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Deepwater Horizon - baseline fisheries surveys conducted in the Gulf of Mexico from 1987-04-16 to 2010-08-01 (NCEI Accession 0150631)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2016-05-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) was initiated to determine the extent of damage to the resources and habitat of the area impacted by the spill. The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has collected standardized data in the Gulf of Mexico since the 1980s through various fisheries resource surveys. These data were provided to the NRDA for inclusion as a baseline dataset on the health of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem prior to the oil spill.

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0150631 biological data BIOMASS CATCH STATISTICS CRUSTACEANS DEPTH - OBSERVATION FISH BIOMASS FISH SPECIES FISHERY SURVEY FISHERY SURVEY - CATCH MEASUREMENTS - GENERAL FISHERY SURVEY - GEAR DEPTH FISHERY SURVEY - GEAR TYPE - GENERAL INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY INVERTEBRATE SPECIES LATITUDE LONGITUDE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - TOTAL WEIGHT laboratory analysis scale visual analysis biological fish examination in situ laboratory analyses survey survey - biological trawl visual observation Caretta NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter NOAA Ship Oregon II R/V Pelican Tommy Munro MFS/SEFSC - Mississippi Lab MFS/SEFSC - Mississippi Lab Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Coastal Waters of Texas Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS DWH Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Laboratories NRDA SEAMAP Ships CARETTA (call sign: WNG614, ICES code: 33Y4) GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) OREGON II (call sign: WTDO, ICES code: 316O, 1977-) PELICAN (call sign: WSK3051, ICES code: 32PE, 1985-) Tommy Munro (call sign: WDE4584, ICES code: 33TM) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO GOM Gulf of Mexico FWYBMU

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