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    • The SWFSC Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program, 1963-2021

    Metadata Updated: June 7, 2025

    The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program (CBTP) is a conventional mark-recapture research venture between National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists and the global recreational and commercial fishing community, with efforts focused in the Pacific Ocean. The CBTP has provided conventional analog tags to anglers around the world to tag billfish and other large pelagic species to collect distribution, abundance, movement, and morphometric data valuable in quantifying life history parameters used in management. The CBTP comprises the Billfish Tagging Program and the International Billfish Angler Survey. All three components require year-round operations to distribute tagging equipment, deliver and receive surveys, and process, store, and manage data.

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    Metadata Date May 29, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date June 7, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2021 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SWFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 29, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date June 7, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2021 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:2327
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: The SWFSC Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program, 1963-2021 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/2327., Access Constraints: Data is publicly available, no constraints for raw or summarized data.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 05490608-0aa0-45ff-aae1-6feef2ae9f5f
    Harvest Source Id bc62ff6c-c119-4409-94c7-7dd202b24462
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SWFSC
    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 An electronic form or paper hard-copy Billfish Angler Survey is sent out at the beginning of each calendar year to cooperative anglers that have participated in the SWFSC Tagging Program or returned an Angler Survey within the most recent three years. Electronic forms are sent by email and also available online at the SWFSC website: http://swfsc.noaa.gov/FRD-Billfish/. Electronic forms are returned by email. Paper forms are sent to anglers that have not provided an email address and return postage is paid within the U.S.A. Anglers report the locations fished, number of days targeting billfish, and and number of billfish caught by species. Data is manually entered into database.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1963-01-01

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