Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure publishes an annual series of reports providing an overview of the fisheries sector. The data, which includes accompanying Excel workbooks with tables, is designated as supporting material and is not classified as official statistics as it does not cover all of Northern Ireland. The source agency is Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland).
Use Cases
- Analyze annual trends in salmon and inland fisheries based on the reported statistics.
- Support policy development for the DCAL fisheries sector based on the statistical overview.
- Benchmark regional fishery performance within Northern Ireland based on the provided data tables.
Strengths
- Annual series provides time-series data for trend analysis.
- Accompanied by Excel workbooks containing structured tables.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Not designated as official statistics, as coverage is limited and does not include all of Northern Ireland.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), Northern Ireland
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from administrative and survey sources within the DCAL jurisdiction.
- Time Range
- Annual series.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:14.149577; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northern Ireland (DCAL jurisdiction).