2007 CSFC Fal Bay Underwater Camera Maerl Survey

A 2007 Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee survey used underwater cameras to document maerl beds in Fal Bay. This dataset is part of a larger collation of marine surveys conducted to specified standards for conservation zone verification and habitat condition assessments. Its cross-platform presence on UK and EU open data portals indicates its use for environmental evidence gathering.

Use Cases

• Verifying recommended Marine Conservation Zone boundaries based on observed maerl bed distribution.
• Conducting condition assessments of benthic habitats for Natura 2000 site management.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of maerl, a protected biogenic habitat, from georeferenced survey data.
• Supporting fisheries management decisions by understanding the seabed environment in Fal Bay.

Strengths

• Data collection followed specified standards and established methodologies, ensuring consistency.
• Cross-platform availability on eu_open_data and uk_data suggests recognized importance for environmental evidence.

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as row count, column names, file format, and license are completely unknown.
• The 'last updated' date of 2026-07-13 is a future date, indicating a potential metadata error or placeholder.

Provenance

Source

Natural England, Cornwall Sea Fisheries Committee (CSFC)

Collection Method

Underwater camera survey conducted to specified standards.

Time Range

2007

Freshness

2026-07-13 12:07:58.943152 (Note: This is a future date, which may be an error.)

Geography

Fal Bay, Cornwall, UK