AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
AFSC/NMML with NPRB:  Whale broad-scale distribution in southeastern Bering Sea, 2008 and 2010

As part of the Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BSIERP) funded by the North Pacific Research Board (http://www.nprb.org/bering-sea-project), cetacean surveys were conducted to describe distribution and estimate abundance on the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Three marine mammal observers conducted visual surveys along transect lines sampled during the Alaska Fisheries Science Center walleye pollock assessment survey in June and July of 2008 and 2010.  We collected sighting data for all cetaceans, and produced abundance estimates for the following species: humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), minke whale (B. acutorostrata), Dalls (Phocoenoides dalli) and harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena).

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, bering sea, cetacean assessment and ecology program, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, summer, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Juvenile chum salmon allozyme stock identification, Gulf of Alaska 2000-2004

Summer surveys (Julyb??August) of juvenile salmon ecology along the continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska are conducted annually by scientists from the Ocean Carrying Capacity program of the National Marine Fisheries Serviceb??s Auke Bay Laboratory. These surveys are an effort to link changes in salmon production to biological and physical factors in the ocean environment. An improved understanding of salmon distribution is one objective of this research. We identified the origin of juvenile chum salmon collected in transects from around the Gulf of Alaska in 2000 and 2001, using the presence of thermal marks in hatchery fish and the divergence of genetic characteristics among regional groups of populations.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, chum salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, genetic variation, gulf of alaska, migration, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oncorhynchus keta, stock identification, thermal marks, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2016 acoustic trawl survey Bogoslof DY1603

Scientists from the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's (AFSC) Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division conducted an acoustic-trawl (AT) stock assessment survey of the Bogoslof region of the EBS

Tags: afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey spawning biennial bogoslof, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Ocean Acidification in Southeast Alaska

This database contains information from one primary project a Southeast Alaska (SEAK) environmental monitoring study.  It also includes support analyses for Kodiak crab studies (larvae, seawater), and miscellaneous ancillary studies: 1) a bottle storage experiment, 2) a diurnal carbon study, 3) and a euphausiid (krill) study.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, bering sea, carapase mineral content, chlorophyll, decapod larvae, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, environmental monitoring, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ph, total alkalinity, total dissolved inorganic carbon, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Pink salmon data collected at Sashin Creek Weir 1934-2002

A database describing a 67-year time series for Sashin Creek pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) data is presented. The database details the survival and other biological parameters of the pink salmon population living in Sashin Creek, a pristine environment in Little Port Walter, Baranof Island, Alaska.  We assembled all the published and unpublished biological and environmental data pertaining to this population, which has been evaluated almost continually by researchers since 1934.  We developed a database using Microsoft Access that includes annual estimates of the freshwater and saltwater survival for these fish.  The database contains the daily counts of the number of emigrating fry and escaping adults during their annual migrations since 1934, and their lengths, weights, or fecundity. Environmental parameters in the database include stream temperature, stream discharge, daily minimum and maximum air temperatures, and precipitation where Sashin Creek enters seawater at Little Port Walter. All records have been evaluated and transformed to ensure comparability.  References for all data are provided, including unpublished sources.  The Sashin Creek Weir Database (SCWDATA) can be accessed through the Internet.

Tags: ak, alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, baranof island, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, little port walter, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, pink salmon, sashin creek, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/NMML/CCEP: Capture and resight data of California sea lions in Washington State, 1989 to 2006

This dataset contains data from the capture and recapture of over 1500 male California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) from Washington between 1989-2006. The data fields include capture data such as time, location, weight, length, and girth for each animal captured. The dataset also includes records of resights of each animal from records collected from observers from California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The dataset also contains information from opportunistic captures of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in the same region.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, branding, british columbia, california, california current ecosystems program, california sea lion, canada, capture, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, flipper tagging), marking (branding, measurements, movements, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, steller sea lion, tracking, u.s. department of commerce, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2020 acoustic trawl survey Gulf of Alaska DY2001

