Mariculture Production in Ten Chinese Coastal Provinces, 1983-2024

Six major categories of mariculture products (fish, shrimp, crab, sea cucumber, shellfish, and seaweed) are tracked in ten coastal provinces of China from 1983 to 2024. The dataset, provided in a 597.3 KB ZIP file, includes production figures in tons and supplementary files for analysis and validation. It was authored by Jingyi Liu and last updated on April 30, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term production trends for six mariculture product categories based on the 41-year time series.
• Modeling the environmental impact of aquaculture expansion in specific Chinese coastal provinces based on the geographic scope.
• Comparing production volumes and growth rates between different mariculture sectors like fish, shrimp, and seaweed.
• Validating economic or sustainability models using the included validation data file.

Strengths

• Covers a 41-year time series from 1983 to 2024.
• Includes production data for six distinct mariculture product categories.
• Geographic scope is defined as ten coastal provinces in China.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 597.3 KB, indicating a limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Jingyi Liu

Time Range

1983 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 20:24:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ten coastal provinces of China