5f2938b88c3f5ff0fb4ce2dff8d6de8f English dataset Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk pointOfContact 2024-09-04 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Taw-Torridge Cockle survey 2022 2023-03-31 publication 2022-11-07 creation TAWCOCKLE2022 Cockle surveys were conducted for the first time at Instow and Old Walls (Figure 4) on 7th and 8th November 2022, respectively. The aim is to monitor the change in density and average size of cockles across the Taw Torridge Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk originator Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk custodian annually Documents Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Bivalve molluscs Bivalves 2015-04-07 creation Full data available on request otherRestrictions Full data available on request English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision littoral -4.2702 -4.1644 51.0379 51.0746 2022-11-07 2022-11-08 Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk distributor http://https://www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk/Resource-library/H-Environment-and-Research A link to the general host site dataset Cockle data is sampled annually from pre determined spatial stations. Sampled Cockles are then aged, measured and weighed according to size class and the data is uploaded in to GIS for subsequent analysis and comparison.