FishMap Môn Fishing Activity Combined with Seabed Habitat Sensitivity

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.

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. Confidence in the data used for habitat types varied depending on the source of the data. The confidence in the Phase 1 habitat data is good, however confidence in subtidal data from the HABMAP program was assigned a confidence level of Very Poor, Poor, Fair and Good.

Identifier: NRW_DS115556

Alternative Title

Combined Seabed Habitat Lines.lyr
Combined Seabed Habitat Regions.lyr
FishMap Mon.LYR

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: This dataset combines the data from the intertidal and subtidal surveys: - Intertidal Fisheries Habitats (March 2010) - SUBTIDAL Fisheries Habitats with Dee and Severn 15Aug2012 - Data for Horse Mussel Reefs has also had to be merged in with the Subtidal data, as this is updated: - CCW_horse_mussel_polygon_v2

Each dataset had a different set of attribution, and had to be manipulated to apply a common standard, and also passed through a spatial data cleansing to ensure Quality Assurance of the data prior to use in the FishMap Mon process. The data represents 31 different habitats, and also a mosaic of rock and sediment. The latter is identified by a dominant habitat in the mosaic, so that appropriate sensitivity scores could be applied.

The data attributes include a Confidence Level, which indicates the confidence in the spatial extent and location of a particular habitat. For the purposes of FishMap Mon the Confidence levels have been reassigned as Poor, Fair and Good (Very Poor and Poor being merged).

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.

Due to it's nature as a pilot project NRW no longer makes this data routinely available, alternative fisheries related data may be available on the Welsh Government Marine Planning Portal.

Additional Information: This project also relates to, in part, to the Fisheries Sensitivity studies being undertaken in NRW.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2013-12-10

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2011-09-01

End date: 2013-04-15

Topic category

Oceans

Owner

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

Originator

Countryside Council for Wales (CCW)

Countryside Council for Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW

http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk/splash?orig=/

Extent

Geographic Extent: SIR YNYS MON - ISLE OF ANGLESEY

Format Type and Description

Geographic Information System ( )

Specification

[A] GIS layers in MapInfo and ESRI shp format

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
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
Degree: false

Lineage: This dataset combines the data from the intertidal and subtidal surveys: - Intertidal Fisheries Habitats (March 2010) - SUBTIDAL Fisheries Habitats with Dee and Severn 15Aug2012 - Data for Horse Mussel Reefs has also had to be merged in with the Subtidal data, as this is updated: - CCW_horse_mussel_polygon_v2

Each dataset had a different set of attribution, and had to be manipulated to apply a common standard, and also passed through a spatial data cleansing to ensure Quality Assurance of the data prior to use in the FishMap Mon process. The data represents 31 different habitats, and also a mosaic of rock and sediment. The latter is identified by a dominant habitat in the mosaic, so that appropriate sensitivity scores could be applied.

The data attributes include a Confidence Level, which indicates the confidence in the spatial extent and location of a particular habitat. For the purposes of FishMap Mon the Confidence levels have been reassigned as Poor, Fair and Good (Very Poor and Poor being merged).

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.

Due to it's nature as a pilot project NRW no longer makes this data routinely available, alternative fisheries related data may be available on the Welsh Government Marine Planning Portal.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Habitats and biotopes

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus

habitat classification
habitat conservation
commercial fisheries
habitat assessment
fishermen

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords

Keywords

SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

Habitat extent

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-19

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml

Keywords

NRW SMNR Keywords

Marine (SMNR)
Sea and Coast (SMNR)
Animals, Plants and Other Organisms (SMNR)
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Ecosystem (SMNR)
Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
Management Areas (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-26

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

Content Information

NRW Profile

Custom Elements

Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

Other constraints: The following data is considered OS derived data and is therefore jointly owned by NRW and the Ordnance Survey. NRW may release, publish or disseminate this data freely; providing recipients are made aware of use restrictions (See general use restrictions).

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

Other constraints: © CNC/NRW and © Crown copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Natural Resources Wales, AC0000849444 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

Other constraints: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444 .

Licence

Other constraints: NRW Conditional

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135353536 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: FishMap Môn Project - Anglesey
NRW_DS115630

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2025-02-04T10:22:58.7Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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