AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the Hawaiian Islands EEZ, 2019

A predictive habitat-based model of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) density for waters within the Hawaiian Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) was developed based on systematic ship survey data collected in waters of the Main Hawaiian Islands in February 2009. Potential habitat variables included bathymetric depth and a suite of dynamic outputs from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model. The final habitat model exhibited high explanatory power based on established metrics and comparison of model-predicted absolute density to observed patterns of relative density around the Main Hawaiian Islands. The model was then used to create spatial predictions of humpback whale density and measures of uncertainty for the entire Hawaiian Islands EEZ. Predictions outside the original survey area were validated based on previously published predictions of relative density throughout the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The resulting model provides spatially explicit density predictions at a scale of approximately 9km  x 9km kilometers and provides a tool for assessing potential impacts to humpback whales within the Hawaiian Islands EEZ.

Tags: cetacean, density, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, hawaii exclusive economic zone (eez), megaptera novaeangliae, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa cetaceans and sound project (cetsound), office of science & technology, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Seafood Eco-label Valuation Survey 2011

This survey assessed the potential price premiums that consumers are willing to pay for tuna that is harvested from stocks with known abundance, known by-catch rates, and the effect of tuna farming on preferences.

Tags: attitudes, ca, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, one time, preferences, seafood ecolabel valuation survey, u.s. department of commerce, value
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
COPEPOD: The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database

The Coastal & Oceanic Plankton Ecology, Production, & Observation Database (COPEPOD) provides NMFS scientists with quality-controlled, globally distributed plankton biomass, abundance, and composition data, along with other co-sampled physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic variables. COPEPOD provides in situ data along with spatial and temporal data products (i.e., high-resolution gridded mean fields and time series analyses), fulfilling the data needs of plankton scientists at a broad range of aggregations and resolutions (from individual species observations for taxonomists to global carbon fields for modelers).

Tags: & observation database, copepod: the coastal & oceanic plankton ecology, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, global, historical, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, ongoing, pelagic, phytoplankton data, plankton data, production, u.s. department of commerce, zooplankton data
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Biologically Important Areas for Cetaceans within U.S. Waters 2015-03-01 - Present

The Cetacean Density and Distribution Mapping Working Group identified Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for 24 cetacean species, stocks, or populations in seven regions (US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Hawaiian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, and Arctic [encompassing the northeastern Chukchi and western Beaufort seas]) within US waters. BIAs are reproductive areas, feeding areas, migratory corridors, and areas in which small and resident populations are concentrated. BIAs are region-, species-, and time-specific. Information provided for each BIA includes the following: 1) a written narrative describing the information, assumptions, and logic used to delineate the BIA; 2) a map of the BIA; 3) a list of references used in the assessment; and 4) a metadata table that concisely details the type and quantity of information used to define a BIA, providing transparency in how BIAs were designated in a quick reference table format. BIAs were identified through an expert elicitation process. The delineation of BIAs does not have direct or immediate regulatory consequences. Rather, the BIA assessment is intended to provide the best available science to help inform regulatory and management decisions under existing authorities about some, though not all, important cetacean areas in order to minimize the impacts of anthropogenic activities on cetaceans and to achieve conservation and protection goals. In addition, the BIAs and associated information may be used to identify information gaps and prioritize future research and modeling efforts to better understand cetaceans, their habitat, and ecosystems.

Tags: aleutian islands, anthropogenic activity, anthropogenic sound, arctic, behavior, bering sea, bia, california, cetmap, conservation, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, hawaiian islands, management, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa cetaceans and sound project (cetsound), north pacific ocean, northwest atlantic ocean, office of science & technology, oregon, u.s. department of commerce, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SIS - Fish Assessment

The Fish Assessment data set within the Species Information System  (SIS) constraints information related to fishery stock assessments, including assessment meta-data and model results.

