AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Fisheries Online Information System - Survey of pelagic and demersal habitats within the northern California Current

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) conducts a comprehensive groundfish bottom trawl survey encompassing the U.S. West Coast between the borders with Canada and Mexico (Keller et al. 2008) and water depths of 50 to 1280 meters. This survey was not designed to quantitatively sample the young-of-the-year (YOY) life history stage. Since 1996, the Zooplankton Program at the NWFSC has conducted biweekly hydrography and plankton cruises along the Newport Hydrographic line (NH-Line) across the central Oregon shelf (44.67N) (e.g., Peterson and Keister 2003, Peterson 2009). On each cruise, hydrographic measurements and zooplankton samples are collected at stations ranging from 1 to 25 miles from shore. These zooplankton cruises build on and complement a broad range of historic and ongoing oceanographic sampling focused on the NH-Line. For FY11, the NWFSC received Cooperative Research funding to conduct a seasonal fishing vessel-based survey of young-of-the-year (YOY) groundfishes along the NH-Line synoptically with the Zooplankton Labs plankton/physical oceanography sampling program. The YOY groundfish, ichthyoplnakton and zoopplankton work are, in part, operating as a cooperative survey of pelagic and demersal habitats within the northern California Current,.
The database stores data from ongoing field collections made by the OSU Fisheries Oceanography Research Team in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries. Field activities include plankton tows, benthic beam trawls, water column hydrographic profiles, and in-situ video observations of fish behavior.

Tags: animal and plant collection device - plankton collection device, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fram (fishery resource analysis and monitoring) division, juvenile fishes, national marine fisheries service, newport hydrographic line, noaa fisheries nwfsc newport field station, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, oceanography, sonar, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
First Receiver and Shorebased Processor Data - Economic Data Collection for Monitoring the Economic Effects of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program

This project was initiated in response to regulation 50 CFR 660.114, which mandates that economic data be collected from every participant in the trawl rationalization program. The data are collected annually from catcher vessels, catcher processors, motherships, first receivers, and shorebased processors through paper-based forms. The four forms (specific to entity type) are mailed annually in May, and collect data about the fishing, buying, and processing information from the previous year. The entity must submit their data by September 1 in order to renew their limited entry trawl permits, reissue their quota share, vessel accounts, and receive their first receiver site licenses. The data, reports, tech memos, and academic papers are used by Northwest Region staff, Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), and headquarters staff to inform management decisions, and to monitor the effects of the program.

Cost, earnings, and production data for first receiver and shorebased processor data.

Tags: costs, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, employment, fishery-dependent, fram (fishery resource analysis and monitoring) division, national marine fisheries service, net revenue, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, profit, revenue, surveys and questionnaires, tracked asset, u.s. pacific coast
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Data - 2020 West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey and indices of abundance

The Fisheries Research Survey team proposes to conduct the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey from May to October 2019. The goal of the survey is to ensure the sustainability of marine fisheries with a focus on ending overfishing. The groundfish fishery supports management for 90+ commercially fished stocks off Washington, Oregon, and California and is the primary source of fishery-independent data necessary for stock assessments of managed groundfish species inhabiting trawlable habitat along the upper continental slope and shelf. The survey provides data on abundance, spatial distributions, sex, length, maturity, weight, and age structure of groundfish in trawlable habitats.  The survey also collects key environmental data (temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, in vivo fluorescence, irradiance, wind speed, location) in association with each tow for use in ecosystem based fisheries management.
This  data set contains information on date, time, vessel, trawl identification (i.e. unique number), trawl performance, location, depth, area swept, trawl duration,  temperature,  species, haul weight, average individual weight, sex, length, length method, fish age and age structure.

