AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Effects of hydraulic shellfish harvesting on benthic communities and sediment chemistry 2009-2013

The effects of hydraulic shellfish harvesting on the ecology of biological communities and chemistry of benthic sediments were investigated through a series of experiments conducted over a 5-year period from 2009 to 2013. Studies on a variety of different clam beds were undertaken in collaboration with local shellfish harvesters. Sediment samples were collected over the summer and early fall (June to October) and sorted to identify and count benthic organisms and to measure chemical parameters (e.g., pH, oxygen, aragonite saturation state), at the sediment/water interface. Comparisons of dredged to not dredged seafloor found that the effects of season (date of sampling) and location (sediment grain size) exceeded those of shellfish harvesting.  Numbers of newly settled bivalves were often higher on recently harvested bottom. Shallow inshore marine communities appear to be highly resilient to disturbance, whether natural or manmade. Shellfish harvesting had only minor impacts on the ecology of seafloor communities and on chemistry of marine sediments.

Tags: 2009-2013, aquaculture, aquaculture systems & ecology branch (aseb), benthic, disturbance, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, effects, environment, hydraulic shellfish dredging, inshore coastal zone, june to october, long island sound, milford conneticut, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, sediment chemistry, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Concentration of chlorophyll a derived from ocean color remote sensing

Ocean color remote sensing  provide routine, synoptic observations of the ocean surface at spatial and temporal resolutions not attainable by moored or ship-based platforms.  Ocean color sensors measure the spectral distribution of reflected sunlight, which can be used to infer the contents of the water, including chlorophyll a concentrations, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass.  Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web and are critical regulators of key biogeochemical processes.

Tags: chlorophyll, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast and southeast u.s. continental shelf large marine ecosystems, northeast fisheries science center, phytoplankton, remote sensing, satellite remote sensing datasets, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Social capital survey in groundfish

Quota allocations to groups of self-selecting permit holders (known as sector allocations) are increasingly being considered as a way to provide fishermen with greater control and flexibility in their fishing businesses while achieving efficiency gains. This new approach, which devolves substantial management responsibilities to groups of fishermen, represents a potential transformation in the relationship among permit holders as well as the relationship between permit holders and fisheries governance structures. A baseline of existing social capital in the groundfish fishery in the Northeast Region was conducted in 2010 by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. This survey, to be conducted twice over the next six years, will follow up on this earlier initiative and will enable researchers to measure the change in the types and strength of relationships 
between groundfish permit holders in the Northeast.

Tags: 2010, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, groundfish, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast region, quota allocations, social capital, surveys, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Mapping in Long Island Sound

QTCView is used with an incorporated depthfinder to create a sonar map of the bottom to the west of the Charles Island, in Long Island Sound in Connecticut waters. Two maps are created, one at 50 kHz and one at 200 kHz to compare the results. Video is being used to groundtruth the bottom type classifications identified by the sonar.

Tags: 2012 - present, aquaculture systems & ecology branch (aseb), benthic, bottom classification, charles island, continuous, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, gis, habitat, long island sound, map, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, qtc view, u.s. department of commerce, video
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Atlantic Salmon Smolt Monitoring

Annual data are collected as part of smolt trapping operations using fish trapping methods. Traps collect emigrating salmon smolts to identify cohort bio-characteristics, run timing information, as well as enumerating migrating fish.

Tags: atlantic salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, maine, monitoring, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast salmon team (nest), pelagic, river, smolt trapping, spring, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitat Dataset

Beam trawl (2 m) and otter trawl (36' Yankee)  demersal and epibenthic catches from targeted areas of interest including mid-Atlantic shelf and vicinity of Hudson Canyon

Tags: beam trawl, benthic, continuous, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, epibenthic, habitat, habitat ecology branch (heb), hudson canyon, mid-atlantic shelf, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, otter trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cooperative Shark Mark Recapture Database (MRDBS)

The Shark Mark Recapture Database is a Cooperative Research Program database system used to keep multispecies mark-recapture information in a common format for management and analysis. It tracks fish and tags independently, is web based for remote access for data input and QA/QC, and has the capability to perform audits and updates.

Tags: apex predators program, atlantic ocean, continuous, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, gulf of mexico, mediterranean sea, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, recapture, release, shark, tagging, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Atlantic Salmon Telemetry Monitoring

Annual telemetry data are collected as part of specific projects (assessments within watersheds) or as opportunistic efforts to characterize Atlantic salmon smolt migration dynamics. Telemtry projects have since expanded to include the tracking of a variety of non-Atlantic salmon species.

Tags: acoustic telemetry, atlantic salmon, coastal maine, continuous, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, gulf of maine, migration, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast salmon team (nest), pelagic, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Microalgal Culture Collection Transfers

The Milford Microalgal culture Collection holds over 200 live cultures representing 13 classes of of algae.  The cultures are maintained in three different growing media and are routinely transferred into fresh growth media four times a year.  A bacterial/mold contaminant test culture is done for each transfer.  Date of transfer and bacterial test results are recorded.

Tags: aquaculture sustainability branch (asb), continuous, culture collection, cultures, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, microalgae, milford laboratory, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Deep Water Survey Data

The deep water biodiversity surveys explore and describe the biodiversity of the bathy- and bentho-pelagic nekton using Midwater and bottom trawls. The covered area includes the western North Atlantic between the vicinity of Bear Seamount and Physalia Seamount, and areas surrounding the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR-ECO), focusing on the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone.

Tags: abundance, age & growth, age sampling, bathy-pelagic fauna, bear seamount, benthic, bentho-pelagic fauna, biological sampling, bottom trawl, charlie gibbs fracture zone, continental shelf, deepwater systematic surveys, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, feeding ecology, fishery-independent surveys, groundfish, invertebrates, mid-atlantic ridge, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, norwegian "krill" trawl, pelagic, relative abundance, seasonal distribution, size composition, species identification, statistical area, stratified random sampling, systematics, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Microalgal Mass Culture Data from Greenhouse Tanks

Data is collected during experiments growing marine microalgae, on a pilot scale, to improve culture methods and yield.  Cultures are typically 450 liters in cylindrical tubes.

Tags: aquaculture, aquaculture sustainability branch (asb), continuous, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, marine microalgae, microbiology, national marine fisheries service, noaa, none, northeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Coastal Shark Bottom Longline Survey

Longest fishery-independent survey of sharks in the U.S. Atlantic Ocean, every 2-3 years since 1986.

Tags: apex predators program, biannual, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishery independent data, florida to delaware, longline, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, spring, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitat Database

The NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center has, through the years, accumulated an extensive data base of qualitative and quantitative (wet weight and number per square meter) data on the composition, distribution and abundance (including a variety of environmental measurements) of the macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of the U.S.east coast continental shelf, slope and upper rise ranging from the mouth of the Bay of Fundy to Key West, Florida.

Benthic fauna data has been collected from 1881 to the present by the National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratories at Woods Hole, MA (early years Bureau of Fisheries) and Sandy Hook, NJ (formerly with the Bureau of Sport Fisheries). Little data exists from 1881 to around 1955. After intensive sampling, data became sparse again after 1986. The data includes the work by Wigley and Theroux on the macrofauna of the Northeastern United States. Other major studies include Ocean Pulse, the Northeast Monitoring Program, New York Bight, 12 Mile Dumpsite, Long Island Sound and Raritan Bay surveys. Parameters included in these surveys include depth, sediment type, gear type, number, weight, family, class, genus, species name, and abundance. A total of 21,000 sample sites are included in this data set with 4,000 meters being the maximum depth sampled. Bottom temperature from MBTs and XBTs were measured from the 1960s to the present.

