National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland Fish Counts

• Main Author: Marine Scotland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Scotland Science 2019
• Subjects: Fish abundance in water bodies; Sutherland; Dee; Clyde River; Tay; Loch Lomond; Cromarty; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12201-1; https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/national-electrofishing-programme-scotland-fish-counts

Marine Scotland established a programme of research to develop a juvenile salmon assessment method that can be used to determine the status of salmon populations at a range of spatial scales. This dataset includes counts of salmon (the target species) and other fish caught by electrofishing as part of the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland (NEPS). Counts are provided for each species and run (pass). Salmon and trout are further separated by lifestage (fry and parr). Site-visit information (site name, date fished and area fished) are also provided. The salmon counts contained in this dataset underpin Malcolm et al. (2019). Important notes: Data were exported from the relevant databases on 17-12-2018. Comprehensive quality control of the data has currently only been completed for salmon. Users should familarise themselves with the NEPS design, data collection and data entry protocols prior to using these data. These details are provided by Malcolm et al. (2019) alongside a comprehensive analysis of the salmon data. I A Malcolm, K J Millidine, F L Jackson, R S Glover, R J Fryer (2019) Assessing the status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from juvenile electrofishing data collected under the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland (NEPS) Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Information on NEPS site locations can be found here: Millidine, K. J., Fryer, R. J., Jackson, F. L., Glover, R. S., & Malcolm, I. A. 2018. Site locations for the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland (NEPS) and west coast SAC rivers (2018). DOI: 10.7489/12112-2 https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/site-locations-national-electrofishing-programme-scotland-neps-and-west-coast-sac-rivers For further information on NEPS please see the following web pages: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/Freshwater/Monitoring/ElectrofishingProgramme Citation: Millidine, K.J., Jackson, F.L., Glover, R.S., Fryer, R.J. Malcolm, I.A. (2019) National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland Fish Counts. DOI:10.7489/12201-1 Collaborators NEPS was funded by Scottish Government, SEPA and SNH. The following collaborating organisations are thanked for their valuable efforts in facilitating or delivering data collection, without whom this work would not have been possible: West Sutherland Fisheries Trust; Northern District Salmon Fishery Board; Caithness District Salmon Fishery Board; Helmsdale District Salmon Fishery Board; Brora District Salmon Fishery Board; Kyle of Sutherland Fisheries Trust; Cromarty Firth Fisheries Trust; Ness and Beauly Fisheries Trust; Findhorn, Nairn and Lossie Trust; Spey Foundation; The Deveron, Bogie & Isla Rivers Charitable Trust; Ugie District Salmon Fishery Board; Ythan District Fishery Board; River Dee Trust; The Esk Rivers & Fisheries Trust; Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board; Forth Fisheries Trust; Tweed Foundation; The River Annan Trust; Nith Catchment Fisheries Trust; Galloway Fisheries Trust; Ayrshire Rivers Trust; Clyde River Foundation; Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust; Argyll Fisheries Trust; Lochaber Fisheries Trust; Skye & Wester Ross Fisheries Trust; Outer Hebrides Fisheries Trust; Waterside Ecology Independent Ecological Consultants. : This dataset includes counts of salmon (the target species) and other fish caught by electrofishing as part of the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland (NEPS: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/marine/Salmon-Trout-Coarse/Freshwater/Monitoring/ElectrofishingProgramme). Counts are provided for each species and run (pass). Salmon and trout are further separated by lifestage (fry and parr). Site-visit information (site name, date fished and area fished) are also provided. Substantial quality control has been undertaken on the salmon dataset, with less quality control undertaken on trout, eels and other fish species which have not yet been analysed by MSS. Raw data from NEPS were stored in both the Marine Scotland Science FishObs database and the Scottish Fisheries Coordination Centre database (SFCC). Substantial data manipulation has been undertaken to harmonise data exports to provide this DOI dataset to underpin further analysis. Users should look to Malcolm et al. (2019: particularly Appendix 2) for further details on data manipulation. I A Malcolm, K J Millidine, F L Jackson, R S Glover, R J Fryer (2019) Assessing the status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from juvenile electrofishing data collected under the National Electrofishing Programme for Scotland (NEPS). Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 10 No 2, DOI: 10.7489/12203-1.