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Social Sciences Branch

Project (PRJ)  |  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22553  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Description

The Social Sciences Branch conducts applied economic and sociocultural research on the use and management of commercial and recreational fisheries, protected species resources, and marine ecosystems. Through its work, the Branch seeks to increase the net benefits derived by the nation from its regional endowment of renewable marine resources.

Child Items

Type Title
Data Set Community Database
Data Set Ethnographic Interviews of New England Groundfish Fishermen on Adaptation and Transition
Data Set Fishing Revenue-Intensity Raster Database, 2007-2012
Data Set Market News Price Dataset
Data Set NOAA Voices Oral History Archives
Data Set Summary Characteristics from Ethnographic Interviews of New England Groundfish Fishermen on Adaptation and Transition
Data Set Vessel Owner Affiliation Data
Project surveys

Contact Information

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Extents

Time Frame 1
1996 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Social Sciences Branch
Short Name: Social Sciences Branch (SSB)
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Social Sciences Branch conducts applied economic and sociocultural research on the use and management of commercial and recreational fisheries, protected species resources, and marine ecosystems. Through its work, the Branch seeks to increase the net benefits derived by the nation from its regional endowment of renewable marine resources.
Purpose:

Guided by applicable law, the Branch conducts reviews of the benefits, costs, and social impacts of regulatory interventions. The Branch's market news offices in Boston and New York collect and broadcast local and national product price and inventory information in support of the development of efficient, reliable markets.

Keywords

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None benefits
None costs
None economic
None efficient markets
None inventory information
None national product price
None reliable markets
None social impact
None sociocultural
None sociocultural research

Physical Location

Organization: Northeast Fisheries Science Center
City: Woods Hole
State/Province: MA
Country: USA

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 185820
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1996

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 184454
URL: http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: html

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 22553
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22553
Metadata Record Created By: Joan Palmer
Metadata Record Created: 2014-11-13 11:31+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-04-07
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-04-07
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-04-07