Tags: 1953 - 1975, 1966 - 1992, bay of fundy, benthic, benthic grab, benthic habitat, benthic mapping, benthic taxonomy, benthos, biology, bottom temperature, data management systems (dms), doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, georges bank, gulf of maine, macrobenthic invertebrate fauna, marine, nantucket shoals, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, sediment type, u.s. department of commerce, u.s.east coast continental shelf
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Spatial gradients of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides

Spatial gradients of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides were examined in the young-of-the-year (YOY) blueÂ¿sh collected in the vicinity of a PCB Superfund Site in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts, and in the adjacent waters.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, habitat ecology branch (heb), national marine fisheries service, new bedford harbor, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, organochlorine pesticides, pcbs, superfund site, u.s. department of commerce, yoy bluefish
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Yellowtail Tagging Data (MRDBS)

The Yellowtail Flounder Tagging Program began in 2003 and works with commercial fishermen to tag and release yellowtaiI flounder with pink and yellow disc tags or green data storage tags throughout New England.  The location, date and various Information is recorded upon the release of the tagged fish and the same information is recorded when the fish is recaptured by fishermen or other reporters.  From this information stock movements, mortality, and growth can be estimated which leads to more accurate biological and stock assessments.

Tags: behavior, cape cod, cooperative research, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, georges bank, growth, gulf of maine, mid-atlantic, mortality rates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, recapture, release, southern new england, tag, tagging program, u.s. department of commerce, yellowtail flounder
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Industry Based Survey (IBS) Yellowtail

The "Southern New England Yellowtail Flounder Industry-Based Survey" was a collaboration between the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife and the fishing industry, with support from NOAA Fisheries. The goal of the survey was to assess the temporal and spatial abundance and size composition of yellowtail flounder (and associated species) within the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area, other proposed closure areas, and adjacent open areas. These high density observations were also intended to compliment the NOAA/NEFSC standardized bottom trawl surveys. Intensive sampling in Southern New England waters was accomplished using two commercial vessels equipped with industry designed yellowtail flounder trawls. Sampling protocols were adapted from the NEFSC standardized bottom trawl surveys.

Tags: 2003, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, industry based survey, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, yellowtail
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Oyster Larval Survival Counts from Probiotic OY15 Experiments

Environmentally-friendly methods for controlling microbial pathogenesis in aquaculture with probiotic bacteria are becoming increasingly preferred over use of chemical means, such as disinfectants or antibiotics.  Recent research at the Milford Laboratory has shown that naturally-occurring bacteria isolated from the digestive glands of adult oysters, Crassostrea virginica, may be used as potential probiotic candidates in oyster larviculture.  Probiotic candidate selection was based upon the Kirby Bauer Disc Diffusion Method, in which zones of inhibition suggested competitive exclusion of a known shellfish larvae pathogen (B183).  In challenge studies, survival of 2-day old oyster larvae supplemented with probiotic candidate OY15 (Vibrio sp.) was similar (p<0.3883) to that of control larvae (no added bacteria), indicating no harmful effects.  Further, addition of OY15 to oyster larvae challenged with B183 significantly improved survival (p<0.0141) compared to the pathogen alone.  An in vitro study to determine the effects of OY15 or the pathogen B183 upon oyster hemocytes and their immune functions demonstrated immuno-stimulation of oyster hemocytes by OY15 and immune-suppression by B183, suggesting an immuno-modulation mechanism for OY15.

Tags: aquaculture sustainability branch (asb), crassostrea virginica, disease prevention, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, larvae survival, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeastern united states, oyster larviculture, probiotic bacteria, shellfish hatcheries, shellfish larvae, spring, u.s. department of commerce, vibrio
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Herring Fishery Electronic Monitoring Project Data (EMREVIEW)

Herring Fishery Electronic Monitoring (EM) Project Data (EMREVIEW) contains data collected on commercial fishing vessels by em systems from 2016 - 2017. The data include detailed effort information as well as bycatch of finfish and protected species. Data is collected by trained video and gps sensors then video is video and data is recorded by trained reviewers a for scientific and fisheries management purposes.

Tags: 2016, 2017, bycatch, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, electronic monitoring, fishery monitoring operations branch (fmob), georges bank, gulf of maine, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, ny bight, trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Gear Selectivity Survey - Haddock

Cooperative Haddock/Atlantic Cod Separator Trawl Experiment (URI Sea Grant/Fishing Industry)

Haddock and cod associate in space and time in the waters of the northeast U.S. shelf. While haddock populations are healthy, Atlantic cod populations are severely depleted. Therefore, the challenge for fisherman is to harvest haddock while avoiding Atlantic cod. Haddock and Atlantic cod are known to behave differently to the approach of trawl gear, with haddock rising and cod diving. 

