`http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/`: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ English biota -8.00 -2.00 48.50 52.50 2005-10-01 2005-10-31 Binary Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/18235 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: Binary download. 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 western anglerfish programme was carried out every year from 2003 to 2012 with the aim of investigating the abundance and size composition of anglerfish on the main UK anglerfish fishing grounds off the southwest coast of England. Additional data are collected on other commercial species, such as megrim, hake, cod and lemon sole. Throughout the time-series, the same two commercial beam trawlers have been used, the FV Twilight III in the southern part of the survey area and the FV Billy Rowney in the northern region. The vessels have fished in the same areas, using the same gear, for the duration of the time-series. On the survey fishing grounds, two species of anglerfish are caught. The most common (scientific name *Lophius piscatorius*) is referred to herein as anglerfish or monk (fish) (*L. piscatorius*), and the less common species (*Lophius budegassa*) as anglerfish or monk (fish) (*L. budegassa*), to avoid the use of common names such as “black anglerfish” or “white anglerfish”, which are used for the same species in different areas. The two species of anglerfish belong to populations that extend over a broad area of the continental shelf to the west and southwest of the British Isles. Anglerfish populations extend from coastal waters to the continental slope and are fished by several nations using beam trawls, otter trawls and fixed nets. The area covered by the FSP survey is therefore only a small part of the overall range of the populations. MEDIN 3.1.1