Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12436 eng dataset Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact 2024-05-13 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Fishing Statistics - Gridded fisheries data within Scottish waters for Scottish fishing vessels under 12m overall length - annual averages 2018 to 2022 2022-12-22 publication Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_12436 Owners or masters of Scottish fishing vessels under 12m overall length must declare a latitude and longitude position (DD MM) on each fishing day indicating where the majority of the catch was taken. This data has been recorded since 2016 for vessels submitting Fish 1 forms and from 2018 onwards for vessels submitting paper logbooks. This dataset aggregates the positions declared between 2018 and 2022, along with the associated catch weight and values, into C-Squares of 0.05 x 0.05 decimal degrees. The data is grouped into sectors of "Pots and traps" - e.g. creels for crabs, lobsters, or Nephrops; whelk pots; or wrasse traps "Bottom trawls" - e.g. bottom trawls for Nephrops, squid, or demersal fish "Dredges" - e.g. dredging for bivalve molluscs such as scallops and surf clams "Rod and lines"- e.g. handlines or jigging for mackerel; set lines for demersal fish "Set nets" - e.g. set nets for demersal fish or crustaceans "Diving or hand gathering" - e.g. scallop diving, but excluding the razor fish trial "Other" - e.g. anything else This data includes catches of razor clams up until 1st February 2018. Since this date, only vessels involved in the scientific trial can land razor clams. Data will be published on these vessels once the trial is complete. Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot custodian Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot distributor Marine Scotland +44 (0)300 244 4000 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh EH6 6QQ United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot originator unknown Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Fish and shellfish catch statistics SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2018-12-12 revision Statistical units GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision Data is derived from positions self-declared by fishers. These positions have not been verified by other sources. The following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from the Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. otherRestrictions no limitations to public access 1852.00 eng economy -9.024066 -0.3209332 54.43328 61.0607 SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision There is no appropriate value 2017-01-01 2022-12-31 n/a offlineAccess https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities download https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities download https://msmap1.atkinsgeospatial.com/geoserver/nmpwfs/ows?token=d46ffd2a-e192-4e51-8a6a-b3292c20f1ee&service=wfs&request=getFeature&typeName=fishing_under12_data&outputFormat=shape-zip&srsName=EPSG:4326 download dataset Catch and sales data linked to the daily position was extracted from the Marine Scotland Compass database for the period 2018 to 2022 within a bounding box of -10W to 0E and 54N to 62N. Approximately 12% of total voyages either had no position or was outside of the bounding box. The positions were allocated to C-Squares of 0.05 x 0.05 decimal degrees. C-Squares that are entirely on land or outwith Scottish waters were excluded. The remaining data was aggregated. Where there are less than five vessels in a c-square, the values are redacted and coded as -999. Older Fish1 forms use a free text box for positions and positions may be of poorer quality.