AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Supporting Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in meeting multiple objectives for sustainable use of coral reef ecosystem: Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) Ecosystem Model Output Data using a social-ecological system (SES) conceptual framework

The dataset represented here is the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) model input and output under various scenarios for biomass and catch data, taking into account ecological parameters, different fishing methods, as well as social and economical parameters. 

Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management is a holistic management approach that integrates the dynamics of an entire ecosystem, including societal dimensions. However, this approach seldom lives up to its promise because economic and social objectives are rarely specified. To fill this gap, we explored how an ecosystem model could better integrate economic and social objectives, using the coral reef ecosystem around Hawaii as a case study. After meeting with stakeholders and conducting a literature review of policy/strategy documents, we identified societal and ecological objectives and associated performance indicators for which data existed. We developed a social-ecological system (SES) conceptual framework to illustrate the relationships between ecological and social state components. This framework was the foundation for the development of the final SES model which we simulated using an Ecopath with Ecosim model. We simulated four gear/species restrictions for the reef-based fishery, two fishing scenarios associated with the opening of hypothetical no-take Marine Protected Areas for the deepwater-based fishery, and a Constant Effort (No Action) scenario. Despite limitations in the model, our approach shows that when social and economic objectives and social-ecological relationships are defined, we can visualize and quantify the trade-offs among the identified societal objectives to support managers in choosing among alternative interventions.

Tags: biology, biomass, biosphere, catches, central pacific ocean, coastal waters of hawaii, computer, coral reef, corals, country/territory, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ebfm, ecological modeling, ecopath with ecosim, ecosystem modeling, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystem-based fisheries management, esd, ewe, fish, fishing, hawaiian islands, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027), marine biology, mhi, model output, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific ocean, numeric data sets, ocean, ocean acidification program, ocean basin, oceans, office of oceanic and atmospheric research, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific reef and assessment monitoring program, reef monitoring and assessment, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Batangas, Philippines in 2012 and 2015

Photographs of the seafloor were collected during benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in 2012 and 2015 along transects at fixed climate survey sites located on hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in the Philippines. Climate sites were established by CREP to assess multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. The photographs can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. The imagery from 2015 has been quantitatively analyzed using image analysis software to derive an estimate of percent benthic cover (archived separately).

Tags: 483, aquatic habitat, arthur's reef, arthur's rock (13n120e0002), balayan bay, baseline data from climate stations in batangas, baseline studies, batalang bato, batangas, batong buhay, benthic biology, benthic habitat, biodiversity and fisheries in the coral triangle: embracing the e in ecosystem approaches to fisheri, biosphere, climate, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral cover, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, coral triangle initiative, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, habitats, imagery, in situ biological, koala reserve area, mabini (13n120e0032), maricaban island, marine biology, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, nw pacific (limit-180), ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, philippines, philippines from 2012 to 2015, photoquadrat images, pifsc, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, south china sea, tingloy (13n120e0009), twin rocks, twin rocks sanctuary (13n120e0005), u.s. department of commerce, united states agency for international development, us doc, usaid, verde island passage, visual images, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Juvenile Salmonid Metrics - Juvenile Salmon & Ocean Ecosystem Survey

FY20 will mark the 23nd year of sampling, making the Juvenile Salmon and Ocean Ecosystem Survey (JSOES) the longest running salmon survey on the west coast. JSOES has clearly demonstrated correlations between ocean conditions and the distribution, abundance, and survival of juvenile Columbia River (CR) salmon in the Northern California Current (NCC) nearshore ecosystem. For example, our ocean indicators provide managers from the federal and state governments, tribes, and other agencies/groups the ability to forecast adult returns one to two years in advance for coho and spring/summer Chinook salmon. We continue to show the importance of evaluating ocean conditions to support management decisions and to provide context for efforts by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC) and BPA to restore and enhance salmon production. 

The primary goal of our work is to develop a mechanistic understanding of how trophic dynamics and conditions in the ocean and CR plume affect survival of juvenile salmonids. This knowledge will allow us to improve forecasts in a quantitative rather than qualitative manner, and decouple the effects of mitigation efforts in the freshwater environment from the effects of a changing ocean environment. These improved forecasts will lead to well-informed recommendations for an ecosystem approach to management strategies based on the full suite of river, plume, and ocean environments.
Lab Lengths, weight, genetics, IGF-1 (growth), and otolith microchemistry from juvenile salmonids.

Tags: animal and plant collection device, climate change, columbia river, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fe (fish ecology) division, marine ecosystems, marine survival, national marine fisheries service, newport, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northern california current, northwest fisheries science center, oceanography, salmon, unknown instrument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fish Culture Data - Captive Broodstock Gene Rescue Program for Odd Year Class Elwha River Pink Salmon

Conduct captive brood stock gene rescue program for Elwha River odd-year class pink salmon.
Raw data on rearing density, loading density, water temperature, ration, and feed size may be available.  Raw data on administration of therapeutic drugs may be available.