Tags: acl, adequate assessment, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, fisheries survey, fssi, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, overfished, overfishing, rebuilding, species information system (sis), stock assessment, stock status, time series, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Southeast Economic Add-On Data 1997

To collect data on an angler's last trip for revealed preference models and economic valuation purposes.  Typically done as an add-on to the MRIP intercept survey and done as needed, periodically

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, economics, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, recreational fisheries, revealed preference, southeast saltwater angler revealed preference valuation survey, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Protected Species Valuation Survey, Phase Two 2008

Nonmarket valuation research has produced economic value estimates for a variety of threatened, endangered, and rare species around the world. Although over 40 value estimates exist, it is often difficult to compare values from different studies due to variations in study design, implementation, and modeling specifications. We conducted a stated preference choice experiment to estimate the value of recovering or downlisting multiple threatened and endangered marine species in the United States.

Tags: attitudes, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, national, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, one time, preferences, protected species valuation survey, u.s. department of commerce, value
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fishery-Independent Survey System Data 2004 - Present

Fishery Independent Survey System (FINSS) is a national system that characterizes NMFS ocean observation activities, stock and ecosystem data collections during fishery-independent surveys conducted by NMFS Science Centers.

Tags: 2004-present, alaska ecosystem complex, antartica, arctic, atlantic, california current, carribean, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, eastern tropical pacific, fisheries independent survey, funding sources, gear, gulf of mexico, mapping, national marine fisheries service, nmfs fishery-independent survey system, noaa, northeast shelf, office of science & technology, pacific islands ecosystem complex, pacific ocean, science cost, southeast shelf, survey cruise, survey station, targeted species, u.s. department of commerce, vessel, vessel cost
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
DisMAP Regions 20221201

These files contain the spatial boundaries of the NOAA Fisheries Bottom-trawl surveys. This data set covers 8 regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Hawai'i Islands.

Tags: aleutian islands, aquatic sciences, biosphere, climate change, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, earth science, east coast, eastern bering sea, ecological dynamics, fish, fisheries, fishery-independent surveys, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), northeast us, oceans, office of science & technology, range changes, seasonal distribution, southeast us, species/population interactions, u.s. department of commerce, west coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fish and Invertebrate Interpolated Biomass Distribution Surfaces 20221201

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent surveys. The distribution maps were produced for the Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal (DisMAP) project. The distributions were generated from catch-per-unit-effort data from the fisheries-independent surveys. This data set covers 8 regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Hawaiâi islands.

Tags: aleutian islands, aquatic sciences, biosphere, climate change, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, earth science, east coast, eastern bering sea, ecological dynamics, fish, fisheries, fishery-independent surveys, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, hawaii islands, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), northeast us, oceans, office of science & technology, range changes, seasonal distribution, southeast us, species/population interactions, u.s. department of commerce, west coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Survey Catch-per-unit-effort 20221201

NOAA Fisheries and its partners conduct fisheries-independent surveys in 8 regions in the US (Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, Hawaiâi Islands). These surveys are designed to collect information on the seasonal distribution, relative abundance, and biodiversity of fish and invertebrate species found in U.S. waters. Over 900 species of fish and invertebrates have been identified in these surveys.

Tags: aleutian islands, aquatic sciences, biosphere, climate change, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, earth science, east coast, eastern bering sea, ecological dynamics, fish, fisheries, fishery-independent surveys, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, hawai'i islands, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), northeast us, oceans, office of science & technology, range changes, seasonal distribution, southeast us, species/population interactions, u.s. department of commerce, west coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey 2011

Marine recreational fishing is a popular pastime across the United States that generates significant economic impacts to both local economies and to the nation.  In this survey, the level of fishing expenditures for anglers was quantified within each coastal state and the U.S. as a whole.  The primary objectives of the national expenditure surveys are to collect trip expenditures for an anglerâs most recent marine recreational fishing trip and to collect annual expenditures on durable goods used for marine recreational fishing.  Additional objectives include obtaining a profile of the most recent marine recreational fishing trip and collecting demographic information on marine recreational anglers.

