998f21f9-cd2a-4315-8b39-b72918701937 eng series Celtic Array GIS and Data Manager Millstream East, First Floor Windsor SL4 5GD United Kingdom info@celticarray.com round3.documentcontrol@centrica.com www.celticarray.com pointOfContact 2014-09-11 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2011, CMACS, Zone 9 Celtic Array, Spring Benthic Fish Trawl Survey Spring 2011 Benthic Fish Trawl Survey with comparison to Autumn 2010 survey 2014-10 creation 2014-10 publication R32011CMACSBenthicTrawlSurvey http://www.centrica.com documentDigital tableDigital The survey was carried out by CMACS - Centre for Marine & Coastal Studies In 2011 on behalf of CERI (now Celtic Array). This spring 2011 survey is the 2nd 4m beam trawl survey within the Irish Sea Round 3 Development Zone. The survey contributed to a programme of environmental monitoring at the site . The initial autumn 2010 survey provided the first set of annual 4m beam trawl survey data designed to sample demersal fish and epifauna present in and around the zone. This second survey undertaken in spring 2011 provided further results to supplement the 2010 survey to enable the assessment of fish and epifaunal species in and around the Zone. This study was a basis for the characterisation of the Zone in terms of the natural fish resource and epibenthic communities. It also provided additional information to inform other ZAP assessments such as ornithology. This report presents the results of the final spring survey identifying the main demersal and epifaunal species present as well as their size class distributions and provides some comparison with the autumn trawl survey undertaken in 2010. It also included a desk study on fish spawning grounds within the Zone and provided information on vessel activity and marine mammal sightings within the Zone during the two survey periods. Corresponding Centrica Document No: R3-D-EV-075-0070-000000-008; Available Datasets : 1. ArcGIS files ( mxd, shapefiles), 2. Reports (pdf and csv) To gather information on benthic and demersal fish communities to characterise the Irish Sea Round 3 Development Zone in terms of the natural fish resource and epibenthic communities Celtic Array GIS and Data Manager Millstream East, First Floor Windsor SL4 5GD United Kingdom round3.documentcontrol@centrica.com info@celticarray.com custodian CMACS - Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Ltd GIS Officer 80 Eastham Village Road Eastham CH62 0AW United Kingdom info@cmacsltd.co.uk www.cmacsltd.co.uk originator notPlanned Shapefile PDF Unknown csv unknown mxd unknown Fish taxonomy-related counts SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Fish abundance in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Fish biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Seal abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Sedimentary structure SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2019-07-26 revision 113 Zone search area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision 1 Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision 1 Marine Environmental Data and Information Network Marine Environmental Data and Information Network otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Distribution by Celtic Array Ltd on a case by case basis Distribution by Celtic Array Ltd on a case by case basis 3700 eng biota environment inlandWaters oceans Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2014-09 creation Irish Sea ICES Rectangles 2009-05-01 creation 36E5 -5.0537 -3.6694 53.4913 53.9755 2011-03-21 2011-03-25 series Survey methodology was agreed with the main statutory agencies (JNCC, Cefas and CCW) and twenty-five survey locations across the zone were identified. The autumn survey was conducted over four days in early November 2010 and sampled twenty-two of the twenty-five sites due to inclement weather. The Spring 2011 survey was conducted over 5 days and all 25 sites were successfully sampled. Trawls were undertaken using a 4m beam trawl with a 40mm inserted mesh cod end. All fish and epifaunal species were identified and recorded with commercial fish being measured and elasmobranchs measured and sexed. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2682/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site.