NEFSC Metadata Library

Metadata Library for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) of NOAA Fisheries.

The intent is to be compliant with DOC standards, and to provide internal and external users with access to a comprehensive metadata library of NEFSC data sets.

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center is the research arm of NOAA Fisheries in the region. The Center plans, develops, and manages a multidisciplinary program of basic and applied research to: (1) better understand living marine resources of the Northeast Continental Shelf Ecosystem from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras, and the habitat quality essential for their existence and continued productivity; and (2) describe and provide to management, industry, and the public, options for the conservation and utilization of living marine resources, and for the restoration and maintenance of marine environmental quality.

Included in the library are projects and data sets from the various NEFSC laboratories:

Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Narragansett Laboratory, Narragansett, RI

Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT

James J. Howard Laboratory, Highlands , NJ (Sandy Hook)

Maine Field Station, Orono, ME

166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543

NEFSC 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 if 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.

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

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.