Historical oyster habitat and fisheries in English coastal waters
This dataset collates primary and secondary written sources from government, scientific, maritime and popular media accounts that mention the use and presence of the native oyster, Ostrea edulis, across England, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. From these sources we extracted locations of oyster habitat and fishery exploitation, and – where available – descriptions of the extent of habitat and timings of decline. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022.
Trust score
How is this computed?Composite of 5 axes from our methodology (proof-based officialness, live verification, metadata completeness, license clarity, agent readiness).
- Officialnessweight 25%50/100
Not public-sector → neutral score; not subject to the proof checker.
- Availabilityweight 25%100/100
Latest verification succeeded.
- Metadata completenessweight 20%40/100
4 of 10 recommended metadata fields populated.
- License clarityweight 15%50/100
License info not yet tracked for APIs (datasets only).
- Agent readinessweight 15%10/100
Topic tags assigned
Data schema (16 fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | string | — |
| decade | string | — |
| f50_year_pe | string | — |
| location_o | string | — |
| name_of_oy | string | — |
| x | int | — |
| y | int | — |
| coastline | string | — |
| confidence | string | — |
| natural___ | string | — |
| descr_loc | string | — |
| descr_hab | string | — |
| fisher_det | string | — |
| refer_title | string | — |
| gdb_geomattr_data | hexBinary | — |
| shape | geometry | — |
Schema captured from wfs 3 days ago.
Verification Status
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/historical-oyster-habitat-and-fisheries/wfs
Query examples
curl -s 'https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/historical-oyster-habitat-and-fisheries/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities' -H 'Accept: application/json'List the feature types (layers) and supported operations.