DOI: 10.7910/dvn/hmxjlk
title: Replication Data for: Kenyan fisheries catch data - catch, effort, and fishing area expansion (1995–2018)

description: &lt;h1&gt;Kenyan Fisheries Catch Data – Catch, Effort, and Fishing Area Expansion (1995–2018)&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generated on:&lt;/strong&gt; 2026-02-17&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; Tim McClanahan&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;1. General Information&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;a. Title of the Dataset&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kenyan fisheries catch data – catch, effort, and fishing area expansion (1995–2018)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;b. Data Collection Period&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1995 to 2018&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;c. Geographic Location&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Country:&lt;/strong&gt; Kenya&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;North:&lt;/strong&gt; 3°47'33.8"S, 39°50'12.4"E to &lt;strong&gt;South:&lt;/strong&gt; 4°25'43.0"S, 39°30'41.7"E&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;2. Data Overview&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;a. Introduction&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This dataset contains annual landing site-level fisheries production data used to examine temporal trends in catch, fishing effort, and spatial expansion of fishing areas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temporal resolution:&lt;/strong&gt; Annual&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spatial resolution:&lt;/strong&gt; Landing site level&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Missing values:&lt;/strong&gt; Represented as blank cells&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The landing sites are classified as either expanded or non-expanded, and the fishing ground areas are provided as:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Initial fishing areas&lt;/strong&gt; – Previously established fishing grounds&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final fishing areas&lt;/strong&gt; – Areas established in 2018&lt;/li&gt;
 &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interpolated fishing areas&lt;/strong&gt; – See methodological information section in the supporting READMe documentation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;b. Variables&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
 &lt;li&gt; The variables include: year, landing_site, expansion, latitude, longitude, initial_fishing_areas, final_fishing_areas, interpolated_fishing_areas, fishers, catch, initial_effort, initial_cpue, initial_cpua, final_effort, final_cpue, final_cpua, interpolated_effort, interpolated_cpue, interpolated_cpua &lt;/li&gt;

 &lt;li&gt; See provided documentation for variables description&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;3. Other Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Author Information&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name:&lt;/strong&gt; Tim McClanahan&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;ORCID:&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-3584"&gt;
0000-0001-5821-3584
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Institution:&lt;/strong&gt; Wildlife Conservation Society&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Address:&lt;/strong&gt; 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York, 10460, United States&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Email:&lt;/strong&gt; tmcclanahan@wcs.org&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Technician Information&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name:&lt;/strong&gt; Kelvin Kiplagat&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;ORCID:&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;a href="https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1113-7574"&gt;
0009-0002-1113-7574
&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Institution:&lt;/strong&gt; Wildlife Conservation Society&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Address:&lt;/strong&gt; Kenyatta Beach, Kibaki Flats 12, Mombasa, Kenya&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Email:&lt;/strong&gt; kkiplagat@wcs.org&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Funding Sources&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wildlife Conservation Society, through grants from the Tiffany Foundation&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Sharing / Access Information&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;License:&lt;/strong&gt; 
&lt;a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"&gt;
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommended Citation:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Refer to the citation provided by Harvard Dataverse&lt;/p&gt;