Creel Fishing Effort in Scotland from 198 Skipper Interviews

Survey data from 198 creel vessel skippers in four regions of Scotland measures fishing effort as the average number of crab, lobster, and nephrop hauls per day per 4 km2. The analysis was produced by the Government Digital Service from sampled vessels to indicate potential effort. The data is not a census and does not map all creeling activity in the surveyed waters.

Use Cases

• Modeling potential fishing pressure on crab and lobster stocks based on reported haul rates.
• Assessing regional differences in creeling effort between the east and west coasts of Scotland.
• Informing fisheries management policies using sampled effort data from vessel skippers.

Strengths

• Data is based on interviews with 198 creel vessel skippers, providing a direct measure of reported activity.
• Focuses on four specific regions in Scotland, offering geographic context for the analysis.
• Explicitly defines effort as the number of creels hauled per day per 4 km2, providing a clear metric.

Limitations

• The dataset is explicitly not a census; quantified effort may be higher as some vessels were not surveyed.
• Fishing effort outside the four surveyed regions was not measured, limiting geographic coverage.
• Row count, column definitions, and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Analysis produced from interviews with 198 sampled creel vessel skippers.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Four regions (two on the west coast and two on the east coast) of Scotland.