AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
ATSH ATL DIET (stomach contents of Atlantic sharpnose shark on east coast of FL (NCEI Accession 0164343)

A reassessment of the diet of the Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae was conducted to provide an update on their trophic level (n390). Rhizoprionodon terraenovae primarily consume teleost fish however, loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta were also found in the diet for the first reported time. Analysis suggests that calculated trophic level may significantly depend on geographic area, thus adding a new factor to fishery management decisions.

Tags: 2001-2005, atlantic ocean, atlantic sharpnose shark, calipers, caretta caretta, coastal waters of florida, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, drift gillnets, feeding ecology, fishery-dependent, food web, gillnets and entangling nets, individual fish examination - sex, laboratory analysis, mesopredator, national marine fisheries service, net, nets, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, rhizoprionodon terraenovae, scale, sharks, southeast fisheries science center, stomach contents, stomach contents - content weight, stomach contents - content weightstomach contents - content weight, stomach contents - digestion, stomach contents - fullness, stomach contents - prey count, stomach contents - prey taxonomy, stomach contents - prey weight, turtle, u.s. department of commerce, water temperature, ysi - handheld multi-parameter instrument
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Larval transport simulation

The purpose of this study is to understand how oceanographic factors affect the annual recruitment success of gag grouper. We use the Connectivity Modeling System (Paris et al. 2013), an individual-based model which estimates the movement of particles in a 3-D velocity field, and has the capacity to simulate complex behaviors such as those displayed by fish larvae. Simulated gag grouper larvae are tracked from their release sites in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to suitable settlement habitat, given the specified biological parameters. The modeling effort presented here produces an index of annual recruitment deviations for the years 2003-2012, which can be directly input into the 2013 Stock Synthesis assessment model.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery-dependent, gulf of mexico and caribbean branch, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Terracing at Pierce Marsh in Galveston Bay 2001-2002

Marsh terracing is used to restore coastal wetlands by converting shallow nonvegetated bottom to intertidal marsh. Terraces are constructed from excavated bottom sediments, and are commonly arranged in a checkerboard pattern of square cells with open corners to form terrace fields.  The project was located in shallow estuarine waters, and used bottom sediments or upland soils to construct intertidal areas planted with smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora.  We used a quantitative sampling device to compare nekton densities and biomass in habitat types of marsh terraces of three cell sizes at Pierce Marsh in Galveston Bay to a nearby reference marsh.  Within terrace cells, density, biomass, and species richness were generally higher in marsh vegetation than over nonvegetated bottom. We also used Geographic Information System (GIS) and high-resolution aerial photography to classify areas into land (marsh vegetation) and water and applied fishery density models to assess fishery support. These models describe finescale distribution patterns for brown shrimp Farfantepenaeus aztecus, white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus, and blue crab Callinectes sapidus across shallow estuarine habitat types (emergent marsh and shallow open water) of Galveston Bay.  We show that populations of most fishery species increase as cell size decreases. However, as cell size decreases, the cost of terrace construction increases much faster than population size. Therefore, terrace fields constructed of medium or large cells would be more cost effective in providing fishery habitat than would terraces composed of small cells.  Based on our modeling results, restored sites supported relatively high populations of fishery species compared to pre-restoration conditions. However, restoration sites did not support populationsâ equivalent to a reference marsh system. Restoration projects should maximize the area of marsh vegetation and create a high degree of water-marsh interspersion to provide the most benefit for fishery species.

Tags: 2001-2002, abundance, callinectes sapidus, cost to benefit, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, farfantepenaeus aztecus, fisheries independent data, galveston bay, galveston fisheries ecology projects, gulf of mexico, litopenaeus setiferus, marsh terracing, modelling, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-vegetative bottom, nursery habitats, pierce marsh, southeast fisheries science center, spartina alterniflora, texas, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Raw expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts Data

expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts performed on a daily basis during the survey.

