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Sea Scallop Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The standardized NEFSC Sea Scallop Survey began in 1980 and has covered an area from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank. The survey aims to determine the distribution and... -
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Benthic Habitat Database
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center has, through the years, accumulated an extensive data base of qualitative and quantitative (wet weight and number per... -
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Deep Water Survey Data
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... -
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Fall Bottom Trawl Survey
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,... -
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Summer Bottom Trawl Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Sampling the coastal waters of the Gulf of Maine using the Northeast Fishery Science Center standardized bottom trawl has been problematic due to large areas of hard... -
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Spring Bottom Trawl Survey
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.... -
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Seal Counts
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Database of seal counts from aerial photography. Counts by image, site, species, and date are stored in the database along with information on entanglements and other... -
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Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The standardized NEFSC Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Survey has covered an area from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank. The survey was conducted every two or three... -
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Food Habits Database (FHDBS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NEFSC Food Habits Database has two major sources of data. The first, and most extensive, is the standard NEFSC Bottom Trawl Surveys Program. During these surveys,... -
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Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater... -
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Industry Based Survey (IBS) Yellowtail
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The "Southern New England Yellowtail Flounder Industry-Based Survey" was a collaboration between the Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife and the fishing... -
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Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Scientific justification: Canadian and US stock assessments for Atlantic cod indicate considerable fluctuation in stock abundance and recruitment over the last 20... -
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Industry Based Monkfish Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Monkfish industry leaders expressed concerns that the NEFSC bottom trawl surveys did not sample in all monkfish habitats; particularly the deeper water outside the... -
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Winter Bottom Trawl Survey
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
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Cooperative Research Paired Trawl Sweep Comparison Study
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
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Industry Based Survey (IBS) Cod
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The "Gulf of Maine Atlantic Cod Industry-Based Survey" was a collaboration of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and the fishing industry, with support... -
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Yellowtail Tagging Data (MRDBS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Yellowtail Flounder Tagging Program began in 2003 and works with commercial fishermen to tag and release yellowtaiI flounder with pink and yellow disc tags or... -
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Cooperative Research Twin Trawl Sweep Comparison Study
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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...
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