Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys
Data Set (DS) | Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:9025 | Updated: August 15, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/9025.
Full Citation Examples
The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater video technologies to improve fisheries-independent stock assessments for pelagic species. Pilot and experimental studies were conducted during 1995-97 to develop the NEFSC's fisheries acoustic capabilities. Annual NEFSC Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys began in 1998. NEFSC acoustic capabilities include multifrequency EK60 echosounder data, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and trawl monitoring systems. Midwater trawling, plankton sampling, and underwater video operations provide biological samples and target verification. CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) vertical profiles are also routinely obtained during survey operations.
Distribution Information
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799.2KB
The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files:
9025_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv
9025_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv
9025_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv
9025_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv
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27.7KB
The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files:
SVDBS_CLOUD.csv
SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv
SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv
SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv
SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv
SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv
SVDBS_WEATHER.csv
SVDBS_XBT.csv
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NCEI Water Column Sonar Data (northeast to mid-Atlantic data sets)
If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | Table: CLOUD |
Entity | Table: MATURITY_CODES |
Entity | Table: SEX_CODES |
Entity | Table: SVGEAR |
Entity | Table: SVMSTRATA |
Entity | Table: SVVESSEL |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVBIO |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVCAT |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVLEN |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVSTA |
Entity | Table: WEATHER |
Entity | Table: XBT |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Michael Jech
michael.jech@noaa.gov
508-495-2353
Metadata Contact
Michael Jech
michael.jech@noaa.gov
508-495-2353
Extents
-75° W,
-66° E,
44° N,
38° S
northwest Atlantic: Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, southern New England, mid-Atlantic Bight
1998 - 2012
Item Identification
Title: | Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys |
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Short Name: | Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater video technologies to improve fisheries-independent stock assessments for pelagic species. Pilot and experimental studies were conducted during 1995-97 to develop the NEFSC's fisheries acoustic capabilities. Annual NEFSC Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys began in 1998. NEFSC acoustic capabilities include multifrequency EK60 echosounder data, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and trawl monitoring systems. Midwater trawling, plankton sampling, and underwater video operations provide biological samples and target verification. CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) vertical profiles are also routinely obtained during survey operations. |
Purpose: |
The Fisheries Acoustics Research Group uses state-of-the-art acoustic optic sampling technologies to provide unbiased fishery independent abundance estimates of commercially important pelagic fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic. The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater video technologies to improve fisheries-independent stock assessments for pelagic species. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | acoustics data |
None | Atlantic herring |
None | backscatter |
None | Clupea harengus |
None | echosounders |
None | hull-mounted transducers |
None | Irish midwater trawl |
None | optic |
None | polytron trawl |
None | sea-floor habitat |
None | spatial distributions |
None | temporal distributions |
None | underwater video deployments |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | autumn |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Cashes Ledge |
None | Fippennies Ledge |
None | Georges Bank |
None | Gulf of Maine |
None | Jeffreys Ledge |
None | Northwest Atlantic |
None | Platts Bank |
Stratum Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | pelagic |
Physical Location
Organization: | Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
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City: | Woods Hole |
State/Province: | MA |
Country: | USA |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | Oracle Database |
Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Data Set Credit: | NOAA/NEFSC/FEMAD/ESB |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2014-11 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Jech, Michael |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
Email Address: | michael.jech@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2353 |
Fax: | 508-495-2258 |
Contact Instructions: |
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Distributor
Date Effective From: | 1998 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026 USA |
Phone: | (508)495-2000 |
URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center |
Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday |
Contact Instructions: |
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Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2018-09 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Jech, Michael |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
Email Address: | michael.jech@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2353 |
Fax: | 508-495-2258 |
Originator
Date Effective From: | 1998 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026 USA |
Phone: | (508)495-2000 |
URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center |
Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2014 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Jech, Michael |
Address: |
166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 |
Email Address: | michael.jech@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 508-495-2353 |
Fax: | 508-495-2258 |
Contact Instructions: |
Email Point of Contact. |
Extents
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
W° Bound: | -75 | |
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E° Bound: | -66 | |
N° Bound: | 44 | |
S° Bound: | 38 | |
Description |
northwest Atlantic: Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, southern New England, mid-Atlantic Bight |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 1998 |
End: | 2012 |
Extent Group 2
Access Information
Security Class: | Unclassified |
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Data Access Policy: |
Available to qualified researchers. |
Data Access Procedure: |
