30039
Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study
Data Set
Published / External
5242
Menhaden Research
Project
Completed
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.
These data were collected to improve understanding of adult movements of Atlantic menhaden in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States.
Theme
Menhaden
Theme
fishdep
Theme
fishery-dependent
Theme
tagging
Temporal
1966-1971
Spatial
Atlantic Ocean
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Miami
FL
USA
Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Data Steward
2015
Person
Mroch, Ray
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Data Steward
2015
Person
Schueller, Amy
amy.schueller@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
252-838-0815
Phone or email
Data Steward
1966
2015-06
Person
Smith, Joseph W
joseph.w.smith@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort
NC
28516
252-728-8765
252-728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Distributor
1966
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
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
2015
Person
Mroch, Ray
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2015
Person
Mroch, Ray
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
Contact by email preferred.
Atlantic Ocean
Range
1966
1971
Sensitive
Linked to individual processing facilities.
The data will be available from a public web server once an access methodology has been developed.
N/A
Unknown
No
0
Yes
Yes
No
0
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
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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Lee Weinberger
2016-01-10T20:45:26
Bryson Anderson
2023-01-27T17:51:00
2021-10-21
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
2021-10-21
1 Year
2022-10-21