Abundance, Size Structure, and Sex Ratio Variation of West Coast Rock Lobster (Jasus lalandii) in Cultivated and Natural Kelp Forests off Lüderitz, Namibia

The data sets contain the raw excel data set for the study titled "Abundance, Size Structure, and Sex Ratio Variation of West Coast Rock Lobster (Jasus lalandii) in Cultivated and Natural Kelp Forests off Lüderitz, Namibia". Lobster sampling was conducted between September 2024 and April 2025, aligned with the Namibian lobster fishing season. Information contained in the file include 1) Raw carapacece lengths in millimeters, 2) Sex assigned at birth M= males and F=females 3) Date of retrieval deployment highloighted yellow 4) Months of sampling at the bottom 5) graphs of size structure for each month and site 6) normality testing of the data and lastly 7) each row represents a single lobster sampled.