Shumagin EIT Survey

Tags: acoustics, afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey spawning annual shumagins, alaska, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pollock, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Sockeye salmon allozyme baseline - 1982-1990

Genetic data were collected and prepared with the use of protein electrophoresis from 52 spawning locations in southeastern Alaska and northern British Columbia.  Genetic relationships were examined from principal components analysis and unrooted trees constructed from genetic distances between collections.  These descriptive analyses suggest a geographic basis to genetic divergence among populations.  This geographic basis was confirmed using log-likelihood-ratio analysis and analyses of variance.  Three groups of populations were observed: one from systems that drain into the inside waters of northern and central southeast Alaska; another from the far southeastern islands (including Prince of Wales Island); and the third in systems of the southern inside waters.  Although the geographic structure was a statistically significant component of the overall genetic structure, gene diversity analysis indicates that only about 4.7% of the total genetic variability was attributable to genetic differences among those regions, whereas about 8.4% of the total was due to differences among populations within each region.  The other 87.0% of the variation occurred, on average, within each collection.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Marine Debris Surveys in Alaska, 1972-2015

Scientists at the Auke Bay Laboratory have conducted marine debris surveys on select beaches in Alaska periodically since 1972. Some of the beaches previously sampled have been identified as marine debris hot spots due to their increased debris accumulation. At each location, multiple 1 km beach segments were sampled by people walking the beach and enumerating all anthropogenic marine debris found.  The beach area surveyed was from the waters edge up to the base of the storm berm or log piles. Individual beach segments have been walked multiple times in the since 1972 allowing for a direct comparison with prior years. Sampling occurred in late spring and summer to test the hypothesis of change in marine debris sources due to increased summer boat traffic and the diminished occurrence and severity of storms.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, bering sea, chum salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oncorhynchus keta, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2015 Pollock Acoustic/Trawl Survey Gulf of Alaska EK60 Raw Data

Scientists from the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's (AFSC) Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division conducted an acoustic-trawl (AT) stock assessment survey of the western  Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf to estimate the distribution and abundance of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in summer 2015. Previous surveys of the GOA were also conducted during the summers of 2003, 2005, 2011, and 2013 by MACE. The 2015 survey covered the shelf from the Islands of Four Mountains to Yakutat Trough including many associated bays and troughs. The biomass estimate for the entire survey area was 1,482,668 t. The majority of the pollock observed were located on the continental shelf (64%), Shelikof Strait (19%), east of Kodiak Island in Chiniak (2%) and Barnabas Troughs (6%), and in Marmot Bay (3%). The vast majority (91%) of the biomass for the entire survey was from fish 30-50 cm in length (likely mostly age-3 fish), Fish weight at length was slightly lower in fish greater than 40 cm FL compared to surveys conducted in the summer GOA in previous years. Backscatter was attributed to other species where possible. A biomass estimate was also calculated for Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus, 407,988 t) and the relative abundance and distribution for euphausiids (primarily consisting of Thysanoessa inermis, but also including T. spinifera, T. raschii, and Euphausia pacifica) was estimated.

Tags: afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey biennial gulf of alaska, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: 2010 Chum Salmon Bycatch Sample Analysis  Bering Sea

