Total reconstructed fisheries catches for the Turks and Caicos Islands between 1950-and-2018

The dataset comprises total reconstructed fisheries catches for the Turks and Caicos Exclusive Economic Zone. The data combine official reported data and reconstructed estimates of unreported data (including major discards). Official reported data are mainly extracted from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) FishStat database. The data covers the period between 1950-and-2018. This is a non-geographical dataset which contains the summary information for the entire Turks and Caicos EEZ.

Charts visualizing the data, and more information, are available at: http://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez/796

Data and Resources

Additional Info

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Last Updated September 6, 2024, 17:52 (UTC)
Created July 2, 2021, 12:24 (UTC)
Region TC
Language eng
Topic Category Economy; economic activities, conditions and employment
Temporal Extent Start 1950-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2018-12-31
Dataset Reference Date 2018
Lineage For background information on the reconstruction data, download the PDF resource file and also examine methods at: http://www.seaaroundus.org/catch-reconstruction-and-allocation-methods/
West Longitude -72.732
South Latitude 20.545
East Longitude -67.667
North Latitude 25.085
Spatial Reference System WGS84
Responsible Organisation Name Sea Around Us, Global Fisheries Cluster, University of British Columbia
Contact Mail Address Please use the form at: http://www.seaaroundus.org/contact/
Access Limitations Open access
Use Constraints Open
Resource Reference Cite data source as: Ulman A, Burke L, Hind E, Ramdeen R and Zeller D (2016) Conched Out: Total Reconstructed Fisheries Catches for the Turks and Caicos Islands Uncover Unsustainable Resource Usage. Front. Mar. Sci. 3:71. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00071
Data Format excel, csv
Update Frequency irregular
Accuracy n/a
Resource Type nonGeographicalDataset
Metadata Date 2021-07-02
Metadata Point of Contact mgorny@saeri.ac.fk
Contact Consent Contact details published