26469 2010 FL-GA red snapper longline CRP project Data Set Published / External 26593 Fisheries Biology and Ecology Project Completed These data are from a cooperative effort between scientists and commercial fishers to assess whether a cryptic biomass of relatively old and large red snapper occurred in continental shelf-break and deeper waters off the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia. Contracted commercial fishers used industry-standard longline gear to survey red snapper across three depth strata and eight latitudinal bands off Florida and Georgia. There was considerable variation in age and size distributions of caught red snapper (age range 3 to 15 years size range 46 to 93 cm fork length), and in catch-per-unit-effort. However, the cryptic biomass hypothesis was not supported by the data, as there was no evidence of greater ages, sizes, or catch of red snapper in shelf-break or deeper waters relative to shallower, continental shelf waters. To assess whether a cryptic biomass of relatively old and large red snapper occurred in continental shelf-break and deeper waters off the Atlantic coast of Florida and Georgia. Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami FL USA Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center Data Set Table (digital) Measuring boards, scales, microscopes. Contracted commercial fishing vessels (n 2). Bottom longline gear. Data Steward 2010 Person Mitchell, Warren warren.mitchell@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort NC 28516 252-728-8755 252-728-8754 Contact by email preferred. Distributor 2010 Organization Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC https://ror.org/0396y0w87 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center About SEFSC Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Metadata Contact 2010 Person Mitchell, Warren warren.mitchell@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort NC 28516 252-728-8755 252-728-8754 Contact by email preferred. Point of Contact 2010 Person Kellison, Todd Todd.Kellison@noaa.gov 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort NC 28516 252-838-0810 252-728-8784 Contact by email preferred. Ground Condition -80.5 -79.25 32 28 Atlantic Ocean, U.S. South Range 2010 2011 Unclassified The data are available from the data steward. None. Hand-written field observations were error checked at two levels: first by the NMFS SEFSC Bottom Longline Observer Program, and secondly by personnel in the NMFS SEFSC Beaufort Laboratory Fisheries Ecology Branch. Estimated fish age data were delivered electronically by NMFS SEFSC Sustainable Fisheries Branch aging laboratory personnel, matched with verified MS Access specimen records by NMFS SEFSC Fisheries Ecology Branch personnel, and ingested to the master MS Access database. No 0 Yes Yes No 365 This data is currently wavered under the current NOAA guidelines for relational databases. To Be Determined 365 The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access. 1 Environmental, fishing effort, and specimen data were initially recorded (hand written) on data sheets on board commercial fishing vessels, and subsequently entered into MS Access at the NMFS SEFSC Panama City Laboratory Bottom Longline Observer Program. Regarding fish age samples received by NMFS SEFSC Sustainable Fisheries Branch aging laboratory personnel:Electronic data corresponding to physical age samples are obtained from originator of the samples. The data are formatted to uniform codes, based on the NMFS TIP system codes, and uploaded to Access data base file. The data recorded on the sample containers is verified with electronic data. If samples match, work proceeds and fish ages are estimated. If there are discrepancies, the project contact is notified and data are corrected. If the sample data cannot be rectified, then the physical sample cannot be used. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26469 Lee Weinberger 2015-08-17T13:25:23 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:18 2021-10-20 Southeast Fisheries Science Center SEFSC 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA (305)361-5761 www.sefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST 1001 Public No No 2021-10-20 1 Year 2022-10-20