Tags: artificial propagation, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, instrument not applicable, manchester research station, migrated from resource enhancement and utilization technologies division, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, obsolete, salmon
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Surveys in Faga'alu, American Samoa: benthic cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected during belt transect surveys of coral demography in 2015 and 2020

The benthic cover data described herein were generated by the NOAA Ecosystem Sciences Division (former Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CREP) from the quantitative analysis of photoquadrat benthic images using the image analysis software CoralNet, whereby random points are projected on each image and the benthic elements falling directly underneath each point are identified. The images were collected at sites in Faga'alu Bay in 2015 and 2020 during belt transect surveys of coral demography. The data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive. The benthic images and coral demography data are described and archived separately.

Tags: 31090, 31259, algae, algal cover, american samoa, aquatic habitat, baseline studies, belt transect, benthic, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthic missions, benthos analysis, biosphere, coastal processes, comprehensive baseline assessment and pilot test of outcome performance measures in faga'alu bay, coral cover, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, crustose coralline algae, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, encrusting macroalgae, esd, faga'alu (14s170w0005), fleshy macroalgae, hard coral cover, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, octocoral cover, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pago pago harbor, photographic analysis, pifsc, reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, status and trends assessment for lbsp impacts on reef communities in faga'alu bay and vatia bay, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - diver, survey - photographs, transect monitoring, turf algae, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Coral reef ecosystem marine protected area monitoring in Fagamalo, American Samoa: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2015

In 2010 the village of Fagamalo, Tutuila, American Samoa, designated a no-take Marine Protected Area that sees the protection of 2.25 square kilometers of ocean. Because little is known regarding the status of living marine communities in the area, and at the request of the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, NOAA scientists conducted surveys to assess the status of the benthic communities and establish a baseline against which to compare temporal change.

The data described here were collected via belt transect surveys of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) according to protocols established by the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP). In 2015 data were collected at 18 stratified randomly selected sites. These data include photoquadrat benthic images. Data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive, accession #0146681. These photos have been analyzed for benthic cover (documented separately). Data from coral demographic surveys, including 1) an assessment of coral colony density and size-class distribution, 2) an assessment of coral recruitment, and 3) an evaluation of coral colony mortality, disease, and bleaching, were also collected for the selected monitoring sites and are also documented separately by CREP.

Tags: 1083, american samoa, baseline studies, benthic biology, benthic missions, biosphere, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem monitoring training and capacity building to support improved resource manageme, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, fagamalo, fagamalo (14s170w0047), habitats, imagery, in situ biological, marine biology, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, photoquadrat images, pifsc, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, visual images, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
OW ASCAT Ocean Surface Winds

The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) sensor onboard the EUMETSAT MetOp polar-orbiting satellite provides ocean surface wind observations by means of radar scatterometry. The data is available as 1-day composites with global coverage at 0.25 degrees (approximately 25 km/pix). Total wind speed, as well as zonal and meridional wind speed information is available since 2013-06-26 through the present.

Tags: ascat, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, global, microwave, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean surface winds, ow, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, pifsc oceanwatch (ow) metadata portfolio, u.s. department of commerce, wind direction, wind speed
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Partial mortality, size, presence, and density of ESA-listed Acropora globiceps and Isopora crateriformis coral colonies in Tutuila, American Samoa in 2025

This metadata record describes Acropora globiceps and Isopora crateriformis raw density at the site level as well as colony-level partial mortality, size, and bleaching,  and a classifier for each species.  Surveys were conducted by SCUBA divers from February 4th-26th, 2025 and March 10th-27th, 2025 in Tutuila, American Samoa by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences division at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, and this project was funded by the Inflation Reduction Act (NA24NMFX405C0005-T1-01).

This metadata record will be updated as data will be collected from benthic fixed site photogrammetric imagery, a classifier is developed, genomics thermal tolerance data, subsurface temperature recorder, and more in situ benthic data is collected until 2027.

