CEFASe6edb9b9-25de-4d02-9235-694172b513b7 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 2023-02-01T12:59:10 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Historical Research Vessel Logbook Catalogue - UK Government Research Vessel cruises Technical Report 112 – DEFRA Historical Research Vessel Data 2013-11-06 publication 2023-02-01 revision 2013-08-06 creation CEFAS2653 https://data.cefas.co.uk This report describes a programme to retrieve and properly archive uncatalogued Research Vessel (RV) data held at CEFAS Lowestoft, formerly the Directorate of Fisheries Research. The earliest records discovered date back to surveys undertaken in 1904. For the period up to 1970, when reliable computer databases began, records of 2,367 surveys by 12 sea-going research vessels and eight estaurine/inshore vessels were located. A description of the type of data that were held in each of the 2,475 scientists Log Books from these surveys is included in a fully searchable Catalogue. A continuous record of research vessel activity is available, except for the periods during World Wars I and II. All data are now catalogued and stored in secure modern archiving facilities, and the CEFAS Library is the custodian of this data. 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 notPlanned Fish SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Advice Analysis Management Monitoring Species GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Inapplicable 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 1000 English biota -15.00 3.50 48.00 64.00 1904 1981 Binary Delimited Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/2653 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 This Technical Report describes the information that is now available in the RV data archive at our Lowestoft laboratory. It contains: - The type of information that was discovered - The methods that were used to summarise the data from the archive - A brief description of the Excel "Historic RV database" that was created from this archive. The database is a catalogue of information held in the archive and does not contain raw data collected during any of the surveys. - How the database can be used to retrieve specific datasets. The report provides examples of potentially valuable time-series data that are available for further analysis. **References used for Historic RV Catalogue_Fish Names** British Fishes Volumes I and II: The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland (Francis Day, F.L.S. & F.Z.S.) Williams and Norgate, 1880-1884 PISCES, compiled by A.J. Edwards and P.S. Davis MEDIN 3.1.1