National Angling Charter Vessels and Port Dataset

This dataset presents the historical and current distribution of angling charter vessels around the coast of the Republic of Ireland. It shows the number of active charter skippers and their locations from 1978-2006, and recent data starting from 2023. The dataset was collated from historical charter angling data and a 2023 Inland Fisheries Ireland listing of active angling charter skippers (Current link - https://fishinginireland.info/angling-service-providers/charterboats/).

Field Name 

Field Alias 

Field Type 

Field Description 

Port

Port

Text

Name of port

cntCharterVessels

Charter Vessels

Integer

Number of active vessels per port

County

County

Text

County of Port

cdRbd

RiverBasinDistrict 

Text

River Basin District which Port falls under

yrSurvey

Year

Text

Year of Survey