Greencastle Codling Protected Area

Designated protected site boundary providing for the seasonal closure of the traditional cod fishing grounds off Greencastle, Co. Donegal in the North Atlantic Ocean. The protected site is located to the north of Malin Head, the most northerly point on the island of Ireland. The protected site was established and fishing in the area closed in 2003 and 2004 under statutory instruments. Implementation of the closed area based on catch data statistics from this area known as the Cape. The protected site was designated to support codling stocks. Statutory instrument implemented under SI No. 431 of 2003 by the Irish Government in agreement with local fishermen. As of 2017 local fishermen are still not fishing within the designated area. Boundary area complete for the protected site designation.

 
Citation proposal
(2003) . Greencastle Codling Protected Area. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/7548872c-625b-4207-94b1-b6bd3d94040b

Simple

Alternate title

PS.IE.MI.FEAS.GreencastleCodlingProtectedArea

Date ( Creation )
2003-04-01T00:00:00
Date ( Publication )
2003-04-01T00:00:00
Date ( Revision )
2017-12-12T00:00:00
Identifier

INSPIRE UUID

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PS.IE.MI.FEAS.GreencastleCodlingProtectedArea

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1.0

Purpose

Assessment and protection of Cod stocks off Malin Head in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Status
Completed

  Point of contact

  +353-91-387201 
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GemetInspireTheme ( Theme )

  • Protected sites

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Discipline )

  • biology, life science

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Theme )

  • fish, fisheries management, fishery resource, conservation of species, environmental conservation

World Register of Marine Species WoRMS ( Theme )

  • Cod, Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua

Geonames ( Place )

  • Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, North-East Atlantic Ocean, Greencastle, Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.0.1, 28 Jun 2017 ( Stratum )

  • hydrosphere

Keywords

  • SIMAtlantic

Use limitation

Creative Commons licence conditions apply

Use limitation

Creative Commons non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IE)

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License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
50000
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
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S
E
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Vertical extent

Minimum value
-50
Maximum value
-1

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Supplemental Information
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EPSG URI

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https://epsg.io/4326

 

Alternate title

EPSG

Date ( Publication )
2009-11-25

Distribution format

  • Esri shapefile, WMS, WFS, JSON

    (

    v10, 1.3.0, 2.0, 4.0

    )

  Distributor

  +353-91-387201 
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Conformance result

Alternate title

INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0

Date ( Publication )
2014-04-17
Explanation

The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

Pass
false

Conformance result

Alternate title

INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation

Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Pass
false
Statement

Data for protected zone generated from Fisheries Bulletin report into Greencastle Codling fishery.

Metadata

File identifier
7548872c-625b-4207-94b1-b6bd3d94040b   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2020-11-05T09:31:25
Metadata standard name

ISDI Metadata Profile

Metadata standard version

1.2

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  +353-91-387201 
 
 

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