2010 Defra MB0106 MFA Clams Shellfishery: Landings Data for England and Wales

MFA landings data for Clams from reported shellfish landings at ports in England and Wales. The dataset originates from the UK Government Digital Service and is aggregated via the eu_open_data platform. The specific year of collection is 2010.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional shellfish catch volumes based on reported port landings.
• Modeling clams fishery economic output based on landings data.
• Assessing spatial distribution of shellfish harvesting based on port-level data.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a government service (Government Digital Service), suggesting an official reporting channel.
• The description specifies a geographic scope (ports in England and Wales).

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

Collection Method

Reported shellfish landings at ports.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Ports in England and Wales