AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Multi beam bathymetry and backscatter synthesis for the Main Hawaiian Islands (5 meter resolution)

The Hawaii deep-slope bottomfish fishery preferentially targets seven high value species (i.e. six snappers and one grouper, hereafter referred to as Deep7) and represents the major insular commercial fishery in the state. The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Stock Assessment Program (SAP) is responsible for regularly assessing this stock. 

To augment and improve the data used in the Deep7 assessment, PIFSC began developing a multi-gear Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey (BFISH) for the Deep7 stock in the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) in 2011 (Richards et al., 2016). Benthic habitat has been shown to play a key role in determining the spatial distribution of demersal living marine resources (Richards et al., 2012). The BFISH survey employs a stratified random sampling design based on depth and habitat.

Prior to the work presented here, the lack of usable backscatter data across the entire MHI domain was a major impediment to the development of a properly stratified operational fishery-independent survey covering the full domain of the stock. While backscatter data had been collected throughout the MHI, these data were collected using various platforms and sensors such that numeric backscatter values from disparate areas did not represent similar levels of substrate hardness. This precluding development of a comprehensive survey stratification across the MHI domain of the Deep7 stock. 

To remedy this situation, the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conducted a one-year project to create comprehensive, high-resolution, synthesized depth, slope, and seafloor hardness maps and GIS layers for the Main Hawaiian Islands.  This paper describes that effort in two parts:

1.	Part I: Methods and results pertaining to the development of a 5-meter resolution Main Hawaiian Islands bathymetric and backscatter synthesis covering depths of 75 to 400 m; 
2.	Part II: Novel methods and results associated with the use of these newly created synthesis data in quantitatively defining effective habitat strata ratification for the NOAA PIFSC Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH).

Tags: 2016, advanced technology, backscatter, bathymetry, bottomfish, bottomfish fishery-independent survey in hawaii (bfish), deep-7 bottomfish, depth, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, frmd, kahoolawe, kauai, lanai, main hawaiian islands, maui, molokai, multibeam, national marine fisheries service, niihau, noaa, oahu, obsolete, pacific islands fisheries science center, penguin bank, pifsc, sap, slope, stock assessment, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Surveys in Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef in American Samoa: comprehensive assessment of coral demography (adult and juvenile corals) from belt transect surveys from 2024-11-11 to 2024-11-21

This metadata record describes the coral demographic data of Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef, American Samoa. Surveys were conducted by snorkelers from the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), in collaboration American Samoa's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and the Coral Reef Advisory Group. Benthic coral demographic surveys were conducted within belt transects of specified length and width for two life stages (juveniles and adults) in Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef, American Samoa in November 2024. Surveys were conducted at 20 randomly-selected sites and provide information on adult coral colony counts, morphology, size, partial mortality (old and recent dead), presence  of disease and other compromised health conditions, including bleaching. Juvenile colony surveys include morphology and size. Taxonomic identification of adult colonies is to the species level (where possible) and genus level for juveniles.  The survey design and site selection of stratified-random sites (StRS) follows protocols established by the National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP).

Data from benthic surveys of Nu'uuli Pala Lagoon and Backreef establishes a comprehensive biological baseline for land-based sources of pollution impacts on benthic composition and coral demography. These efforts feed into the higher-level CRCP objectives by establishing an in-situ tracking system to assess the effects of management and mitigation strategies and activities in the target watersheds to reduce land-based sources of pollution impacts on coral reefs.

Tags: 31454, american samoa, animals/invertebrates, anthozoans/hexacorals, archipelagic research program, arp, aua (14s170w0028), baseline studies, belt transect, benthic, benthic biology, benthos analysis, biological classification, biology, biosphere, cnidarians, coastal processes, coral, coral - census, coral - colony size, coral - species identification, coral colony size and condition, coral communities, coral diseases, coral mortality, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, crcp, develop monitoring capacity of american samoan jurisdictional partners and observing lbsp impacts on, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, esd, hard or stony corals, in situ, in situ biological, land-based source pollution, lbsp, marine biology, marine ecosystems, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, pollution, reef, reef damage assessment, reef monitoring and assessment, south pacific ocean, survey - biological, survey - coral reef, survey - swimmer/diver, transect monitoring, tutuila island, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Hard and Soft Bottom Seafloor Substrate Maps Derived from an Unsupervised Classification of Gridded Backscatter at Select U.S. Locations in the Pacific

Substrate, Hard bottom vs. Soft bottom: This is a preliminary product. Cell values reflect whether the seafloor is hard bottom or soft bottom based on an unsupervised classification run using ArcGIS software with the Spatial Analyst extension. The classifications are based on backscatter, bathymetry, acoustic derivatives and optical data.

Please see the individual metadata records for additional information on sources used and data processing steps for each location where data are available.

Tags: 467, american samoa, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic habitat, benthic habitat mapping and characterization in the pacific islands region, biosphere, central pacific ocean, cnmi, coastal processes, commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, equatorial pacific ocean, geographic information, geomorphology, geomorphology mapping, guam, habitat mapping, habitats, hard soft substrate, hawaii, hawaii island, hawaii island (19n155w0003), hawaiian islands, hawaiian islands (21n157w0027), main hawaiian islands, mapping, mapping and ecospatial information products to support coral reef ecosystem management in the pacifi, mariana islands, marianas, marianas trench marine national monument, mhi, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, north pacific ocean, northwestern hawaiian islands, nw pacific, nwhi, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific remote island areas, pacific remote islands marine national monument, papahanaumokuakea marine national monument, pifsc, pria, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, rose atoll marine national monument, sea floor, south pacific ocean, surface measurements, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, west hawaii, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Radiocarbon Values From Age Validation Studies

The data set contains bomb radiocarbon dating of otolith and other material used in age validation studies.  Some are published and others are a work in progress.  See reports or publications for scientific results and contact the Life History Program for status of others. Data reported is from radiocarbon analyses by NOSAMS (National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry facility at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).

Tags: age validation, atlantic ocean, bomb radiocarbon, bottomfish, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, frmd, gulf of mexico, indian ocean, indo-pacific, lhp, life history estimates, main hawaiian islands, marine, national marine fisheries service, noaa, otolith, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, radiocarbon, reef fish, south africa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Towboard Benthic Habitat Images in the Pacific Ocean since 2003

Photos are taken at regular intervals of the benthic habitat during the towboard surveys.

Tags: coral reef ecosystem division (cred), cred, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, ecosystem monitoring and assessment, legacy data set, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, 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 the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014

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 Pacific Remote Island Areas as part of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) led missions since 2014. These data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Tags: 743, aquatic habitat, baker island, baker island (00n176w0001), biosphere, central pacific ocean, 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, depth - sensor, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, equatorial pacific ocean, fish, fish - coral reef, fish assemblages, fish biomass, fish census, fish species, hi'ialakai, howland island, howland island (00s176w0001), in situ biological, jarvis island (00s160w0001), johnston atoll, johnston atoll (16n169w0001), kingman reef (06n162w0001), line islands, linear transect, marine biology, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific remote island areas, pacific remote islands marine national monument, palmyra atoll (05n162w0001), pifsc, pria, reef fish census, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, species identification, species identification - count, species identification - organism length, survey, survey - biological, survey - swimmer/diver, tds, temperature, towboard, towed diver, towed-diver surveys, tows, triennial, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc, usa minor outlying islands, visual estimate, wake atoll, wake atoll (19n167e0001), zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SDMG - Sablefish Muscle Physiology

Meat producing animals in agriculture are the result of ongoing genetic selection for desirable characteristics related to growth rates, feed efficiencies, product yield, and quality. Skeletal muscle is the valuable end product and is a major contributor to an animalâs mass, energy metabolism, and overall health. Considering aquaculture is relatively new to the agriculture sector, our knowledge of growth processes in other meat producing species will serve as a platform for advancing our understanding of finfish muscle growth physiology.

Patterns of fish muscle growth originate at the cellular level and are influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Variation in muscle growth exists between fish species, as well as between individual fish of the same species. Cellular growth mechanisms in muscle are significantly influenced by factors like developmental stage, exercise, nutrition, temperature, light duration, and salinity. Understanding how these factors interact with genetic determinants to modify muscle growth patterns in fish will be important to optimizing muscle growth and sustainable practices in aquaculture.

We will evaluate expression levels of genes known to control muscle growth in vertebrates. Our goal is to identify a physiological marker of enhanced growth in sablefish that can be applied to broodstock selection strategies and future nutrition and rearing condition experiments. Sablefish is a model marine coldwater species from the north Pacific Ocean with commercial aquaculture potential. The immediate application of a growth marker would contribute to achieving faster growing sablefish strains for more efficient aquaculture production.
Sablefish Dimorphic Muscle Growth.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, efs (environmental and fisheries sciences) division, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, physiological parameters, sablefish, unknown instrument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Water quality data - North Puget Sound Chinook salmon captive propagation

NOAA Fisheries is a cooperator with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Lummi, Nooksack, and Stillaguamish Tribes in a 10-year program to rebuild the South Fork Nooksack River spring Chinook and Stillaguamish River fall Chinook stocks through a captive broodstock program.
Nitrate(mg/l), nitrite (mg/l), ammonia (mg/l), pH, temperature (Celsius), and dissolved oxygen (mg/l) are routinely measured for tanks used to culture Nooksack and Stilliquamh Chinook, Redfish Lake Sockeye, and Elwha Pink salmon.  Water flow (gpm), water clarity, oxygen (on/off), feeding behavior, and cleaning comments are also noted.  Measurements are taken weekly at random, except when scheduling conflicts arise.  There can be up to 12 dissolved oxygen samples from Building 22 and up to 17 from Building 13.  Additional data collected from 4 liter water samples includes classifying invertebrate content down to order.  Fish sloughage, spicules, organic matter, ciliates and crustaceans are qualitatively assessed.  Spicule types(s), crustacean type(s) and ciliate type(s) are recorded.  A text box for microscope comments is present.

