Distribution shapefiles of highly mobile fish species in UK waters, derived from BS Sample, BSFSM, FSS, data mining, and the Environment Agency. The dataset is aggregated by the Government Digital Service from the eu_open_data platform. The last update date and specific data volume are unknown.
Use Cases
- Modeling habitat suitability for highly mobile species based on distribution shapefiles.
- Assessing marine conservation zones and protected areas based on species presence data.
- Conducting spatial analysis of fish populations in UK waters using geospatial data.
- Integrating species distribution data with other marine environmental datasets for ecosystem studies.
Strengths
- Data is derived from multiple sources including BS Sample, BSFSM, FSS, and the Environment Agency.
- Focuses on highly mobile species, a specific and ecologically relevant category.
- Geographic coverage is explicitly for UK waters.
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 size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service, via eu_open_data platform.
- Collection Method
- Derived from BS Sample, BSFSM, FSS, data mining, and Environment Agency sources.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- UK waters