Tags: anemometer, bottom contact sensor, bottom sampler, california, continent, ctd, demersal fish, depth-temperature sensor, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fishery independent, fram (fishery resource analysis and monitoring) division, groundfish survey, hatfield marine science center, national marine fisheries service, net mensuration, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, north america, north pacific ocean, northern california current system, northwest fisheries science center, ocean, oregon, pacific ocean, satellite compass, temperature sensor, united states of america, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
California Current Ecosystem Assessment (trawl sample)

This layer is intended to represent information collected during NOAA Fisheriesâ California Current Ecosystem Survey. The California Current Ecosystem Survey started in 2006 and is led by NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. This survey monitors West Coast coastal pelagic fish species (CPS) including the northern and central sub-populations of Northern Anchovy, the northern subpopulation of Pacific Sardine, Jack Mackerel, Pacific Mackerel, Pacific Herring, their prey items, and the biotic and abiotic environments of the California Current Ecosystem. These data are used to estimate the distribution, biomass, and demographics of species of interest to inform stock assessments. The CCES survey typically occurs annually between July and September on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada, with a recent expansion into Mexico thanks to a collaboration with the Instituto Mexicano InvestigaciÃ³n en Pesca y Acuacultura Sustentables (IMIPAS, formerly INAPESCA). During the day multifrequency, scientific echosounders, a continuous underway fish egg sampler (CUFES), and an underway conductivity-temperature-depth (UCTD) probe are all used to collect data. At night, surface trawls are conducted in locations where coastal pelagic species were observed acoustically during the day. The trawls serve to estimate the species composition and demographics of the fishes sampled acoustically during the day. In recent years, sampling from NOAA ships has been augmented with acoustic sampling by unmanned surface vehicles (Saildrone USVs), and with acoustic and purse-seine sampling from industry fishing vessels off WA, OR, and CA. The sampling from fishing vessels expands the survey into areas that are inhabited by CPS but are too shallow for the NOAA ships to safely navigate.

Tags: alaska, california, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, mexico, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, oregon, story map: noaa fisheries west coast offshore scientific surveys, united states, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
OW NASA MODIS Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)

The dataset contains satellite-derived sea-surface Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) measurements collected by means of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor onboard the NASA Aqua satellite. The data is available at monthly (2002 - present) intervals at a spatial resolution of 0.05 degrees. The geographic coverage is global.

Tags: aqua, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, global, modis, monthly, nasa, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean color, ow, pacific islands fisheries science center, par, pifsc, pifsc oceanwatch (ow) metadata portfolio, remote sensing, satellite, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EM300 Multibeam Sonar Data collected from May 7 to May 22 from NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai cruise HA-17-01 to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam in 2017

Multibeam data were collected using a Simrad EM300 30-kHz sonar aboard NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai, a 68-m (218') NOAA research vessel, from May 7 to May 22, 2017 during cruise HA-17-01. Multibeam data were acquired at Guam and Aguijan in the Marianas. The multibeam data were collected using Kongsberg SIS software in the *.all format and processed using SABER and QPS Qimera editing software. Surface sound velocity values were supplied by Seabird SBE-45 MicroTSG and a SBE-38, and motion corrections from a TSS/Applanix POS MV (Model 320 Version 5) vertical reference were applied to the data in real time. WGS84 datum. The vessel is equipped with a sound velocity profiler and casts were acquired during mapping operations.  However, because insufficient sound velocity profile data were collected at depth during surveys around Guam, sound velocity profile data were applied from an earlier survey (HI-07-02). At Aguijan, suitable sound velocity data were acquired; however, the surveyed areas were previously mapped and therefore the data for Aguijan was not processed. Depths mapped range from ~50 m to 1000 m. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Tags: aguihan, aguihan island (aguijan) (14n145e0006), aguihan island reefs, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic habitat, biosphere, coastal processes, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, cruise metadata catalog for multibeam mapping missions, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, esd, geographic information, geophysical, guam, guam (13n144e0000), hi'ialakai, mapping, mariana archipelago, multibeam sonar, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, northern mariana islands, northern mariana islands ( cnmi ) (18n146e0000), nw pacific, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands benthic habitat mapping center, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pibhmc, pifsc, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, sea floor, seafloor elevation, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, western pacific ocean, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EOP Settlement colonization and succession patterns of gold coral Kulamana haumeaae in Hawaiian deep coral assemblages

