Developing quality assurance for fish counter data
皇冠体育app fish counters operated by the Environment Agency were examined as there had been no consistent protocols used and there was an unacceptable variety in the methods of operation.
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Each of the 41 fish counters operated by the Environment Agency, either in the past, the present or proposed for the future, were examined in relation to four criteria:
- Counter Purpose
- Counter Location and Design
- Operational Quality of Data Produced
- Counter Costs
Each of these criteria was further broken down into a number of assessment categories. Individual scores were established for each counter to give a ranking. 皇冠体育app results clearly showed the wide variation in counter operation and design between sites within the counter network and that this variation is irrespective of the relative 鈥渧alue鈥� of that data to the fishery function. 皇冠体育appse variations reflected two things:
- An under funding of the counter network in the past.
- 皇冠体育app non-targeted allocation or prioritisation of resources within the fish counter network.