23134 Fisheries Acoustic Research Program (FARP) Project Published / External 22549 Ecosystems Surveys Branch Project In Work The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's (NEFSC) Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group (ASTRG) provides fisheries-independent population estimates of commercially important pelagic fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic using state-of-the-art acoustic and optic sampling technologies. The goal of the program is to improve the accuracy and precision of population estimates for management and conservation of living marine resources. Fisheries acoustics data are collected from more than 200 sea-days each year aboard the NOAA Ship Pisces and NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow during pelagic, bottom-trawl, and marine mammal surveys. Acoustic sampling operations include continuous measurements using hull-mounted transducers and multi-frequency scientific echosounders. Biological sampling with midwater and bottom trawls, and underwater video deployments are conducted to verify species-specific backscatter and characterize sea-floor habitat. In-situ and laboratory experiments aid in understanding species-specific acoustic measurements. The program is continuously developing, testing, and evaluating advanced sampling technologies during laboratory and field experiments to improve abundance estimates and map spatial and temporal distributions of fish and invertebrates. Acoustic, optic, and biological data are audited and archived in the NEFSC relational data management system. Theme Atlantic herring Theme acoustic sampling Theme advanced sampling technologies Theme biological sampling Theme echo sounder Theme fisheries-independent Theme groundtruthing Theme optic sampling Theme population estimates Theme video deployments Stratum midwater trawls Stratum pelagic fish Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole MA USA Project No Federal Currently FSCS and formerly paper logs Data Steward 2014 Person Jech, Michael michael.jech@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 508-495-2353 508-495-2258 Distributor 2014 Person Jech, Michael michael.jech@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 508-495-2353 508-495-2258 Email contact Metadata Contact 2018-09 Person Jech, Michael michael.jech@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 508-495-2353 508-495-2258 Email contact Point of Contact 2014 Person Johnston, Robert Robert.Johnston@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508) 495-2061 508-495-2115 Ground Condition -70.88438 -65.75061 44.220165 40.125084 northwest Atlantic: southern New England to the Gulf of Maine Continuing 1998 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://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/acoustics/ Online Resource HTML Fisheries Acoustic Research Program webpage. 26654 Data Set 9025 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:23134 Patricia Jones 2015-02-18T08:49:08 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-05-15T19:16:03 2019-05-31 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 2019-05-31 1 Year 2020-05-31