Catch

(Catch Data Set) The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic since 1995. These surveys provide fisheries independent data for stock assessment purposes for as many species as possible. These surveys are conducted annually in the Gulf of Mexico and/or the South Atlantic. Longline data from these standardized surveys were provided to the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) to support assessment of the environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

(Catch Data Set) The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic since 1995. These surveys provide fisheries independent data for stock assessment purposes for as many species as possible. These surveys are conducted annually in the Gulf of Mexico and/or the South Atlantic. Longline data from these standardized surveys were provided to the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) to support assessment of the environmental impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill which occurred in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Attribute Summary

		Name	Type	Description
100		STATIONKEY	NUMBER	Concatenation of the vessel number, cruise number and Pascagoula station number. Used to link the datasets.
100		TAXON	CHAR	50-character field containing the full taxonomic name.
100		NUMBER	NUMBER	Number of individuals caught at a station.
100		WEIGHT	NUMBER	Total weight in kilograms of taxon caught at a station.
100		WTCODE	CHAR	Code describing the condition of the taxon when it was weighted: E – Estimated Weights C – Counts without weights D – Damaged

Attribute Details