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Title: Fisheries Sampling Branch (FSB)
Short Name: Fisheries Sampling Branch (FSB)
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Fisheries Sampling Branch collects, processes, manages, and provides fishery dependent data and biological samples obtained from fishing vessels. Collection of these data is mandated or otherwise needed for management under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Atlantic Tuna Convention Act, and the Endangered Species Act.

Branch staff and observers under contract perform at-sea operations aboard commercial vessels to collect information on fishing operations, fishing effort, and catch, including by-catch and discard information, economic data and vessel efficiency, and biological samples of landed catch and discard. Considerable effort is directed towards monitoring and biological sampling of takes of protected species. The data are processed and maintained in a central database for access by users or provided directly to the user. Biological specimens and samples (e.g., scales and otoliths) are collected and distributed.

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 184709
URL: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/fsb/
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

Fisheries Sampling Branch webpage.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 22550
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22550
Metadata Record Created By: Joan Palmer
Metadata Record Created: 2014-11-13 11:10+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-07-06
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-07-06
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-07-06