Details of Blue Whiting Nursery Ground

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Title of datasetBlue Whiting Nursery Ground
Narrative summary of datasetThis dataset shows nursery grounds of commercially important species, Blue Whiting.
Summary of processing methodologyMarine nursery areas are habitats that promote the survival of young commercially important fish species. Many of these creatures are important to humans in fisheries and seafood. These habitats are essential for the reproduction and understanding of the geographical species distribution. Take them away or degrade them, and the production of commercially harvested species will decline or cease altogether.
Start date2020-06-11
End date2021-06-11

Responsible organisations

CountryIreland
Organisation nameMarine Institute
Role of organisationOriginator of Dataset

Dataset availability

Original dataset download linkhttps://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/iK9LDgkF2x4l7f6
Dataset formatGeographic Information System
Public accessNo limitations
License for useCC-BY 4.0
TypeDataset

Locations

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Latitude north boundary58.53528065275
Longitude east boundary-3.8981991593543
Latitude south boundary48.394544511519
Longitude west boundary-16.818121034354
Sea areaNorth Atlantic Ocean
Irish Sea
Celtic Sea

Data types, collection and processing

Observation typeFish
Habitat
ParameterFish reproduction
Fish behaviour
Habitat characterisation
Habitat extent

Process information

Submitting organisationMarine Institute
Submission identifier (UUID)4ae2738b-dc25-4ba9-b1e0-f113a7a49ff3
Date of dataset creation2009-03-01
Date of metadata creation2021-09-16
Date of metadata latest revision2021-10-05
Date of publishing2021-10-25
Processing data centreMarine Institute
Summary record-ID951