A genetic analysis of samples from the chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) bycatch of the 2010 Bering Sea groundfish trawl fishery was undertaken to determine the overall stock composition of the sample set. Samples were genotyped for 11 microsatellite markers and results were estimated using the current chum salmon microsatellite baseline. In 2010, genetic samples were collected as part of the species composition analysis of the Alaska Fisheries Science Centers North Pacific Observer Program. This sampling change for 2010 was an interim measure implemented until the systematic sampling protocols are finalized. Consequently, stock composition estimates apply to the sample set and may not represent the entire chum salmon bycatch. Based on the analysis of 1,048 chum salmon bycatch samples collected throughout the 2010 Bering Sea trawl fishery, East Asian (38%), North Asian (26%), Western Alaska (14%), and Eastern Gulf of Alaska/Pacific Northwest (13%) stocks dominated the sample set, with smaller contributions from Upper/Middle Yukon River (7%) stocks. The estimates for the 2010 chum salmon bycatch sample set were similar to the 20052009 chum salmon bycatch estimates, suggesting consistency of the regional stock contributions across years. Analysis of temporal groupings within the groundfish B season revealed changes in stock composition during the course of the season with decreasing contribution of Western Alaska and Eastern Gulf of Alaska/Pacific Northwest stocks and increasing contribution of North Asian stocks over time, but leaves unanswered whether these changes are due to temporal or spatial differences in the sample set.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, bering sea, bycatch, chum salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, genetic stock identification, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oncorhynchus keta, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2009 ACOUSTIC-TRAWL SURVEYS OF THE SHUMAGINS, SANAK TROUGH & WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA SHELFBREAK DY0901

Scientists from the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's (AFSC) Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division routinely conduct echo integration-trawl (EIT) stock assessment surveys in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) during late winter and early spring to estimate the distribution and abundance of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma). Surveys were conducted in the Shumagin Islands area in 1994-96, 2001-03, and 2005-07 and along the GOA continental shelf break east of Chirikof Island to Barnabas Trench in 2002-07. This report presents the distribution and abundance of walleye pollock for surveys conducted in the Shumagins during February and March 2009.

Tags: acoustic trawl surveys, afsc/race/mace: pollock acoustic/trawl survey spawning annual shumagins, alaska fisheries science center, bottom trawls, chirikof shelfbreak, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, eastern shumagin trough, echo integration-trawl (eit) surveys, marmot bay, midwater trawls, national marine fisheries service, noaa, sanak shelfbreak, sanak trough, shelikof strait, shumagin islands, theragra chalcogramma, u.s. department of commerce, western gulf of alaska shelfbreak
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/NMML with NPRB: Location-only satellite telemetry data for North Pacific Right Whales, Bering Sea, 2008 - 2009

This dataset contains ARGOS location data (latitude and longitude in decimal format) and associated time (date and time)  and location quality (as defined by Argos System, www.argos-system.org) information. Data were collected using Wildlife Computers PTT-only SPOT 5 satellite transmitters and PTT identification is also provided with the data. Satellite transmitters were deployed on North Pacific right whales (Eubalaena japonica) in the eastern Bering Sea.  This project was funded by the North Pacific Research Board (http://www.nprb.org/).

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, cetacean assessment and ecology program, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, satellite telemetry, southeastern bering sea continental shelf, summer 2008, summer 2009, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Yukon Delta Juvenile Chinook Salmon - Offshore

The dataset contains Aluette and Mamou trawl catches from the Yukon delta for 2014 and 2015.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, chinook salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, fish, invertebrates, national marine fisheries service, noaa, trawl, u.s. department of commerce, yukon delta
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/SAP/Long: Data from: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Juvenile Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) and Tanner Crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) Growth, Condition, Calcification, and Survival

This data set is the results of a laboratory experiment.  Juvenile red king crab and Tanner crab were reared in individual containers for nearly 200 days in flowing control (pH 8.0), pH 7.8, and pH 7.5 seawater at ambient temperatures (range 4.4-11.9 C).  Survival, growth, and morphology were measured throughout the experiment.  At the end of the experiment, calcium concentration was measured in each crab and the dry mass and condition index of each crab were determined.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, bristol bay, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, growth, juvenile, mortality, national marine fisheries service, noaa, ocean acidification, shellfish assessment program, survival, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Lipid Dataset of Alaskan fish, marine mammals, and invertebrates

The Nutritional Ecology Laboratory maintains a database containing all of the biochemical data we collect. The database includes seasonal information regarding size, age, location, date, developmental stage, and maturity status of all the specimens we have examined. Samples  range from phytoplankton to whales and seals. Depending on the objectives of specific studies, these data can be matched to measures of energy content, proximate, lipid class, and fatty acid composition.