This study was intended to evaluate the reduction of Atlantic cod bycatch while fishing for haddock with a modified trawl. This trawl was equipped with large mesh panels in the lower bellies. Two vessels were each equipped with both the experimental trawl and a control trawl. Side by side comparative tows were made, with each vessel switching between the two nets throughout each sampling day. Atlantic cod catch reductions were evaluated.

Tags: 2005, 2006, benthic, cooperative research, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, gear, gulf of maine, haddock, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, pelagic, southern new england shelf, survey, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys

The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater video technologies to improve fisheries-independent stock assessments for pelagic species.   Pilot and experimental studies were conducted during 1995-97 to develop the NEFSC's fisheries acoustic capabilities.   Annual NEFSC Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys began in 1998.   NEFSC acoustic capabilities include multifrequency EK60 echosounder data, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and trawl monitoring systems.   Midwater trawling, plankton sampling, and underwater video operations provide biological samples and target verification. CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) vertical profiles are also routinely obtained during survey operations.

Tags: acoustics data, atlantic herring, autumn, backscatter, cashes ledge, clupea harengus, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, echosounders, fippennies ledge, fisheries acoustic research program, georges bank, gulf of maine, hull-mounted transducers, irish midwater trawl, jeffreys ledge, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, optic, pelagic, platts bank, polytron trawl, sea-floor habitat, spatial distributions, temporal distributions, u.s. department of commerce, underwater video deployments
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Field Grow-out of Juvenile American Lobsters in Long Island Sound

Early benthic stage American lobsters, Homarus americanus, were held in a pilot nursery system in Long Island Sound (LIS) to test field grow-out, as a step toward potential stock enhancement.  A larger size upon release may increase the probability of survival. Lobsters were placed individually in perforated plastic mesh cylindrical "habitats" and each habitat was housed in an outer protective sleeve with a larger mesh size. During June 2013, twenty-four lobsters were transferred to each of 3 wire-mesh cages and deployed southwest of Charles Island in Milford, Connecticut (N=3). The only source of nutrition was naturally occurring organisms. Cages were retrieved monthly and lobsters were photographed to measure changes in carapace length (CL). After 11 months in the field, lobsters increased 92% in mean size from 6.0 to 11.6 mm CL, with 70.8 % overall survival. Head-starting of early benthic stage lobsters shows promise as a tool for possible future stock enhancement in LIS.

Tags: 11 month trial, aquaculture, aquaculture systems & ecology branch (aseb), cages suspended in water column, charles island, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, field grow-out, june 2013 to may 2014, juvenile lobsters, long island sound, milford ct, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Acoustics Research

Fisheries acoustics data are collected from more than 200 sea-days each year aboard the FRV DELAWARE II and FRV ALBATROSS IV (decommissioned) and the FSV Henry B. Bigelow during pelagic, bottom-trawl, and marine mammal surveys.  Acoustic sampling operations include continuous measurements using hull-mounted transducers and multi-frequency scientific echosounders. Biological sampling with midwater and bottom trawls, and underwater video deployments is conducted to verify species-specific backscatter and characterize sea-floor habitat.  In-situ and laboratory experiments aid in understanding species-specific acoustic measurements.  We are continuously developing, testing, and evaluating advanced sampling technologies during laboratory and field experiments to improve abundance estimates and map spatial and temporal distributions of fish and invertebrates.  Acoustic, optic, and biological data are audited and archived in the NEFSC relational data management system.

Tags: acoustic sampling, advanced sampling technologies, biological sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, echosounders, fisheries acoustic research program, fisheries-independent, georges bank, gulf of maine, jeffreys ledge, midwater trawls, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, optic sampling, pelagic species, plantkton sampling, population estimates, u.s. department of commerce, underwater video deployments
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce