Deep Trawl Dataset

Otter trawl (36' Yankee and 4-seam net deepwater gear) catches from mid-Atlantic slope and canyons at 200 - 800 m depth.

Deep-sea (200-800 m depth) flat otter trawls with deepwater headrope floats: 2009-2012 off mid-Atlantic shelf: 4 cruises with separate catch sheets: 1. DE09-01, 2. DE10-02, 3. DE11-01, and 4. DE12-01, plus 5. combined trawl data.

Purpose of cruises for exploration of canyon and slope areas, collection of deep sea red crab and monkfish data, and training of students in NOAA Living Marine Resources Coastal Science Center program.

NEFSC Data Access Procedure:

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 if 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.

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

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.

Data validated during collection and audited afterward by Chief Scientist, identifications checked using preserved specimens collected.

No home for biological data yet determined.

electronic data stored in at least two places; manual forms retained

data transcribed from hand-written catch forms