AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Gulf of California species and catch spatial distributions and historical time series - Developing end-to-end models of the Gulf of California

The purpose of this project is to develop spatially discrete end-to-end models of the northern Gulf of California, linking oceanography, biogeochemistry, food web interactions, habitat, fisheries, economics, monitoring, and management into a common model framework.

This framework allows for thought experiments, including evaluation of alternate management strategies, identifying robust indicators, and assessing relative importance of different ecosystem drivers in regulating important processes. NMFS personnel are conducting this work in broad collaboration with a consortium of Mexican federal, state, NGO and academic scientists. The specific work entails model development, scoping issues with stakeholders and policy makers, running scenarios, and analyzing and writing up the results. Products include peer-reviewed papers, presentations, and workshops with modelers and/or stakeholders. Management audiences include Mexican governmental bodies and conservation organizations. The project is an on-going, stand-alone project with no firm deadline for completion.
Available online as appendices: NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-NWFSC-110.

Tags: artisanal fisheries, atlantis, cb legacy data sets, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, ecosystem modeling, gulf of california, instrument not applicable, international collaboration, management strategy evaluation, mexico, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, vaquita
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Small Cell

This dataset contains the small cell locations that are attached to streetlight poles citywide.  

A small cell node is a low-powered cellular radio access node that cellular operators use to extend their service coverage and/or increase their network capacity.  

These are smaller and less powerful than traditional macrocell towers or rooftop installations that are served by a high power cell site and utilize a tower, antenna or mast.

Tags: small-cell
Organization: City of Los Angeles
Laboratory data on Snake River steelhead - Evaluation of methods to reduce straying rates of barged juvenile steelhead

The goals of this study are to develop methods to reduce wandering and straying of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) that are collected and barged from the Snake River to below Bonneville Dam. Salmon and steelhead that stray and spawn in non-natal streams are a significant conservation concern, because they may confound accurate assessment of the VSP parameters of recovering native populations and decrease the productivity of these populations through genetic introgression or ecological competition. These issues are a particular concern for listed mid-Columbia River stocks because salmon that are collected and barged downstream as juveniles have shown higher stray rates into these watersheds as returning adults relative to in-river migrants.

However, while barging may contribute to elevated stray rates, there are substantial benefits from barging because transported Snake River steelhead consistently have higher smolt-to-adult returns than steelhead left to migrate in-river. Therefore, it is important to identify and develop strategies for reducing the stray rates of transported steelhead while maintaining the survival benefits consistently observed for barged steelhead. The specific aims of this proposal are as follows:

1) Conduct an analysis of existing coded wire (CWT) and PIT tag data to identify causative factors associated with straying by Columbia River salmonids, particularly as it relates to natural rates of straying and straying associated with transport.

2) Assess imprinting of barged and in-river migrants by monitoring imprinting associated changes in physiological function and gene expression as indicators of imprinting success.

3) Identify key environmental parameters (e.g. orienting current, water exchange rate, novel tributary water) that are important for imprinting barged fish and develop barging protocols to optimize imprinting success and thereby minimize straying using a controlled laboratory study.

4) Initiate tests of a modified barge protocol designed to maintain survival benefits while reducing wandering, delay, and straying behavior of returning adults. The work is being conducted by NWFSC scientists in collaboration with the University of Washington.

Products for this project will include annual reports, peer-reviewed publications, presentation of results at local and national meetings, and consultation with the FCRPS managers.

Physiological data on hatchery-reared steelhead.

Tags: barging, big beef creek hatchery, biological, columbia river, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, homing, migrated from resource enhancement and utilization technologies division, migration, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, non-noaa funded, northwest fisheries science center, straying
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SRKW summer prey - Prey species and stock specific consumption estimates for SRKW in their summer range

Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) are listed as a Distinct Population Segment under the Endangered Species Act. Data concerning their prey species and stock specific consumption estimates for SRKW in their summer range is important to understand trophic effects influencing their distribution and abundance. Estimates of these parameters allow prediction of population level responses to prey abundance and seasonality.
SRKW prey needs.

