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      <status>Completed</status>
      <publication-date>2017</publication-date>
      <abstract>A summary of elasmobranchs captured with associated information regarding size, if the animal was tagged or a biological sample was collected.  </abstract>
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</description>
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</description>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
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F     = Female
Und  =  Undecided</allowed-values>
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         <description>ANIMAL MATURITY STATE</description>
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MAT = mature
UND = Undetermined
NEO = neonate or newborn
YOY = Young at Year

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         <required>No</required>
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</description>
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         <required>No</required>
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         <status>Active</status>
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         <required>No</required>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>NUMBER OF PIT TAG</description>
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      <data-attribute cc-id="383618">
         <seq-order>190</seq-order>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
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      <data-attribute cc-id="383617">
         <seq-order>200</seq-order>
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         <data-storage-type>character</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
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         <required>No</required>
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         <status>Active</status>
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</description>
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NO</allowed-values>
         <validation-rules>On records where a catch occurred the values are
TRUE or FALSE.

Otherwise the value is null
</validation-rules>
      </data-attribute>
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         <seq-order>220</seq-order>
         <name>RECAPTURE </name>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
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FALSE</allowed-values>
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      <data-attribute cc-id="383621">
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Code(s) to describe the Biological material taken for life history studies.  Multiple codes are sometimes separated by spaces, other times by commas.
</description>
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         <validation-rules>If  value(a) are present they must match field sample_code in  sample_codes.csv</validation-rules>
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         <seq-order>240</seq-order>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Was a photo taken</description>
         <validation-rules>On records where a catch occurred the values are
TRUE or FALSE.

Otherwise the value is FALSE
</validation-rules>
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         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
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         <validation-rules>when  present it should match a value in  the field scientific_name in  the file bycatch_species_list.csv</validation-rules>
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</description>
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      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="1279">Lee Weinberger</metadata-record-created-by>
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