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Lake Ontario April Prey Fish Bottom Trawl Survey, 1978-2023

Metadata Updated: September 17, 2025

This data release includes Lake Ontario prey fish data including species captured, relative abundance, spatial distribution, size structure, and age data from the April or spring prey fish bottom trawl survey, 1978 through 2023. Data from 1978 - 2015 are from U.S. waters of Lake Ontario while data from 2016 - 2023 include both U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Details about the vessel and gear descriptions, sampling protocols, and catch processing protocols are provided in the associated metadata.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. 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 Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 17, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 17, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-64da59c1d34ef477cf3ee16b
Data Last Modified 2025-01-24T00:00:00Z
Category geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 010:12
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id b52b1fa4-5f7a-4315-b3c8-2dd66d9d5148
Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -79.8706, 43.1691, -76.0254, 44.2900
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 4d7c935d5530892a02406ae33826ddf257e1e9da0c0911aa351aff1cbfb31d93
Source Schema Version 1.1
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