CEFAS460477E2-BCF8-4069-A640-51E55DB892EE
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
2023-02-03T05:52:40
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry
2022-01-07
revision
WGS 84
Digitised fish spawning distribution adapted from the Olsen 1883 Piscatorial Atlas
2016-06-13
publication
2023-02-03
revision
2016-05-27
creation
CEFAS10006
https://data.cefas.co.uk
The dataset is a collection of Geographic Information System (GIS) shapefiles
showing the general distribution and spawning distribution of 14 fish species
selected from the 46 maps in O.T. Olsen's Atlas (
`https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`_) based on their relevance to
the present day spawning datasets and commercial importance: cod, haddock,
herring, lemon sole, mackerel, plaice, sole, whiting, skate, thornback ray,
ling, horse mackerel, hake and sprat (general distribution only). The majority
of the Olsen (1883) maps were for species either no longer considered in a
large commercial capacity in UK waters (e.g. anchovy, garfish, tusk etc.)
and/or had no comparative present day dataset available (e.g. mussels, turbot
etc.). The data complements the present day fish spawning datasets, in:
Coull, K.A., Johnstone, R. & Rogers, S.I. (1998) Fisheries sensitivity maps in
British waters. *Published and distributed by UKOOA Ltd*, *9*.
Ellis, J.R., Milligan, S.P., Readdy, L., Taylor, N. & Brown, M.J. (2012)
Spawning and nursery grounds of selected fish species in UK waters. Sci. Ser.
Tech. Rep., Cefas Lowestoft, 147: 56pp.
See also, `Fisheries Sensitivity Maps | Marine Scotland Information`_
.. _`https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn`:
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/up4zvcsn
.. _`fisheries sensitivity maps | marine scotland information`:
https://marine.gov.scot/information/fisheries-sensitivity-maps
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
notPlanned
Biota abundance, biomass and diversity
SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary
2011-03-25
revision
Habitats and biotopes
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
MEDIN metadata record availability
2012-01-11
publication
otherRestrictions
noLimitations
otherRestrictions
Public data - no limitations to reuse
English
environment
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1870-01-01
1883-01-01
Delimited
Geographic Information System
Unknown
https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/10006
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dataset
INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes – 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
In the early 1870s, Olsen created a simple questionnaire which was distributed
to fishermen in Grimsby and Hull, England. He requested information on
location, tides, tack, and weather; quantity and description of fish; and
description of bycatch. After gathering this data for almost a decade, in 1883
Olsen published the “Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and George’s
Channels”. The atlas illustrates the fishing ports, boats, gear, species of
fish (how, where, and when caught) and other information concerning fish and
fisheries).
The National Library for Scotland, Edinburgh provided scanned copies of the
requested maps in jpeg format. Of the 14 maps selected, the sprat map was
subsequently discarded, as it was not possible to distinguish between the
general distribution and spawning areas on the scanned version.
MEDIN
3.1.1