Tags: artificial propagation, chinook salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, efs (environmental and fisheries sciences) division, instrument not applicable, manchester research station, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, obsolete, puget sound
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Community social vulnerability indicies - Community Social Vulnerability Indicators for the California Current

This research provides a quantitative means of determining which communities in West Coast coastal counties are most connected to fishing, both commercial and recreational fishing, and allows for a quantitative approach to concepts like community âengagementâ and âdependenceâ on fishing. The project employs a methodology that incorporates a diverse range of secondary data and proxy measures of human community attributes with the aim of considering multiple social and ecological community dimensions simultaneously. We analyze demographic, economic, geographic, meteorological, quality of life and fisheries-specific data for all coastal communities at the U.S. census-designated place (CDP) level in Washington, Oregon and California. A factor analysis approach to these data allows us to examine relative similarities among variables for a set of proposed indices of community vulnerability and connections to fishing, and allows us to compare communities relative to one another for each measure.  Social vulnerability and fishing dependence composite scores are available for multiple years, and this is a multi-year project developed, carried out and updated each year in coordination with all NMFS fishery management regions. These community-level analyses are also conducted in concert with the analysis of primary fisheries participation data, collected via a coast-wide survey of West Coast fishery participants.  We will implement the coast-wide survey at regular intervals, including in 2019, providing us with longitudinal data and potential time series analyses to be paired with our broader community indicators.
These data represent generalized social vulnerability composite scores for each of 880 West Coast communities.

Tags: cb (conservation biology) division, communities, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, human dimensions, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, unknown instrument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Habitat capacity for Sacramento delta - Life Cycle Modeling of Life History Diversity and Habitat Relationships

The goals of this project are to examine 1) the relative importance of multiple aquatic habitats (streams, estuaries, and nearshore areas, for example) used by salmon during their migration, 2) evaluate how different forms of density dependence influence the relative importance of these habitats, and 3) determine the influence of life history variation on extinction risk. Analyses of Skagit Chinook, OR coho, and Winter run Chinook are currently being examined.
Results of GIS models of habitat capacity for Sacramento Winter run Chinook salmon.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fe (fish ecology) division, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Hood Canal Steelhead - Hood Canal Steelhead Supplementation Experiment

The Hood Canal Steelhead Project is a 17-year before-after-control-impact experiment that tests the effects of supplementation on natural steelhead populations in Hood Canal.  There are three supplemented and four control (non-supplemented) populations that are being monitored for adult and juvenile abundance, life history, and genetic diversity. The project also quantifies early marine survival and behavior and ecological interactions between hatchery- and natural-origin steelhead.
Project data, parr and smolt data set from 2007-2015.

Tags: diversity, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, freshwater ecology, hatchery, hood canal steelhead project, instrument not applicable, life history, 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, population genetics, productivity, steelhead, supplementation, vsp monitoring
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Joint U.S.-Canada Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific Hake Acoustic Trawl Survey (transects)

This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheriesâ Joint U.S.-Canada Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific Hake Acoustic Trawl Survey. The Joint U.S.-Canada Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific Hake Acoustic Trawl Survey started in 1977 and is a collaborative effort between the Northwest Fisheries Science Center and Fisheries and Oceans Canada Pacific Region. This survey produces the Pacific hake biomass estimate that is essential to the management of the west coast fishery. Data collected are used to generate biological information and inform stock assessments made by the Hake Treaty Joint Technical Committee, a body formed by the U.S.-Canada International Hake/Whiting Treaty. The survey is typically conducted on a biennial basis. Because this is an international survey, two research vessels cover the entire U.S. and Canadian West Coasts. The survey design includes 10-nm spaced transects that run approximately perpendicular to the coast for the area that extends from Point Conception, California in the south to the West Coast of Vancouver Island in the north, and 20-nm transects north of WCVI to Dixon Entrance, Alaska. Transects are conducted using a NOAA Fishery Survey Vessel equipped with scientific echosounders and fishing nets to validate fish aggregations identified in the acoustic data. Midwater trawls are also equipped with a stereo camera to assist in determining the species composition of collected organisms.

Tags: acoustic survey, acoustics, bell m. shimada, bottom sampler, california, canada, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, echo integration-trawl survey, hake, iats, merluccius productus, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, oregon, pacific hake, pacific whiting, story map: noaa fisheries west coast offshore scientific surveys, united states, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce