{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Jennifer Rogers", "hasEmail": "mailto:jenrogers@umass.edu"}, "description": "This data release includes the results of state agency led electrofishing surveys conducted in lotic habitats in six states in the Northeastern U.S.: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The following state agencies collected the electrofishing data: Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game. The survey results are consolidated to a Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12 scale and includes surveys from November 1949 through December 2021 with most surveys occurring between 1985 and 2021.  Fifty-three species and 24,553 surveys are represented in these data.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P1ZCY4FR", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.67d2ed85d34e1acf3979ca57.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_67d2ed85d34e1acf3979ca57", "keyword": ["Connecticut", "Maine", "Massachusetts", "New Hampshire", "Northeast", "Rhode Island", "USGS:67d2ed85d34e1acf3979ca57", "Vermont", "biota", "electrofishing", "elevation", "environment", "farming", "fish", "freshwater", "inlandWaters", "river", "stream"], "modified": "2025-07-11T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-73.6857, 41.0274, -67.0094, 47.3254", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Fish species occurrence data (HUC12) in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island"}