Tags: cb (conservation biology) division, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, food web, instrument not applicable, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, nwfsc montlake, population status assessment, southern resident killer whale
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Post-Haul Mortality - Live Hauling of Fish

In certain markets, live fish can be sold for substantially higher prices than fresh dressed fish. A significant live-haul industry has developed in the U.S. and fish are commonly hauled 1,500-2,000 miles (25-30 hours) to market. The most common species hauled are tilapia, channel catfish, and rainbow trout; a smaller amount of marine rockfish, hybrid striped bass, and carp are also hauled. The most significant advancement in hauling technology in the last 20 years has been the use of bottled oxygen gas or liquid oxygen to maintain adequate dissolved oxygen levels. These types of systems can maintain significantly higher DO levels than systems using air. Some common stressors include harvest and loading procedures (pumping or out of water transfer), shaking as the transport vehicle is moving, low frequency sound from the vehicle and water treatment systems, crowding, and poor water quality (high ammonia and carbon dioxide levels, low dissolved oxygen), high light levels, or extreme water temperature. The physical shape and construction of the hauling unit may have an important impact on localized low DOs, physical damage to the fish, and survivability. Very little information has been published on the chemical and physical conditions in transport systems during long-distance transport and this limited data may not be representative of current commercial systems. 

This research will be conducted with NWFSC staff in cooperation with private fish farmers in the Pacific Northwest. Specific sub-objectives will include the following:

(1) Documentation of water quality during transport and impact on mortality and product quality

(2) Design of efficient aeration systems for oxygen transfer and carbon dioxide stripping

(3) Determination of the impact of transport tank design and aerator type on the thermal balance during hauling.

The impact of this project will be increased survival and product quality of transported fish as a result of adopting the recommended protocols and utilization of the models. Project outputs will include peer-reviewed publications, popular publications, and conference presentations.
Following simulated hauling, fish from individual tanks will be transferred to 4 in diameter circular tanks for observation. Mortality will be recorded daily for 7 days.

Tags: aquaculture, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, gas transfer, hagerman valley, heat transfer, idaho, instrument not applicable, migrated from resource enhancement and utilization technologies division, montlake, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, nwfsc montlake, water quality
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Deep Sea Coral voucher sequence dataset - Identification of deep-sea corals collected during the 2009 - 2014 West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey

Data for this project resides in the West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey Database. Deep-sea corals are often components of trawling bycatch, though their brittle skeleton and slow growth make them particularly vulnerable to such impacts.  An understanding of the population structure of deep-sea corals will be critical to ascertaining the effects of habitat loss and genetic connections between distant populations, both of which are important to the 2006 Magnuson-Stevens Act directive and the NMFS federal mandate.  An initial species inventory of deep-sea corals off the United States coastline is a necessary first step toward a comprehensive understanding of the ecology and distribution of this diverse species assemblage.  Quantifying species distributions from bycatch data and fisheries independent surveys requires accurate species-level identifications of the corals found in tows; however, the taxonomic identification of corals to the species level is often problematic. In some cases morphologically similar specimens may only be distinguished from one another using microscopic skeletal structures.  In other cases, the taxonomic delineations of some families are so confused that accurate species-level designations are currently impossible.  The use of genetic information combined with morphology is likely the best approach to decipher evolutionary patterns in these species.
A collection of genetic barcodes for all verified voucher specimens of deep sea corals in our collections.  Also includes SEM images for some species.

Tags: by-catch, cb (conservation biology) division, deep sea coral, dna sequencer, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northern ca current system, northwest fisheries science center, unknown physical collection device
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Coho Use of Beaver Ponds in California -  Movers and stayers:  seasonal growth of alternative behavioral strategies of juvenile coho in natural and constructed habitats of mid-Klamath tributaries

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) once ranged across the western part of the North America from Alaska to California.  Due to habitat destruction, over fishing, hatcheries, dams, and climate change the range and abundance of coho salmon have been greatly reduced, resulting in the federal listing of many coho salmon populations as threatened or endangered (CDFG 2002).  Of particular concern are the populations at the southern end of their range including the Southern Oregon/Northern California (SONCC) coho salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU), which encompasses the Klamath Basin. The study will investigate movement and growth of juvenile coho salmon in three types of off channel habitat in the Klamath watershed; constructed back water ponds, beaver ponds, and small tributaries.
Assessment of the use of beaver ponds by coho salmon in the Klamath River basin in northern California.

