AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
A data product derived from Northeast Atlantic groundfish data from scientific trawl surveys 1983-2020

This is a data product to support state indicators that are based from 
groundfish biological data, derived using primary data from surveys undertaken 
in the Northeast Atlantic between 1983 and 2020. Catch records by taxonomic 
group and by length category in terms of biomass and numbers of fish 
standardised to duration (per hour) or to the area swept by the haul. Data are 
available from multiple surveys using data downloaded from the ICES database 
of trawl surveys (DATRAS) once quality-controlled and standardised following 
procedures detailed in Greenstreet and Moriarty 2017. Data file names reflect 
the OSPAR region sampled, country conducting the sampling, fishing gear and 
time of years of sampling (as defined by Greenstreet and Moriarty 2017), e.g.: 
BBICFraBT4 refers to Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast data from France by a 
Beam Trawl survey in quarter 4 of the year and GNSIntOT3 refers to Greater 
North Sea data from International (multiple countries) sampling by an Otter 
Trawl survey in quarter 3 of the year etc.

Greenstreet, S.P.R. and Moriarty, M. (2017) OSPAR Interim Assessment 2107 Fish 
Indicator Data Manual (Relating to Version 2 of the Groundfish Survey 
Monitoring and Assessment Data Product). Scottish Marine and Freshwater 
Science Vol 8 No 17, 83pp. DOI: `10.7489/1985-1`_


.. _`10.7489/1985-1`:
    https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/ospar-interim-assessment-2017-fish-indicator-data-manual-relating-version-2-groundfish

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
CLiP Vanuatu Microplastics in biota 2018

This dataset contains 2 csv files. One file contains data on microplastic 
abundance expressed in number of particles from biota samples (tuna stomachs, 
land crabs and reef fish) collected around Efate Island (Vanuatu) in 2018 with 
indication of sample wet weight, species and other characteristics. The file 
also contains information on blank used. The other file contains the profile 
of a ATR-FT-IR spectrum analysis of a plastic piece found in a tuna stomach . 
A README text file contains the description of columns content for the two csv 
files. A .zip file contains a pictures of the plastic piece analysed with 
ATR-FT-IR.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CEND 14/10 (part of North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish 
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using 
research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of 
abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded 
research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water 
temperature and salinity and acoustic data.

Survey took place between 09/09/2010 and 03/10/2010 on CEFAS Endeavour

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT
-   Niskin Bottle with MiniCTD

Survey operations were undertaken on 150 stations

241 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
DPLUS0045 Anguilla Still Image Analysis

Still image analysis of the groundtruthing data collected as part of the 
Darwin Plus funded project "Mapping Anguilla’s ‘Blue Belt’ Ecosystem 
Services". The project develops local capacity to undertake comprehensive 
marine resource assessments of Anguilla’s ‘Blue-Belt’, delivering best 
practice guidance for combining satellite and acoustic surveys, to extend 
mapping into deeper waters for the first time.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
CLiP Solomon Islands Marine Litter Abundance and Composition

This dataset contains 2 csv files. The file Solomon_Marine_Litter_Data.csv 
contains data on litter found on marine beaches in Solomon Islands between 
November 2018 and January 2019. The number of items are reported for each 
litter category. The list of litter categories was obtain merging OSPAR and 
Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific items, which are 
marked with '*'. An array of metadata (location names, survey date, GPS 
coordinates in decimal degrees) is also reported per each data point. 

The file Solomon_Marine_Litter_Metadata.csv reports other metadata 
collected during the surveys following the OSPAR protocol to describe 
factors potentially influencing litter characteristics. A READ-ME text file 
contains a legend of the columns of the csv files. 



This dataset contains 3 csv files. One file contains data on marine litter 
abundance and composition expressed in number of items per category. One file 
contains location names and GPS coordinates in decimal degrees. One file 
contains metadata collected during the clean-ups. A READ-ME text file contains 
description of columns content for the three csv files. Marine litter items 
were collected during beach clean-ups on Guadalcanal Island (Solomon Islands) 
between November 2018 and January 2019. Category list was obtain merging OSPAR 
and Tangaroa Blue protocols with the addition of region-specific items.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CEND 13/09 (part of North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish 
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using 
research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of 
abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded 
research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water 
temperature and salinity and acoustic data.

Survey took place between 09/09/2009 and 30/09/2009 on CEFAS Endeavour

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT
-   Niskin Bottle with MiniCTD
-   Water sampled for caesium analysis

Survey operations were undertaken on 126 stations

245 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 8/91 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 16/08/1991 and 28/08/1991 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT
-   Benthic Sampling Gear Grabs 0.2 sq. m Day Grab

Survey operations were undertaken on 138 stations

68 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Western Channel sole and plaice beam trawl survey 2021

The main aim of the Western Channel sole and plaice survey is to show trends 
in the distribution, abundance and age composition of sole (*Solea solea*) 
and plaice (*Pleuronectes platessa*), and to provide some information on 
bycatch species in the Western English Channel (ICES Division 7e). At each 
station sampled, shot and haul, positional, depth and times information were 
recorded, and for all species of fish and shellfish length distribution data 
were taken. Otoliths were collected from sole and plaice to provide individual 
age at length information.

Up until 2020 the survey time-series (2003 onwards) was funded as part the 
Fisheries Science Partnership (FSP) programme.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Biological-based habitat classification approaches promote cost-efficient monitoring: an example using seabed assemblages

Files for use with the R script accompanying the paper Cooper et al. (2019). 
Note that this script also uses files from 
`https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.34`_ (details provided in script). 
Cooper, K.M., Bolam, S.G., Downie, A-L., Barry, J. (2019) Biological- based 
habitat classification approaches promote cost- efficient monitoring: An 
example using seabed assemblages. J. Appl. Ecol. 56, 1085–1098. https://doi. 
org/10.1111/1365-2664.13381


.. _`https://doi.org/10.14466/cefasdatahub.34`:
    https://doi.org/10.14466/CefasDataHub.34

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Mesozooplankton abundance in the Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea and English Channel 2012-2016

Mesozooplankton abundance data gathered as part of an annual autumn pelagic 
survey in the English Channel, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel, running from 
2012-2016. Samples were obtained using twin ringnet deployments and 
subsequently processed back at the lab using ZooScan image analysis. Count 
abundances from semi-automatic image classifications on Plankton Identifier 
(and later, EcoTaxa) were then converted into abundances per m3 using 
estimates of filtered volume from flowmeter readings. The current dataset 
comprises mesozooplankton results from the POSEIDON survey series which ran 
until 2016, although results have continued to be obtained as part of the 
expanded PELTIC survey series, which has been ongoing since 2017.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : SUZA 1/88 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 09/08/1988 and 19/08/1988 on Suzanna D

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam trawl 4m steel liner only catch linked to 101530101
-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 40mm Double beam

Survey operations were undertaken on 51 stations

57 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
LiDAR for Orkney Islands Council 2023 - DSM

A LiDAR survey of Orkney was commissioned by Orkney Islands Council to support the development of a Coastal Change Adaptation Plan for the islands with additional inland areas surveyed with support from other public bodies. 
The aerial survey was carried out by Field Group AS in June 2023 and covers 1,655km2. The data was processed and calibrated by Field Group AS and indexed by 1km OS grid. It was supplied in:
-	Point cloud (.laz format) with a resolution of 16 points per square metre 
-	Digital Terrain Model and Digital Surface Model (DTM and DSM) with 50cm resolution (GeoTIFF). 
Georeferenced orthophotography (9cm/pixel) were supplied alongside this data as GeoTIFF, and are available under different licencing conditions. Please contact flooding.engineering@orkney.gov.uk if you would like to access the orthophotography.

Tags: Orthoimagery
Organization: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Horizontal and vertical movement data derived from a data storage tag deployed on a single Atlantic cod in the North Sea from 2001 to 2002

This data is derived from the deployment of a single data storage tag on an 
Atlantic cod (*Gadus morhua*) in the English Channel. The cod was tagged in 
the North Sea on 03/04/2001 and was recaptured in the North Sea on the 
06/02/2002. The cod migrates north from the tagging location off Lowestoft, 
and spends the summer off the north-east coast of the UK, north of the Dogger 
Bank. The dataset contains 309 days of data, and comprises three files: depth 
measurements at a 10 minute sampling rate for the full record, depth 
measurements at a 10 sampling rate for July 2001, and estimates of horizontal 
position for each day.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Underway (Ferrybox) data collected in North West European Shelf waters from 2010 onwards

A 4H JENA Ferrybox system runs continuously on RV Cefas Endeavour during all 
surveys where appropriate since 2010, generating data across the North Sea, 
Irish Sea, and English Channel at a resolution of one measurement per minute. 
A continuous inflow is taken from a dedicated inlet and pump at approximately 
4m under the waterline. Key parameters measured include sea surface 
temperature **(SST)**, through a hull mounted temperature probe**,** 
salinity **(SAL),** chlorophyll fluorometry **(FLUORS)**, turbidity 
**(FTU),** and Photosynthetically Active Radiation **(PAR)**. Other 
parameters recorded include meteorological variables, oxygen concentrations, 
and measures of photosynthetic activity. New data is added annually.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 4/06 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 25/07/2006 and 15/08/2006 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT

Survey operations were undertaken on 109 stations

206 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 9/92 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 30/07/1992 and 12/08/1992 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT

Survey operations were undertaken on 104 stations

67 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Modelled and observed fish feeding traits for the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (1836-2020) and population estimates of fish with different feeding traits from Northeast Atlantic scientific trawl surveys (1997-2020)

The data we provide here have been assembled to categorise fish into feeding 
guilds and determine change in populations of fish with different feeding 
traits relevant to food web status assessment advocated by OSPAR.

We provide five datasets:

The first is a csv file titled ‘stomach data observations’ contains 
observations from fish stomach contents of individual prey weight, prey 
functional group (i.e., zooplankton, benthos, fish, nekton and other), 
predator taxonomy, predator size, and the region and year the samples were 
collected (Table 1; see Column_headers_readme.txt).

The second is a csv file titled ‘modelled stomach data’ provides predictions 
from a linear mixed effects model of individual prey weight based on those 
stomach contents observations, alongside modelled estimates of prey counts and 
biomass which enable the full collation of stomach contents information to be 
used in our feeding guild classification (Table 2; feeding guilds are 
predatory categories assigned using cluster analysis on stomach content data; 
see Thompson et al., 2023).

The third dataset is a shapefile titled ‘feeding guild responses in survey 
data’ and provides haul-level estimates of feeding guild species richness, 
numbers of fish and their biomass based on scientific trawl surveys from the 
Northeast Atlantic (Tables 3-4).

The fourth is a shapefile titled ‘temporal changes in feeding guilds’ which 
contains correlation coefficients and *p* values following Kendall’s τ 
trend analysis between mean haul-level values of feeding guild biomass and 
species richness for each assessment strata and year. Kendall’s τ scores of –1 
to +1 represent a 100% probability of a decreasing or increasing trend, 
respectively (Table 5).

The fifth dataset which provides the data to categorise fish taxa and body 
mass classes into feeding guilds along with the number of stomach samples, 
predator-prey mass ratios, average individual prey mass, average predator size 
in cm, the % of different prey functional groups, axes scores from non-metric 
multidimensional scaling analysis and the hierarchy of feeding guilds from 
cluster analysis.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CHMR 1/96 (part of North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish 
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using 
research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of 
abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded 
research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water 
temperature and salinity and acoustic data.

Survey took place between 08/03/1996 and 30/03/1996 on Carhelmar

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner 
    STAR

Survey operations were undertaken on 68 stations

54 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
SmartBuoy Marine Observational Network - UK Waters Phytoplankton Data 2018-2019

This dataset consists of analysed phytoplankton data from the years 2018-2019 
inclusive collected in UK waters from the SmartBuoy moorings at Dowsing, 
WestGabbard2, Warp and Liverpool Bay using WMS and EDU automated water 
samplers. SmartBuoys consist of a 4 meter tall stainless steel frame with a 
fibreglass toroid for buoyancy. Instruments are attached at a nominal 1 meter 
depth to the frame. The water samplers collect into pre-spiked bags containing 
acidified Lugols Iodine on a pre-determined cycle over the course of a 
deployment. As of the beginning of this data set water samples have been taken 
using a CTD rosette on mooring turnarounds in case of buoy failure, reducing 
the issue of data gaps Following recovery these samples were analysed for a 
full community of phytoplankton species using the Utermohl method on 
high-power inverted microscopes. Phytoplankton cell counts are abundance 
values reported in Cells per Litre.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 8/95 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 04/08/1995 and 17/08/1995 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT

Survey operations were undertaken on 108 stations

128 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Monthly average non-algal Suspended Particulate Matter concentrations on the UK shelf waters

Spatially gridded, monthly average of non-algal Suspended Particulate Matter 
(SPM). Based on satellite derived Ifremer OC5 algorithm (Gohin et al 2011). 
Interpolated and merged data from SeaWiFS, MODIS, MERIS and VIIRS satellite 
sensors.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 8/97 (part of English Channel Beam Trawl Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the English Channel Beam Trawl 
Survey (VIId and IVc), Qtr 3 (FSS: BTS7D);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys covering the Southern North Sea and Eastern 
English Channel using research vessels and 4m beam trawl in support of EU data 
regulations and as part of an ICES funded research program. Additional aims 
include collection of benthic, litter, water temperature and salinity and 
acoustic data.

Survey took place between 01/08/1997 and 14/08/1997 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT

Survey operations were undertaken on 94 stations

182 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
Survey : CORY 3/08 (part of North West Groundfish Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS))

This survey was undertaken by Cefas as part of the North West Groundfish 
Survey, Qtr 3 (FSS: NWGFS);

Station, catch, length (all species) and biological data (selected species) 
for each of the annual surveys in the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel using 
research vessels and 4m beam trawls. Data mainly used to create indices of 
abundance in support of EU data regulations and as part of an ICES funded 
research program. Additional aims include collection of benthic, litter, water 
temperature and salinity and acoustic data.

Survey took place between 16/09/2008 and 06/10/2008 on Corystes

Equipment used during this survey :


-   Beam Trawl 4m steel commercial 3/5 link mat flip up 75mm CE 40mm liner AFT
-   Niskin Bottle with MiniCTD
-   Water sampled for caesium analysis

Survey operations were undertaken on 107 stations

198 different species were caught on this survey

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
2015-2016 Acoustic Telemetry data for European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in Hanningfield reservoir, Essex, UK

Data from the tagging and tracking of European eels (*Anguilla anguilla*) in 
Hanningfield reservoir in 2015 and 2016. Acoustic tagging was undertaken on 36 
eels between September and December 2015, then again on 68 eels between June 
and August 2016. In each year, the fine-scale movements of eels in the 
reservoir were tracked for a 6-month period. Various biometric recordings were 
taken whilst the eels were anaesthetised, such as total length and weight, 
pectoral fin size and length, vertical and horizonal eye measures, and lipid 
percentage.

Organization: Marine Environmental Data & Information Network