FishMap Môn Detailed Habitat Sensitivity Levels
FishMap Môn is a collaborative project between Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Welsh Government, and the recreational and commercial fisheries sectors. Project Partners include The North Wales Fisherman's Cooperative Limited, Bangor Mussel Producers Limited and The Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers.
The project sets out to inform the sustainable management of the Welsh marine environment by collecting and mapping fishing activity and subsequently combining this with information on seabed habitats and their sensitivity to such activities.
This data is related to habitat sensitivity. Habitat Sensitivity is based on the resistance and resilience of a habitat to a particular fishing intensity from a fishing gear type. Sensitivity is recorded as Low, Medium or High. The data consists of output generated for nine different gear types - King Scallop Dredging, Queen Scallop Dredging, Mussel Seed Dredging, Light Otter Trawling, Bottom Set Nets, Potting, Sea Angling and Casual and Professional Hand Gathering. There are multiple outputs for Potting and Sea Angling for commercial and recreational sectors.
The purpose of this data capture was to examine the spatial extent of fishing activities and the determine the habitats affected by different fishing gear types in an area around Anglesey. A 12 nautical mile buffered zone around the Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Mon, extending from Nefyn in the West, to Colwyn Bay in the East.
Due to the sensitivity of fishing intensity related data two versions of the Fishmap Môn habitat sensitivity level data were created, both a detailed and generalised version. This detailed version of the dataset shows the precise locations of the fishing activities, and the data also contains specific information about the fishing activities, and so is restricted to the FishMap Môn Team and certain partners - contact the dataset owner for more information.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS115554
- Alternative Title
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- Habitat
- Metadata Language
- English
- Lineage
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A series of interviews were conducted with commercial and recreational fisherman, results being completed in an electronic (ESRI Geodatabase) or paper questionnaire. Related, in part, to the Fisheries Sensitivity studies being undertaken in NRW. FishMap Mon was undertaken as a pilot project giving a general indication of where a limited amount of fishing activity is thought to have occurred at a given time, and its expected impact on marine habitats. This fishing effort dataset was a snap shot in time and may not be representative of current fishing practices in the study area or the rest of Wales. There is a low level of confidence in the data and trail methodology.
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The generalised version is shown at a coarser scale and is available for release (see metadata URI 115555).
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2017-05-04
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2011-09-01
- End date
- 2017-05-04
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- Oceans
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- SIR YNYS MON - ISLE OF ANGLESEY
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Vertical Extent
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unknown
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[A] GIS layers in MapInfo and ESRI shp format
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Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Conformity
- 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
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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- Lineage
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A series of interviews were conducted with commercial and recreational fisherman, results being completed in an electronic (ESRI Geodatabase) or paper questionnaire. Related, in part, to the Fisheries Sensitivity studies being undertaken in NRW. FishMap Mon was undertaken as a pilot project giving a general indication of where a limited amount of fishing activity is thought to have occurred at a given time, and its expected impact on marine habitats. This fishing effort dataset was a snap shot in time and may not be representative of current fishing practices in the study area or the rest of Wales. There is a low level of confidence in the data and trail methodology.
Keywords
Keywords
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-06-01
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- commercial fisheries
- fishermen
- fisheries management
- fish conservation
- fisheries conservation
- fishing activity
- fishing nets
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-19
Keywords
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SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
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- Habitat extent
- Fishery characterisation
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-19
Keywords
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- Sea and Coast (SMNR)
- Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Marine (SMNR)
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
Custom Elements
- NRW Related Title
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FishMap Môn Generalised Habitat Sensitivity Levels
Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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- Restricted
Access Constraints Directive
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- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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This dataset is sensitive and restricted. The sensitive data is the precise locations of fishing activities, and the data also contains specific information about the fishing activities, and so is restricted to the FishMapMon Team and certain partners - contact the dataset owner for more information. Sensitive data must be kept confidential; general release is not permitted due to risk of harm to the environment or third parties. Sensitive data may only be released under an appropriate NRW Licence. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. Data may be released freely if the sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale.
Use Constraints
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© CNC/NRW and © Crown copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Natural Resources Wales, AC0000849444 Recipients may only re-use sensitive data in strict confidence under the terms of an appropriate NRW Licence. No publication or dissemination is permitted, except if sensitive records are removed in advance, or shown only at a coarser scale. Third parties seeking to re-use this data require a Licence issued by NRW. It allows re-use, reproduction and dissemination in any format or medium but only for non-commercial purposes, according to the terms and conditions of the Licence. Those seeking commercial re-use require a commercial licence available from the OS.
Attribution Statement
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444 . Crown Copyright and Database Right.
Licence
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- NRW Conditional
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135353534 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Parent Identifier
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FishMap Môn Project - Anglesey
NRW_DS115630
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-02-04T10:22:51.794Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0