Tags: american samoa, benthic, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral bleaching, coral reef, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, cred, crep, density, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, esd, marine ecosystems, n/a, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, partial mortality, pifsc, pifsc publication, ramp, reef, reef assessment and monitoring program, south pacific ocean, survey, tutuila, u.s. department of commerce, us doc
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Management-Strategy Evaluation of the Main Hawaiian Islands with the Atlantis Ecosystem Model: hind-cast simulations and ecosystem forecasting under climate scenarios

The data described here is the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Atlantis Ecosystem model output data for biomass and catch trends of various functional groups under different scenarios.  Hind-cast simulations were run for for model validation, and forecast simulations were run for ecological forecasting under different climate change scenarios. The data used in the model comes from benthic and coral reef fish surveys conducted by Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) RAMP cruises, recreational fishery data from MRIP, commercial fishery data administered by WPacFIN, bottomfish fishery-dependent and independent data from PIFSC, and sea turtle and monk seal data from the PIFSC. Model simulations of ecological forecasting were carried out and included 50 year forecast (2020-2070) simulations with and without the predicted effects of climate change (ocean warming and ocean acidification) evaluating changes in ecological and social state components.

The MHI Atlantis Ecosystem Model incorporates the coral-specific modules that were developed for the Guam Atlantis model. The model can be used for management-strategy evaluation by simulating  existing and alternative fisheries and land-use regulations and comparing the results under different management and environmental change scenarios (e.g. in terms of fish biomass, coral cover, fisherman participation). A hindcast simulation is used for model validation and the model is used for ecosystem forecasting under two climate change scenarios.  Data can be accessed via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive, accession # 0240826.

Tags: 817, atlantis ecosystem model, biology, biomass, biosphere, catches, central pacific ocean, coastal waters of hawaii, computer, coral reef conservation program, corals, country/territory, development and application of an integrated coral reef ecosystem model for management strategy eval, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecological modeling, ecosystem modeling, ecosystem sciences division, esd, fish, fisheries management, fishing, hawaiian islands, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027), management strategy evaluation, marine biology, mhi, model output, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north pacific ocean, numeric data sets, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific reef and assessment monitoring program, reef monitoring and assessment, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for select locations across American Samoa from 2015 to 2023

The data described here result from near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts conducted at select sites around American Samoa as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These surveys were conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) during ESD-led NCRMP missions to American Samoa in 2015, 2018, and 2023. The CTD casts provide vertical profiles (30-m max depth, downcast only) of water column conductivity, temperature, pressure, with calculated depth, salinity, and water density.

The CTD (Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE19-plus in 2015 and 2018, RBR Concerto in 2023) was deployed from a small boat using a hand line and held just under the surface for 1 minute to cycle water through the instrument and tubing. Afterward, data were collected by lowering the CTD in profiling mode at an even pace (descent rate ~0.5 to 0.75 meters per second) to a maximum depth of 30 m. Data processing was performed using Sea-Bird Scientific SBE or RBR Ruskin Data Processing Software and the R package "oce".

Tags: 743, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), amsm, aquatic habitat, biosphere, central pacific ocean, climate change, coastal processes, conductivity, conductivity profiles, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, ctd, density, depth, depth - sensor, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, esd, hi'ialakai, in situ, in situ physical, manu'a group, marine ecosystems, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, ncrmp, nmfs, noaa, nodc ocean acidification scientific data stewardship, numeric data sets, ocean, ocean acidification program, ocean basin, ocean pressure, ocean salinity, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, office of oceanic and atmospheric research, ofu (14s169w0002), ofu island, ofu island (14s169w0013), olosega (14s169w0016), olosega island, olosega island (14s169w0014), pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, physical, pifsc, pressure - water [hydrostatic pressure], profile, rainier, ramp, reef, reef assessment and monitoring program, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rose atoll marine national monument, rose island, rose island (rose atoll) (14s168w0001), salinity, salinity/density, sea level pressure, sigma-t, small boat, south pacific ocean, swains atoll (11s171w0001), ta'u island (14s169w0012), temperature, tutuila island (14s170w0016), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Visual observations of Hawaiian monk seal behavioral interactions and contact rates to support NMFS efforts to mitigate the risk of possible disease outbreaks, collected on Oahu and Laysan Island during the period 2015-06-01 to 2015-09-01.

Infectious disease has the potential to pose serious risk to Hawaiian Monk Seal populations.  HMSRP is currently researching and evaluating methods to minimize disease threats to this endangered population, including potential vaccination programs.  Observation of seal behavior and social interactions will provide information critical to understanding contact rates between animals which will aid our efforts modeling epidemiological processes and planning vaccination or other disease risk mitigation strategies.  To provide this crucial data on seal behavior and contact rates this project aims to:
â¢	Describe the haul-out patterns and numbers of seals using haul-out beaches on Oahu in the MHI and Laysan in the NWHI.
â¢	Document individual seal behavior and interactions between seals; 
o	especially with regard to different types of potentially infectious contacts.
o	with attention to age/sex patterns that may help identify generalities of high-risk seals.

Tags: behavior, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, hawaiian monk seal, hmsrp hawaiian monk seal survival enhancement special projects metadata portfolio, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce