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29 datasets found
  • Federal

    Spring Bottom Trawl Survey    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The standardized NEFSC Spring Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1968 and covered an area from Cape Hatteras, NC, to Nova Scotia, Canada, at depths >27m....
  • Federal

    West Coast Rockfish Conservation Areas    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data delineate Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA) off the West Coast of the United States for 2015. There are three types of areas closures depicted in this...
  • Federal

    Fall Bottom Trawl Survey    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The standardized NEFSC Fall Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1963 and covered an area from Hudson Canyon, NY to Nova Scotia, Canada. Throughout the years,...
  • Federal

    AKRO/SF: Catch Accounting System (CAS)    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The Catch Accounting System (CAS) creates total catch estimates for the groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. Each year, quotas...
  • Federal

    AKRO/SF: Vessel (at-sea) Production Reports    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Vessel (at-sea) production reports are mandatory reports submitted by catcher/processors and motherships that are issued a Federal Fishing Permit. These reports...
  • Federal

    Deep Water Survey Data    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The deep water biodiversity surveys explore and describe the biodiversity of the bathy- and bentho-pelagic nekton using Midwater and bottom trawls. The covered area...
  • Federal

    AKRO/SF: Blend System    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The Blend was the system used by the NMFS Alaska Regional Office to monitor groundfish catch from 1991 until 2002. The Blend system combined data from industry...
  • Federal

    AFSC/ABL: Longline Sablefish Survey    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Data is available from annual bottom longline surveys conducted cooperatively by Japan (1979-1994) and the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries...
  • Federal

    AFSC/REFM: Isolation by distance (IBD) Alaskan fish stock structure modeling    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    There is no established management protocol for stocks subject to isolation-by-distance (IBD) stock structure. This study examines several management strategies for...
  • Federal

    Gulf of Maine Cooperative Bottom Longline Survey Database    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This database is for a bottom longline (fixed gear) survey executed in the western and central Gulf of Maine targeting complex rocky habitats. The survey is operated...
  • Federal

    AKRO/SF: Community Development Quota (CDQ) System    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program allocates a percentage of all Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands quotas for groundfish, prohibited species,...
  • Federal

    Groundfish/Crab License Limitation Program (LLP) Permit Program    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    As of January 1, 2000 a Federal License Limitation Program (LLP) license is required for vessels participating in directed fishing for LLP groundfish species in the...
  • Federal

    AKRO/SF: Shoreside Production Reports    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Shoreside production reports are mandatory reports submitted by shoreside and stationary floating processors that receive groundfish from federally permitted catcher...
  • Federal

    AFSC/REFM: North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment Chapters, 1998-present    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Members of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's (AFSC) Stock Assessment and Multispecies Assessments Program are responsible for determining the condition of...
  • Federal

    Reproductive data for groundfish    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    The ROCKFISH database houses data from rockfish species collected by the SWFSC FED along the California coast as part of a reproductive study originating in the...
  • Federal

    Groundfish Ecology Cruises    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This program involved a series of one day cruises on a commercial trawl and longline vessel. Cruises were conducted once per month from 2001-2005. The objectives of...
  • Federal

    Cooperative Trap Survey for Nearshore Groundfish    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    This pilot study is designed to evaluate a fishery-independent, cooperative sampling methodology for nearshore groundfish species, with an emphasis on species in the...
  • Federal

    AFSC/FMA/North Pacific Observer Debriefed Data Presentation Layer (OBSINT)    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    Observer data span more than two decades and multiple database development interations. To facilitate status of stocks authors and other users of these records, a...
  • Federal

    West Coast Fishing Closures 2015    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data delineate state and federally managed ocean areas off the West Coast of the United States that are closed to or have restrictions on commercial or...
  • Federal

    West Coast EFH Conservation Areas    recent views

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —

    These data depict Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) conservation areas off Washington, Oregon, and California. The coordinate locations are from NMFS' Final Rule to...
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