Utopia Marine Conservation Zone Seabed Videos from 2012

Twenty seabed videos were collected at the Utopia Marine Conservation Zone in 2012. The data were gathered for the Marine Conservation Zones Project, which was funded by the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Classify seabed habitat types based on visual features in the video footage.
• Monitor marine biodiversity and species presence within a designated conservation zone.
• Assess the physical condition of the seabed for conservation management purposes.

Strengths

• Contains 20 distinct video observations from a specific conservation zone.
• Data collection was funded by a national government department (DEFRA), suggesting an official purpose.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Video recording for the Marine Conservation Zones Project.

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Data is from 2012; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Utopia Marine Conservation Zone