Marine Fish & Invertebrate Surveys

Underwater dive surveys were carried out in summer and winter all around the island of St Helena. The surveys started in April 2013 to gather information about abundance and distribution of all fish and invertebrate species. Habitat information and photo quadrats were also gathered at each site (these are stored separately ADD CODE). This project was funded by the Darwin Initiative code: 19-031.

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Field	Value
Last Updated	June 24, 2025, 05:47 (PDT)
Created	June 24, 2025, 05:47 (PDT)
Region	Saint Helena
Language	eng
Topic Category	Biota; flora and/or fauna in natural environment
Temporal Extent Start	2013
Temporal Extent End	2014
Dataset Reference Date	2014
Lineage	Four divers formed the survey team. The first pair of divers swam and marked with tape measure a 50 metre transect each counting one side of the tape measure all invertebrates and small benthic fish found within a one metre belt. The second pair of divers followed behind and took photo quadrats (0.5sqm) every 2 metres. Once all divers at the end of the tape measure, the first pair of divers returned down the lenght of the tape measure counting on each side all other species of fish in a 5 metres belt. The data recorded consist of: date, site code, start and end depth, habitat types (classified according JNCC habitat form. The habitat type is the predominant habitat found along the 50 metre transect), species list and count.
West Longitude	-5.789
South Latitude	-16.029
East Longitude	-5.637
North Latitude	-15.907
Spatial Reference System	EPSG:4326
Responsible Organisation Name	Hidden (personal data protection)
Contact Mail Address	Hidden (personal data protection)
Responsible Party Role	Hidden (personal data protection)
Access Limitations	Restricted, data environmentally and commercially sensitive, however anonymised data is open to researchers on the basis of a research agreement
Use Constraints	Restricted, but open subject to limitations and prior agreement with responsible organisation. Copyright must be cited
Resource Reference	Cite copyright: (c) St Helena Government
Data Format	csv
Update Frequency	biannually
Accuracy	less than 100 metres
Resource Type	dataset
Original Title	Hidden (internal use only)
Metadata Date	22/12/2015
Metadata Point of Contact	datamanager@saeri.ac.fk
Unique Resource ID	SH-EMD-205