Tags: % moisture, % protein, %ash, %lipid, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, lipid class, national marine fisheries service, noaa, percent moisture, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Juvenile rockfish habitat utilization

Juvenile rockfish were observed amongst coral, sponge, cobble, and gravel habitats. Rockfish utilized coral habitats more than any other, while gravel was the least utilized. Sponge and cobble habitat utilization was intermediate to coral and gravel. Predation of young-of-the-year rockfish by sculpin predators was greatest in gravel habitats and lowest in coral habitats.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, calcigorgia spiculifera, chatham strait, cobble, coral, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, gravel, gulf of alaska, habitat utilization, mycale bellebellensis, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific ocean perch, predation, quillback rockfish, sebastes maliger, sponge, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: 2009 Chinook Excluder Samples

This project genetically analyzed 1,620 chinook salmon samples from the 2009 spring salmon excluder device test.  These samples were collected over a short period of time from a limited geographical area and thus represent a unique sample set.

Tags: alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, bering sea, chinook salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, genetics, microsatellite, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: 2011 Chum Salmon Bycatch Sample Analysis  Bering Sea

A genetic analysis of samples from the chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) bycatch from the 2011 Bering Sea walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) trawl fishery was undertaken to determine the overall stock composition of the sample set. Samples were genotyped for 11 microsatellite markers and results were estimated using the current chum salmon microsatellite baseline. In 2011, genetic samples were collected systematically as part of a special project to reduce sample biases that exist in collections from previous years that have the potential to affect stock composition analysis results. One genetic sample was collected for every 31.1 chum salmon caught in 97% of the midwater trawl fishery that was sampled. Evaluation of sampling based on time, location, and vessel indicated that the genetic samples were representative of the total bycatch. Based on the analysis of 1,472 chum salmon bycatch samples collected throughout the 2011 Bering Sea trawl fishery, the Eastern Gulf of Alaska (GOA)/Pacific Northwest (PNW) stocks dominated the sample set (38%), with moderate contributions from East Asian (17%), North Asian (18%), and Western Alaska (16%) stocks, and smaller contributions from Upper/Middle Yukon River (9%) stocks. The estimates for the 2011 chum salmon bycatch sample set differed from the 20052010 estimates, indicating a change in the consistency of the regional stock contributions across the previous 6 years, possibly due to the larger proportion of bycatch caught later in the season and in the more southeastern NMFS reporting areas in 2011. There were significant spatial differences in stock distribution, with the Asian stocks dominating the central Bering Sea area and the Eastern GOA/PNW stocks dominating the southeastern Bering Sea. Analysis of temporal groupings revealed changes in stock composition during the course of the season with decreasing contribution of East Asia and Upper/Middle Yukon stocks and increasing contribution of Eastern GOA/PNW stocks over time.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, bering sea, bycatch, chum salmon, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, genetic stock identification, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oncorhynchus keta, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Off Premise Signs Buffers

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Tags: billboard, community, lincoln, minnehaha, sd, signs, sioux-falls, south-dakota
Organization: City of Sioux Falls
AFSC/RACE/SAP/Long: Effects of ocean acidification on blue king crab

This is data from a laboratory experiment in which blue king crab juveniles were held at three different pHs (ambient, pH 7.8, and pH 7.5) for a year.  Growth, survival, and morphology were recorded.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, growth, juvenile, national marine fisheries service, noaa, shellfish assessment program, survival, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/ABL: Coldwater coral growth

Colonies of the gorgonian coral Calcigorgia spiculifera were tagged at three sites in Southeast Alaska, Little Port Walter, Tenakee Inlet, and Kelp Bay. The corals were videoed in situ. Growth of individual coral branches was determined from video observations. Average annual branch growth was greatest at Kelp Bay (8.8 mm) and lowest at Tenakee Inlet (3.0 mm). Branch growth was positively correlated with colony size.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, auke bay laboratories, calcigorgia spiculifera, coral, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, growth, kelp bay, little port walter, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast alaska, tenakee inlet, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce