European Union maps and shapefiles delineating sea bass nursery areas where fishing is prohibited. The data includes PDF colour maps and ArcGIS shapefiles, likely created by the Government Digital Service. It references the 1999 legislation and includes original areas from 1980.
Use Cases
- Mapping protected marine zones based on the described nursery area boundaries.
- Analyzing historical changes in conservation policy based on the inclusion of 1980 and 1999 legislative areas.
- Enforcing fishing regulations using the geospatial boundaries mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Includes both PDF visual maps and ArcGIS shapefiles for different use cases.
- Combines data from two legislative periods (1980 and 1999), suggesting historical context.
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
- null
- Time Range
- 1999 (with reference to 1980)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- European Union (specific areas not detailed)