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HMAP databases

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The Data Store contains two types of downloadable dataset:

  1. Processed HMAP Datasets
  2. Data Files (in process)

The Data Search facility enables visitors to search across the Processed HMAP Datasets and to construct their own customised datasets.

The History of Marine Animal Populations Project (2000-2010) resulted in an abundance of new datasets on historical marine resource use, and much of these data can be downloaded freely from the website of the HMAP Data Pages:
The HMAP Data Pages are a research resource comprising of information derived largely from historical records relating to fishing catches and effort in selected spatial and temporal contexts.

PLOS ONE: HMAP Coll

The Oceans Past Initiative is the main stakeholder in the PLoS ONE: The HMAP Collection. Arising from the History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) project, this collection forms an entry point for historical marine ecology / marine environmental history.

The overall goal is to enhance knowledge and understanding of how the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world's oceans has changed over the long term. The HMAP Collection draws together representative examples of the results of this initiative. Articles are presented in order of publication date and new articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

All datasets have Supporting Documentation which includes information on the objectives of the data collection effort, the provenance of the historical source material from which the data are derived, the structure of the dataset, and the outputs that have been generated. These documents have been drafted by the data providers and edited by Michaela Barnard, John Nicholls and David Starkey.

How to Download Datasets

If you require assistance with downloading, or information about how to view or open the files, select one of the options here:

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Processed HMAP Datasets

All Datasets: Search, download and reference HMAP Datasets with HYDRA

Dataset 01 SE Australian Trawl Fishery I: Fish (various) landings and fishing effort, South East Australia, 1918-1923
Dataset 02 SE Australian Trawl Fishery II: Fish (various) landings and fishing effort, South East Australia, 1937-1943
Dataset 03 SE Australian Trawl Fishery III: Fish (various) landings and fishing effort, South East Australia, 1951-1957
Dataset 04 World Whaling
Dataset 05 Newfoundland, 1698-1833
Dataset 06 Newfoundland, 1675-1698
Dataset 07 Danish Baltic Catch Data, 1611-1920
Dataset 08 Swedish Baltic Catch Data, 1752-1990
Dataset 09 North Russian Salmon Catch Data, 1615-1937
Dataset 10 Catalonian Coast
Dataset 11 Limfjord Fisheries
Dataset 12 North-west Scotland Fisheries
Dataset 13 Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador I
Dataset 14 Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador II
Dataset 15 Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador III
Dataset 16 Peru, South-east Pacific
Dataset 17 North Sea Demersal Fish
Dataset 18 Colombian Caribbean Sea
Dataset 19 Estonian Fisheries: Pärnu City Customs Records
Dataset 20 Limfjord Catch Data, 1890-1925
Dataset 21 Gulf of Thailand cephalopod Fisheries
Dataset 22 Catch and Fishing Effort in the Limfjord Fisheries

Data Files (In Process)

Data File (in process) 1: Gulf of Maine Cod Catches, 1861-1864
Data File    
Excel (0.76Mb)    
Supporting Documentation   
Word (0.11Mb) PDF (0.28Mb) Text (0.03Mb)
Reference/Citation:
(a) The dataset: please cite as follows:
K. Alexander ‘Gulf of Maine, Cod Catches, 1861-1864’ in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
(b) Supporting documentation: please cite as follows:
D.J. Starkey, ‘HMAP Data File (in process) 1: Gulf of Maine, Cod Catches, 1861-1864’, Supporting Documentation’, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
 
Data File (in process) 2: Gulf of Maine, Statistical Bulletins, 1898-1935
Data File    
Excel (0.88Mb)    
Supporting Documentation   
Word (0.94Mb) PDF (1.11Mb) Text (0.02Mb)
Reference/Citation:
(a) The dataset: please cite as follows:
S. Claesson ‘Gulf of Maine, Statistical Bulletins, 1898-1935’ in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
(b) Supporting documentation: please cite as follows:
D.J. Starkey, ‘HMAP Data File (in process) 2: Gulf of Maine, Statistical Bulletins, 1898-1935’, Supporting Documentation’, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
 
Data File (in process) 3: North Sea, Swedish & Danish Catch Data, 1840-1914
Data Files    
Access (0.53Mb)      Danish Skagerrak fisheries, 1888-1914 
  Access (0.08Mb)      North Sea fisheries, 1903-22, ICES
  Access (0.06Mb)      Swedish demersal, winter fisheries, 1886-1912 
  Access (0.12Mb)      Swedish herring and sprat fisheries, 1885-1912 
  Access (0.08Mb)      Swedish lobster & oyster fisheries, 1886-1912 
  Access (0.48Mb)      Swedish longline fisheries, 1859-1886 
  Access (0.04Mb)      Swedish longline fisheries, 1914 
  Access (0.13Mb)      Swedish mackerel fisheries, 1886-1912 
Supporting Documentation   
Word (0.94Mb)
PDF (1.11Mb)
Text (0.02Mb)
Reference/Citation:
(a) The dataset: please cite as follows:
R.T. Poulsen, ed., ‘North Sea, Swedish & Danish Catch Data, 1840-1914’ in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
(b) Supporting documentation: please cite as follows:
R.T. Poulsen, ‘HMAP Data File: North Sea, Swedish & Danish Catch Data, 1840-1914, Supporting Documentation’, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
 
Data File (in process) 4: White Sea Herring Data, 1787-1954
Data File    
Excel (0.88Mb)    
Supporting Documentation   
Word (0.24Mb) PDF (0.41Mb) Text (0.02Mb)
Reference/Citation:
(a) The dataset: please cite as follows:
J. Lajus et al, eds., ‘White Sea Herring Data, 1787-1954’, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
(b) Supporting documentation: please cite as follows:
J. Lajus et al, eds., ‘HMAP Data File: White Sea Herring Data, 1787-1954, Supporting Documentation’, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
 
Data File (in process) 5: Database of American Offshore Whaling Voyages, 1667-1937
Data File    
Excel ( 3.20Mb)    
Supporting Documentation   
Word ( 0.73Mb) PDF ( 0.52Mb) Text ( 0.02Mb)
Reference/Citation:
(a) The datafile: please cite as follows:
Judith N. Lund, Elizabeth A. Josephson, Randall R. Reeves, Tim D. Smith, 'American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database' in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
(b) Supporting documentation: please cite as follows:
Judith N. Lund, Elizabeth A. Josephson, Randall R. Reeves, Tim D. Smith, ‘American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database’, Supporting Documentation, in M.G Barnard & J.H Nicholls (comp.) HMAP Data Pages (www.hull.ac.uk/hmap)
 

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