CEFASEA7A87BA-BFB1-4F57-926E-5739BC686A88 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 2025-04-15T10:08:24 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Survey : CEND 18/13 (part of North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS)) September Irish Sea and Bristol Channel Beam Trawl Survey 2016-06-10 publication 2025-04-15 revision 2016-06-09 creation CEFAS10190 https://data.cefas.co.uk This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS); Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and acoustic data. Survey took place between 10/09/2013 and 03/10/2013 on CEFAS Endeavour Equipment used during this survey : - Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT - ESM2 Cast with bottom Niskin SAIV CTD - Slocum sea glider NOC - Water sampled for Caesium and Tritium Survey operations were undertaken on 192 stations 235 different species were caught on this survey 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 European Commission info@publications.europa.eu owner annually Acoustics Biota abundance, biomass and diversity Water column temperature and salinity Fish Fisheries SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Benthos Crustacean Invertebrate Mollusc Shellfish Age Advice Indicator Management Monitoring Stock (biological) Aquatic environment Biodiversity Catchment area Coastal environment Ecosystem Species Taxonomy GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Biodiversity indices Litter abundance and type Electrical conductivity of the water column Light absorption in the water column Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies Fish biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Infralittoral Circalittoral 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 English biota -8.00 -2.00 49.75 55.00 2013-09-10 2013-10-03 Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/10190 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 Surveys carried out for the ICES Celtic Seas Ecoregion Working Group starting in 1988 and ongoing. Fishing over an allocated area of the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using a standard grid. The first tow of the survey is often a "test" tow and is sometimes fished outside of the main survey grid. Since 2005 data have been collected using an electronic data capture system and uploaded onto the Fishing Survey System (FSS) database. Prior to this, all data were recorded on paper and then manually input into the FSS database. Biological samples are returned to the laboratory for processing and age determination where required. Species and Gear codelists are available via the additional information source field. MEDIN 3.1.1