Open dataset
Shore fishing marks data
Machine-readable export of published Wicklow and Dublin Bay marks plus a Wexford research sample (41 records). Coordinates, species, access notes, verification tier, and canonical page URL. Wexford is coming next on the live hub, not a coast with the Wicklow and Dublin conditions check yet.
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Fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| slug | Stable mark identifier used in URLs and APIs. |
| name | Display name on mark pages. |
| county | Wicklow, Dublin, or Wexford. |
| area | Town or village the mark belongs to. There is no coordinate: a mark belongs to a stretch of coast, not a spot to stand on. |
| type | Mark ground type: Beach, Pier, Rock, etc. |
| species | Target species labels for the mark. |
| accessNotes | Parking, paths, and access guidance from the mark guide. |
| verificationTier | How the mark’s access, parking and hazards were checked, from the same record each mark page shows: on site, from official sources and dated imagery, or not verified (hazards not checked on site). |
| url | Canonical mark page on irishshorefishing.ie. |
Licence and attribution
This dataset is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0). You may copy, redistribute, and adapt the data for any purpose, including commercial use, provided you credit Irish Shore Fishing with a link to irishshorefishing.ie.
The export carries no coordinates. Each mark is named by the town it belongs to, which says which stretch of coast it is on, not where to stand. See our spot-protection commitment.
Suggested attribution: “Shore fishing mark data from Irish Shore Fishing (irishshorefishing.ie), CC-BY-4.0.” The JSON export includes a _license field with the same terms. Live conditions, grades, and session plans are not included, only static mark catalogue fields.
Catalogue size at build: 20 Wicklow (live), 16 Dublin Bay (live), and 5 Wexford research marks (coming-next hub). Methodology for the conditions check and verification is on how our calls work.
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