AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program

Scientific justification: Canadian and US stock assessments for Atlantic cod indicate considerable fluctuation in stock abundance and recruitment over the last 20 years. This recovering resource is regulated on a stock-by-stock basis, with varying management measures in place. Since the 1920s, a number of small-scale, independent tagging studies were conducted, but each varies considerably in spatial and geographic coverage, tagging technique, and the information collected. Furthermore, information was rarely shared between programs. The Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program was initiated to study cod movements using a standardized technique on a region-wide scale, whilst
simultaneously achieving international collaboration between fishermen and scientists. The data will compliment future stock assessments by providing current information on movement patterns and growth in the Gulf of Maine and neighboring waters.

Technical objectives (prioritized):
1) Identify the migration patterns of Atlantic cod throughout the Gulf of Maine and neighboring
Canadian and US waters;
2) Identify the extent of mixing between cod in these water bodies;
3) Obtain in situ growth increment information;
4) Investigate the roles of temperature, depth and reproductive condition on migration and
growth.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Socio-economic Survey of Commercial Fishing Vessel Owners in the Northeast

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Social Sciences Branch (SSB) conducted a survey of vessel owners participating in commercial fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.  The survey was mailed to approximately 1,400 vessel owners holding federal fishing permits in New England and the Mid-Atlantic on September 13, 2013.  As of January 13, 2014, 157 surveys were returned (138 by mail and 19 online).

Tags: 2013, commercial fishermen, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, new england, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, performance measures, surveys, u.s. department of commerce, vessel owner
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
NEFSC Statistical Areas

Statistical areas for the offshore eastern USA as determined by NOAA's NMFS  for use in reporting and scientific research

Tags: data management systems (dms), digital representation, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, offshore eastern us, statistical areas, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Intercalibration of MOCNESS and Bongo nets: Assessing relative efficiency for ichthyoplankton

The evaluation in catchability of egg and larval fish with the 0.61-m Bongo and the 1-m2 Multiple Opening and Closing Net Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) was conducted as part of a paired station analysis.  The two samplers were deployed on 331 stations on Georges Bank during the US GLOBEC program from January through June for years 1996 and 1997.  Significant differences were found when combined catches of all eggs and all larvae for each sampler were compared.  Overall catches of larvae from the MOCNESS were 3 to 5 times greater than those from the Bongo.  Gear effects were modeled and revealed that the catches in 14 of the 22 dominant taxa were significantly different between sampling gear.  The differences between samplers during diel intervals for the taxa proved not to be significantly different.

Tags: 1996-1997, bongo, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, georges bank, globec, habitat ecology branch (heb), ichthyoplankton, ichthyoplankton samplers, mocness, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, surface to bottom, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Socio-economic Survey of Commercial Fishing Crew in the Northeast

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Social Sciences Branch (SSB) completed a survey of crew, including hired captains, participating in commercial fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.
The purpose of the survey effort was to collect data that would contribute to the development of fisheries performance measures, with a emphasis on collecting data for social performance measures in the areas of governance, stewardship, and well-being.  The survey began in October 2012 and concluded in 2013.  Commercial fishing vessel crew were intercepted at several selected fishing ports from the region, and asked to participate in the survey. Participating crew members were interviewed orally using a standardized set of survey questions, with the interview entering the crew member's responses on a hand held tablet.  By the close of the survey, 400 interviews were completed.

Tags: 2012-2013, crew, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishermen, interviews, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast us, surveys, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cooperative Research Paired Trawl Sweep Comparison Study

In the spring of 2009, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) replaced the previous standard bottom trawl gear (Yankee 36) with a new standard survey trawl designed in close collaboration with the fishing industry and local net manufacturers. Some stakeholders expressed concern that the rockhopper sweep introduced with this gear was not suitable for the efficient capture of flatfish and could therefore bias survey estimates. To address this question, a paired trawl experiment was conducted during the fall of 2009 and the spring and fall of 2010 aboard three chartered fishing vessels, the Mary K, the Moragh K, and the Endurance. The new standard survey trawl with rockhopper sweep was compared with an identical net with a 3â cookie sweep using paired tows between 2 vessels. Results in general showed significantly more flatfish caught with the cookie sweep, although differences in size distributions between the two sweeps were negligible in most cases.

Tags: 2009, 2010, 3" cookie sweep, benthic, cooperative research, cooperative research surveys, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, flatfish, georges bank, gulf of maine, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, paired trawl, rock hopper sweep, size distribution, southern new england, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Industry Based Monkfish Survey

Monkfish industry leaders expressed concerns that the NEFSC bottom trawl surveys did not sample in all monkfish habitats; particularly the deeper water outside the bounds of the survey strata. Industry also had concerns about the survey trawl capture efficiency for monkfish. The NEFSC, determined to investigate these assertions, developed an industry based survey that would cover a broader area of the northeast shelf and break utilizing commercial gear specifically designed to catch monkfish. In 2009, the NEFSC bottom trawl surveys transitioned to a new vessel with the ability to sample in deeper water. At this time the survey trawl was replaced with a more advanced trawl. The combination of greater coverage and increased monkfish capture efficiency on the new survey indicated that a dedicated monkfish survey was no longer necessary. The program was suspended after the 2009 survey.

Tags: 2001, 2004, 2009, benthic, cooperative research, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, goosefish, industry based survey, monkfish, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, pelagic, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Northeast Cooperative Research Study Fleet (SF) Program Biological Sampling Data

Northeast Cooperative Research Study Fleet (SF) Program partners with a subset of commercial fishermen to collect high quality, high resolution, haul by haul self-reported fishing data. SF staff routinely sails with program participants in order to collect independent catch weight measurements to compare to the Captainsâ kept and discard records for verification.The SF Program creates a unique opportunity for the collection of biological data as well as biological samples both by vessel operators and by SF staff.  Participant vessels are able to provide biological data and fish to the NEFSC for use in research relevant to species stock assessments and a better understanding of fish biology.  Commercial fishermen have the ability to provide samples during periods of time when traditional sample sources are unavailable (i.e., periods when NEFSC bottom trawl surveys are not operating, periods of species closures, specific needs with respect to species presence at certain times of the year and/or in specific locations, etc.) and they can also provide additional information with regards to their encountered catch (i.e., length frequencies, sex ratios, etc.).

Tags: age, benthic, biological data, catch estimation, continuous, cooperative research, demersal, depth, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishery dependent data, georges bank, gulf of maine, length, length frequency, maturity, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, pelagic, sex, sex frequency, southern new england, study fleet program, temperature, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Vessel Electronic Reporting System (VERS)

The VERS system is composed of a database and other related applications which facilitate the reporting of electronically collected research data via Fisheries Logbook Data Recording Software (FLDRS).  These data are collected aboard federally permitted commercial fishing vessels, and the system allows for the collection of data to exceed regulatory requirements to address research needs, while simultaneously being submitted for Vessel Trip Reporting (VTR) purposes in order to satisfy federal reporting requirements.

Tags: data management systems (dms), doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, electronic reporting, evtr, fldrs, haul-by-haul, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, new england, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast region, research, u.s. department of commerce, vtr
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Oceanography Branch Hydrographic Database

The Oceanography group maintains and provides Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) instruments to all Center cruises for measuring water column profiles of temperature and salinity. Generally, over 1000 profiles are collected each year on the northeast continental shelf from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine. Profiles are collected at every station on the Center's bottom trawl surveys and at every station on the Center's Ecosystem Monitoring surveys. The database also contains historical hydrographic data from earlier programs, which used other methods to measure temperature and salinity.

Tags: 1977-present, climate, conductivity, conductivity/temperature/depth, depth, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, gulf of maine, hydrography, middle atlantic bight, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast u.s. continental shelf, oceanography, salinity, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, water column
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Northeast Commercial Fishing Vessel Cost Survey

Typically, commercial fishing businesses incur three major types of costs: fixed or annual costs; which are incurred annually irrespective of whether any fishing activity takes place; variable costs, which are associated with fishing effort (fishing trips); and labor costs for crew, including hired captains. The Northeast Fisheries Science Center collects the variable costs associated with fishing trips on a continuous basis as part of a fisheries observer program. There have been few attempts at establishing a protocol to collect fixed and labor cost data across fisheries. The Social Sciences Branch (SSB) previously collected fixed costs in 2007-2009, but response to the survey was low. The SSB conducted a survey of commercial fishing vessel owners in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states to collect their total fishing costs (fixed, variable and labor costs) for 2011 and 2012. A survey to collect total costs for 2011 was implemented in 2012 and information on 2012 total costs was gathered in a similar 2013 survey effort.  For each year, the survey sample was stratified by primary gear type and vessel size.  Information for Northeast commercial fishing vessels in the population of interest was pulled from the existing NMFS PERMIT, VTR, and CFDBS databases; this information included vessel owner contact information, vessel characteristics and vessel landings and revenues.  Response rates were 30% (437 completed) and 21% (396 completed), respectively.  Vessel owner participation in the survey effort was voluntary.

Tags: crew payments, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishing costs, fixed costs, labor costs, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast, northeast fisheries science center, surveys, trip costs, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Winter Bottom Trawl Survey

The standardized NEFSC Winter Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1992 and covered offshore areas from the Mid-Atlantic to Georges Bank.  Inshore strata were covered from 1992-2007 but were later dropped, as few flatfish of interest were captured.  Deep strata (183-366 m) were not covered consistently until 1998.

Tags: age & growth, age sampling, benthic, biological measures, biological sampling, bottom trawl, bottom trawl surveys, cape hatteras, continental shelf, demersal, distribution, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, feeding ecology, fishery-independent surveys, flatfish, frv albatross iv, frv delaware ii, genotype/species identification, georges bank, groundfish, hydroacoustics, ichthyoplantkon, invertebrates, maturity data, mid-atlantic bight, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, oceanographic, pelagic, physical measures, population surveys, relative abundance, seasonal distribution, size composition, southern new england, stratified random sampling, survey, u.s. department of commerce, winter, zooplankton
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Growth and other physiological responses of bivalves in laboratory experiments

Milford lab maintains data sets relating to a variety of growth and physiology trials.  These include husbandry techniques (i.e. stocking density, container size, change frequency, feed delivery method) of various bivalve species such as the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians).  Data sets also cover experiments which have looked at effects of climate change (food availability and CO2 concentration) on growth and survival of surfclams (Spissula solidissima), bay scallops, and sea scallops.

Tags: aquaculture, aquaculture systems & ecology branch (aseb), clam, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, ocean acidification, oyster, scallop, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Observer Preliminary Database (OBPRELIM)

Paper logs are the primary data collection tool used by observers of the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program and Industry Funded Scallop Program deployed on commercial fishing vessels.  Data collected on paper logs are used to enter critical data fields into a web-based data entry program, OBPRELIM, and loads data directly into Oracle tables.  OBPRELIM is used to enter trip, incidental take, and haul level data for in-season quota monitored fisheries and discard log data for the herring and longfin squid fisheries to track slippage events.  OBPRELIM contains built in audit checks to increase data quality.  OBPRELIM is also used for post-entry Fisheries Sampling Branch processing and verification.

Tags: beam trawl, bottom otter trawl, continuous, discard rates, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishery monitoring operations branch (fmob), georges bank, gillnet, gulf of maine, handline, herring, in-season monitoring, longfin squid, mid-atlantic, mid-water pair trawl, mid-water trawl, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, ny bight, pots and traps, preliminary observer data, protected species, purse seine, quota monitoring, scallop, scallop dredge, scallop trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Northeast Cooperative Research Study Fleet (SF) Program Combined GPS, Temperature/Depth, and Effort Fishery Dependent Data

Temperature, depth(TD), GPS and haul by haul effort and catch data are collected during normal fishing activity of commercial fishing vessels participating in the NEFSC Cooperative Research Study Fleet (SF) program. The GTE (GPS, Temperature/Depth, and Effort) procedure joins the temperature depth (TD), GPS and effort level electonic logbook data into one combined  data set. This data set is then loaded and reviewed in an application for quality and is edited and coded appropriately.  All sound data resulting from this review is moved to 'GTE_JOIN' table. In addition, a summary table 'GTE_EFFORTS' is maintained which, include calculations for various effort level statistics on the joined data such as, but not limited to, effort duration, distance towed, min, max, and average depth.

Tags: benthic, continuing, cooperative research, demersal, depth, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishery dependent data, fishery dependent effort, georges bank, gps polling, gulf of maine, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast cooperative research program (ncrp), northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, pelagic, southern new england, study fleet program, temperature, temperature/depth, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Fisheries Disaster Survey, 2000

Responses to selected questions from the Social and Economic Survey administered in spring and summer 2000 to recipients of the second round (Round II) of financial assistance in the Northeast (Gulf of Maine) Multispecies Fishery Disaster Assistance Program.

Tags: 2000, disaster, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast us, surveys, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Vessel Owner Affiliation Data

These data were created from existing federal fishing permit databases maintained by GARFO. Fishing permit numbers are assigned an affiliation identification number which combines permits into owner groups depending on who is listed as the permit owner and what other permits these individuals may own (or partially own). Revenue information is also included.

Tags: annual, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, june 1, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast region, permit data, regulatory flexibility analyses, social sciences branch, u.s. department of commerce, vessel owner affiliation
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Observer Scanning System (OBSCAN)

Paper logs are the primary data collection tool used by observers of the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program deployed on commercial fishing vessels.  After the data collected on the paper are entered into a database, the paper logs are scanned for each trip.  After all trips for a calendar year are scanned, they are archived at the National Archives and Records Administration.

Tags: at-sea monitor, bycatch, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, dredge, fishery monitoring operations branch (fmob), georges bank, gillnet, gulf of maine, longline, marine mammal, mid-atlantic, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, ny bight, observer, pot, protected species, purse seine, sea turtle, seabird, trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cooperative Research Twin Trawl Sweep Comparison Study

The "Twin-Trawl Sweep Efficiency Study" was intended to compare the sweep efficiency and selectivity of the NEFSC standardized bottom trawl to that of a standardized trawl that differed only in sweep configuration. The experimental trawl was equipped with a small cookie sweep while the standardized trawl has a larger rock-hopper sweep. This work was done on a commercial twin-trawler that was capable of towing both nets side-by-side simultaneously. This work was undertaken in Southern New England waters in depths (30-50 meters) assumed to have high flounder and skate densities. Ninety two valid paired tows were accomplished. Efficiency and size selectivity for the two configurations were compared.

Tags: 2008, 2009, benthic, cookie sweep, cooperative research, cooperative research surveys, demersal, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northwest atlantic, pelagic, rock hopper sweep, size selectivity, southern new england, sweep efficiency, twin trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Socio-Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in New England and Mid-Atlantic Commercial Fisheries

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Social Sciences Branch (SSB) completed the second wave of a survey of crew, including hired captains, participating in commercial fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions. This survey is a follow-up to the baseline survey wave collected in 2012-2013. During late 2018 and early 2019, NEFSC staff conducted interviews with commercial fishing vessel crew and hired captains at ports from Maine to North Carolina. Interviewers asked respondents questions regarding their demographic background, the availability of work, and fishing trip characteristics, among other topics of interest related to employment in commercial fishing.

Tags: 2018-2019, crew, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fishermen, interviews, national marine fisheries service, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, northeast us, socio-economic survey of commercial fishing crew in the northeast, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Bioaccumulation dynamics of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides

Bioaccumulation dynamics of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides was examined in young-of-the-year bluefish from seven sub-estuaries of New York Bight ecosystem.

Tags: condition, doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc, fingerprints, habitat ecology branch (heb), li, national marine fisheries service, new york bight from delaware bay, nj to great south bay, noaa, northeast fisheries science center, ny, pcbs, pelagic young of the year bluefish, pesticides, residence times in nursery, site-fidelity, u.s. department of commerce, young of the year bluefish
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce