64214979-fba1-459e-bc8e-40931792a9f4 English dataset 1564c8bc-de18-4631-8abe-3ac628149d22 Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2025-11-11 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 2022-2023 Fishing Industry Science Partnership (FISP) North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NEIFCA) North East Inshore ELSI Cage Species Abundance 2022-2023 North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NEIFCA) North East Inshore ELSI Cage Species Abundance 2025-03-18 publication DASSHDT00000542 https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ The survey was designed to measure the number of early benthic stage Eastern European lobster larvae in the inshore North Sea. Cages were purposefully built for the project and 4 were dropped at 10 locations along the UK's North East coastline. The cages were left to soak on the seabed, the species found in the cages after retrieval were identified and the abundance recorded. Measurements of temperature and salinity were also taken. Rachel Waite-Hudson North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority 01482 393515 rachel.waite-hudson@eastriding.gov.uk owner Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian Rachel Waite-Hudson North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority 01482 393515 rachel.waite-hudson@eastriding.gov.uk originator Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Archive for Marine Species and Habitats 01752 426237 dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor notPlanned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2025-11-11 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision otherRestrictions open government license otherRestrictions Open Government License English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota oceans -1.2249765917659 0.4168689250946 53.686542029191 54.651193597952 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2021-01-06 creation Southern North Sea ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 36E9 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 36F0 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 37E9 ICES Rectangles 2021-01-06 creation 38E9 ICES Statistical Areas 2021-01-06 creation Ivb 2022-05-06 2023-09-07 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision unknown Delimited https://doi.org/10.17031/67d2f586e7bda DOI Link data download link download dataset 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 MEDIN data guideline for static net, pot and trap data 2011-01-28 publication Samples were not audited but were cross examined by 2 scientists from the University of Hull. Settlement collector cages are built of 10-gauge wire mesh (37mm) with dimensions of 61.0 cm x 91.5 cm x 15.0 cm providing 0.55m2 floor area. The inside of the cages are lined with a 2mm plastic mesh for retaining newly settled lobsters, crabs and other taxa and a 5mm plastic mesh over the finer mesh to prevent chafing. The cages are filled with clean rounded cobbles of various sizes. Samples had encrusting species removed before identification, these were not included as a species present in the cage. In the first year of sampling, every survey event ending in Y1 the sediment was processed through a 1mm sieve, whereas all surveyIDs ending in Y2 the sediment was processed through a 500µm sieve.