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Billfish Life History

Metadata Updated: December 1, 2025

This data represents the catch and size characteristics of fish parts that were collected for life history studies.

Access & Use Information

License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date November 3, 2025
Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) (publication)
Frequency Of Update irregular

Metadata Source

Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date November 3, 2025
Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) (publication)
Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26418
Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Billfish Life History [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26418., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None
Bbox East Long -64
Bbox North Lat 40
Bbox South Lat 18
Bbox West Long -95
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update irregular
Harvest Object Id bab99c1f-7966-4534-a8fa-9caea749932b
Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
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 many colleagues have collected the samples for this effort from both recreational and commercials gear interactions.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-95.0, 18.0], [-64.0, 18.0], [-64.0, 40.0], [-95.0, 40.0], [-95.0, 18.0]]]}
Progress underDevelopment
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2001-05-01

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