Edible Crab Tagging Data for Movement and Growth in the English Channel, 2007-2010

A tagging programme applied data storage tags and double T-bar tags to edible crabs (*Cancer pagurus*) in the English Channel and Celtic Sea. The project aimed to quantify crab movements, growth, mortality, and behavior. The dataset was aggregated by the Government Digital Service from the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling crab migration patterns based on movement data mentioned in the description
• Estimating mortality rates based on tag recovery and survival data
• Analyzing growth rates based on size measurements over time
• Studying behavioral responses to environmental factors in the English Channel

Strengths

• Data collection focused on specific, measurable objectives: movements, growth, mortality, and behavior
• Project applied two distinct tagging technologies (data storage tags and double T-bar tags)

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

Government Digital Service via eu_open_data platform

Collection Method

Application of data storage tags (DSTs) and double T-bar tags to edible crabs

Time Range

2007-2010

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

English Channel and Celtic Sea