Celtic Sea Anglerfish and Hake Survey with Bycatch Data, 2011-2012

One of ten beam trawl surveys investigating catches of anglerfish and hake 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. Data was collected under the Fisheries Science Partnership, aggregated by the Government Digital Service.

Use Cases

• Modeling anglerfish and hake population distributions based on trawl survey data.
• Analyzing bycatch composition and rates for other marine species.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of an environmental panel for reducing bycatch and debris.

Strengths

• Focus on a specific, multi-species fishery survey in a defined geographic area (Celtic Sea and Western Approaches).
• Explicitly designed to test a specific mitigation technology (environmental panel).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are 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

Beam trawl survey conducted under the Fisheries Science Partnership.

Time Range

2011-2012

Freshness

Survey conducted in 2011/12; last update date for the dataset is unknown.

Geography

Celtic Sea and Western Approaches