Edible Crab Carapace Lengths from NEIFCA Offshore Potting Surveys, 2010-2016

Edible Crab Carapace Lengths from potting surveys conducted in the North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority district. The dataset was published by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform and covers the period from 2010 to 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling crab population size structure based on carapace length measurements.
• Assessing the health and sustainability of edible crab stocks in the NEIFCA district.
• Analyzing temporal trends in crab growth rates from 2010 to 2016.
• Informing fisheries management and conservation policy with survey-derived biological data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a specific, authoritative fisheries and conservation authority (NEIFCA).
• Covers a defined seven-year time range from 2010 to 2016.
• Focuses on a specific, measurable biological metric (carapace length).

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), published by Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Offshore potting surveys.

Time Range

2010-2016

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

NEIFCA district (North Eastern UK coastal waters).