Stockman spatially explicit data from private diaries of fishing vessels
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Marine Institute |
| Country | Ireland  |
| Time period | From 1960 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Mainly the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone, Currently Designated Irish Continental Shelf and Irish Territorial Sea. |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Date and time; Fish abundance in water bodies; Fish behaviour; Fish and shellfish catch statistics |
| Instruments | Pelagic trawl nets |
| Description | |
| Summary | Stockman is a fisheries database that holds biological port sampling data. Stockman data covers information at the ICES Division level within the North Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea, Saint George's Channel and Celtic Sea around Ireland. Data within Stockman available from 1960 but 90% of the information is more recent period of coverage over last 20 years. Stockman spatial reference data was collected by Port samplers indicating the ICES division where the catch has been made. Stockman was managed by the Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Services section within the Marine Institute (Ireland). Stockman supports knowledge and understanding of fisheries resource around Ireland. Data available for years port sampling programme operational and completed. |
| Originators | Marine Institute |
| Data web site | http://www.marine.ie/datarequests |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Marine Institute |
| Availability | Licence |
| Contact | Dave Currie (Data Manager) |
| Address | Marine Institute |
| Telephone | +353-91-387200 |
| Facsimile | +353-91-387201 |
| datarequests@marine.ie | |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | Marine Institute |
| Local identifier | SpatialPrivateDiariesStockman |
| Global identifier | 5717 |
| Last revised | 2017-12-04 |