Tags: 2011, angler trip and durable expenditures, coastal states, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, economic contribution of marine angler expenditures in the united states, economics, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, puerto rico, recreational fishing, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
West Coast Marine Protected Area Valuation Survey 2012

This research employs a stated preference choice experiment survey of households in California, Oregon, and Washington to quantify public preferences and simulate a suite of different marine protected areas (MPA) designs and their associated values. The research pertains specifically to MPAs in U.S. federal waters (waters 3 to 200 miles from shore) off the coasts of California, Washington, and Oregon West Coast, hereafter referred to as west coast federal waters.

Tags: attitudes, ca, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, one time, or, preferences, u.s. department of commerce, value, wa, west coast mpa valuation survey
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SIS - Annual Catch Limit

The Annual Catch Limit (ACL) dataset within the Species Information System (SIS) contains information and data related to management reference points and catch data.

Tags: acl, adequate assessment, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, fisheries survey, fssi, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, overfished, overfishing, rebuilding, species information system (sis), stock assessment, stock status, time series, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the California Current Ecosystem, 2020b

To develop improved species distribution models (SDMs) and to update US West Coast cetacean stock abundance estimates, sighting data from NOAAâs Southwest Fisheries Science Center 2018 California Current Ecosystem Survey were combined with previous line-transect survey data collected within the study area to create a robust modeling database spanning more than 25 years (1991â2018). Habitat models were developed based on previously established methods that allow for the incorporation of segment-specific estimates of detection probability and included dynamic covariates from an ocean model calibrated to the California Current Ecosystem study area. In addition, recently-developed techniques for deriving more comprehensive estimates of uncertainty in SDM predictions were used to provide variance estimates for the model-based abundance estimates. SDMs were developed for short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis delphis), long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis bairdii), northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis), Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba), common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Rissoâs dolphin (Grampus griseus), Dallâs porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whale (B. physalus), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), Bairdâs beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), and a âsmall beaked whale guildâ that included Mesoplodonts (Mesoplodon spp.) and Cuvierâs beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris).  Sample sizes were also sufficient to develop the first model-based density estimates for minke whale (B. acutorostrata) in this study area.

Tags: balaenoptera acutostrata, balaenoptera musculus, balaenoptera physalus, berardius bairdii, california, california current ecosystem, cetacean, dalli, delphinus delphis bairdii, delphinus delphis delphis, density, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, eastern pacific ocean, grampus griseus, lagenorhynchus obliquidens, lissodelphis borealis, megaptera novaeangliae, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa cetaceans and sound project (cetsound), office of science & technology, oregon, phocoenoides, physeter macrocephalus, small beaked whales, stenella coeruleoalba, tursiops truncatus, u.s. department of commerce, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fisheries Prototype Managed Areas

This dataset represents a sample of areas for which NOAA Fisheries is the managing authority. These areas are meant to inform the development of the America the Beautiful Conservation and Stewardship Atlas and provide examples of broad-scale management measures that affect commercial and recreational fishing. As the America the Beautiful Conservation and Stewardship Atlas is refined, and as input from stakeholders is considered, additional areas may be added to this layer that expand on the complexity/diversity of fishery management practices.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, fisheries managed area, fisheries managed areas, national marine fisheries service, noaa, office of science & technology, u.s. department of commerce, us eez
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Ecosystem production units Defined for the northeast US shelf 20220516

The delineation of spatial ecological and management units is an important aspect of effective ecosystem-based fisheries management. Research at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) was conducted to define ecological units, or geographic areas which are characterized by similar patterns in depth, bottom type, basic oceanographic conditions related to temperature, salinity, and stratification (layering) of the water column, major marine community and food web patterns control the production potential of a region, . This work provides an objective definition of ecological regions of the shelf system, and are the geographic/ecological scales best suited for development of integrated ecosystem assessments.

