CEFASd3fcbc85-d29b-4031-83fb-78ab80157cbd 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 2025-05-13T12:42:10 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Coastal fish survey, western North Sea, September 2022 (FSS: COASTSHRMM) 2022-11-28 publication 2025-05-13 revision 2022-10-20 creation CEFAS21523 https://data.cefas.co.uk A one-off survey was conducted between 26 and 27 September 2022 to sample fish populations, at inshore locations off Clacton and Frinton, Essex. Sites were generally comprised of sandy sediments that could be sampled effectively using a beach seine net, and in total seven locations were successfully sampled. 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 Benthos Crustacean Invertebrate Biodiversity Shellfish GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Temperature of the water column Fish abundance in water bodies SeaDataNet P02 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision 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 Circalittoral 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 INSPIRE_Directive_Article13_1d otherRestrictions Public data - no limitations to reuse English biota 0.50 1.50 51.25 52.00 2022-09-26 2022-09-27 Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21523 Cefas Data Portal information The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. 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 Data captured included station information (positions, times etc), gear deployment details (fishing gear used, deployment method) and the catch (length measurements for all fish species (measured to mm below) and observations for the epi-benthos. All species were identified either to species level or the highest taxa. Temperature and salinity data were also collected. Data were subsequently captured by the Cefas Fishing Survey System (FSS) database, which underwent data quality checking after input. MEDIN 3.1.1