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    • American Samoa Shore-based Creel Survey

    Metadata Updated: March 16, 2024

    The DMWR staff has also conducted shore-based creel surveys which also have 2 major sub-surveys; one to estimate participation (fishing effort), and one to provide catch-rate, species composition, and size frequency data. The amount of area covered by the surveys has varied over the years from just a central part of Tutuila to 3 separate routes on Tutuila plus sampling on the Manu'a Islands of Ofu-Olesega and Ta'u. There was a break in survey coverage for a number of years due to resource limitations, but surveys on Tutuila have been conducted again since about 2001. There has been some break in coverage over the years due to various hurricanes and a major tsunami, but generally speaking the surveys have been conducted routinely and in a fairly standardized manner. Not all areas of the islands are covered due to resource limitations. These data are considered confidential.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update quarterly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5614
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: American Samoa Shore-based Creel Survey [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5614., Access Constraints: Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data and approval from the data owner.
    Bbox East Long -169
    Bbox North Lat -14
    Bbox South Lat -15
    Bbox West Long -171
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Harvest Object Id deaac7bd-9de8-49df-a17f-2c69233c7a97
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Data are collected and entered by the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.0, -15.0], [-169.0, -15.0], [-169.0, -14.0], [-171.0, -14.0], [-171.0, -15.0]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1987

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