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Apex Predators Program

Project (PRJ)  |  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23132  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 
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Summary

Description

The Apex Predators Program (APP) is located at the Narragansett, RI Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), one of three programs in the Population Biology Branch of the Fisheries and Ecosystems Monitoring and Analysis Division. Their mission is to conduct life history studies of commercially and recreationally important shark species. Information gathered from research programs provides baseline biological data for the management of large Atlantic sharks.

Child Items

Type Title
Data Set Apex Predators Program Age and Growth Data
Data Set Coastal Shark Bottom Longline Survey
Data Set Cooperative Atlantic States Shark Pupping and Nursery (COASTSPAN)
Data Set Cooperative Shark Mark Recapture Database (MRDBS)

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Item Identification

Title: Apex Predators Program
Short Name: Apex Predators Program (APP)
Status: In Work
Abstract:

The Apex Predators Program (APP) is located at the Narragansett, RI Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), one of three programs in the Population Biology Branch of the Fisheries and Ecosystems Monitoring and Analysis Division. Their mission is to conduct life history studies of commercially and recreationally important shark species. Information gathered from research programs provides baseline biological data for the management of large Atlantic sharks.

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 184705
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/shark-research-northeast
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: HTML
Description:

Apex Predators Program webpage.

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 23132
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23132
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2015-02-18 08:41+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-06-28
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-06-28
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-06-28