Relational tabular data on corals relevant to the parasitic life history of gold coral. Surveys conducted throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago with attention on colonies of mature gold corals, their bamboo coral hosts and other soft corals. Data was derived from review and seeing video from submersible surveys.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, eop, eop optical surveys, esd, host limited, kulamana haumeaae, legacy data set, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, parasitism, pioneer settlement, precious corals, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Towed-diver Surveys of Large-bodied Fishes of American Samoa in 2015

The towed-diver method is used to conduct surveys of large-bodied (> 50 cm) fishes in the Hawaiian and Mariana Archipelagos, American Samoa, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). A suitable method for assessing relatively large areas of reef habitat, the method involves towing a pair of SCUBA diversâone benthic and one fishâbehind a small boat for approximately 50 min following the ~15-m depth contour and covering about 2â3 km of habitat. Each diver is equipped with a towboard and attempts to maintain a constant elevation above the surface of the reef (~1 m) for the duration of the survey. A complete towed-diver survey is divided into 10 5-min segments, with visual observations recorded by 5-min segment.

The visual estimate data provided in this dataset were collected during towed-diver surveys in which the number, size, and species of all large-bodied fishes observed within a visually estimated 5-m transect on either side of the fish diver and 10 m in front were recorded. The data were collected around the American Samoa as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) led mission in 2015. These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Tags: 743, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), aquatic habitat, biosphere, coastal processes, 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, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, fish, fish - coral reef, fish assemblages, fish biomass, fish census, fish species, hi'ialakai, in situ biological, linear transect, manu'a group, marine biology, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, ofu island (14s169w0013), olosega island (14s169w0014), pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, reef fish census, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rose island, rose island (rose atoll) (14s168w0001), south pacific ocean, species identification, species identification - count, species identification - organism length, survey, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, swains atoll (11s171w0001), ta'u island (14s169w0012), tds, towboard, towed diver, towed-diver surveys, tows, triennial, tutuila island (14s170w0016), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, visual estimate, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic surveys along a water quality gradient in Aua, American Samoa: benthic images collected during belt transect surveys in 2022

This metadata record describes the imagery collected in 2022 of Aua Reef, American Samoa by the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of NOAA, funded by the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP),  to study effects of land-based source pollution by establishing biological, physical, and chemical baselines.  

In September 2022, NOAA scientists conducted benthic survey protocols at 18 study sites in Aua, American Samoa. The surveys implemented a one-stage stratified random sampling (StRS) design and the survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0 to 6 m depth range. Photoquadrat benthic images were collected along belt transect surveys of coral demography according to protocols established by NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) in 2015. 

Thirty images were collected along one, haphazardly laid, 30-m transects. Still photographs were collected to record the benthic community composition at predetermined points along belt transect with a high-resolution digital camera mounted on a pole. Photographs were taken every 1 m from the 1 m to the 30 m mark. This work generates 30 photographs per site, which are later analyzed by ESD staff and partners using the computer program CoralNet. This analysis is the basis for estimating benthic cover and composition at each site, which is documented and archived separately.
 
The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than more transects per site. Therefore, site-to-site comparisons should proceed with caution.

Tags: 31303, american samoa, archipelagic research program, aua, aua (14s170w0028), baseline studies, benthic biology, benthic missions, biosphere, camera, chartered vessel, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, crcp, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, esd, habitats, imagery, in situ biological, land-based source pollution, lbsp, linking watershed management actions to reef health in american samoa, 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
Nutrient and water chemistry data of Aua Reef in American Samoa from samples collected along a water quality gradient between 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-23

The data described here are from water samples collected during NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) led fly-in Mission to Aua, American Samoa from September 8-29, 2022. Five seawater samples were collected at each site, with a total of  18 sites established across a locally known water quality gradient. The seawater samples were processed in the field, then sent to the University of Hawaii at Manoa's SOEST S-Lab to be analyzed for water chemistry and nutrients. This water quality and chemistry data includes chlorophyll-a, dissolved nitrogen, nitrate, nitrite ammonia, dissolved phosphorus, phosphate, silicate, total suspended solids, and seawater pH.

