Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1727
eng
dataset
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
+44 (0)300 244 4000
marinescotland@gov.scot
pointOfContact
2016-05-03
MEDIN Discovery Metadata
Version 2.3.7
urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
OGP
0607H HERAS West coast herring acoustic survey- MFV Prowess
0607H, charter vessel, HERAS, MFV Prowess,
2016-04-07
publication
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1727
Daily folders (17) of Simrad format (.raw) acoustic data. 17 Echoview format (EV) format analysis files. Excel biological data for 30 pelagic hauls.
Objectives
1. To conduct an acoustic survey to estimate the abundance and distribution of herring in the north western North Sea and west of Scotland (ICES area VIa(N) as part of the ICES International North Sea Herring Acoustic Survey.
2. To obtain samples of herring for biological analysis, including age, length, weight, sex, maturity and ichthyophonus infection.
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
Scottish Government (Marine Scotland)
+44 (0)300 244 4000
Mailpoint 11, Area 1B South, Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
United Kingdom
marinescotland@gov.scot
originator
Not Planned
Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
Acoustics
Biota composition
Fish
SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups
2010-10-23
revision
Acoustic backscatter in the water column
Fish abundance in water bodies
Fish biomass in water bodies
Fish morphology, age and physiology
BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
2011-03-25
revision
Open Government License (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/)
otherRestrictions
no limitations to public access
55000.00
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The entire body of water between the bed and the atmosphere.
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https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/search/
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Electronic - 21.8GB - Daily folders (17) of Simrad format (.raw) acoustic data. 17 Echoview format (EV) format analysis files. Excel biological data for 30 pelagic hauls.
dataset
The survey will be carried out within an area bounded by 56°–60°N and 03°–10°W. Echointegration will be carried out at 38, 120 and 200 kHz on a 24 hour-a-day basis. Data from the times between 2300 and 0300 hours will not be used for stock assessment. Fish shoals seen on the echosounder will be identified using a pelagic trawl. Trawling operations will be carried out between two and four times per day, and not between 2300 and 0300 hours. Samples of all species caught will be measured for length and weight to establish a length weight relationship. Otoliths will be collected from a sub-sample of the herring to determine age. Maturity state will also be recorded. Presence of Icthyophonus infection will be recorded.
The survey will involve following a pre-set survey pattern, at normal steaming speed (approximately 10 knots). A port call will take place at an approximate half way stage in Ullapool; to provide a rest day in accordance with working time directive for a trip of this length. It is intended to complete the survey in the north-eastern part of the survey area to coincide with the acoustic survey by FRV Scotia in the adjacent area (ICES division IVa).