Billfish Length and Weight Conversions
Data Set (DS) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26417 | Updated: February 1, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Billfish Length and Weight Conversions, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26417.
Full Citation Examples
Tournament sampling for length weight data
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:None
Child Items
No Child Items for this record.
Contact Information
Point of Contact
John Hoolihan
john.hoolihan@noaa.gov
305-365-4116
Metadata Contact
Eric Prince
Extents
-60° W,
-60° E,
35° N,
-10° S
Atlantic Ocean
1984 - 1995
Item Identification
| Title: | Billfish Length and Weight Conversions |
|---|---|
| Status: | In Work |
| Abstract: |
Tournament sampling for length weight data |
| Purpose: |
Conversion equations for various types of billfish length and weight by species. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | fishery-dependent |
Physical Location
| Organization: | Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
|---|---|
| City: | Miami |
| State/Province: | FL |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Prince, Eric |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Organization): | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Phone: | (305)361-5761 |
| URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center |
| Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Prince, Eric |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Hoolihan, John |
| Address: |
75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149 USA |
| Email Address: | john.hoolihan@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 305-365-4116 |
| Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Extents
| Currentness Reference: | Ground Condition |
|---|
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| W° Bound: | -60 | |
|---|---|---|
| E° Bound: | -60 | |
| N° Bound: | 35 | |
| S° Bound: | -10 | |
| Description |
Atlantic Ocean |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Range |
|---|---|
| Start: | 1984 |
| End: | 1995 |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Unclassified |
|---|---|
| Data Access Procedure: |
The data will be available from a public web server once an access methodology has been developed. |
| Data Access Constraints: |
None |
Data Quality
| Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Prager M.H., Prince E.D. Lee D.W. (1995) Empirical length and weight conversion equations for blue marlin, white marlin, and sailfish from the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of Marine Science 56, 201-10. |
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Data Management
| Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
|---|---|
| Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | 0 |
| Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | No |
| Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | No |
| If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | No |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 365 |
| If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
N/A |
| Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
| If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
The archival process is currently under development. |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | 365 |
| How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access. |
Lineage
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
Field data and analyses stored in excel files on SEFSC server |
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 26417 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26417 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2015-08-14 14:57+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Bryson Anderson |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-02-01 17:40+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2021-05-05 |
| Owner Org: | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-05-05 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-05-05 |