Cod Tagging in the North Thames Region 2009/10

233 cod were captured and tagged between February and March 2010 as part of the Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) programme. The programme aimed to investigate the spatial movements of adult cod during their annual spawning aggregation in the North Thames and Shipwash area. The data was collected by chartering the FV Harvester and is associated with the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Modeling fish migration patterns based on tagging locations and times mentioned in the description
• Analyzing spawning ground fidelity based on the annual aggregation behavior described
• Studying the spatial ecology of a commercially important species in a specific region

Strengths

• 233 individual fish records provide a basis for movement analysis
• Data collection is focused on a specific biological event (spawning aggregation) and geographic region

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Fish captured and tagged during a charter of the FV Harvester.

Time Range

February-March 2010

Freshness

Data collection occurred in 2010; the dataset is historical.

Geography

North Thames and Shipwash area