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Mroch, Ray
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
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ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study
publication
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
30039
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30039
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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.
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Mroch, Ray
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
Contact by email preferred.
pointOfContact
Mroch, Ray
252-728-0855
252-728-8784
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
Ray.Mroch@noaa.gov
Contact by email preferred.
custodian
Schueller, Amy
252-838-0815
101 Pivers Island Rd
Beaufort
NC
28516
amy.schueller@noaa.gov
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Menhaden
fishdep
fishery-dependent
tagging
theme
1966-1971
temporal
Atlantic Ocean
place
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
2017-04-24
publication
8.5
Menhaden Research
project
InPort
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Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Atlantic menhaden adult tagging study [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30039.
NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
NOAA/NMFS/EDM
30039
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/30039.pdf
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NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
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eng; US
oceans
Atlantic Ocean
1966
1971
dataset
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.