Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1961 eng dataset Scottish Government (Marine Scotland) +44 (0)300 244 4000 marinescotland@gov.scot pointOfContact 2017-07-13 MEDIN Discovery Metadata Version 2.3.7 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 OGP Celtic Sea Northern Ireland Otter Trawl Quarter 1 Groundfish Survey Monitoring and Assessment Data Products CSNIreOT1 2017-07-31 publication Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1961 CSNIreOT1 begins in 1992 and ends in 2016, Moriarty et al (2017) detail the survey’s history. The Celtic Sea Northern Irish Quarter 1 Otter Trawl Groundfish Survey Monitoring and Assessment Data resource contains both biological and sampling information. There are two sampling areas a “Full” data set, this includes rectangles that have a poor temporal sampling record. The “SSA” or “Standard Survey Area” sampling area only contains rectangles that have consistent temporal sampling and meet the criteria set out in Moriarty et al, (2017). The “sampling information” contains all the technical information required to describe each individual haul. The “biological information” contains all of the biological information required to describe the species length and weight distributions in each haul. Biological information is further classified by “baseline” data. This data contains a mix of species, genus, and family classifications, with a tag to say if it required further assessment and “null” length values, with a tag to say a length frequency distribution needs to be assigned. The “k-NN” or “k” number of nearest neighbours data has reconciled all of the taxonomic data to the highest resolution possible, and assigned an appropriate length distribution to the sample in question. Product type: • This product is the Full Standard Monitoring Programme it is recommended that you use the Standard Survey Area - Standard Monitoring Programme for any OSPAR related analyses. • This product is the Standard Survey Area - Standard Monitoring Programme this is the recommended product for all analyses. • This product is the baseline/non-resolved biological information, this contains species and length classes that have not been resolved. We recommended use of the knn/resolved product for all analyses. • This product is the knn/resolved product which is recommended for all analyses. Additional information: This data can be freely downloaded according to the Scottish Government data policy. 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 Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Afbi) +44 (0)28 9025 5636 18a Newforge Lane Belfast United Kingdom info@afbini.gov.uk originator Marine Scotland +44 (0)300 244 4000 1B South, Victoria Quay Edinburgh United Kingdom marinescotland@gov.scot originator International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) +45 3338 6700 H. C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46 Copenhagen Denmark info@ices.dk originator Not Planned Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Environment Fisheries and aquaculture SeaDatanet Parameter Disciplines 2008-05-01 revision Fish SeaDataNet Agreed Parameter Groups 2010-10-23 revision Fish abundance in water bodies Fish biomass in water bodies BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Biological diversity maintained Marine food webs are at normal abundace and diversity Non-indigenous species do not adversly effect ecosystem Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors 2010-11-11 revision Open Government License (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/) otherRestrictions no limitations to public access 55000.00 eng biota oceans -7 -3 52 55 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 34E3 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 35E3 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 36E3 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 33E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 34E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 35E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 36E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 37E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 38E4 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 33E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 34E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 35E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 36E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 37E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 38E5 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 35E6 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 36E6 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 37E6 ICES Rectangles 1910-01-01 creation 38E6 SeaDataNet vertical extent keywords 2010-01-01 revision The entire body of water between the bed and the atmosphere. 1992-01-01 2016-12-31 https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/1961-1 DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/1961-1 Marine Scotland Internal Data Storage offlineAccess dataset Data quality statement: This data product has undergone rigorous quality checking, as outlined in the supporting documentation (Moriarty et al, 2017; Greenstreet et al 2017). It is suitable for supporting OSPAR fish community assessments and additional indicator research and development. Data source: Part of the data was sourced on the Database of Trawl Surveys (DATRAS) housed by ICES, this data is traditionally used for stock assessments and fish community studies by the ICES community and public users. The ICES data have to pass an extensive quality check. DATRAS provided information from 2008 to 2016. All other data (1992 – 2007) was provided directly from AFBI. Collection methods: The data was collected by AFBI during the Northern Irish Sea Groundfish Survey (NIGFS) coordinated by the International Bottom Trawl Survey Working Group. Data processing methods: While DATRAS has an integrated quality check, it was necessary to do a more extensive quality check and estimate certain values when data was not originally collected. The processing methods are fully outlined in Moriarty et al (2017). Data Interoperability: Sampling Information Field -Unit- Description HaulID - - Unique haul identifier (SurveyAcronym/Ship/Year/HaulNo) (H) Survey-Acronym - - Unique survey identifier (SubregionCountryGearTypeQuarter: e.g. GNSNedBT3) Ship - - Unique vessel identifier (e.g. SCO3: Scotia III) GearType - - Unique gear type code (BT = Beam Trawl, OT = Otter Trawl) Gear - - Unique gear code (e.g. GOV = Grande Oerverture Verticale) YearShot - - Year that gear was shot MonthShot - - Month that gear was shot DayShot - - Day that gear was shot TimeShot -GMT- Time that gear was shot (in format HHMM) HaulDur(min) -Min- Duration of fishing operation ShootLat(decdeg) -Deg.- Latitude in decimal degrees of the haul shoot position ShootLong(decdeg) -Deg.- Longitude in decimal degrees of the haul shoot position ICESStSq - - ICES statistical rectangle where gear was shot SurvStratum - - Stratum tag for stratified surveys Depth(m) -m- Depth tag assigned to the haul Distance(km) -km- Tow distance (dH,TOW) WingSpread(m) -m- Mean distance between the wings during fishing operation(dH,WING) DoorSpread(m) -m- Mean distance between the doors during fishing operation (dH,DOOR) NetOpen(m) -m- Mean head-line height above seabed during fishing operation (dH,HEIGHT) WingSwptArea(sqkm) -km2 - Area of seabed swept by the net (AH,WING = dH,TOW x dH,WING) WingSwptVol_CorF - - Multiplier (1 / dH,HEIGHT): converts to ‘density by wing-swept volume DoorSwptArea_CorF - - Multiplier (dH,WING / dH,DOOR): converts to ‘density by door-swept area DoorSwptVol_CorF - - Multiplier (dH,WING / (dH,DOOR x dH,HEIGHT)): converts to ‘density by door-swept volume Biological Information There are two Biological Information data products, ‘BaseLine’ and ‘KNN’. In ‘Baseline’ the k-NN procedure has not been applied, so densities-at-length of species complexes (e.g. genus, family or order taxonomic resolution level identifications codes) have not been resolved to the complexes constituent species, densities of a species where length data are not provided have not been resolved to their constituent length categories, and destinies of species complexes have not been resolved to their constituent species and length categories. In ‘KNN’ the k-NN procedure has been applied to address these three type of problem. Consequently the ‘KNN’ data product will have more records that the ‘Baseline’ data product and some fields are not relevant to the ‘Baseline’ data product. The ‘KNN’ data product will have the following structure. Field -Unit- Description HaulID - - Unique haul identifier (SurveyAcronym/Ship/Year/HaulNo) (H) SpeciesSciName - - Unique species name for each species sampled across the NE Atlantic (S) FishLength(cm) -cm- Integer numbers indicating fish length to the ‘cm below’ (L) IndivFishWght(g) -g- Estimated weight of individual fish of specified species and length (WS,L) Number - - Total number of fish of specified species and length in the catch (NS,L,H) DensAbund(N_sqkm) -km-2- Abundance density estimate (Dnos,S,L,H = NS,L,H / AH,WING) DensBiom(kg_Sqkm) -kg km-2- Biomass density estimate (Dbiom,S,L,H = (NS,L,H x WS,L)/ AH,WING) The ‘BaseLine’ product will not include the fields IndivFishWght(g) and DensBiom(kg_Sqkm), and the field SpeciesSciName will simply be called SciName. The two fields are excluded because with uncertain species identities it would not be possible to consistently include data for the field IndivFishWght(g), and in addition with uncertainty regarding length category, estimation of appropriate reliable values for the field DensBiom(kg_Sqkm) would also not always be possible. The ‘BaseLine’ data product was included because of feedback from data providers and potential data users, who stated that they would prefer having access the “real” data, rather than rely on estimated values to fill in where infor