eb66ccf3-3d65-426e-9b29-150b3848d64a English dataset Imogen Wright Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority 01202 721373 enquiries@southern-ifca.gov.uk pointOfContact 2026-10-14 MEDIN 3.1.2 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2021-01-06 revision WGS 84 Southern IFCA Juvenile Fish Survey 2026-10-14 publication 2025-11-07 revision SIFCA_JFS As part of the Southern IFCA’s Fish Monitoring Programme, this dataset was collected for the purposes of informing the understanding of juvenile fish population, diversity and species richness within specific areas of the District, including those managed as Essential Fish Habitats, to inform fisheries management. Samples were taken using a beach seine net method, deployed either by hand or using a vessel with a minimum of 2 net hauls completed at each sampling site. Sampling sites have varied over the duration of the dataset, the current methodology covers 4 sites. The samples will be taken at slack water within approximately 30 minutes either side of high or low water. Each individual fish caught will be identified to species level to the best of the surveyor’s ability. The first 50 individuals of each species will have their total body length measured to the nearest millimetre. Personnel should select these 50 fish at random to avoid any inadvertent bias towards larger fish. Any remaining individuals from each species after the first 50 will be counted. Each species new to the survey will be photographed, and any individuals that prove difficult to identify will also be photographed, to allow further attempts at identification after fieldwork has been completed. Sarah Birchenough Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Deputy Chief Officer 01202 721373 enquiries@southern-ifca.gov.uk owner Sarah Birchenough Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Deputy Chief Officer 01202 721373 enquiries@southern-ifca.gov.uk custodian Imogen Wright Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Project Officer 01202 721373 enquiries@southern-ifca.gov.uk originator Sarah Birchenough Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Deputy Chief Officer 01202 721373 enquiries@southern-ifca.gov.uk distributor asNeeded Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2026-10-16 revision NDGO0005 NDGO0005 2026-10-16 revision Environmental monitoring facilities Habitats and biotopes Protected sites Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-09-28 revision Fish abundance in water bodies Fish taxonomy-related counts Fishery characterisation SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-09-28 revision Fish Fisheries SeaDataNet PO3 Agreed Parameter Groups 2002-06-12 revision otherRestrictions No limitations to public access, individual requests for data will be considered by Southern IFCA on a case by case basis. otherRestrictions No limitations. Requests for data will be considered by Southern IFCA on a case by case basis. English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 biota oceans -1.320762631658 -1.2882614144473 50.847733267751 50.885435707788 -1.5196609820123 -1.4784622515435 50.683568470777 50.709374964822 -1.778984121338 -1.7327499834937 50.715317139931 50.73270455643 -2.5844193020021 -2.4406815020484 50.575549386323 50.643816117565 -2.0885468559572 -1.9109345372999 50.662116454523 50.733444745107 -1.319046067656 -1.2609101092676 50.70576716403 50.768633934342 -1.4307404175634 -1.3799286499852 50.707796437366 50.732140920015 SeaVox salt and freshwater body gazetteer 2021-01-06 creation English Channel 2015-05-08 SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 revision infralittoral Database https://www.southern-ifca.gov.uk/district-net-fisheries Southern IFCA net fisheries A link to the webpage that contains Southern IFCA Fish Monitoring survey reports information dataset MEDIN data guideline for static net, pot and trap data 2011-01-28 publication All mandatory items were completed. true 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 Only mandatory items included true This dataset was collected by Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority for the purposes of informing understandings of juvenile fish population, diversity and species richness within specific areas of the District, including those managed as Essential Fish Habitats, to inform fisheries management. Samples were taken using a beach seine net method, deployed either by hand or using a vessel with a minimum of 2 net hauls completed at each sampling site. Sampling sites have varied over the duration of the dataset, the current methodology covers 4 sites.