North Sea historical data on UK trawl and seine fishing effort, measured in hours, by month and ICES rectangle. The dataset covers six specific years: 1927, 1937, 1947, 1957, 1967, and 1977. It was provided by the Marine Environmental Data & Information Network and last updated in June 2026.
Use Cases
- Model historical fishing pressure based on effort hours per ICES rectangle
- Analyze fleet composition shifts from sail to steam to motor vessels
- Study seasonal fishing patterns based on monthly effort data
- Assess the impact of technological change on fishing effort over decades
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal span from 1913 to 1980
- Provides spatially detailed information by ICES rectangle
- Separates effort data for five distinct historical fleets
- Focuses on six specific benchmark years across the 20th century
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 is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
- Time Range
- 1913-1980, with detailed data for 1927, 1937, 1947, 1957, 1967, 1977
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-11 08:13:10.014053; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- North Sea, by ICES rectangle