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An aerial monitoring program was conducted during the period 1962 - 2003 in cooperation with aerial spotters working for the commercial purse seine fleet. Flights were conducted throughout the year to estimate abundance of pelagic fishes off California and Baja California, Mexico. Measurements were recorded for each identifiable species in 10'-longitude by 10'-latitude blocks. Northern anchovy, (Engraulis mordax), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicas), jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) and Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) were the most commonly reported species.

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Data Set AMRMS Aerial survey database

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Item Identification

Title: Aerial Monitoring Program - Pilot Survey
Short Name: Aerial Monitoring Program - Pilot Survey
Status: Completed
Abstract:

An aerial monitoring program was conducted during the period 1962 - 2003 in cooperation with aerial spotters working for the commercial purse seine fleet. Flights were conducted throughout the year to estimate abundance of pelagic fishes off California and Baja California, Mexico. Measurements were recorded for each identifiable species in 10'-longitude by 10'-latitude blocks. Northern anchovy, (Engraulis mordax), Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicas), jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus) and Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus orientalis) were the most commonly reported species.

Purpose:

To develop abundance indices for pelagic fishes along the coast of California and Baja California

Notes:

There are 23,033 flights in the data set. The years 1962 and 2003 do not include data for the entire year. The last flight was conducted in July 2003.

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Physical Location

Organization: Southwest Fisheries Science Center
City: La Jolla
State/Province: CA
Country: USA

Project Information

Project Type: Program
Collection Type: Observer

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Data Set AMRMS Aerial survey database

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 20686
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:20686
Metadata Record Created By: Edward D Weber
Metadata Record Created: 2013-09-26 17:05+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2015-11-19
Owner Org: SWFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2015-11-19
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2016-11-19