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
Southern California Hook and Line Survey - 2020 Southern California Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey

The Fisheries Research Survey team proposes to conduct the annual Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey during September-October 2020. The survey is an ongoing partnership among scientists and the sportfishing industry with the 2020 survey marking its 17th consecutive year. This is an annual, fishery-independent survey aimed at collecting abundance and biological data for use in the stock assessments of several key rockfish species including overfished species. The survey provides data on abundance, spatial distributions, sex, maturity, length, weight, and age structure of shelf rockfish in untrawlable habitats.  Since 2014 the survey has included sampling within the Cowcod Conservation Areas. We utilize a fixed-station design (201 sites) with standardized sampling protocols to acquire data and specimens appropriate for use in stock assessments and other groundfish research. Additional research topics include capturing and analyzing video imagery of the sea floor for habitat classification, collecting specimens and information for rockfish ecosystem research, the use of genetic techniques to identify cryptic species, and evaluation of eDNA as a research tool for groundfish. The surveyâs sampling area is bounded by Point Arguello in the north (lat 34Â°30'N) and the border of the U.S.-Mexico exclusive economic zone in the south (lat 32Â°00'N). Currently, this survey provides the only long-term time series of fishery-independent abundance and biological data available for groundfish species in rocky, high-relief habitats. The goal is to ensure the sustainability of marine fisheries with a focus on ending overfishing.
This  data set contains information on date; time; vessel; set identification (i.e. unique sampling event number); gear performance; location; depth; soak time;  sea surface temperature;  water column profile that includes temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and chlorophyll; ocean and weather observations; hook disposition; species captured; length and weight information for all specimens captured; and sex, age structure, and genetics data for all rockfish specimens captured.

Tags: anemometer, animal and plant collection device, cryptic species, ctd, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fram (fishery resource analysis and monitoring) division, gps, hatfield marine science center, hook and line survey, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, nwfsc montlake, southern california, southern california bight
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Salmonid and Steelhead Population Abundance Summary from 1949 to 2015 for Washington, Oregon, and California

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center's (NWFSC) Salmon Population Summary (SPS) database provides public access to demographic data compiled for ESA-listed salmonid populations as part of the NWFSC's technical recovery planning efforts. The database contains data collected by co-managers (WDFW, ODFW, IDFG, and Tribes) and compiled in cooperation with NWFSC staff for: spawning abundance, age structure of wild spawners, fraction of natural spawners that are of wild origin, and the reduction in spawning abundance due to harvest. For some populations, additional data fields are also available. The data correspond to the populations identified by the NMFS Technical Recovery Teams, and are used in part to assess population and ESU-level recovery criteria for many listed ESUs. Most importantly, this data is critical for informing 5 year ESA salmon reviews, and makes 5 year status review data available to the public.

Abundance of ESA-listed salmonids.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, esu - evolutionarily significant unit, interior columbia river basin, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, oncorhynchus keta, oncorhynchus kisutch, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus nerka, oncorhynchus tshawytscha, oregon coast, puget sound, recovery domain, salmonid and steelhead population summary (sps) and viable salmonid population (vsp) in the pacific , salmonidae, willamette and lower columbia river basins
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
marine survival ecosystem indicators - Estimating the ecosystem indicators of anadromous salmonids in the Puget Sound region

The objective of this project is to develop a simple approach for estimating the marine survival and causes of trends in survival.
Data is a summary of ecosystem indicators of coho salmon marine survival.

Tags: 10, 8-1, 8-2, biota, cb legacy data sets, chinook salmon, delta, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, ecoregion, ecoregions, habitat capacity, habitat characteristics, habitat mapping, macn, national marine fisheries service, nearshore, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, physical measures: air, protected species and marine mammals, puget sound, puget sound region, puget trough/georgia basin, sediments, sinclair inlet, skagit estuary, snohomish estuary and delta, wamarine, water
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Growth, movement and survival - Recolonization of the Cedar River, WA by Pacific salmon

The objective of this study is to quantify population, community, and ecosystem level changes as a result of salmon recolonization of the Cedar River, WA above Landsburg Dam. The dam was installed in 1901, blocking the upstream migration of adult salmon and steelhead from about 43 km of river habitat. A fish ladder was installed in 2003 to allow adult salmon passage. We collected baseline data on water chemistry, habitat, and fish populations including resident trout and sculpin populations in 2000-2002. These field surveys have been ongoing since 2000. 

A mark-recapture study in Rock Creek, the largest tributary available to salmon, was started in 2004 and ended in 2010 to quantify growth, movement, and survival of juvenile coho and resident trout.

Two experimental stream studies conducted to quantify salmon carcass effects on resident organisms.
PIT data of juvenile coho and resident trout in Rock Creek.

Tags: abundance, animal mounted instrument, balance, cedar river watershed, current meter, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, experiments, fe (fish ecology) division, fish passage, in-situ instrument, invertebrate processing, isotopes, juvenile salmonid, length board, movement, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, pit tag, recolonization, rock creek pit tagging, survival, tributary to cedar r.
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Snohomish estuary LiDAR and RGB orthophotos - Monitoring the Qwuloolt Estuarine Levee Breach Restoration

Comprehensive planning and monitoring of abiotic (hydrology, land forms, energy and nutrients, and chemistry) and biotic (plants, fish, invertebrates, birds, mammals) attributes pre- and post-breach at a 150 hectare site in the Snohomish estuary.
LiDAR and orthophotos from 2009 across whole Snohomish River estuary.

Tags: birds, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, estuary, fe (fish ecology) division, gps, juvenile salmonid, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, puget sound, qwuloolt - snohomish estuary, restoration, wetland
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Physiology Data - Developing diets and feeding strategies for improved growth and performance of juvenile and adult sablefish

Feed costs and time to harvest are key factors affecting the economic viability of domestic sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) aquaculture. Use of fast growing all-female monosex stocks dramatically reduces time to harvest, but our research to date indicates that the commercial salmon feeds typically used by industry are not optimally formulated for sablefish and there is still a high degree of potential for improved growth and feed conversion. The effects of dietary balance of protein, fat, and carbohydrate on productive performance, growth and feed conversion at any post-juvenile stage of development are unknown, and there are no commercial diets specifically formulated for sablefish aquaculture in the marketplace. Dietary nutrient imbalances combined with inappropriate feeding schedules and strategies contribute to poor nutrient utilization and are unlikely to fully support the growth potential of this species, impeding continued efforts to improve performance during grow-out to harvest. Thus, research activity focuses on establishing performance optimized diets and feeding strategies that support maximum growth, efficient feed conversion and other economically important traits such as fillet yield.
Informaion on tissues collected and physiological measures (e.g., plasma steroid levels) may be available.

Tags: 11-ketotestosterone, aquaculture, aquafeeds, balance, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, efs (environmental and fisheries sciences) division, elisa plate reader, genetics, growth, igf1, marine fishes, metabolism, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, obsolete, sablefish, ultrasonic video camera, video camera
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Mobile acoustic telemetry data - Lingcod Stock Enhancement: ecological interactions, fishery contributions, and life history

Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) populations along the West Coast of North America have recovered from overfishing, but the status of genetically distinct lingcod in Puget Sound, Washington is less clear. This project will use small-scale lingcod releases to learn about the benefits and risks of using stock enhancement as a tool to help rebuild marine fish populations. We have conducted experiments to improve rearing methods, improve release methods, and learn about lingcod life history, and are proceeding with a before-after-control-impact study that will quantify ecological impacts on wild fishes. WDFW collaborates on this project by conducting creel surveys.

This project has been or is currently supported by the Science Consortium for Ocean Replenishment, the Puget Sound Recreational Fisheries Enhancement Fund, and NOAA Aquaculture. Previous or present partners include the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, the Nisqually Tribe, WDFW, and the Washington SCUBA Alliance.
Data from mobile Vemco VR28 acoustic hydrophone array towed behind a boat in South Puget Sound.  Contains detections of hatchery lingcod.

Tags: acoustic tags, animal mounted instrument, artificial propagation, blakely harbor, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, ecosystem, effectiveness monitoring, food web, hatchery, itsami reef, kvi tower, les davis, life history, migrated from resource enhancement and utilization technologies division, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce