East of Haig Fras Marine Conservation Zone Video Transects - 2012

21 video transects collected at the East of Haig Fras Marine Conservation Zone. The data were gathered for the Marine Conservation Zones Project funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The collection was conducted in 2012.

Use Cases

• Classify seabed habitats based on video imagery from the transects.
• Monitor marine biodiversity and species distribution within a conservation zone.
• Assess the physical characteristics of the seafloor for conservation planning.
• Validate or supplement other geospatial data for the Haig Fras region.

Strengths

• Contains 21 distinct video transects providing visual seabed data.
• Data collection was funded and likely overseen by a national government department (DEFRA).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

Collection Method

Video transects collected for the Marine Conservation Zones Project.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Data was collected in 2012; last update date is unknown.

Geography

East of Haig Fras Marine Conservation Zone, UK waters.