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ES60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During GOA15AP

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 08:42 PM | Dataset Last Updated: November 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM
Scientists of the Groundfish Assessment Program of Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division conducted the ninth Gulf of Alaska Biennial Bottom Trawl Survey during the summer of 2015. This survey extends to 13 the series of surveys, previously conducted every 3 years between 1984 and 1999, which constitute the time series used in stock assessments of Gulf of Alaska groundfish resources. The survey area covered the continental shelf and upper continental slope to 1,000 m in the Gulf of Alaska from Islands of Four Mountains (170°W long.) and approximately 2,800 km across the Gulf of Alaska to Dixon Entrance (133°25'W long.). The survey was conducted aboard three chartered commercial trawlers, the FV Alaska Provider, FV Sea Storm, and FV Cape Flattery. Trawl haul samples were successfully collected at 772 survey stations using standard RACE Division Poly Nor'Eastern high-opening bottom trawl nets with rubber bobbin roller gear.

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identifier https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Sonar_Water_Column/iso/xml/GOA15AP_ES60.xml
issued 2015-05-24T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "Earth Science > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Seafloor Topography",
  "Gulf of Alaska",
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2022-11-30T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial -133.04489,52.41754,-169.94113,60.11827
temporal 2015-05-24T00:00:00+00:00/2015-08-06T11:59:59+00:00
title ES60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During GOA15AP

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