ICES Fish stomach content datasets

The ICES Fish predator/prey database (ICES stomach content database) consists of data collected and reported by 7 different countries in the North Sea, Baltic, and the Arctic Ocean, spanning from 1963 to 2014. A total of 70928 analyzed stomachs are reported, of which more than half are cod stomachs. The North Sea data, derive from the North Sea Year of the Stomach program, while Baltic data derive from the Baltic Year of the Stomach program and the EU Baltic Stomach tender (EU Tender No MARE/2012/02) program. The database also contains historical Latvian data spanning from 1963 to 2014.

The project has received funding from the EU Framework Contract for the Studies providing scientific advice in support of the Common Fisheries Policy in the Baltic Sea and North Sea EU waters (SANoBA) in 2022.

The dataset contains measurements of the predators (species, length, weight, age, maturity), of the analyzed stomachs (stomach weight, stomach fullness) and of the prey (species, length, weight, digestion stage).

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Date (Publication)
2011-11-11T13:08:00
Edition

20171101
Citation identifier
https://gis.ices.dk/geonetwork/srv/metadata/8233f63d-606c-45de-9580-04323aed285b
Presentation form
Digital table
Purpose

To provide a standardized, quality-controlled format for historic and new stomach data derived from different national and international programs. The data are used in multispecies models for the estimation of fishing mortality, meeting the goals of the Common Fisheries policy for the ecosystem approach to fisheries management.
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

ICES

ICES Data manager

accessions@ices.dk

Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular
Theme

  • STOMACH CONTENT

  • PREDATION

  • PREDATOR

  • FISH PREY

  • FISH STOMACH

  • ICES

  • Year of Stomach

  • Stomach Tender

  • Stomach Database
Place

  • NORTH SEA

  • BALTIC SEA

  • NORTHEAST ATLANTIC

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Species distribution
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0
Use limitation

Available under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License v4.0
Use limitation

Data is available under the terms of the ICES Data Policy. (See: https://ices.dk/data/guidelines-and-policy/Pages/ICES-data-policy.aspx)

Language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Biota
Begin date
1963-01-01
End date
2016-12-31 Before
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Supplemental Information

While ICES has made every effort to ensure that this stomach content dataset presented here is the most complete set of information, it should be noted that there are a number of versions of this dataset held by institutions and individuals which may differ from this set.
Distribution format
Name Version

ZIP

1
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/data-portals/Pages/Fish-stomach.aspx

Landing page

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

 		https://data.ices.dk/stomachdata/download.aspx

Data download
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-11-23
Pass
Yes
Statement

ICES is a receiver of Marine Data from national programmes and other marine institutes, therefore ICES is not the primary collection point of marine evidence that it holds and disseminates to the users of the data.

Data are quality assured using internal and external programmes. For example, the national laboratories that take part in monitoring programmes related to contaminants and biological effects that submit information to ICES, subscribe to the Quality Assurance of Information for Marine Environmental Monitoring in Europe (QUASIMEME) or the Biological Effects Quality Assurance in Monitoring Programmes (BEQUALM) inter-laboratory proficiency-testing schemes and perform internal quality assurance. ICES operates through a network of scientific expert and advisory groups. These groups, and the processes they feed into, act as a quality check on the marine evidence, both in terms of how the evidence was gathered and how the evidence has been subsequently treated. The groups, in cooperation with regional programmes under the Regional Sea Conventions, set standards and guidelines for the collection, transmission and analysis of these data.

In addition, the ICES Secretariat provides supplementary quality assurance through its internal programmes related to the different types of marine data collection datasets, which is fedback to the participating national and regional programmes. These internal and external programmes and procedures have been established over a period of 30 or more years. They continue to evolve and strive to reflect the best available practices in the collection and treatment of marine data relevant to the ICES community.

Metadata

File identifier
8233f63d-606c-45de-9580-04323aed285b XML
Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-03-17T11:19:43.533Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

ICES

ICES Data manager

accessions@ices.dk

Originator
 
 

Overviews

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Spatial extent

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Keywords

FISH PREY FISH STOMACH ICES PREDATION PREDATOR STOMACH CONTENT Stomach Database Stomach Tender Year of Stomach
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Species distribution

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Associated resources

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