NatureScot and Marine Scotland combined pit tag survey skate occupied 10km grid square data - Flapper skate and blue skate (formerly common skate) Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis

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Description

Pit tag surveys of flapper skate and blue skate (formerly common skate) Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis, were carried out by NatureScot (Scottish Natural Heritage as was) and Marine Scotland in the Firth of Lorn and Sound of Jura between June 2011 and March 2020. Data were combined to produce presence of skate in 10km grid squares and the most recent observation date [DD/MM/YYYY] assigned to the record (between April 2017 and March 2020).

See also: Thorburn, J., Dodd, J. & Neat, F. 2018. Spatial ecology of flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius – Dipturus batis complex) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias) in relation to the Loch Sunart to the Sound of Jura Marine Protected Area and Loch Etive. Scottish Natural Heritage Research Report No. 1011

Geographic Description

Firth of Lorn and Sound of Jura, western Scotland

Purpose

To contribute to the adult distribution of flapper and blue skate in Scotland.

Methods

PIT tagging of line caught flapper skate.

Citation

NatureScot and Marine Scotland ([Insert download year]). NatureScot and Marine Scotland combined pit tag survey skate occupied 10km grid square data - Flapper skate and blue skate (formerly common skate) Dipturus intermedius and Dipturus batis. Occurrence dataset on the NBN Atlas.

Rights

NatureScot and Marine Scotland

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