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Fisheries Stock Book 2016
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | Marine Institute |
Country | Ireland |
Time period | The Stock Book 2016 released November 2016 |
Ongoing | Yes |
Geographical area | Currently Designated Irish Continental Shelf; Irish Exclusive Economic Zone; Irish Territorial Sea; Irish Contiguous Zone; Irish Internal Waters |
Observations | |
Parameters | Date and time; Fish morphology, age and physiology; Fish abundance in water bodies; Fishing by-catch; Fish behaviour; Fishery characterisation; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Fish and shellfish catch statistics; Fishing effort; Fish biomass in water bodies |
Instruments | Pelagic trawl nets; demersal trawl nets |
Description | |
Summary | The Stock Book is the annual review of Fish Stocks in any given year, the latest being 2016, with management advice for the subsequent year. The Stock Book covers fisheries and fishing activities in the greater North Atlantic Ocean, Celtic Sea, Irish Sea and Saint Georges Channel around Ireland. The Stock Book covers data collected between 2011 and 2016. Fisheries scientific advice data includes information collected from surveys and fisheries models. Its purpose has been to provide the latest impartial scientific advice on the commercially exploited fish stocks of interest to Ireland. The Stock Book 2016 was the principal annual publication of the Marine Institutes (Ireland) Fisheries Ecosystem Advisory Services (FEAS) section. The Stock Book was used by the Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food - (DAFM) at the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) negotiations with the EU in December 2016 and throughout the year at fisheries management meetings. Stock Book complete for year of publication in question. |
Originators | Marine Institute |
References | Marine Institute (2016) Annual Review of Fish Stocks in 2016 with Management Advice for 2017, Marine Institute |
Data web site | https://data.gov.ie/dataset/the-stock-book |
Availability | |
Organisation | Marine Institute |
Availability | Licence |
Contact | Dr. Paul Connolly (Director) |
Address | Marine Institute |
Telephone | +353-91-387200 |
Facsimile | +353-91-387201 |
datarequests@marine.ie | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | Marine Institute |
Local identifier | SD.IE.MI.FEAS.StockBook |
Global identifier | 6478 |
Last revised | 2017-12-04 |