Dataset

Scottish West Coast Groundfish Survey

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The dataset includes age- and length-based catch per unit effort data for commercial fish species collected during the Scottish West Coast Bottom Trawl Survey. This is a new survey from 2011, replacing the historical DATRAS SWC-IBTS dataset.

Citation
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Denmark; (2023): DATRAS Scottish West Coast Groundfish Survey (SCOWCGFS).
Published
September 17, 2025 at 08:31
First registration
December 07, 2023 at 19:56
License
Licence
URL
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=ices_datras_scowcgfs
Archive
https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/archive.do?r=ices_datras_scowcgfs

Contacts

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

230,334
total submitted occurrences
230,334
accepted occurrences
35,250
measurements and facts
154
taxa
142
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 230,334
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 131
0.1%

Measurement types

DNA derived data