Celtic Sea Anglerfish and Hake Survey with Bycatch Data, 2005-2006

A Fisheries Science Partnership survey using beam trawls to investigate catches of anglerfish and hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the Celtic Sea and Western Approaches. The survey also examined bycatches of other species and tested an environmental panel designed to reduce bycatch of organisms and debris. The dataset originates from the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze anglerfish and hake population distribution based on survey trawl data.
• Study bycatch composition and rates for non-target species mentioned in the description.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of an environmental panel for reducing bycatch and debris.

Strengths

• Focus on two commercially and ecologically important fish species: anglerfish and hake.
• Explicitly designed to test a specific mitigation technology (environmental panel).
• Survey conducted under a formal partnership (Fisheries Science Partnership).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service via eu_open_data.

Collection Method

One of ten beam trawl surveys.

Time Range

2005/06 season.

Freshness

Survey conducted in the 2005/06 season; dataset freshness is unknown.

Geography

Celtic Sea and Western Approaches.