AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey (trawl sample)

This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheriesâ U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey. The U.S. West Coast Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey started in 1998 and is led by NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center. This survey provides long-term time-series data for the management of West Coast groundfishes as well as coastwide environmental sampling for monitoring change within the California Current Ecosystem. The bottom trawl survey covers West Coast waters (55-1280 meters [30-700 fathoms]) twice annually using a trawl net and a random sampling design, stratified by depth and latitude. The survey collects fishery-independent data on abundance, distribution, and biology of most species included in the west coast groundfish management plan. Weight and measurements are collected from vertebrates and invertebrates alongside various biological samples. Samples collected include otoliths and other structures for aging, finclips for genetics, gonads for reproductive analysis, and stomach contents and tissue samples for diet/stable isotope analysis. Oceanographic sensors are affixed to the trawl net, collecting data such as temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen for each trawl at depth.

Tags: bottom sampler, california, ctd, demersal fish, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, fishery independent, groundfish survey, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, oregon, story map: noaa fisheries west coast offshore scientific surveys, united states, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Evaluating management strategies to optimize coral reef ecosystem services: Ecosystem Model Data for Puako, Hawaii

Coral reefs provide a wide range of ecosystem services that are valued differently by different users. Managers are challenged to comprehensively address the full suite of pressures that act simultaneously on these ecosystem state variables and dynamics. We developed a decision-support tool using an ecosystem model, Ecopath with Ecosim, that ranks the efficiency of potential management strategies in evaluating ecological and socio-economic trade-offs based on multiple indicators for coral reef ecosystem services in Puako, Hawaii Island. Our results indicate that current management is inadequate to prevent further declines in coral reef resources and that improved fishery management can mitigate the detrimental effects of expected bleaching-related coral mortalities on the ecosystem services in the next 15 years. The scenario that minimized conflicts between stakeholders was "Only Line Fishing" and to a lesser extent a reduction in fishing effort.

Results include the biomass (tons per square kilometer) for several groups of marine organisms (invertivores, coralivores, planktivores, browsers, grazers, sharks, reef fishes, sea turtles, invertebrates, corals, algae, and plankton) for 2017 and 2032 under the current and alternative management scenarios and the relative performance of the indicators under six management scenarios in 2032 and compared to current management.  

The data are available from the Dryad Digital Repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4sh45

Tags: 1980-2015, 2017-2032, big island, biomass, coral reef, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, ecological modeling, ecopath with ecosim, ecosystem modeling, ecosystem sciences division, esd, ewe, hawaii, main hawaiian islands, mhi, model output, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific ocean, pacific islands fisheries science center, pifsc, puako, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (transect)

This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheriesâ California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Survey transects. NOAAâs portion of  California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI)  started in 1949 and is led by NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. This survey is managed by the  Fisheries Oceanography  Program, composed of the Ichthyoplankton Ecology and Ship Operations groups. These groups work to contribute to the understanding of the effects of climate change and climate variability on pelagic fisheries. Alongside informing management decisions and publishing long-term datasets, the fisheries oceanography program also tracks long-term trends in key habitat variables, assesses stock-recruit and temperature-recruitment relationships for sardine assessments and updates environmental indices. The ship operations group averages 100-120 days at sea annually. Approximately 80 percent of that time is dedicated to the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations program collecting data through cruises. Surveys collect biological data via trawls, acoustic monitoring, and plankton sampling.

Tags: anchovy, bongo net, calcofi, california, california cooperative oceanic fisheries investigations, california current, doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, mackerel, manta net, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northwest fisheries science center, pairovet net, sardine, story map: noaa fisheries west coast offshore scientific surveys, united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic percent cover derived from analysis of benthic images collected at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste in 2013 and 2014

The benthic cover data described here result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) in hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in Timor-Leste during reef fish surveys surveys at 150 sites that were selected using a stratified random sampling design in June 2013, and along transects at fixed climate survey sites in September-October 2014 (10 sites and 8 sites, respectively).

Climate sites were established by CREP to establish ecological baselines for climate change by measuring multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. The reef fish surveys were conducted to generate baseline data on the nearshore coral reef fish assemblages and associated benthic communities around Timor-Leste's north coast and Atauro Island.

Percent benthic cover for each site is estimated from a photo-transect (30 photographs, taken at 1-m intervals, 10+ points analyzed per photograph using Coral Point Count with Extensions). NA values represent situations where images were either not gathered or not analyzed.

These benthic cover data for Timor-Leste provide an estimate of the benthic community composition at each survey site, and give context to the results from the other survey components. The benthic images, and the associated reef fish survey data and parameters measured to establish ecological baselines for climate change are documented separately. The data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Tags: algae, algal cover, aquatic habitat, atauro, baseline studies, baucau, benthic, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthos analysis, biosphere, blue-green algae, bobonaro, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral cover, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, coral triangle initiative, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, crustose coralline algae, democratic republic of timor-leste (east timor) (09s126e0001), derived products, dili, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, encrusting macroalgae, hard coral cover, in situ biological, indian ocean, lautem, liquica, manatuto, marine biology, marine invertebrates, microbiota, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, numeric data sets, ocean basin, oceans, octocoral cover, oecusse, pacific islands fisheries science center, photograph analysis, photographic analysis, pifsc, quadrat monitoring, reef and/or bottom regime - percent cover, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, timor leste, timor sea, timor-leste, turf algae, u.s. department of commerce, united states agency for international development, us doc, usaid, vegetation, vila mpa, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for select locations across the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 to 2023

The data described here result from near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts conducted at select sites across the Mariana Archipelago as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These surveys were conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) during ESD-led NCRMP missions to the PRIA from 2014 to 2023. The CTD casts provide vertical profiles (30-m max depth, downcast only) of water column conductivity, temperature, pressure, with calculated depth, salinity, and water density.

The CTD (Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE19-plus in 2014-2018, RBR Concerto in 2023) was deployed from a small boat using a hand line and held just under the surface for 1 minute to cycle water through the instrument and tubing. Afterward, data were collected by lowering the CTD in profiling mode at an even pace (descent rate ~0.5 to 0.75 meters per second) to a maximum depth of 30 m. Data processing was performed using Sea-Bird Scientific SBE or RBR Ruskin Data Processing Software and the R package "oce".

Tags: 743, aquatic habitat, baker island, baker island (00n176w0001), biosphere, central pacific ocean, climate change, coastal processes, conductivity, conductivity profiles, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, ctd, density, depth, depth - sensor, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, equatorial pacific ocean, esd, hi'ialakai, howland island, howland island (00s176w0001), in situ, in situ physical, jarvis island, jarvis island (00s160w0001), johnston atoll, johnston atoll (16n169w0001), kingman reef, kingman reef (06n162w0001), line islands, marine ecosystems, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, ncrmp, nmfs, noaa, nodc ocean acidification scientific data stewardship, numeric data sets, ocean, ocean acidification program, ocean basin, ocean pressure, ocean salinity, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, office of oceanic and atmospheric research, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific remote island areas, pacific remote islands marine national monument, palmyra atoll, palmyra atoll (05n162w0001), physical, pifsc, pressure - water [hydrostatic pressure], pria, primnm, profile, ramp, reef, reef assessment and monitoring program, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, salinity, salinity/density, sea level pressure, sigma-t, small boat, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, united states minor outlying islands, united states of america, us doc, usa minor outlying islands, wake atoll, wake atoll (19n167e0001), wake island, water temperature, zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Encouraging Respectful Wildlife Viewing Among Tourists: Roles for Social Marketing, Regulatory Information, Symbolic Barriers, and Enforcement

This dataset includes data on the number of people who complied with or violated sea turtle distance viewing guidelines under different communication messaging conditions as well as descriptive notes that provide more context for the interactions. Data were collected at two locations, Alii and Punaluu. There is a separate data file for each site.

Tags: and enforcement, behavior change, conservation marketing, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, encouraging respectful wildlife viewing among tourists: roles for social marketing, green sea turtle, national marine fisheries service, natural resource management, noaa, pacific islands fisheries science center, regulatory information, replacement behaviors, symbolic barriers, u.s. department of commerce, wildlife tourism
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Benthic Habitat Maps for Rose Atoll Marine National Monument in American Samoa from 2004 to 2010

Benthic habitat maps for Rose Atoll, American Samoa were derived from high resolution, multispectral satellite imagery for 2004, 2006, and 2010. The benthic habitat maps for 2004 were previously generated by NOAA's NCCOS's BioGeography Branch before this project, and they were gathered from NOAA's 2005 publication (NCCOS, 2005). The benthic habitat maps for 2006 and 2010 were generated in this project. Bathymetry (water depth) from 0 to 30 meters was derived from satellite imagery for 2006 and 2010 and validated with multibeam and singlebeam depth data, respectively. Eight geomorphological features of the seafloor (Mean Depth, Standard Deviation of Depth, Slope, Slope of Slope, Rugosity, Curvature, Plan Curvature, and Profile Curvature) were derived from the bathymetry for 2006 and 2010. The geomorphological features were used to perform a Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and the first three Principal Components were used in combination with classified benthic imagery (underwater images of the seafloor) to classify the underwater habitat of the inner lagoon and sloping reef areas of Rose Atoll. 

The final benthic habitat maps consist of two maps for each of the three years. The first map shows the four dominant cover types that make up the shallow water benthic habitat on Rose Atoll, which are coral, coralline algae, macroalgae, and turf algae. The area in square kilometers of each cover types is provided. The purpose of the first map is to show the most abundant biological cover types in the benthic habitat. The second map show the percentages of the four dominant cover types, which are divided into three bins: 10%-<50% coverage, 50%-<90% coverage, and 90%-100% coverage. The area in square kilometers of each of the cover types is also provided. The purpose of the second map is to examine the smaller changes in the benthic habitat over the three years.

Tags: 467, american samoa, aquatic habitat, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic, benthic habitat, biosphere, bottom type, coastal processes, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reefs, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, geographic information, gis product, habitats, lagoons, mapping and ecospatial information products to support coral reef ecosystem management in the pacifi, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean basin, oceans, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, pifsc cred pacific islands benthic habitat mapping center (pibhmc) metadata catalog, reef habitat, rose atoll, rose atoll (14s168w0001), rose atoll marine national monument, rose island (14s170w0041), seafloor topography, slope, south pacific ocean, substrate description, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, us doc
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH) - Camera Surveys

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. In its continued efforts to improve the data used in stock assessments, the NOAA Pacific islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) implemented a Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH) in 2016. The BFISH survey utilizes two gear types, Cooperative Research hook-and-line fishing operations (CRF) and the Modular Optical Underwater Survey System (MOUSS). Survey sampling is conducted annually, typically in the fall, surrounding the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), in accordance with a stratified-random sampling design. Under this design, the waters surrounding the MHI are gridded at 500 meter resolution. Each grid is given attributes of depth, slope, and seafloor hardness. Depth categories are Shallow (75-200 meters), Medium (200-300 meters) and Deep (300-400 meters). Slope categories are Low slope (0-10 degrees) and High (10-90 degrees). Seafloor categories are Hardbottom and Softbottom. Annual survey data are processed to produce relative and absolute abundance and biomass estimates for the Stock Assessment for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Complex.

MOUSS operations are conducted by researchers at the NOAA PIFSC.  Two MOUSS units are deployed within each survey grid.  Each MOUSS is left on the seafloor for a minimum of 15 minutes.  Once recovered and returned to the lab, MOUSS videos are analysed using the MaxN method to produce species-specific, size-structured abundance estimates for Deep7 species.

Tags: advanced technology, bottomfish, bottomfish fishery-independent survey in hawaii (bfish), deep7, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, fisheries, fishery-independent, hawaii, kahoolawe, kauai, lanai, main hawaiian islands, maui, molokai, national marine fisheries service, niihau, noaa, oahu, pacific islands fisheries science center, stereo-video, stock assessment, survey, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Benthic Images Collected from Stratified Random Sites (StRS) across the Pacific Remote Island Areas since 2014

The data described here are benthic habitat imagery that result from benthic photo-quadrat surveys conducted along transects at stratified random sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) since 2014 as a part of Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) surveys for corals and fish.

A stratified random sampling (StRS) design was employed to survey the coral reef ecosystems across the region. The survey domain encompassed the majority of the mapped area of reef and hard bottom habitats in the 0-30 m depth range. The stratification scheme included island, reef zone, and depth. Sampling effort was allocated based on strata area and sites were randomly located within strata. Sites were surveyed using photo-quadrats along transects to collect benthic imagery to ultimately produce estimates of relative abundance (benthic cover), frequency of occurrence, benthic community taxonomic composition and relative generic richness.

The StRS design effectively reduces estimate variance through stratification using environmental covariates and by sampling more sites rather than sampling more transects at a site. Therefore, site-level estimates and site to site comparisons should be used with caution.

Tags: 743, aquatic habitat, baker island, baker island (00n176w0001), belt transect, benthic, benthic biology, benthic habitat, benthos analysis, biological, biosphere, camera, central pacific ocean, coastal processes, coral, coral communities, coral reef, coral reef conservation program, coral reef ecology, coral reef ecosystem division, coral reef ecosystem program, coral reef studies, coral reefs, corals, country/territory, cred, crep, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/esd, earth science, ecosystem sciences division, ecosystems, equatorial pacific ocean, esd, habitats, hi'ialakai, howland island, howland island (00s176w0001), imagery, in situ, in situ biological, jarvis island (00s160w0001), johnston atoll, johnston atoll (16n169w0001), kingman reef (06n162w0001), line islands, marine biology, marine ecosystems, national coral reef monitoring program, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, oscar elton sette, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pacific reef and assessment monitoring program, pacific remote island areas, pacific remote islands marine national monument, palmyra atoll (05n162w0001), photograph, photoquadrat images, pifsc, pria, primnm, rainier, ramp, rapid assessment studies, rapid ecological assessment, rea, reef, reef assessment and monitoring program, reef habitat, reef monitoring and assessment, transect monitoring, triennial, u.s. department of commerce, united states minor outlying islands, united states of america, us doc, usa minor outlying islands, visual images, wake atoll, wake atoll (19n167e0001), zoology
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Deepwater Horizon Seafood Safety Response - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Seafood Safety Response

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, there was concern about the risk to human health through consumption of contaminated seafood from the region. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in collaboration with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency, and Gulf Coast States, worked together to ensure that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico was safe to eat by developing seafood safety criteria, monitoring procedures, re-opening protocols, as well as seafood surveillance monitoring plans. As part of this seafood safety assessment, edible tissues of seafood collected in state and federal waters were tested for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and dispersants using sensory testing, as well as chemical analyses. To increase the analytical capacities of laboratories testing seafood from the Gulf, the FDA developed and validated high-performance liquid chromatography/fluorescence and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methods (in conjunction with NOAA) that accurately and precisely measured chemical compounds, including dispersants, associated with this oil spill event. Thousands of seafood samples collected during reopening and surveillance in the Gulf, as well as those obtained dockside and in the marketplace, have been analyzed using these methods.
This dataset includes information on levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and dispersant component dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate in edible tissues of commercially and recreationally important seafood species collected in Federal waters in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc, instrument not applicable, migrated from environmental conservation division legacy data sets, national marine fisheries service, noaa. u.s. department of commerce, northern gulf of mexico, northwest fisheries science center, nwfsc montlake, seafood safety, seattle, wa
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cost Earnings Data 2005 - Hawaii Longline

The data collection project assessed the economic performance of Hawaii-based longline vessels that made trips in 2005. Operational and vessel costs were collected by personal interviews with vessel owners, captains, and crew. Revenue information was generated from the Hawaii Department of Aquatic Resources dealer reports and NMFS logbooks (landings and fishing efforts).  The project estimated the cost-earnings for each individual longline vessels.  Cost-earnings data were also available for different vessel groups defined by species targeted (tuna-targeting only and tuna/swordfish-targeting). The project received a high response rate, obtaining data for 98 of the 125 active vessels in the fishery. Minling Pan was the Principle Investigator of this project.

Tags: 2005, annual, cost earnings data - longline (american samoa and hawaii), cost-earnings, distant waters (outside eez), doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc, economics, eez, hawaii, hawaii longline fishery, hawaiian archipelago, legacy data set, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oceanic, pacific islands fisheries science center, pacific ocean, pifsc, socioeconomics, swordfish fishery, trip, tuna fishery, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce