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    • ME70 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During DY1506

    Metadata Updated: July 30, 2021

    Gulf of Alaska Acoustic-Trawl Survey of Walleye Pollock (DY1506, ME70). The Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) program of NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) conducted an acoustic-trawl (AT) stock assessment survey in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) during late spring and summer of 2015 to estimate the distribution and abundance of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus). The survey area included the GOA shelf from the Islands of Four Mountains to Chiniak Trough including many associated bays and troughs. The survey was conducted from June 11 to August 16, 2015 in three legs, starting and ending in Kodiak, Alaska, with intermediate port calls in Kodiak, Alaska. The survey was conducted aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson, a 64 meter stern trawler equipped with acoustic and oceanographic instrumentation, and biological sampling capabilities. The primary instrumentation for the survey was a Simrad EK60 split-beam echosounder system utilizing five frequencies (18, 38, 70, 120, and 200 kHz) and a Simrad ME70 multibeam echosounder, with the ME70 trigger synchronized to the EK60 system.

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    Metadata Date June 9, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 30, 2021
    Reference Date(s) June 11, 2015 (creation), January 1, 2016 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column

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    Resource Type Series
    Metadata Date June 9, 2021
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 30, 2021
    Reference Date(s) June 11, 2015 (creation), January 1, 2016 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ngdc.mgg.wcd:DY1506_ME70
    Access Constraints Cite as: Alaska Fisheries Science Center. 2015. 'ME70 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During DY1506'. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V5V69GKR [access date], Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose., Resource may not be available for up to one year after initial collection.
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    Bbox North Lat 59.9587932866569
    Bbox South Lat 52.3830553056981
    Bbox West Long -170.036871558254
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 90ccd098-4e91-4f85-a2dc-17f32fdb0640
    Harvest Source Id ab8b0290-e4db-4a00-89f2-4e427c2054b2
    Harvest Source Title NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column
    Licence These data are considered raw and have not been subjected to the NOAA's quality control or quality assurance procedures. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty., Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2015-06-11T21:38:37
    Temporal Extent End 2015-08-16T00:00:00

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