ZygAI/zygai_fishing_without_borders_2004

🎣 ZygAI – Fishing Without Borders 2004

A structured dataset of Lithuanian lakes and ichthyofauna (2004 edition)
Dataset by ZygAI Research

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🧭 About This Dataset

This dataset is an official extension of the ZygAI project’s
✅ Atostogos Lietuvos kaime 2004 dataset.

The extended section, titled “Žvejyba be sienų 2004” (“Fishing Without Borders 2004”), contains detailed freshwater fishing information from the same publication.

It includes:

• Lake names (LT + EN)
• Municipal regions (LT + EN)
• Lake owners (LT + EN)
• Characteristics of each lake
• Ichthyofauna (fish species)
• Fully bilingual fields
• Standardized JSON structure for ML tasks

All data was digitized manually and structured consistently to ensure full compatibility with HuggingFace dataset tools and ML pipelines.

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📌 Dataset Structure

Each lake entry follows the schema:

Field	Type	Description
year	int	Edition year (always 2004)
lake_name	string	Original Lithuanian lake name
lake_name_en	string	English lake name
region	string	Lithuanian region
region_en	string	English region
owner	string	Original owner / institution
owner_en	string	English owner
characteristics_lt	string	Lake characteristics (Lithuanian)
characteristics_en	string	Lake characteristics (English)
ichthyofauna_lt	string	Fish species (LT)
ichthyofauna_en	string	Fish species (EN)
source	string	Always: “Atostogos Lietuvos kaime 2004 / Žvejyba be sienų 2004”

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📍 Regions Covered

The dataset includes lakes from:

• Alytus District
• Lazdijai District
• Veisiejai
• Kapčiamiestis
• Kučiūnai
• Seirijai
• Teizai
• Gudeliai
• Rudamina
  …and more.

Every region is preserved exactly as written in the original 2004 publication.

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📊 Dataset Highlights

• 20+ lakes digitized manually
• Bilingual LT + EN fields
• Ideal for:
  • Information extraction
  • Retrieval datasets
  • Geographical classification
  • Historical ecological data
• Ichthyofauna includes predator and whitefish species (lydeka, sterkai, seliava, lynas, etc.)

📘 License

MIT License
Free to use for research, commercial, or personal applications.

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✅ Example Entry

{
  "year": 2004,
  "lake_name": "Metelio ežeras",
  "lake_name_en": "Metelis Lake",
  "region": "Lazdijų r., Metelių apylinkės",
  "region_en": "Lazdijai District, Meteliai surroundings",
  "owner": "Metelių regioninio parko direkcija",
  "owner_en": "Meteliai Regional Park Directorate",
  "characteristics_lt": "Vienas didžiausių Pietų Lietuvos ežerų, garsus švariu vandeniu ir sekliais smėlėtais krantais.",
  "characteristics_en": "One of the largest lakes in Southern Lithuania, known for its clean water and shallow sandy shores.",
  "ichthyofauna_lt": "lydeka, ešerys, karšis, lynas, karpis",
  "ichthyofauna_en": "pike, perch, bream, tench, carp",
  "source": "Atostogos Lietuvos kaime 2004 / Žvejyba be sienų 2004"
}