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Fall Bottom Trawl Survey
The standardized NEFSC Fall Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1963 and covered an area from Hudson Canyon, NY to Nova Scotia, Canada. Throughout the years, coverage has extended as far south as Florida and sampling depths have ranged from <27 to 366 m. Currently, the survey coverage is from Cape Hatteras, NC to Nova Scotia and the minimum depth range is > 18 m as the result of a change in the sampling platform. This has resulted in the exclusion of many inshore strata.
Complete Metadata
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|---|---|
| accessLevel | non-public |
| contactPoint |
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| description | The standardized NEFSC Fall Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1963 and covered an area from Hudson Canyon, NY to Nova Scotia, Canada. Throughout the years, coverage has extended as far south as Florida and sampling depths have ranged from <27 to 366 m. Currently, the survey coverage is from Cape Hatteras, NC to Nova Scotia and the minimum depth range is > 18 m as the result of a change in the sampling platform. This has resulted in the exclusion of many inshore strata. |
| distribution |
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22560_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv
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Data extracted on 1/29/2026",
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| identifier | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22560 |
| keyword |
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"age & growth",
"biological measures",
"fishery-independent survey",
"genotype/species identification",
"maturity data",
"physical measures",
"population surveys",
"FRV Albatross IV",
"FRV Delaware II",
"FRV Henry B. Bigelow",
"RV Atlantic Twin",
"age sampling",
"biological sampling",
"bottom trawl",
"distribution",
"feeding ecology",
"groundfish",
"hydroacoustics",
"ichthyoplantkon",
"invertebrates",
"oceanographic",
"relative abundance",
"seasonal distribution",
"size composition",
"standardized",
"stratified random sampling",
"survey",
"zooplankton",
"continous",
"fall",
"Cape Hatteras",
"Continental Shelf",
"Georges Bank",
"Gulf of Maine",
"Mid-Atlantic Bight",
"northwest Atlantic",
"southern New England",
"benthic",
"demersal",
"pelagic",
"DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Bottom Trawl Surveys"
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|
| landingPage | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22560 |
| language |
[]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-01-29T16:14:56.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "Northeast Fisheries Science Center",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| references |
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"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/22560.pdf"
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|
| rights | otherRestrictions, unclassified |
| spatial | -63.2,32.41,-78.24,44.47 |
| temporal | 1963-11-14T00:00:00+00:00/1963-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Fall Bottom Trawl Survey |