1. Formal request in writing usually to the data owner/contact or Center Director. 2. Requester is contacted by data owner to review and verify the request content and details for data delivery options. 3. If data is confidential then owner will determine is the data may be released to the requester. 4. If data can be released, the data is downloaded and packaged for delivery electronically; or the requester may be directed to where the data is available online. |
Data Access Constraints: |
If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access. |
Data Use Constraints: |
User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
Download URL: | https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/FARP/9025/9025_AcousticsSurvey.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | 9025_AcousticsSurvey.zip |
Description: |
The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 9025_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 9025_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 9025_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 9025_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv |
File Date/Time: | 2017-09-17 00:00:00 |
File Type (Deprecated): | Zip |
File Size: | 799.2KB |
Compression: | Zip |
Distribution 2
Download URL: | https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/SVDBS/SVDBS_SupportTables.zip |
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Distributor: | |
File Name: | SVDBS_SupportTables.zip |
Description: |
The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: SVDBS_CLOUD.csv SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv SVDBS_WEATHER.csv SVDBS_XBT.csv |
File Date/Time: | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 |
File Type (Deprecated): | Zip |
File Size: | 27.7KB |
Compression: | Zip |
Distribution 3
Download URL: | https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps/water_column_sonar/index.html |
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Distributor: | |
Description: |
NCEI Water Column Sonar Data (northeast to mid-Atlantic data sets) |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | http://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/water_column_sonar/ |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
Water column sonar data are collected by active acoustic (or sonar) technology and contain acoustic scattering information from the near-surface to the seafloor. Scientists use these data to assess physical and biological characteristics of the ocean, including the spatial distribution of plankton, fish, methane seeps, and underwater oil plumes. Data from FARP cruises are available for download on the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) website. |
URL 2
URL: | http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/acoustics/index.html |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | HTML |
Description: |
Fisheries Acoustics webpage. |
URL 3
URL: | https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/esb/acoustics/surveys.html |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
Links to Cruise Reports |
URL 4
URL: | http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v395/p137-160/ |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | PDS |
Description: |
Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (OAWRS) of marine ecosystems |
URL 5
URL: | http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5922/1734.full.pdf?sid=9fbff5cf-faa3-46c4-9153-075c81dd53dc |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
Critical Population Density Triggers Rapid Formation of Vast Oceanic Fish Shoals |
URL 6
URL: | http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/66/6/1270.full.pdf+html |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
Acoustic observations of Atlantic herring schooling behavior in the northwest Atlantic. |
URL 7
URL: | http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f06-126 |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
A multifrequency method to classify and evaluate fisheries acoustics data. |
URL 8
URL: | https://journal.nafo.int/Volumes/Articles/ID/500/Empirical-Comparisons-of-Survey-Designs-in-Acoustic-Surveys-of-Gulf-of-Maine-Georges-Bank-Atlantic-Herring |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
Empirical comparisons of survey designs in acoustic surveys of Gulf of Maine - Georges Bank Atlantic herring. |
URL 9
URL: | https://asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/1.4778688 |
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URL Type: |
Online Resource
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File Resource Format: | |
Description: |
In situ acoustic estimates of the swimbladder volume of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). |
Technical Environment
Description: |
RDBMS: Oracle |
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Data Quality
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
SCS and FSCS data collection software programs employ real-time validation and must meet database integrity constraints. Prior to FSCS data collection, paper logs were pre-audited prior to keypunching. Data were then subject to post-audits. |
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Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 3 months |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
Archiving solution for Oracle Data Sets is yet to be determined. |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | To be Determined |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
Archival of source data preserving unaltered collected data, Scheduled backups, Remote storage backups, Password protection. |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
Vessel sensor data are collected electronically using SCS. Station, catch and biological data were collected manually using paper logs until 2000. At the completion of each cruise leg, the logs were keypunched and data audited extensively prior to being released. Starting with year 2001, FSCS 1.0 was implemented to electronically capture station, catch and biological data. Data were subject to extensive audits prior to being released. |
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Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
Type | Title | |
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Entity | Table: CLOUD | |
Entity | Table: MATURITY_CODES | |
Entity | Table: SEX_CODES | |
Entity | Table: SVGEAR | |
Entity | Table: SVMSTRATA | |
Entity | Table: SVVESSEL | |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVBIO | |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVCAT | |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVLEN | |
Entity | Table: UNION_FSCS_SVSTA | |
Entity | Table: WEATHER | |
Entity | Table: XBT |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 9025 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:9025 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Kathleen C Mays |
Metadata Record Created: | 2009-03-23 12:08+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-08-15 17:09+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2019-05-31 |
Owner Org: | NEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2019-05-31 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2020-05-31 |