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AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2013 acoustic trawl survey Gulf of Alaska DY1307

Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

Scientists from the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division conducted an acoustic-trawl (AT) stock assessment survey of portions of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) shelf to estimate the distribution and abundance of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) during summer of 2013. The survey (cruise DY2013-07) was conducted between 8 June and 9 August on the Gulf of Alaska shelf from 50-1,000 m depth extending from the Islands of Four Mountains to Yakutat Bay. The area referred to as the shelf includes transects that are roughly perpendicular to the continental shelf depth contours and extend in a general north-south direction from inshore bottom depths of =50 m to upper continental slope bottom depths of > 1,000 m. Smaller surveys were conducted in several bays and around islands including: Sanak Trough, Morzhovoi Bay, Pavlof Bay, the Shumagin Islands area (including Renshaw Point, Unga Strait, and West Nagai Strait), Mitrofania Island, Nakchamik Island, Shelikof Strait, Alitak Bay,Barnabas Trough, Chiniak Trough, Marmot Bay, Prince William Sound, Kayak Island Trough, and Yakutat Trough. All activities were conducted aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson, a 64-m stern trawler equipped for fisheries and oceanographic research. The survey followed established AT survey methods as specified in NOAA protocols for fisheries acoustics surveys and related sampling.

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Metadata Date May 15, 2025
Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
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Harvested from NMFS AFSC

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date May 15, 2025
Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
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Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:31667
Access Constraints Cite As: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: AFSC/RACE/MACE: Results of 2013 acoustic trawl survey Gulf of Alaska DY1307 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/31667., Access Constraints: The data set is still being analyzed and will not be available for distribution until it has been finalized and all QA/QC practices have been performed. Contact the Data Point Of Contact for estimated time of release., Use Constraints: User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. User must acknowledge the Originator when using the data set as a source. User must share data products developed using the source data set with the Originator. Data should not be used beyond the limits of the source scale.
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Bbox West Long -169.9242
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Harvest Source Id 26a29bb9-50b0-47fd-920b-edc74aa6ec76
Harvest Source Title NMFS AFSC
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 Acoustic data were recorded at the five split-beam frequencies using ER60 software and, as a backup, acoustic telegram data were logged with Myriax EchoLog 500 software. Acoustic measurements were collected from 16 m below the sea surface to within 0.5 m of the sounder-detected bottom or a maximum of 1,000 m in deep water. Data were analyzed using Myriax Echoview post-processing software. See National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 2013. NOAA protocols for fisheries acoustics surveys and related sampling (Alaska Fisheries Science Center), 23 p. Prepared by Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering Program, Alaska Fish. Sci. Center, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., NOAA. Available online: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/RACE/midwater/AFSC%20AT%20Survey%20Protocols_Feb%202013.pdf
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Temporal Extent Begin 2013-06-08
Temporal Extent End 2013-08-09

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