Massachusetts Shellfish Landings by Reporting Area, 1990-2001

25 distinct statistical reporting areas cover a large portion of the Gulf of Maine and south, including Massachusetts territorial waters. These data represent commercial shellfish landings in bushels, recorded by species, harvest location, and year from 1990 to 2001. Records originate from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries' Commercial Shellfish Landings Database and are used for mapping and annual publications.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in shellfish harvests based on the 12-year time series mentioned in the description
• Map spatial distributions of landings based on the 25 distinct statistical reporting areas
• Compare harvest volumes between species based on the species-specific data
• Assess fishing activity in territorial versus offshore waters based on the 14 territorial and 11 offshore reporting areas

Strengths

• Covers a 12-year time period from 1990 to 2001
• Includes data for 25 distinct geospatial reporting areas
• Data is structured by species, harvest location, and year

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Commercial Shellfish Landings Database

Collection Method

Records from the DMF's Commercial Shellfish Landings Database, aggregated by reporting areas.

Time Range

1990 to 2001

Freshness

Last updated is unknown; data covers 1990-2001.

Geography

Gulf of Maine and south, including Massachusetts territorial waters and offshore areas like George's Bank.