CEFAS481eeb5d-f329-4de1-97da-2a296351d899 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 2025-04-17T01:00:54 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 UK ICES fish stock and shellfish stock assessment data 2017 2019-07-02 publication 2025-04-17 revision 2017-09-14 creation CEFAS18741 https://data.cefas.co.uk This dataset summarises stock assessment advice for quota fish stocks and national shellfish stocks. These files contain data quantifying annual recruitment, biomass, stock size, landings, catches, discards, industrial bycatch, fishing pressure (fishing pressure mean, ranges, and estimated pressure accountable to landings, discards and bycatch) and stock indicators (Flim fisheries mortality that if exceeded would result in the stock falling below Blim, Blim spawning stock Biomass at the limit reference point, Fpa level of catches that if exceeded would result in the stock falling below Bpa, Bpa spawning stock Biomass in relation to the precautionary approach, Fpa FMSY Maximum sustainable yield, BMSY Maximum sustainable yield biomass trigger) for various fish stocks (fish species in given ICES regions). 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 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Species Shellfish GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fish abundance in water bodies Fish and shellfish catch statistics Fish biomass in water bodies Fishing by-catch SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Fisheries SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Benthic boundary 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 Public data - no limitations to reuse 600000 English biota 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 1905-12-31 2017-01-01 Binary Delimited Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/18741 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, CSV. 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 UK_ICES_fish_stock_and_shellfish_stock_assessment_data_2017.csv is modified from the ICES stock assessment database. Appended to this is the UK national shellfish stocks data, which were taken from assessment reports provided by Cefas and Marine Scotland. In the dataset, the first column “ICES” identifies those stocks that originate from the ICES stock assessment database with the entry “Y”. The SPiCT_Stock data2_281117.csv contains ICES stock assessment model outputs. SPiCT refers to 'Stochastic Production model in Continuous Time', the model used to produce outputs for data limited stocks. These data were not released online by ICES when this data were collated (12/09/2017), but instead downloaded directly by `www.stockassessment.org`_ (Casper Berg, DTU-Aqua) to Cefas on 08 June 2016. The ICES_fish_stock_and_shellfish_stock_assessment_data_2017_column_descriptions.txt file contains column header descriptions. This indicator summarises stock assessment advice for quota fish stocks and national shellfish stocks. The input data for quota fish stocks arise from the ICES stock assessment database http://standardgraphs.ices.dk/stockList.aspx, while the data for national shellfish stocks arise from Marine Scotland and Cefas assessments, where data are provide per sex per stock both sexes had to be below Fmsy for the status per stock to be considered below Fmsy: Cefas (2015a). Lobster (Homarus gammarus). Stock Status Report 2014. 24 September 2015 `https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lobster-homarus-gammarus-stock-status-report-2014`_ Cefas (2015b). Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) Stock Status Report 2014. 24 September 2015 `https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edible-crab-cancer-pagurus-stock-status-report-2014`_ . Dobby, H., S. Millar, L. Blackadder, J. Turriff, A. McLay (2012). Scottish Scallop Stocks: Results of 2011 Stock Assessments. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 3 No 10. Published by Marine Scotland Science. ISSN: 2043-7722. Mesquita, C., H. Dobby, A McLay (2016) Crab and Lobster Fisheries in Scotland: Results of Stock Assessments 2009 – 2012. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 9. Published by Marine Scotland Science. ISSN: 2043-7722. Mesquita, C., H. Dobby, A McLay (2017) Crab and Lobster Fisheries in Scotland: Results of Stock Assessments 2013 – 2015. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 14. Published by Marine Scotland Science. ISSN: 2043-7722. DOI: 10.7489/1990-1. .. _`www.stockassessment.org`: http://www.stockassessment.org .. _`https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lobster-homarus-gammarus-stock-status-report-2014`: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lobster-homarus-gammarus-stock-status-report-2014 .. _`https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edible-crab-cancer-pagurus-stock-status-report-2014`: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edible-crab-cancer-pagurus-stock-status-report-2014 MEDIN 3.1.1