Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study
Data Set (DS) | Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30039 | Updated: January 27, 2023 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30039.
Full Citation Examples
Atlantic menhaden are a schooling forage fish species, which are subject to a large commercial purse seine fishery. Atlantic menhaden are harvested for reduction into fish oil and fish meal products. Historically, the Atlantic menhaden fishery was one of the largest by volume in the United States. Thus, scientists and managers wanted a better understanding of Atlantic menhaden life history including movements on an annual basis. As a consequence, an adult tagging study was conducted from 1966-1971. Adult fish were tagged each year with small metal tags inserted into the abdominal cavity of the fish. Fish were then released. Recaptures of fish occurred at the reduction plants. Magnets were placed in each plant along most of the east coast of the United States. A total of five magnets were placed throughout the plant in order to collect the metal tags as the fish were processed. Magnets were checked each day or two to collect any tags that had become attached to the magnets. As part of this project, a sub-sample of fish were aged at the Beaufort Laboratory. Tags and data on the collected tags were then returned to the Beaufort Laboratory.
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:N/A
Child Items
No Child Items for this record.
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Ray Mroch
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
252-728-0855
Metadata Contact
Ray Mroch
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
252-728-0855
Extents
Atlantic Ocean
1966 - 1971
Item Identification
Title: | Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study |
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Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
Atlantic menhaden are a schooling forage fish species, which are subject to a large commercial purse seine fishery. Atlantic menhaden are harvested for reduction into fish oil and fish meal products. Historically, the Atlantic menhaden fishery was one of the largest by volume in the United States. Thus, scientists and managers wanted a better understanding of Atlantic menhaden life history including movements on an annual basis. As a consequence, an adult tagging study was conducted from 1966-1971. Adult fish were tagged each year with small metal tags inserted into the abdominal cavity of the fish. Fish were then released. Recaptures of fish occurred at the reduction plants. Magnets were placed in each plant along most of the east coast of the United States. A total of five magnets were placed throughout the plant in order to collect the metal tags as the fish were processed. Magnets were checked each day or two to collect any tags that had become attached to the magnets. As part of this project, a sub-sample of fish were aged at the Beaufort Laboratory. Tags and data on the collected tags were then returned to the Beaufort Laboratory. |
Purpose: |
These data were collected to improve understanding of adult movements of Atlantic menhaden in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | fishdep |
None | fishery-dependent |
None | Menhaden |
None | tagging |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | 1966-1971 |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Atlantic Ocean |
Physical Location
Organization: | Southeast Fisheries Science Center |
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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 |
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Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Mroch, Ray |
Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort, NC 28516 |
Email Address: | Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 252-728-0855 |
Fax: | 252-728-8784 |
Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Schueller, Amy |
Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort, NC 28516 |
Email Address: | amy.schueller@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 252-838-0815 |
Contact Instructions: |
Phone or email |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 1966 |
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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 |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Mroch, Ray |
Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort, NC 28516 |
Email Address: | Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 252-728-0855 |
Fax: | 252-728-8784 |
Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2015 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Mroch, Ray |
Address: |
101 Pivers Island Rd Beaufort, NC 28516 |
Email Address: | Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 252-728-0855 |
Fax: | 252-728-8784 |
Contact Instructions: |
Contact by email preferred. |
Extents
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
Description |
Atlantic Ocean |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Range |
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Start: | 1966 |
End: | 1971 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Sensitive |
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Security Handling Description: |
Linked to individual processing facilities. |
Data Access Procedure: |
The data will be available from a public web server once an access methodology has been developed. |
Data Access Constraints: |
N/A |
Data Quality
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Unknown |
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Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | No |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | 0 |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | Yes |
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | No |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 0 |
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
This data is currently wavered under the current NOAA guidelines for relational databases. |
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: |
Data were in paper format until 2013. In 2013, money was found to have the data key entered into flat ascii files. The files were key-entered in summer of 2013 and the files were sent to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). The files were then taken and put into an Access database by an employee from the state of New York. She checked the records for quality. The access database was then distributed to ASMFC and the NMFS. |
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Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 30039 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30039 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Lee M Weinberger |
Metadata Record Created: | 2016-01-10 20:45+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Bryson Anderson |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2023-01-27 17:51+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2021-10-21 |
Owner Org: | SEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2021-10-21 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2022-10-21 |