9e5fc162bfda7f9663757fa8bc7060bd English dataset Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk pointOfContact 2022-07-22 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 Taw Torridge Sublittoral Mussel Stock Assessment 2020 2020-12-01 publication 2020-12-23 creation 2020-11-03 revision TTSUBTIDALMUSSEL2020DSIFCA In order to better understand the distribution of sublittoral mussel resource in the main channel of the Taw-Torridge estuary, north Devon. Grab surveys were undertaken on 23rd October 2020. These surveys included a maximum of three grab samples, taken with a 10 kg van Veen grab, at each of 38 sampling stations positioned throughout the main channel of the estuary between approximately Crow Point to Coolstone and the estuary mouth. Surveys were conducted by an IFCA officer on board a local fishing vessel. Data include georeferenced grab success and failure data, count of mussel in each grab and mussel length data for all mussels observed. 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 unknown Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Habitats and biotopes INSPIRE THEMES 2011-02-16 creation Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Shellfish morphology, age and physiology SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Protected Areas MEDIN 2012-02-14 creation Bivalve molluscs Bivalves 2015-04-07 creation Marine Environment Monitoring Global Change Master Directory Science Keywords V5 2006-08-31 creation Species Distribution INSPIRE 2017-05-12 creation Data are freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. Charts are not to be used for navigation. otherRestrictions Contact Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority to request full report: office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk, 01803 854648 150 English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Western Channel and Celtic Sea SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision circalittoral SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision infralittoral -4.2613 -4.1719 51.0569 51.0955 2020-10-23 2020-10-23 Devon and Severn IFCA Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority office@devonandsevernifca.gov.uk distributor https://www.devonandsevernifca.gov.uk/Resource-library/H-Environment-and-Research Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Resource Library A link to the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Resource Library, containing the relevant report and contact details to request dataset dataset In order to better understand the distribution of sublittoral mussel resource in the main channel of the Taw-Torridge estuary, north Devon. Grab surveys were undertaken on 23rd October 2020. These surveys included a maximum of three grab samples, taken with a 10 kg van Veen grab, at each of 38 sampling stations positioned throughout the main channel of the estuary between approximately Crow Point to Coolstone and the estuary mouth. Surveys were conducted by an IFCA officer on board a local fishing vessel. Data include georeferenced grab success and failure data, count of mussel in each grab and mussel length data for all mussels observed. A report on this survey is available through DSIFCA online resource library. Data include georeferenced grab success/failure, count of mussel in each grab and mussel length data for all mussels observed.