The analysis of water samples was one of several surveys conducted at the same sites across Aua reef in September 2022. Other surveys are described separately and accessible under 'Related Items' and include surveys of coral demography, benthic imagery/benthic cover, CTD casts, non-coral communities, and coral demography. 

The project was funded by NOAA CRCP under project number 31303. Samples were collected by NOAA divers Bernardo Vargas-Angel, Joy Smith, and Juliette Verstaen.

Tags: 31303, american samoa, american samoa (14s170w0000), ammonia, amsm, aquatic habitat, aua, biosphere, central pacific ocean, chartered vessel, chemistry monitoring and assessment, chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, climate change, coastal processes, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, esd, in situ, laboratory analysis, land-based source pollution, lbsp, linking watershed management activities to reef health in american samoa, marine geochemistry, national marine fisheries service, niskin bottle, niskin bottles, nitrate, nitrate + nitrite content, nitrite, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, nutrients, ocean, ocean acidification, ocean basin, ocean chemistry, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, ph, ph meters, ph sensors, phosphate, pifsc, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, salinity, silicate, south pacific ocean, suspended solids, suspended solids - total, total dissolved nitrogen, total phosphorus, tutuila island (14s170w0016), u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, water chemistry, water quality, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Environmental Monitoring of Coral Bleaching and Disease in the Hawaiian Islands: assessment of coral reef communities in Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu of the Main Hawaiian Islands from March 8, 2010 to November 8, 2011 using the Line-point Intercept (LPI) method

This data package contains coral reef community composition data gathered during Line-Point-Intercept (LPI) surveys around the islands of Maui, Hawaii, and Oahu of the main Hawaiian Islands from March 8, 2010 to November 8, 2011 as part of a joint project with the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED) and the State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR). The line-point-intercept (LPI) method (Hill and Wilkinson 2004) is used to assess the percentage of cover for live corals and other benthic elements. 

The surveys were conducted by a SCUBA diver swimming along two pre-selected 25-m transect lines, during which the benthic element falling directly beneath the transect line was recorded at 25- or 50-cm intervals for 100 or 50 total points/observations per transect, respectively. Benthic elements were assigned to one of ten benthic categories: live (scleractinian) corals, octocorals, dead corals, coralline algae, macroalgae, turf algae, cyanophyes, zoanthids, other sessile macro-invertebrates, and sand. Benthic organisms were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible (corals, macroalgae, and zoanthids to genus or species). Turf algae included pavement, rock, rubble, and turf algae observations.

Tags: 20315, algae, algal cover, aquatic habitat, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthic species - taxa counts, benthic species - taxa identities, benthos analysis, biology, biosphere, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral communities, 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, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, environmental monitoring of coral disease and bleaching in the hawaiian islands, esd, hard coral cover dead percentage, hard coral cover live percentage, hawaii, hawaii disease project, hawaii island, hawaii island (19n155w0003), hawaiian islands, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027), honolulu, in situ biological, line-point intercept, linear transect (point), macroinvertebrates, main hawaiian islands, marine biology, marine ecosystem, marine invertebrates, maui, maui island, maui island (20n156w0004), mhi, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north pacific ocean, numeric data sets, oahu (21n157w0003), oahu island, ocean basin, oceans, octocoral cover, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, rapid assessment studies, reef assessment and monitoring, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, survey - swimmer/diver, transect monitoring, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, vegetation, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
OW CCMP Ocean Surface Wind

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Ocean Surface Wind Vector Analyses (Atlas et al., 2011) provide a consistent, gap-free long-term time-series of monthly ocean surface wind vector analysis fields from July 1987 through June 2011 at 0.25 degree resolution. 
The variables available for this dataset are :
Number of observations
U-component of pseudostress at 10 meters
U-wind at 10 meters
V-component of pseudostress at 10 meters
V-wind at 10 meters
Wind speed at 10 meters

Tags: ccmp, direction, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, global, monthly, nasa, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ow, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, pifsc oceanwatch (ow) metadata portfolio, remote sensing, satellite, speed, u.s. department of commerce, wind
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce