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SIARC: Project SIARC: Network of scientific moorings in Pen Llŷn a’r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (PLAS SAC), Wales
Citation
Curnick, DJ; 2025; Project SIARC: Network of scientific moorings in Pen Llŷn a’r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (PLAS SAC), Wales. https://marineinfo.org/doc/dataset/8763
Contact: David J, Curnick
Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description

Working together with local fishers, Project SIARC seeks to understand the movements of endangered tope (Galeorhinus galeus) and angelshark (Squatina squatina) in the Pen Llŷn a’r Sarnau Special Area of Conservation (PLAS SAC), in Wales. We have deployed a new network of scientific moorings in PLAS SAC which are recording the movements of tope and angelsharks, implanted with acoustic tags in 2024 and 2025. The aim of this research is to provide insights into the main areas and habitats that tope use within the SAC, and their wider movements.

This dataset contains the metadata of receivers and their deployments, and the detections of those animals within the PLAS SAC and other acoustic telemetry projects in Europe.

Scope
Themes:
Biology, Biology > Acoustics, Biology > Fish, Physical > Underwater acoustics
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Acoustic arrays, Acoustic data, Acoustic detection, Acoustic detectors, Acoustic devices, Acoustic receivers, Acoustic Tags, Acoustic telemetry, Acoustic Telemetry, Acoustic tracking, Acoustic tracking systems, Animal tracking, Fish detection, Network Project, Tracking data, UK, Cardigan Bay, Pisces, Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758), Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geographical coverage
UK, Cardigan Bay [Marine Regions]
Temporal coverage
1 June 2024 - 31 May 2026
Taxonomic coverage
Pisces [WoRMS]
Target species
Galeorhinus galeus (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Parameters
Acoustic detections Methodology
Fish detections Methodology
Acoustic detections: Acoustic telemetry
Fish detections: Acoustic telemetry
Contributors
Zoological Society of London; Institute of Zoology (IoZ), more, principal investigator, data creator
David J, Curnick
Related datasets
Parent dataset:
European Tracking Network (ETN) data, more
Project
SIARC: Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities, more
Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Sensor platform
Metadatarecord created: 2025-03-03
Information last updated: 2025-03-03
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