Both.edf and .rdf files are provided

Tags: 0244002, 10.25921/01c2-5g70, 14450, 2018, atlantic ocean, atmospheric/ocean indicators, bathymetry/seafloor topography, big eye binocular, binoculars, biological, bureau of ocean energy management, camera, cameras, cetacean visual observations using line-transect survey methods onboard the noaa ship pisces in the , climate indicators, conductivity, continent, ctd, depth, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, flourescence, fluorescence, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, in situ, in situ/laboratory instruments, line-transect, m17pg00013, miami lab, na15oar4320064, na20oar4320472, national marine fisheries service, national oceanic and atmospheric administration, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship pisces, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, ocean chemistry, ocean optics, ocean temperature, oceanography, oceans, oxygen, photograph, photographs, pisces (ices code: 33gg), salinity, salinity/density, ships, southeast fisheries science center, survey ships, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, us department of the interior, us doc, us doi, video camera, visual estimate, visual observation, water depth, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Public wreckfish ITQ holders cost data

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) instituted the Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) in 1992. Trip and fixed cost data estimates were collected via mail survey for the first year of the program (1993) by a NOAA contractor, but no further cost data was collected until 2013 (for the 2012 fishing year). The population included all holders of Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (five individuals at the time of survey). Because the population is so small, a census was necessary. Per-trip and fixed cost estimates are included. This data set includes survey results merged with individual landings from the wreckfish logbook.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science services, models, national marine fisheries service, noaa, regulatory models, social and economic models, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce, wreckfish itq
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AFSC/RACE/GAP/Rooper: Triggered camera for determining fish height off bottom by species and size

Assessing rockfish abundance in untrawlable habitats is a key area of study for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. In order to accurately estimate abundance knowledge of rockfish height off bottom by species and fish length. Since 2013, we have performed a series of experiments to examine rockfish height off bottom using a triggered camera system. These data area stored as image files, .Rdata files, .sql3 files and as .xlsx files.

Tags: alaska, alaska fisheries science center, doc/noaa/nmfs/afsc, eastern bering sea, fall, groundfish assessment program, national marine fisheries service, noaa, puget sound, summer, u.s. department of commerce, washington, winter
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Gulf of Mexico killer whale photo-ID catalog

Photo-identification data on killer whales occupying the northern Gulf of Mexico have been collected in association with large vessel surveys since 1991.  Photographs of killer whales are taken during encounters and unique dorsal fin marking can be used to identify individual animals.  These images have been reviewed and individuals cataloged to evaluate residency and demographic patterns in killer whales in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, gulf of mexico killer whale photo-id catalog, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Commercial Landings Monitoring Reports (Coastal Dealers)

This data set contains pounds and value for all seafood products that are landed and sold by established seafood dealers and brokers in the SE Region of the US mainland.  Data is collected electronically and transmitted to the NMFS and its state partners from each purchase the seafood dealer makes from a federally permitted fishing vessel.

Tags: dealer reporting, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishdep, fishery-dependent, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fishery Dependent Pelagic Longline Section Log Data

The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories conducts research and develops gear modifications to mitigate bycatch in fisheries.  The data set includes data from three pelagic longline bycatch mitigation research projects, including the Grand Banks sea turtle mitigation research (2002-2003), Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Cooperative Research Project (2005), and Gulf of Mexico bluefin tuna mitigation research (2008-2012). These data were collected in conjunction with the SEFSC Pelagic Observer Program (POP) to augment the existing POP data by including set position, haul position, and surface temperature for the start and end of each section of longline.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fishery dependent, gom, gulf of mexico, longline, mississippi laboratories, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pelagic longline, pelagic longline position and temperature data, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cellular Electronic Logbook cELB Database

The ELB program provides data on Gulf shrimp fishing effort that is critical to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) and NOAA Fisheries in performing annual assessments of the status of shrimp stocks.  The ELB program is also a key component in the Councils red snapper rebuilding plan because accurate estimates of juvenile red snapper mortality attributable to the shrimp fishery are essential to the rebuilding plan.     Vessels selected to participate must carry data recording devices, which are simple time-stamped global positioning system (GPS) units that record and store a vessels location at 10-minute time intervals.  From these time-stamped locations, vessel speed between points (i.e., stopped, towing, moving between towing points) can be estimated and then evaluated with mathematical algorithms.      Thus, effort by location can be calculated for a given fishing trip.  Shrimp catch data for the trip are then used to estimate catch-per-unit-effort  for the trip at various fishing locations. Shrimp effort estimates for various locations, time periods, or vessels are provided to NOAA Fisheries each trimester (i.e., 4-month time period).  Vessels selected for the program must also provide the size and number of shrimp trawls deployed for each set and the type of bycatch reduction device and turtle excluder device used.  NOAA Fisheries will not allow renewal of permits for selected vessels that are selected but do not participate in the ELB program.    The cellular electronic logbook (cELB) is simply a newer, more efficient version of the ELB originally developed in 2007. The cELB uses cellular data networks to transmit data back to NMFS where it can be analyzed.

Tags: alabama, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, electronic data collection, fishdep, fishery-dependent, florida, gulf of mexico shrimp permit (spgm) cellular electronic logbook (celb) program., louisiana, mississippi, national marine fisheries service, noaa, shrimp, southeast fisheries science center, texas, u.s. department of commerce, vessels
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Beaufort Bridgenet Ichthyoplankton Database

The Beaufort Bridgenet Ichthyoplankton Sampling Program (BBISP) at the NOAA Beaufort facility is the longest consecutive ichthyoplankton ingress sampling program along the U.S. east coast.  The sampling, in which fall/winter spawned larvae are collected weekly from mid-November through April/May at the Pivers Island Bridge, represents a time series, initiated in 1986, of larval fish ingress through Beaufort Inlet.  Program objectives include (1) developing fishery-independent indices of abundance for use in stock assessments, and (2) determining responses of individual species and assemblages to environmental drivers, including climate variation.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fisheries biology and ecology, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2017 Data

STATE DEPARTMENT CRUISE ID:
DOS F2017-003 (Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, 
               and Turks and Caicos Islands)

NOAA CRUISE ID:
NF-17-03

SHIP NAME:
NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

OPERATING AGENCY:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

PROJECT TITLE:
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER)  [DOS F2017-003]

CRUISE DATES:
14 April 2017 through 03 May 2017  

CHIEF SCIENTISTS:
Sarah Privoznik                 Ryan H. Smith            
NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC                 NOAA/AOML/PhOD
75 Virginia Beach Drive         4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149 USA             Miami, FL 33149 USA
sarah.privoznik@noaa.gov        ryan.smith@noaa.gov

CLEARANCE COUNTRIES:
Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, and Turks and 
Caicos Islands

Tags: 2017, acoustic velocity, atlantic ocean, atlantic oceanographic and meteorological laboratory, bluefin tuna ecology (bte), caribbean sea, chemical, conductivity, coral reef ecosystem research (crer), ctd, density, depth, derived products, dissolved oxygen, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, doc/noaa/oar/aoml, earth science, fl laboratory, fluorescence, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, hydrostatic pressure, in situ, larval distribution and supply 2015-2018, miami, nancy foster, nancy foster (ices code: 33nf), national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, nmfs, noaa, noaa ship nancy foster, north atlantic ocean, oar, ocean, ocean acoustics, ocean chemistry, ocean optics, ocean pressure, ocean temperature, oceans, oxygen, physical, potential temperature, potential temperature (theta), salinity, salinity/density, ships, sound velocity, southeast fisheries science center, straits of florida, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, water density, water pressure, water temperature
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
2010 FL-GA red snapper longline CRP project

These data are from a cooperative effort between scientists and commercial fishers to assess whether a cryptic biomass of relatively old and large red snapper occurred in continental shelf-break and deeper waters off the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia.  Contracted commercial fishers used industry-standard longline gear to survey red snapper across three depth strata and eight latitudinal bands off Florida and Georgia.  There was considerable variation in age and size distributions of caught red snapper (age range  3 to 15 years size range  46 to 93 cm fork length), and in catch-per-unit-effort.  However, the cryptic biomass hypothesis was not supported by the data, as there was no evidence of greater ages, sizes, or catch of red snapper in shelf-break or deeper waters relative to shallower, continental shelf waters.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, fisheries biology and ecology, national marine fisheries service, noaa, southeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Summer 2016 at OBIS-SEAMAP

As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center conducted aerial surveys of continental shelf and slope waters (up to the 2,000 m isobath) along the US east coast from New Jersey to Florida. The survey was conducted in 2016 between 3 July and 9 August aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft at an altitude of 600 feet (183 m) and a speed of 110 knots. Survey tracklines were oriented perpendicular to the shoreline and latitudinally spaced 20 km apart. Fine-scale tracklines were surveyed closer to the shores of NJ, DE and VA over renewable energy leasing areas. 

The survey was designed for analysis using Distance sampling and a two-team (independent observer) approach to correct for perception bias in resulting abundance estimates. Due to staffing issues on 20 Nov the survey was flown with one team with four observers (left and right bubbles, belly and a data  recorder).

Tags: 14450, 1856, 2016, aircraft, airplane, animals/vertebrates, atlantic marine assessment program for protected species, atlantic ocean, baleen whales, binocular, binoculars, biological, biological classification, biological records, biosphere, camera, cameras, cetacean, cetaceans, climate indicators, coastal waters of delaware, coastal waters of florida, coastal waters of georgia, coastal waters of maryland, coastal waters of new jersey, coastal waters of north carolina, coastal waters of south carolina, coastal waters of virginia, community dynamics, continent, distance sampling, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecological dynamics, endangered species, fl laboratory, in situ, indicator species, line-transect survey, mammals, marine mammal observation, marine mammals, miami, national marine fisheries service, nmfs, noaa, noaa de havilland dhc-6-300 twin otter, noaa twin otter, north america, north atlantic ocean, ocean, paleoclimate indicators, photograph, population abundance, sighting, southeast fisheries science center, species abundance, species identification, species/population interactions, toothed whales, u.s. department of commerce, us doc, video, video camera, visual estimate, visual observation, visual observations
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Refinement of the Southern Florida Reef Tract Benthic Habitat Map with habitat use patterns of reef fish species (NCEI Accession 0224176)

This data set summarized biological and environmental sampling data from Reef Visual Census (RVC) surveys in southern Florida in conjunction with remote-sensed, high-resolution mapping data to take significant strides in moving from qualitative to quantitative habitat characterization of the RVC coral reef sampling frame. The data set contains two GIS shape files, one for the Dry Tortugas region and one for the Florida Keys, of survey sampling grids with habitat-depths quantitatively characterized to a 50 x 50 m resolution. Each sampling grid has region code, grid number, average depth (m), habitat code, zone code indicating onshore-offshore, MPA-code indicating whether inside or outside a protected area, depth strata code, rugosity strata code, fish strata code, and coral strata code. There is a dictionary file which describes the details of each habitat code categories. The refined sampling grid will have significant improvements to the accuracy, precision, and cost-effectiveness of RVC surveys in the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions. The study findings suggest some clear mapping priorities for fully characterizing the RVC sampling grid for the Florida Keys and Tortugas regions.

Tags: 0224176, 224176, 31242, atlantic ocean, bathymetry/seafloor topography, benthic, biosphere, coastal landforms, coastal waters of florida, coral, coral reef conservation program (crcp), coral reef studies, coral reefs, country/territory, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/nesdis/nodc, doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc, earth science, ecosystems, florida, florida keys national marine sanctuary, florida reef tract, florida reef tract (25n080w0002), florida reef tract (26n080w0007), geomorphic landforms/processes, gulf of america, gulf of mexico, habitat - benthic, laboratory analyses, land surface, lidar, light detection and ranging, marine ecosystems, mbes, model output, multibeam mapping system, multibeam sonar, national centers for environmental information, national marine fisheries service, national oceanographic data center, nesdis, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, ocean basin, oceans, reef visual census, refinement of benthic habitat map for south florida reef tract with habitat use patterns of reef fis, rosenstiel school of marine and atmospheric science, rugosity, rvc, southeast fisheries science center, swimmer/diver, u-miami/rsmas, u.s. department of commerce, united states of america, university of miami, water depth, water depth - average
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce