Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistical Districts from 2013

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistical Districts reflect the area of responsibility of local fishery offices. The dataset shows the approximate extent of each district using the 1:50,000 scale OS Meridian 2 mean high water spring coastline. Districts were updated in 2013 to reflect changes in the Ullapool fishery office and rename the Pittenweem district as Anstruther.

Use Cases

• Map fishery office administrative boundaries based on the described district extents.
• Analyze changes in fishery office responsibilities based on the 2013 district updates mentioned in the description.
• Integrate district boundaries with other marine datasets for spatial analysis based on the coastal reference system.
• Create illustrative maps for reports based on the dataset's stated purpose.

Strengths

• Districts are defined using a specific 1:50,000 scale coastline reference (OS Meridian 2 mean high water spring).
• Includes documented historical updates from 2013 for the Ullapool and Anstruther districts.

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.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Aggregated from the annual Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics report.

Time Range

2013 onwards

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Scotland, coastal waters