43e8260bc4fe36179a9ca1002bf42dd8 English dataset Dominic Bailey Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority dominic.bailey@kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk pointOfContact 2021-05-07 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Kent and Essex IFCA Fishing Activity Mapping 2008 - present 2012-10-22 publication 2012-10-22 creation 2012-10-22 revision KEIFCA000002 http://www.kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk Kent and Essex patrol vessels log sightings of commercial fishing vessels at sea along with the activity of the vessel when it is sighted. Data is collected for the purposes of fishery management and risk based enforcement of the fleet. Time, date, position, vessel PLN, vessel name, gear type and activity are recorded. Data is then inputted into GIS so that the results can be spatially analysed. Dominic Bailey Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority dominic.bailey@kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk originator Dominic Bailey Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority dominic.bailey@kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk custodian annually Delimited Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Sea regions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Fishery characterisation SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Fisihing Activity CHARM III 2012-04-02 creation Data is freely available for use in teaching and conservation but permission must be sought for use if the data will be reproduced in full or part or if used in any analyses. Not suitable for use in navigation. otherRestrictions Additional access information - Restricted public access, only available at 10km resolution. 500 English oceans Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Eastern Channel Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Southern North Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30F0 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 31F0 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 30F1 ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 31F1 0.2637 1.5875 50.8302 52.0119 2008-01-01 2012-10-22 Dominic Bailey Kent and Essex Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority dominic.bailey@kentandessex-ifca.gov.uk distributor dataset Data is collected using GPS data from the vessels instruments as well as radar returns from the vessels instruments where required. Vessel instruments are checked and calibrated monthly. Once data is collected it is inputted into a patrol vessel log database from where the individual data can be extracted and placed into GIS software.