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BristolChannelSkate: Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of skate species in the Bristol Channel, 2023-ongoing.
Citation
Clarke, D.; Mawer, R.; Blow, G.; Franconi, N.; Rees, C.; Linley-adams, T.; Jones, A.; Velterop, R.; Neilsen, I.; Crundwell, C. (2026): Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of skate species in the Bristol Channel, 2023-ongoing. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/9053

Availability: This work is licensed under http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L08/current/MO meaning it is under moratorium until 2029-11-29

Description

Acoustic telemetry dataset on the movement and spatial usage of skate species in the Bristol Channel, 2023-ongoing.


Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Ecology - biodiversity, Biology > Fish, Fisheries > Fish stocks/catches/taggings, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal · Acoustic data · Acoustic detection · Acoustic devices · Acoustic tags · Acoustic Tags · Acoustic telemetry · Acoustic Telemetry · Acoustic tracking · Acoustic tracking systems · Animal Project · Elasmobranch fish · Elasmobranchs · Fish movement · Fish tracking · Live fish movement · Raja · Rays · Undulate ray · Bristol Channel · Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871 · Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 · Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818 · Raja montagui Fowler, 1910

Geographical coverage
Bristol Channel [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
From 2023 on [In Progress]

Taxonomic coverage
Raja brachyura Lafont, 1871 [WoRMS]
Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
Raja microocellata Montagu, 1818 [WoRMS]
Raja montagui Fowler, 1910 [WoRMS]

Parameter
Fish detections Methodology
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry

Contributors
Natural England, moredata creator
Environment Agency (EA), moredata creator
Natural Resources Wales (NRW), moredata creator

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more

Project
BristolChannelFishtracking: Collecting evidence on status, habitat use, and migration of designated, at-risk, commercially or recreationally important species in the Bristol Channel and affluent rivers (UK)., more


Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field experiment
Metadatarecord created: 2026-04-21
Information last updated: 2026-04-21
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