f6caac1c98b0ddccf01b2ee17a6e5610 English dataset Data Officer Northwestern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority science@nw-ifca.gov.uk pointOfContact 2021-03-25 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2001 - 2009 North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NWIFCA) English Solway Cockle Surveys 2009-06-25 publication 2009-06-25 creation 2009-06-25 revision NWIFCA_COC_CUM http://www.nw-ifca.gov.uk Cockle surveys on the two beds on the English side of the Solway Firth, Cardurnock and Beckfoot, were carried out by a consultant on behalf of the Cumbria Sea Fisheries Committee between 2003 and 2009. These surveys were used to identify commercial cockle beds, calculate the total tonnage of stock on a bed in order to calculate a TAC and also to monitor changes in stock levels. Dr Jane Lancaster No organisation Principle Consultant Solenvo@hotmail.com originator Data Officer Northwestern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority science@nw-ifca.gov.uk custodian notPlanned Delimited Documents Geographic Information System Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies Shellfish morphology, age and physiology SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Marine UNESCO 2003-01-01 creation Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation Bivalve molluscs Bivalves 2015-04-07 creation Data is freely available for research or commercial use providing that the originators are acknowledged in any publications produced. A change may be applied to cover costs of compiling and sending data. otherRestrictions No restrictions on public access 500 English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea -3.5087 -3.3054 54.7959 54.9500 2001-10-01 2009-06-25 Data Officer Northwestern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority science@nw-ifca.gov.uk distributor dataset The two cockle beds on the English side of the Solway, Cardurnock and Beckfoot, are surveyed. Survey stations are predetermined by a grid (with 500 or 400 m spacing at Cardurnock and 200 m spacing at Beckfoot) loaded onto a hand held GPS. ATVs are used to move around the bed between survey stations. At each station a 0.1 m2 is placed on the sand and the sediment within sorted with a 5mm mesh sieve. Any cockles retained by the mesh were returned to the CSFC office for further analysis. Every cockle in each sample was aged, measured and weighed. These results were then used to calculate density and biomass of each bed and to produce thematic GIS maps. Results were also used to calculate the amount of commercial stock available to a fishery at various minimum landing sizes. Available outputs include raw data, amalgamated data, GIS data, thematic maps and reports.