NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer
Citation
United States Geological Survey: NOAA AFSC North Pacific Groundfish Observer https://doi.org/10.15468/bg83kc accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The Observer Program database consists of fish, invertebrate, and marine mammal observations collected by fishery biologists while deployed on board commercial fishing vessels or at shoreside processing plants participating in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. This database covers observations from 1993-2004. The specific data components collected are outlined in the Groundfish Observer Manual. Once received by NOAA Fisheries, these data are extensively checked for quality. Each record represents the summary of all the observations made for a given taxa in a given year from each 20km by 20km grid square; counts and weights are statistical estimates.Additional info
marine, harvested by OBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Karen Stocksoriginator
position: Oceanographer
University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Abby Benson
metadata author
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
email: albenson@usgs.gov
Abigail Benson
user
email: albenson@usgs.gov
Abby Benson
administrative point of contact
position: Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey