213a7473-59b5-4dea-8332-d1479c732bd4 English series series 2026-03-11T16:13:24 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota economy oceans Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Fish and shellfish catch statistics SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2023-12-12 revision Pre-Construction monitoring The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Renewable Energy Lease area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Offshore Cable Corridor The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision unknown 2013-06-20T00:00:00 2013-09-09T00:00:00 0.0868430462613039 0.216321702464938 53.7673142112633 53.8439534318416 TCE-2340 Marine Data Exchange 2013, Precision Marine Survey, Westermost Rough, Fish and Shellfish Monitoring Fish and Shellfish Monitoring 2021-05-17T14:13:57 publication English The UK government actively supports the development of renewable energy sources, with offshore wind farms (OWF) being its’ primary focus. The Holderness Coast fishery, in the North East coast of the England, is situated in an area of significant OWF construction. This study focused on the Westermost Rough OWF development. It aimed to contribute to an attempt to address deficiencies in the current state of knowledge of the effects of OWFs on fish and shellfish populations, by providing a baseline of pre-construction data. The survey was designed to accurately model local fishing practices and to avoid the shortcomings of some other OWF monitoring programs, by employing “treatment” (physically affected by construction activity) and “control” (undisturbed) sampling locations. Four fleets of lobster pots were used to collect samples. One treatment fleet was deployed on the planned cable route and a second in the turbine array site. A control fleet was positioned at least 1000m to the North of each treatment fleet, outside of the planned construction location. Each fleet was hauled approximately every 3 days, between July and September 2013. Sex, abundance, size, condition and ovigerous status of individuals of the key commercial species Homarus gammarus, Cancer pagurus and Necora puber were recorded for the entire catch. There were few differences between the treatment and control fleets. Size and abundance varied between sexes and between the inshore and offshore areas, with lager animals predominantly located offshore. Lobsters showed a high abundance of individuals that were healthy or soft shelled; whilst edible crab had a high abundance of individuals with ‘Black Spot Disease’. The fishery within Westermost Rough focuses on the abundant, high value lobster, while there is a larger, but diseased and therefore lower value edible crab population. The study provided a highly detailed baseline data set, which will enable direct comparison to postconstruction monitoring. It is to be hoped that this will support the already productive relationship between OWF developers and the fishing industry. The minutes from a steering group meeting discussing the results, quality and future monitoring are included. There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange Once published, there will be no limitations on public access. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use Once published, there will be no constraints on access and use. Data must be used in accordance with the Marine Data Exchanges Terms of Use which can be found on the website. otherRestrictions The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk custodian Precision Marine Survey Limited +44 (0)1964 624423 info@precisionmarine.co.uk originator The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk distributor Orsted info@orsted.com owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-2340/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. 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 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset ; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared False series This metadata file was created by The Crown Estate for the purpose of publishing on the Marine Data Exchange. The Crown Estate +44 020 7851 5000 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-11-29 revision WGS 84