Fixed Night Waterfowl Hunting Stations in Haute-Garonne, France

Location data for fixed shooting stations authorized for night waterfowl hunting under French environmental law. The dataset is provided by the BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES and was last updated on 2023-02-02. It covers stations that existed on 1 January 2000 and were declared to the prefect, who issues a unique post number for each.

Use Cases

• Mapping authorized hunting locations based on declared station descriptions.
• Analyzing the spatial distribution of traditional hunting practices based on cadastral designations.
• Monitoring compliance with Article L 424-5 of the French Environment Code based on declared post locations.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly tied to a specific legal framework (Article L 424-5 of the French Environment Code).
• Each authorized post is assigned a unique identifier by the prefect.
• Last update date is precisely recorded as 2023-02-02 00:00:00.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the eu_open_data platform, focusing on 22 specific departments.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Declarations submitted to the prefect under conditions laid down by regulations.

Time Range

Stations authorized as of 1 January 2000.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-02-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Haute-Garonne department, France (part of a larger authorization covering 22 departments).