A dataset on the geographical distribution, bounds, and reed cover of Hungarian fishponds
Priya Sharma,
Mónika Varga,
György Kerezsi,
Balázs Kajári,
Béla Halasi-Kovács,
Emese Békefi,
Márta Gaál,
Gergő Gyalog
Affiliations
Priya Sharma
Research Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 35 Anna-liget, Szarvas 5540, Hungary; Corresponding author.
Mónika Varga
Institute of Animal Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 40 Guba, Kaposvar 7400, Hungary
György Kerezsi
Research Center for Irrigation and Water Management, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Anna-liget 35, Szarvas 5540, Hungary
Balázs Kajári
Research Center for Irrigation and Water Management, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Anna-liget 35, Szarvas 5540, Hungary
Béla Halasi-Kovács
Research Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 35 Anna-liget, Szarvas 5540, Hungary
Emese Békefi
Research Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 35 Anna-liget, Szarvas 5540, Hungary
Márta Gaál
Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), 3-5 Zsil u., Budapest 1093, Hungary
Gergő Gyalog
Research Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 35 Anna-liget, Szarvas 5540, Hungary
This paper presents geospatial datasets, figures, and tables illustrating i) the location and total area of fish farms under cultivation; and ii) the spatiotemporal dynamics of reed cover in Hungarian fishponds generated from the published study of Sharma et al., [1]. Preliminary data for fish farm locations were obtained from the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), followed by significant refinement based on high-resolution Google Earth Pro-imagery. The fishpond area dataset was validated against the values reported in annual statistical reports on aquaculture. In order to map reed vegetation freely available Sentinel-2 imagery (between 2017 and 2021) was accessed from the Copernicus Open Access Hub [2] and emergent macrophyte cover was classified using the NDVI-based threshold values [1]. Scientists, policymakers, and fish farmers can all benefit from such geospatial datasets. It could be used to monitor the extent of fishponds in Hungary and to design farm-level reed management plans to optimize the provision of ecological and production services.