Tags: biogeographic, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, ecosystem, georges bank, gulf of maine, mid-atlantic bight, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), office of science & technology, scotian shelf, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Survey Catch-per-unit-effort CURRENT

NOAA Fisheries and its partners conduct fisheries-independent surveys in 8 regions in the US (Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, Hawai'i Islands). These surveys are designed to collect information on the seasonal distribution, relative abundance, and biodiversity of fish and invertebrate species found in U.S. waters. Over 900 species of fish and invertebrates have been identified in these surveys.

Tags: alaska, aleutian islands, aquatic sciences, bering sea, biosphere, climate change, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, earth science, ecological dynamics, fish, fisheries, fishery-independent surveys, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, hawaii, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), northeast, oceans, office of science & technology, range changes, seasonal distribution, southeast, species/population interactions, u.s. department of commerce, us east coast, us west coast, west coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
DisMAP Regions CURRENT

These files contain the spatial boundaries of the NOAA Fisheries Bottom-trawl surveys. This data set covers 8 regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Hawai'i Islands. The data in this layer is identical to the 20260201 release.

Tags: aleutian islands, aquatic sciences, bering sea, biosphere, climate change, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, earth science, east coast, ecological dynamics, fish, fisheries, fishery-independent surveys, gulf of alaska, gulf of mexico, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa distribution mapping and analysis portal (dismap), northeast us, oceans, office of science & technology, range changes, seasonal distribution, southeast us, species/population interactions, u.s. department of commerce, west coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Predictive Models of Cetacean Densities in the Hawaiian Islands EEZ, 2020

To develop improved and updated species distribution models (SDMs) and to update cetacean stock abundance estimates for waters of the US Hawaiian EEZ, sighting data from the Hawaiian Islands Cetacean and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (HICEAS) 2017 were combined with previous line-transect survey data collected within the study area to create a modeling database spanning the period from 2002 to 2017. The majority of these data were from the two previous HICEAS efforts, the first in 2002 and the second in 2010. In contrast to previous modeling efforts that included survey data from a broader region of the central Pacific Ocean, the current SDMs were built only with survey data collected within waters of the Hawaiian EEZ. Habitat models were developed to derive spatially-explicit estimates of species density specific to the Hawaiian EEZ based on previously established methods that allow for the incorporation of segment-specific estimates of detection probability. Potential habitat variables included bathymetric depth, distance to islands, and a suite of dynamic surface and subsurface outputs from an ocean circulation model. The habitat-based models of cetacean density developed in this study represent an improvement over previous models because they more accurately account for variation in detection probabilities, provide finer-scale density predictions (~9km x 9km grid resolution), and better account for uncertainty in the resulting study area abundance estimates. In addition, they include dynamic subsurface variables that were not available for the previous models. Further, increases in sample sizes allowed for the development of a new habitat model for Rissoâs dolphin (Grampus griseus).

Tags: balaenoptera edeni, cetacean, density, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, globicephala macrorhynchus, grampus griseus, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa cetaceans and sound project (cetsound), office of science & technology, physeter macrocephalus, pseudorca crassidens, stenella attenuata, stenella coeruleoalba, steno bredanensis, tursiops truncatus, u.s. department of commerce, us hawaiian islands exclusive economic zone
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Northeast Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey 1998

A series of expenditure surveys have been done both regionally and nationally. This data pertains to the Northeast U.S. states that was collected in 1998. Expenditures on trips by mode (for-hire, private boat, and shore) were collected for both residents and non-residents of each state, and annual expenditures on durable goods were collected by resident status.  Expenditures were collected both as an add-on to the intercept, and a followup phone survey with those who completed the intercept and a separate random sample of households.

Tags: angler trip and durable expenditures, angler valuation data, doc/noaa/nmfs/ost, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast saltwater angler expenditure survey, office of science & technology, recreational fishing, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce