20969 Research Fishing Surveys Data Set Published / External 53762 Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH) Project On Going 2019 Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. In its continued efforts to improve the data used in stock assessments, the NOAA Pacific islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) implemented a Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in Hawaii (BFISH) in 2016. The BFISH survey utilizes two gear types, Cooperative Research hook-and-line fishing operations (CRF) and the Modular Optical Underwater Survey System (MOUSS). Survey sampling is conducted annually, typically in the fall, surrounding the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), in accordance with a stratified-random sampling design. Under this design, the waters surrounding the MHI are gridded at 500 meter resolution. Each grid is given attributes of depth, slope, and seafloor hardness. Depth categories are Shallow (75-200 meters), Medium (200-300 meters) and Deep (300-400 meters). Slope categories are Low slope (0-10 degrees) and High (10-90 degrees). Seafloor categories are Hardbottom and Softbottom. Annual survey data are processed to produce relative and absolute abundance and biomass estimates for the Stock Assessment for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Complex. CRF Activities have been conducted under contract with the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group (PIFG). Fishing methods are standardized among vessels. Each vessel conducts fishing operations with assigned grid cells for 30 minutes per cell. Each vessel deploys two fishing lines. Each line contains four standard size hooks. Half of the hooks are baited with squid, half with fish. Caught individuals are recorded to the lowest possible taxon on standardized paper datasheets. Each individual is measured (fork-length) in centimeters. Deep7 species are retained by PIFSC for biological analysis. To generate catch data from cooperative research hook-and-line fishing operations to generate species-specific, size-structured, abundance estimates for use in the Stock Assessment for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Complex. Langseth, B., Syslo, J., Yau, A., Kapur, M., Brodziak, J., United States Department of Commerce, 2018. Stock Assessment for the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Complex in 2018, with Catch Projections Through 2022. Richards, B.L., Smith, S.G., Ault, J.S., DiNardo, G.T., Kobayashi, D., Domokos, R., Anderson, J., Taylor, J., Misa, W., Giuseffi, L., Rollo, A., Merritt, D., Drazen, J.C., Clarke, M.E., Tam, C., 2016. Design and Implementation of a Bottomfish Fishery-Independent Survey in the Main Hawaiian Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-53, 66. Ault, J.S., Smith, S.G., Richards, B.L., Yau, A.J., Langseth, B., Humphreys, R., Boggs, C.H., DiNardo, G.T., 2018. Towards Fishery-Independent Biomass Estimation for Hawaiian Deep7 Bottomfish NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-67, 67. Theme Bottomfish Theme Cooperative Research Fishing Theme Deep7 Theme Fisheries Theme Fishery-independent Theme Hawaii Theme Kahoolawe Theme Kauai Theme Lanai Theme Maui Theme Molokai Theme NOAA Theme Niihau Theme Oahu Theme Stock Assessment Theme Survey Spatial Main Hawaiian Islands Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA Data Set Oracle Database As Needed Table (digital) benjamin.richards@ noaa.gov NA Cooperative Research Fishing Vessels Hooks and Lines 56039 CRF_SAMPLE_20190321 Published / External On Going . Data Table . 1 BFISH VARCHAR2 12 Yes Yes Active Id for survey Mission: BFISH_Year_Season (e.g. BFISH_2017_F). CHARACTER 2 SAMPLE_ID VARCHAR2 16 No No Active Concatinated unique ID for collected sample: Year("000"), Month("00"), Day("00"), Sample_Start_time hour("00"), Sample_start_time minute("00"), Captain_CD. CHARACTER 3 SAMPLE_DATE DATE 22 No No Active Local Date sample was collected. DATE 4 VESSEL VARCHAR2 25 No No Active Name of vessel from which sample was collected. CHARACTER 5 CAPTAIN VARCHAR2 25 No No Active Name of captain commanding the vessel from which the sample was collected. CHARACTER 6 CAPTAIN_CD VARCHAR2 4 No No Active 4 letter code for captain's name. CHARACTER 7 OBSERVER VARCHAR2 25 No No Active Name of observer on board the vessel from which the sample was collected. CHARACTER 8 TARGET_GRID_ID VARCHAR2 5 No No Active Id for primary sampling unit that was targeted for sampling. CHARACTER 9 PSU VARCHAR2 5 No No Active Id for primary sampling unit in which the sample was collected. CHARACTER 10 SAMPLE_MEAN_DEPTH_M NUMBER 3 No No Active Mean depth of all drifts within sample. Units for values are meters. NUMBER meters 11 WIND_SPEED_KT NUMBER 4 No No 1 Active Average wind speed while sample was being collected. Units for values are knots. Measures are reported with a precision of 3. NUMBER knots 12 WAVE_HEIGHT_FT NUMBER 4 No No 1 Active Average wave height while sample was being collected. Units for values are feet. Measures are reported with a precision of 3. NUMBER feet 13 CURRENT_CD VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Was the current good for catching fish. CHARACTER 14 SAMPLE_START_TIME VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Local time sampling began (i.e. start time of first drift). CHARACTER 15 SAMPLE_END_TIME VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Local time sampling concluded (i.e. end time of last drift). CHARACTER 16 SAMPLE_NOTES VARCHAR2 500 No No Active Any notes regarding the sample. CHARACTER 17 ENTERED_BY VARCHAR2 20 No No Active Name of data entry technician. CHARACTER 18 SEQUENCE_NR VARCHAR2 8 8 Yes Yes Active Consecutive number added to each record. Starts with 00000001 for each BFISH (Survey Mission) CHARACTER 19 CREATE_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was added to the database (populated by trigger; field added in August 2019. DATE 20 CREATED_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person creating this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 21 LAST_MOD_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was last modified (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. DATE 22 LAST_MOD_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person who last modified this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 56040 CRF_DRIFT_20190321 Published / External On Going . Data Table . 1 BFISH VARCHAR2 12 Yes Yes Active Id for survey Mission: BFISH_Year_Season (e.g. BFISH_2017_F). CHARACTER 2 SAMPLE_ID VARCHAR2 16 No No Active Concatinated unique ID for collected sample: Year("000"), Month("00"), Day("00"), Sample_Start_time hour("00"), Sample_start_time minute("00"), Captain_CD. CHARACTER 3 DRIFT_ID VARCHAR2 18 No No Active Concatinated unique ID for collected sample: Year("000"), Month("00"), Day("00"), Sample_Start_time hour("00"), Sample_start_time minute("00"), Captain_CD, Drift_NR("00"). CHARACTER 4 DRIFT_NR NUMBER 3 No No Active Sequential number for each unique drift within a "PSU". NUMBER 5 DRIFT_MEAN_DEPTH_M NUMBER 3 No No Active "mean_depth_fa" * 1.8288. Units for values are meters. NUMBER meters 6 DRIFT_START_TIME VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Local time sampling began on the drift. CHARACTER 7 START_DEPTH_FA NUMBER 5 No No 1 Active Depth in fathoms at the start of the drift. Units for values are fathoms. Measures are reported with a precision of 4. NUMBER fathoms 8 START_DEPTH_M NUMBER 9 No No 5 Active Depth in meters at the start of the drift. Units for values are meters. Measures are reported with a precision of 8. NUMBER meters 9 START_LAT NUMBER 11 No No 8 Active Latitiude in decimal degrees at the start of the drift. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 10. NUMBER degrees 10 START_LAT_DEG NUMBER 2 No No Active Latitude degrees at the start of the drift. Units for values are degrees. NUMBER degrees 11 START_LAT_MIN NUMBER 7 No No 4 Active Latitude minutes at the start of the drift. Units for values are minutes. Measures are reported with a precision of 6. NUMBER minutes 12 START_LAT_POS VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Latitude hemisphere at the start of the drift (N,S). CHARACTER 13 START_LON NUMBER 12 No No 7 Active Longitude in decimal degrees at the start of the drift. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 10. NUMBER degrees 14 START_LON_DEG NUMBER 3 No No Active Longitude degrees at the start of the drift. Units for values are degrees. NUMBER degrees 15 START_LON_MIN NUMBER 6 No No 3 Active Longitude minutes at the start of the drift. Units for values are minutes. Measures are reported with a precision of 5. NUMBER minutes 16 START_LON_POS VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Longitude hemisphere at the start of the drift (E,W). CHARACTER 17 DRIFT_END_TIME VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Local time sampling ended on the drift. CHARACTER 18 DRIFT_DURATION VARCHAR2 4 No No Active "drift_end_time" - "Drift_Start_Time". CHARACTER 19 END_DEPTH_FA NUMBER 5 No No 1 Active Depth in fathoms at the end of the drift. Units for values are fathoms. Measures are reported with a precision of 4. NUMBER fathoms 20 END_DEPTH_M NUMBER 9 No No 5 Active Depth in meters at the end of the drift. Units for values are meters. Measures are reported with a precision of 8. NUMBER meters 21 END_LAT NUMBER 11 No No 8 Active Latitude in decimal degrees at the end of the drift. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 10. NUMBER degrees 22 END_LAT_DEG NUMBER 2 No No Active Latitude degrees at the end of the drift. Units for values are degrees. NUMBER degrees 23 END_LAT_MIN NUMBER 7 No No 4 Active Latitude minutes at the end of the drift. Units for values are minutes. Measures are reported with a precision of 6. NUMBER minutes 24 END_LAT_POS VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Latitude hemisphere at end start of the drift (N,S). CHARACTER 25 END_LON NUMBER 12 No No 7 Active Longitude in decimal degrees at the end of the drift. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 10. NUMBER degrees 26 END_LON_DEG NUMBER 3 No No Active Longitude degrees at the end of the drift. Units for values are degrees. NUMBER degrees 27 END_LON_MIN NUMBER 6 No No 3 Active Longitude minutes at the end of the drift. Units for values are minutes. Measures are reported with a precision of 5. NUMBER minutes 28 END_LON_POS VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Longitude hemisphere at the end of the drift (E,W). CHARACTER 29 BOTTOM_TYPE_CD VARCHAR2 1 No No Active "H" or "S" to denote hardbottom or softbottom. CHARACTER 30 SEQUENCE_NR VARCHAR2 8 8 Yes Yes Active Consecutive number added to each record. Starts with 00000001 for each BFISH (Survey Mission) CHARACTER 31 CREATE_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was added to the database (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. DATE 32 CREATED_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person creating this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 33 LAST_MOD_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was last modified (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. DATE 34 LAST_MOD_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person who last modified this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 56041 CRF_CATCH_20190321 Published / External On Going . Data Table . 1 BFISH VARCHAR2 12 Yes Yes Active Id for survey Mission: BFISH_Year_Season (e.g. BFISH_2017_F). CHARACTER 2 SAMPLE_ID VARCHAR2 16 No No Active Id for primary sampling unit in which the sample was collected. CHARACTER 3 DRIFT_NR NUMBER 1 No No Active Sequential number for each unique drift within a "PSU". NUMBER 4 BAIT_CD VARCHAR2 5 No No Active Code for bait being fished. CHARACTER 5 SPECIES_CD VARCHAR2 4 No No Active 4 letter code for species name. CHARACTER 6 SCIENTIFIC_NAME VARCHAR2 50 No No Active Linean (Latin) species name. CHARACTER 7 COMMON_NAME VARCHAR2 50 No No Active Local Hawaiian species name. CHARACTER 8 LENGTH_CM NUMBER 6 No No 2 Active Fork length of fish to nearest centimeter. Units for values are centimeters. Measures are reported with a precision of 6. NUMBER centimeters 9 WEIGHT_LB NUMBER 2 No No Active Weight in pounds of the fish. Units for values are pounds. NUMBER pounds 10 N NUMBER 1 No No Active Numer of species of this length caught. NUMBER 11 RETAINED VARCHAR2 1 No No Active "y" or "N code for if the fish was retained (Y) or released (N). CHARACTER 12 TAG_NR NUMBER 3 No No Active Id number for PIFSC LHP tag per fish. NUMBER 13 SEQUENCE_NR VARCHAR2 8 8 Yes Yes Active Consecutive number added to each record. Starts with 00000001 for each BFISH (Survey Mission). CHARACTER 14 CREATE_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was added to the database (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 15 CREATED_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person creating this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER 16 LAST_MOD_DTM DATE No No Active Date and time this record was last modified (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. DATE 17 LAST_MOD_BY VARCHAR2 30 No No Active Application Express or Oracle username of the person who last modified this record (populated by trigger); field added in August 2019. CHARACTER Data Steward 2016 Person Richards, Benjamin L benjamin.richards@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-6221 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5320 Email or Phone (808-725-5320) Distributor 2016 Person Richards, Benjamin L benjamin.richards@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-6221 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5320 Email or phone (808-725-5320) Metadata Contact 2016 Person Richards, Benjamin L benjamin.richards@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-6221 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5320 Email or phone (808-725-5320) Point of Contact 2016 Person Richards, Benjamin L benjamin.richards@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-6221 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5320 Email or phone (808-725-5320) Principal Investigator 2016 Person Richards, Benjamin L benjamin.richards@noaa.gov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9907-6221 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5320 Email or phone (808-725-5320) Ground Condition -160.25 -154.8 22.25 18.89 Main Hawaiian Islands -400 -75 Continuing 2016 Unclassified Send written request to PIFSC and requires approval by the PIFSC data owner. none none none https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_20969.tgz Research Fishing Data source: 201712210 Oracle Database QC review prior to data entry. Further QC after data entry. No Unknown Yes No 1 year NCEI-MD 1 year Data reside on PIFSC network storage as well as within PIFSC Oracle database Data was collected in the field by PIFSC contractors and entered in table format into electronic spreadsheets by PIFSC staff. 56041 Entity 56040 Entity 56039 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:20969 Benjamin Richards 2013-11-29T19:20:52 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:28 2019-07-25 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No No 2019-07-25 1 Year 2020-07-25