Dataset

Red king crab survey data from Finnmark (Northern Norway) from 1994

OBIS-GBIF Norway MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

The dataset contains records of red king crab from 1994 in the coastal area of Finnmark (Northern Norway). The data has been sampled with trawl and traps, and the sampling has been conducted mostly during the autumn.

Citation: Hjelset, Ann Merete; Institute of Marine Research (2025): Red king crab survey data from Finnmark (Northern Norway) from 1994. https://gbif.imr.no/ipt/resource?r=imr_kingcrab

Published: April 16, 2026 at 11:48

First registration: October 24, 2025 at 15:12

License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

URL: https://gbif.imr.no/ipt/resource?r=imr_kingcrab

Contacts:

Ann Merete Hjelset
Institute of Marine Research

Jan H Sundet
Institute of Marine Research

Arnfinn Morvik
Institute of Marine Research

Rocío Castaño Primo
Institute of Marine Research

9,106
occurrence records
7,667
measurements and facts
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 9,106
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 6,495
71.3%
minimumDepthInMeters 6,495
71.3%
occurrenceStatus 7
0.1%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 6,495
71.3%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 168
1.8%
ON_LAND 120
1.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data