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    • Guam Biological Sampling Data

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    This dataset contains information on fishing activity collecting biololgical samples for better understanding life history of bottomfish in Guam. The data contain information on trip, catch, and effort. The trip specific data contains information on fisher and vessel, observer (person who entered the data), the port trip started in, start time and day and end time and day of trip, the fishing area, and species targeted. The effort data contains information on fishing set up including the number of hooks, species targeted, rigging type, bait used, drift and anchor usage, and time spent fishing; as well as environmental information including wave height, depth, current and wind speed. The catch data contains vessel identification, location, date, the species caught and their length, and whether gonads or the head were saved for reproductive and age measurements.

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    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 February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:58437
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Guam Biological Sampling Data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/58437., Access Constraints: Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure agreement for fisheries confidential data
    Bbox East Long 145.5
    Bbox North Lat 14
    Bbox South Lat 12.5
    Bbox West Long 144
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id b00e1649-5482-478f-aed8-92c3405ce774
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    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 Data was collected in the field on PIFSC data collection form, and data entry was conducted at PIFSC to create ASCII fixed record length flat files. Flat files were later loaded into an Oracle database.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[144.0, 12.5], [145.5, 12.5], [145.5, 14.0], [144.0, 14.0], [144.0, 12.5]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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