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Biological parameters of spent herring (Clupea harengus) in the southern Bight of the North Sea (1942-1950) as collected by Charles Gilis during the annual spent herring campaigns
Citation
Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ); (2018): Biological parameters of spent herring (Clupea harengus) in the southern Bight of the North Sea (1942-1950) as collected by Charles Gilis during the annual spent herring campaigns. Marine Data Archive. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/5919

Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
The dataset contains a reconstructed time series from historical research by Charles Gilis during his annual 'spent herring campaigns' that were conducted along the Belgian coastal area during spent herring season (November to March). This database contains detailed descriptions of biological parameters (length, weight, winter rings, body fat, sex, number of vertebrae, etc.) collected by Gilis during his (daily/) monthly scientific surveys between 1942 and 1950. more

Database reconstructed from historical research by Charles Gilis during his annual 'spent herring campaigns' that were conducted along the Belgian coastal area during spent herring season (November to March). This database contains detailed descriptions of biological parameters (length, weight, winter rings, body fat, sex, number of vertebrae, etc.) collected by Gilis during his (daily/) monthly scientific surveys between 1942 and 1950. The surveys are systematic collections of 25 specimens (later he expanded to collecting 50 specimens) of 'spent' herring (after spawning) caught by fishing vessels with which Gilis had made a collaboration agreement. The data are unique because they span a specific time period for which relatively little information is available on the (spent) herring in the North Sea AND because they use a systematic sampling method AND because they cover a very broad range of biological parameters. For more information and background; see VLIZ website or contact Ann-Katrien Lescrauwaet (annkatrien.lescrauwaet@vliz.be).

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Herrings, North sea herring, ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight, Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758

Geographical coverage
ANE, Belgium, Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS) [Marine Regions]
ANE, North Sea, Southern Bight [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
2 February 1942 - 1 December 1950

Taxonomic coverage
Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Biological maturation level
Body fat
Fish length
Sex
Stomach content
Weight

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata creator

Publication
Describing this dataset
Gilis, Ch. (1952). Spent-herring concentrations on the Belgian and French coasts, 1951-52. Ann. Biol. VIII(1951): 160-163, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Data collection
Metadatarecord created: 2018-03-12
Information last updated: 2022-12-16
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