• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. In its continued efforts to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. In its continued efforts to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. In its continued efforts to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

We examined queen conch populations on the northeastern coast of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, using a radial survey sampling technique with sample sites stratified by depth, habitat type, and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 1992-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Since 1992, the Habitat Ecology team has been conducting fishery independent, visual surveys of demersal fishes and associated habitats in deep water (20 to 900 meters) off California, using...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent surveys. The distribution maps were produced for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-05-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent bottom trawl surveys. The distribution maps were...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000+00:00

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent bottom trawl surveys. The distribution maps were...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-04-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent surveys. The distribution maps were produced for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2022-12-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent surveys. The distribution maps were produced for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Fishery Independent Survey System (FINSS) is a national system that characterizes NMFS ocean observation activities, stock and ecosystem data collections during fishery-independent surveys...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2018-11-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) is a State/Federal/university program for collection, management and dissemination of fishery-independent data and information in the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires the description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) for species included in federal fishery management plans...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-05-15T19:16:03.000+00:00

Water column sonar data are an important component of fishery independent surveys, habitat studies and other research. NMFS water column sonar data are archived here.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Sharks may have an important role in marine ecosystems in relation to populations of fish and invertebrates at lower trophic levels. Fishery management plans stress the need for an ecosystem...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

The objective of the study was to perform paired diver, trap and video-based surveys to assess species-specific reef fish abundance, and to compare gear-specific results to make inferences about...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Surveys were completed at 1,656 locations, yielding 173 red snapper length and 159 red snapper age samples. Catches were greatest in waters off GA (n 133), and declined with increasing latitude...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey is a NOAA-led fishery-independent survey that examines the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-08-28T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey is a NOAA-led fishery-independent survey that examines the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf...

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