L_LIMITES_SALURE_AUX_L_062: Saltwater Boundaries for French Fishery Jurisdiction

A dataset of legal boundaries defining the saltwater limit in French estuaries, which separates maritime fishing from inland waterway fishing jurisdictions. The limits are established by French government decrees from 1853 and 1859, based on salinity analysis. The dataset was last updated by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières on 2021-06-29.

Use Cases

• Mapping the legal boundary between maritime and inland fishing zones based on the salt limit.
• Analyzing historical fishery regulations based on the 1853 and 1859 decrees referenced.
• Studying the spatial application of salinity-based legal definitions for water bodies.

Strengths

• Legal basis is explicitly cited with specific decree dates (4 July 1853, 19 November 1859).
• Dataset is maintained by a named geological and mining research organization (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).

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.
• Last updated 2021-06-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Determined by government decree following salinity analysis.

Time Range

Legal basis from 1852-1859; dataset vintage 10/07/17.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-06-29 00:00:00.

Geography

French estuaries (North Sea, English Channel, Atlantic, Mediterranean).