European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) captured around the rocky island of Helgoland (German Bight, North Sea) from 2005 to 2015 - A mark-recapture program -

• Main Authors: Schmalenbach, Isabel, Janke, Michael
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Long-term Ecological Research at AWI; LTER; Helgoland; Rocky Island; Homarus gammarus
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.855396; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.855396

European lobsters were captured by employees of the Marine Biological Station and local fishermen from the rocky subtidal zone around the island of Helgoland (North Sea, 54°11.3'N, 7°54.0'E) and from the Helgoland Deep Trench, located south west of the island. The animals were captured by pots, traps, trawl and divers. All measured lobsters were tagged and released. A tagged lobster was classified by the absence or presence of colour tag and/or T-bar tag. Data of lobsters contains capture date, fresh weight, carapace lengths, sex and the information if lobsters were egg-bearing and tagged. Furthermore, data of commercial landed lobsters are included.