74ee8bea-dab7-4ed2-8c23-8d0e871f8eb7 English 58628a076974a3a6df36c8f951853044 dataset Dan Lear Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2016-11-15 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.4 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2007 Commercial Fishing: Important Finfish Grounds around Shetland 2007-01-01 publication SSMEIShetland-1 http://www.nafc.ac.uk This map shows the location and classification boundaries of shellfish beds under the EU Shellfish Hygiene Directive. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for ensuring that shellfish harvesting areas are monitored and classified according to European legislation. This includes responsibility for the designation of harvesting areas, setting standards and reporting the classification of harvesting areas according to the presence of faecal indicator organisms. The degree of shellfish contamination determines the degree of depuration (purification) required before the produce may be commercially marketed. Fishermen may only exploit on a commercial basis those shellfish from areas which have the appropriate FSAS hygiene classification. Lorraine Gray North Atlantic Fisheries College Marine Centre SSMEI Project Officer lorraine.gray@nafc.uhi.ac.uk originator Dan Lear Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian continual Geographic Information System NDGO0001 Habitats and biotopes Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Habitat extent Habitat characterisation SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. otherRestrictions Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. English biota biota SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision epipelagic Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Northern North Sea Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Scottish Continental Shelf International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation North Sea International Hydrographic Bureau, Limits of Oceans and Seas 1954-01-01 creation Norwegian Sea -2.5300 -0.3100 59.3000 61.0670 2006-03-01 2006-12-15 http://www.nafc.ac.uk/SSMEI.aspx Dan Lear Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor http://www.dassh.ac.uk/ dataset This dataset was collected by the Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative Shetland Pilot. Locations of fishing grounds were mapped by fishermen to show the distribution of key commercial fish species (cod, haddock, whiting, blue-whiting, monkfish, herring, mackerel, shellfish and their spawning and nursery areas). Data was collected for each sp., gear type, home address and month fished.