European Lobster Carapace Lengths from NEIFCA Offshore Surveys, 2004-2016

2004-2016 European lobster carapace lengths collected from potting surveys in the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority district. The data was aggregated by the Government Digital Service from the eu_open_data platform. The dataset likely contains measurements from offshore surveys to monitor lobster populations.

Use Cases

• Modeling lobster population growth rates based on carapace length measurements.
• Analyzing temporal trends in lobster size distributions from survey data.
• Assessing the impact of fisheries management policies on lobster stocks.
• Conducting spatial analysis of lobster size variations within the NEIFCA district.

Strengths

• Covers a 13-year time range from 2004 to 2016.
• Focuses on a specific, ecologically important species (European lobster).
• Data originates from a defined regulatory authority (NEIFCA) and a government platform.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NEIFCA), aggregated by Government Digital Service via eu_open_data.

Collection Method

Potting surveys conducted in the NEIFCA district.

Time Range

2004-2016

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority district (UK North Sea coastal waters).