22549 Ecosystems Surveys Branch (ESB) Project Published / External 22548 Population and Ecosystems Monitoring and Analysis Division (PEMAD) Project In Work The Ecosystems Surveys Branch collects fishery-independent data during standardized research vessel surveys from Cape Hatteras to the Scotian shelf. These surveys and other data collection programs also provide oceanographic and plankton data for monitoring the health and status of marine resources and their habitat. The branch gathers data on abundance, distribution, feeding ecology, and size and age composition of stocks of economically and ecologically important species. The data collected are vital for assessment, management, and a wide variety of research programs. The branch designs, builds, and tests much of its sampling gear and evaluates hydroacoustic sensing systems. Branch staff also conduct vessel and gear standardization studies to ensure comparability of survey indices over time and to perform statistical evaluations of sampling adequacy. Theme NMFS Data Category Age & Growth Theme NMFS Data Category Fishery-Independent Surveys Theme Age Sampling Theme Biological Sampling Theme Bottom Trawl Theme Distribution Theme Feeding Ecology Theme Groundfish Theme Invertebrates Theme Relative Abundance Theme Seasonal Distribution Theme Shellfish Theme Size Composition Theme Stratified Random Sampling Theme Survey Temporal Continous Spatial Cape Hatteras Spatial Continental Shelf Spatial Gulf of Maine Spatial Mid-Atlantic Bight Spatial Northeast Spatial Northwest Atlantic Spatial Southern New England Spatial Statistical Area Spatial Stratum Stratum Benthic Stratum Pelagic Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole MA USA Collection Yes Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Federal Electronic, Paper, Photographic,Biological Samples Metadata Contact 2025-01 Person Kircun, Jakub jakub.kircun@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 Metadata Contact 2018-09 2024-12 Person Kostovick, Paul paul.kostovick@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 USA (508)495-2343 (508)495-2230 8am-4:30pm Contact via email. -77 -63 44 33 Unclassified Available to qualified researchers. 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. 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. https://nefsc.noaa.gov/esb/mainpage/ Online Resource HTML NOAA/NEFSC Ecosystems Surveys Branch webpage https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/ships.html Online Resource HTML Research vessels that have sailed out of Woods Hole. RDBMS: Oracle CTD Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Instrument FSCS Fisheries Scientific Computer System SCS Scientific Computer System 22557 Project 55533 Project 24567 Project 22558 Project 23134 Project 26393 Project 22559 Project gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22549 Joan Palmer 2014-11-13T10:59:23 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-05-15T19:16:02 2019-05-30 Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 1001 Public No 2019-05-30 1 Year 2020-05-30