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    • Students Collaborating to Undertake Tracking Efforts for Sturgeon(SCUTES)

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    Students Collaborating to Undertake Tracking Efforts for Sturgeon (SCUTES) is a collaboration between NOAA Fisheries, sturgeon researchers, and teachers/educators in an effort to learn more about Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon and promote sturgeon conservation. In order to learn more about the movement of sturgeon, we collaborate with researchers by providing them with some of the acoustic tags that are either inserted or attached to the sturgeon.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2013 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update monthly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS GARFO

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2013 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:46626
    Access Constraints Cite As: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, [Date of Access]: Students Collaborating to Undertake Tracking Efforts for Sturgeon(SCUTES) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46626., Access Constraints: SCUTES sturgeon researchers share the tracking data from acoustic tags that NOAA Fisheries provides with the understanding that the tracking information is used by the SCUTES program for the sole purpose of providing teachers/educators with data sets for the “Adopt a Sturgeon” program and that the distribution of the data will not threaten researchers’ proprietary interests (e.g., research publication).
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update monthly
    Harvest Object Id a11f79a7-3e77-413a-b1a6-be93d5377348
    Harvest Source Id f35b4a24-7cc0-43d3-ad58-86b86c6a0d47
    Harvest Source Title NMFS GARFO
    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 he SCUTES Coordinator will collect the latest tracking data annually from the sturgeon researchers that are partnered with the SCUTES program. The SCUTES Coordinator will then process and upload the new data into the Oracle database. The Oracle database is only accessible to NOAA Fisheries staff, so the SCUTES Coordinator will be responsible for downloading the data when an educator expresses interest in “adopting” a sturgeon. This process involves selecting a tagged fish from a river of the teacher/educator’s choosing, applying filters to remove irrelevant content (e.g., researcher’s name, station name, soak time) from the data, and downloading the data in a readable format (e.g., Excel, PDF) according to the teacher/educator’s request. The tracking data is then sent to the teacher/educator reminding them that this data is for educational purposes only.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2003

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