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AMRMS Aerial survey database

Published by Southwest Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 11, 2026 at 09:54 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 1962 at 12:00 AM
An aerial monitoring program was conducted during the period 1962 - 2003 in cooperation with aerial spotters working for the commercial purse seine fleet. Flights were conducted throughout the year to estimate abundance of pelagic fishes off California and Baja California, Mexico. Measurements were recorded for each identifiable species in 10'-longitude by 10'-latitude blocks. Northern anchovy, (Engraulis mordax), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicas), jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) and Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) were the most commonly reported species.

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@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "Gu, Yuhong",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:yuhong.gu@noaa.gov"
}
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description An aerial monitoring program was conducted during the period 1962 - 2003 in cooperation with aerial spotters working for the commercial purse seine fleet. Flights were conducted throughout the year to estimate abundance of pelagic fishes off California and Baja California, Mexico. Measurements were recorded for each identifiable species in 10'-longitude by 10'-latitude blocks. Northern anchovy, (Engraulis mordax), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicas), jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) and Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) were the most commonly reported species.
distribution 
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    "title": "AMRMS Aerial survey database",
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    "description": "Database containing planes, paths, pilots, sightings and species information. Records describe the date, time of the day, location, total tonnage and/or number of schools sighted for some species by a pilot on a flight in a 24-hour period.",
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  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "AMRMS-Paths_All.csv",
    "format": "CSV",
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    "downloadURL": "https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_swfsc/Fisheries%20Resources%20Division/AMRMS-Paths_All.csv?pageState=(%22StorageObjectListTable%22:(%22f%22:%22%255B%255D%22))&project=noaa-gcs-public-data",
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  },
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    "title": "NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)",
    "format": "PDF",
    "mediaType": "application/pdf",
    "description": "NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/swfsc/dmp/pdf/20687.pdf",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
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    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
    "accessURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
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identifier https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/nmfs/swfsc/iso/xml/20687.xml
issued 1962-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "blocks",
  "flights",
  "paths",
  "pilots",
  "planes",
  "sighting types",
  "sightings",
  "species",
  "DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "Aerial Monitoring Program - Pilot Survey"
]
landingPage https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/20687
language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 1962-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Southwest Fisheries Science Center",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/swfsc/dmp/pdf/20687.pdf"
]
rights otherRestrictions, unclassified
spatial -117.0,28.0,-123.0,38.0
temporal 1962-01-15T00:00:00+00:00/2003-07-12T00:00:00+00:00
title AMRMS Aerial survey database

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