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Hand trawling data for Zeebrugge, Heist, Duinbergen and Wenduine, starting from 1983 [Kruigegevens vanaf 1983 voor Zeebrugge, Heist, Duinbergen en Wenduine]
Contact: Debedts, Dirk

Availability: Restricted
The data are withheld from general circulation and disclosure but access may be obtained on a case-by-case basis through negotiation

Notes: Release with permission of the appropriate parties

Description
Information on the catches of hand trawling along the Belgian East Coast has been collected since May 1st, 1983. more

The weight of the caught shrimp is recorded, as well as the amount of other fish caught in the trawling-net. Undersized fish was not counted and immediately released into the sea. Next to catches, there is also a mentioning of the moment of low tide and the water level at the present low tide. This information was extracted from available tide-tables. Starting from april 1984, the hand trawler also reports on the wind-force and –direction and also the number of trawls that has been made per trawling event. This dataset also contains limited information on the catching of crabs (from November 2002 until June 2004).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Benthos, Biology > Fish, Fisheries
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Coastal waters, Recreational fishing, Trawling, ANE, Belgium, De Haan, Wenduine, ANE, Belgium, Knokke-Heist, Duinbergen, ANE, Belgium, Knokke-Heist, Heist, Belgium, Zeebrugge

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, De Haan, Wenduine [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Knokke-Heist, Duinbergen [Marine Regions]
ANE, Belgium, Knokke-Heist, Heist [Marine Regions]
Belgium, Zeebrugge [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 1 May 1983 on [In Progress]

Parameters
Count of fish
Fish species
Mean wind direction
Mean wind velocity

Contributors
Debedts, Dirkdata creatordata ownerdata provider

Project
Archiving data on recreational fishing along the Belgian coast, more

Dataset status: In Progress
Metadatarecord created: 2007-10-09
Information last updated: 2007-11-30
All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy