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      <catalog-item-id>3803</catalog-item-id>
      <title>Fish Data / Reef Fish Visual Census</title>
      <short-name>Fish Data /Reef Fish Visual Census</short-name>
      <catalog-item-type>Project</catalog-item-type>
      <metadata-workflow-state ccs-id="9">Published / External</metadata-workflow-state>
      <parent-catalog-item-id>7202</parent-catalog-item-id>
      <parent-title>Coral Reef Conservation Program Joint Projects</parent-title>
      <parent-catalog-item-type>Project</parent-catalog-item-type>
      <status>In Work</status>
      <abstract>The Reef Fish Visual Census (RVC) provides data on frequency of occurrence, fish lengths, abundance of reef fish and community composition taken from underwater divers.

Data collections are from:

Flower Garden Banks 
Florida:
Puerto Rico:
US Virgin Islands: 

The same data may be available from

OBIS USA
Various NCEI Accessions
Various ERDDAP forms 
 sciencebase.gov</abstract>
      <purpose>The main objective of this system is to:
1) compare fish populations between reefs and other habitats, and 
2) quantitatively monitor reef fish composition and relative or absolute abundance over time</purpose>
      <supplemental-information>More information about the basic sampling methodology can be found in NOAA Technical Report NMFS 41, dated July 1986, titled, A Stationary Visual Census Technique for Quantitatively Assessing Community Structure of Coral Reef Fishes by James A. Bohnsack and Scott P. Bannerot</supplemental-information>
   </item-identification>
   <keywords>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Environmental Data</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>FINSS</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Reef Fish</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Reefs</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>abundance</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>distribution</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>fisheries-independent data</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>habitats</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>reeffish</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>survey data</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Temporal</keyword-type>
         <keyword>1979-present</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Atlantic Ocean</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>Florida</keyword>
      </keyword>
   </keywords>
   <project-information/>
   <support-roles>
      <support-role cc-id="43118" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Point of Contact</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2010-10-01</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Blondeau, Jeremiah</contact-name>
         <contact-email>jeremiah.blondeau@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>75 Virginia Beach Drive</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Miami</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>FL</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>33149</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>305-361-4252</contact-phone-number>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="300588" in-effect="No">
         <support-role-type>Point of Contact</support-role-type>
         <from-date>1980</from-date>
         <to-date>2019</to-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Bohnsack, James A</contact-name>
         <contact-url>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Bohnsack</contact-url>
         <contact-url-name>Researchgate Page Dr Jim Bohnsack</contact-url-name>
         <contact-url-description>His researchgate page</contact-url-description>
         <contact-url-function>Online Resource</contact-url-function>
      </support-role>
   </support-roles>
   <extents>
      <currentness-reference>Ground Condition</currentness-reference>
      <extent cc-id="243115">
         <geographic-areas>
            <geographic-area cc-id="7596">
               <west-bound>-87</west-bound>
               <east-bound>-67</east-bound>
               <north-bound>25</north-bound>
               <south-bound>12</south-bound>
               <description>RVC identifies the reef where observations occur. The reefs are located from 12 to 25 degrees North and 67 to 87 degrees West</description>
            </geographic-area>
         </geographic-areas>
         <time-frames>
            <time-frame cc-id="7595">
               <time-frame-type>Continuing</time-frame-type>
               <start-date-time>1979-01-01</start-date-time>
            </time-frame>
         </time-frames>
      </extent>
   </extents>
   <access-information>
      <security-class>Unclassified</security-class>
      <data-access-policy>Open to everyone</data-access-policy>
      <data-access-procedure>Download from provided links</data-access-procedure>
   </access-information>
   <urls>
      <url cc-id="1266494">
         <url>https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-coral-reef-monitoring-program-biological-socioeconomic/</url>
         <name>NCCOS Page On National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Implementation: Biological and Socioeconomic Monitoring</name>
         <url-type>Online Resource</url-type>
         <description>Provides Links to Data, Reports, Data Collection Protocols Etc</description>
      </url>
      <url cc-id="1131871">
         <url>https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/914</url>
         <name>Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Local Action Strategy (LAS) Project 3B 'Southeast Florida Coral Reef Fishery-Independent Baseline Assessment' : 2012-2013 interim report</name>
         <url-type>Online Resource</url-type>
         <description>Title : Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) Local Action Strategy (LAS) Project 3B 'Southeast Florida Coral Reef Fishery-Independent Baseline Assessment' : 2012-2013 interim report

Personal Author(s) : Kilfoyle, Kirk;Walker, Brian K.;Smith, Steven G. (Steven Glen), 1963-;Spieler, Richard E.;Gregg, Kurtis L.;

Corporate Authors(s) : United States, National Marine Fisheries Service;United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,;Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.);Florida, Department of Environmental Protection;

Published Date : 2014
</description>
      </url>
      <url cc-id="1131870">
         <url>https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/974</url>
         <name>Southeast Florida coral reef fishery-independent baseline assessment, 2012-2014 summary report</name>
         <url-type>Online Resource</url-type>
         <description>Title : Southeast Florida coral reef fishery-independent baseline assessment, 2012-2014 summary report

Personal Author(s) : Kilfoyle, Kirk;Walker, Brian K;Fisco, Dana P.;Smith, Steven G. (Steven Glen), 1963-;Spieler, RIchard E.;

Corporate Authors(s) : United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,;Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.);Florida, Department of Environmental Protection;

Published Date : 2015
</description>
      </url>
   </urls>
   <acronyms>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>ERDDAP</acronym>
         <meaning>Environmental Research Division Data Access Program</meaning>
      </acronym>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>NCRMP</acronym>
         <meaning>National Coral Reef Monitoring Program </meaning>
      </acronym>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>RVC</acronym>
         <meaning>Reef Fish Visual Census </meaning>
      </acronym>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>SEFCRI</acronym>
         <meaning>Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative region</meaning>
      </acronym>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>ar</acronym>
         <meaning>analysis ready</meaning>
      </acronym>
      <acronym>
         <acronym>drto</acronym>
         <meaning>Dry Tortugas</meaning>
      </acronym>
   </acronyms>
   <faqs>
      <faq cc-id="1171606">
         <date>2013-08-20</date>
         <author>Schull, Jennifer </author>
         <question>What are CRCP and NCRMP ?</question>
         <answer>The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) is a matrix program administered by NOAA's  National Ocean Service (NOS) and operating across four NOAA line offices: NOS, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR). The program supports coral reef regions of the United States (U.S.), has an international component, and is integrated with other federal agencies, states, territories and commonwealths, and local governments. In September 2007, CRCP conducted an external program review for an assessment of the CRCP's effectiveness in achieving its mandates and to provide recommendations for improving its impact and performance. Recommendations from this review, along with the subsequent planning process (the roadmap) shaped the recent history of the CRCP. In 2011, CRCP welcomed a new program manager, John Christensen, to lead the program forward. 2012 ushered in the first activities under the new National Coral Reef Monitoring Plan (NCRMP).</answer>
      </faq>
      <faq cc-id="1124852">
         <date>2018-10-25</date>
         <author>Beck, Brian </author>
         <question>What is ERDDAP ?</question>
         <answer>ERDDAP acts as a middleman between you and various remote data servers. ERDDAP offers an easy-to-use, consistent way to request data: via the OPeNDAP standard. Many datasets can also be accessed via ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS). ERDDAP returns data in the common file format of your choice. ERDDAP offers all data as .html table, ESRI .asc and .csv, Google Earth .kml, OPeNDAP binary, .mat, .nc, ODV .txt, .csv, .tsv, .json, and .xhtml.</answer>
      </faq>
   </faqs>
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         <catalog-item-id>11019</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Document</catalog-item-type>
         <title>A Cooperative Multi-Agency Reef Fish Monitoring Protocol for the Florida Keys Coral Reef Ecosystem</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>37042</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Document</catalog-item-type>
         <title>A Stationary Visual Census Technique for QuantitativelyAssessing Community Structure of Coral Reef Fishes</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>22652</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Document</catalog-item-type>
         <title>Rapid Invasion of Indo-Pacific Lionfishes (Pterois Volitans and Pterois Miles) in the Florida Keys, USA: Evidence from Multiple Pre- and Post-Invasion Data Sets</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>70440</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Data Set</catalog-item-type>
         <title>National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in Puerto Rico</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>69159</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Data Set</catalog-item-type>
         <title>National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Assessment of coral reef fish communities in the Florida Reef Tract</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>70883</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Project</catalog-item-type>
         <title>Flower Garden Banks Fish Data</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>67516</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Project</catalog-item-type>
         <title>RVC Data Available at Sciencebase.gov</title>
      </child-item>
      <child-item>
         <catalog-item-id>70665</catalog-item-id>
         <catalog-item-type>Project</catalog-item-type>
         <title>Virgin Islands</title>
      </child-item>
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      <guid>gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:3803</guid>
      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="1279">Lee Weinberger</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2007-03-26T08:00:55</metadata-record-created>
      <metadata-record-last-modified-by pers-id="1279">Lee Weinberger</metadata-record-last-modified-by>
      <metadata-record-last-modified>2024-04-16T14:50:18</metadata-record-last-modified>
      <record-published>2022-02-28</record-published>
      <owner-organization>Southeast Fisheries Science Center</owner-organization>
      <owner-organization-acronym>SEFSC</owner-organization-acronym>
      <owner-organization-address>75 Virginia Beach Drive</owner-organization-address>
      <owner-organization-address-city>Miami</owner-organization-address-city>
      <owner-organization-address-state>FL</owner-organization-address-state>
      <owner-organization-address-zip>33149</owner-organization-address-zip>
      <owner-organization-address-country>USA</owner-organization-address-country>
      <owner-organization-phone>(305)361-5761</owner-organization-phone>
      <owner-organization-url>www.sefsc.noaa.gov</owner-organization-url>
      <owner-organization-business-hours>8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST</owner-organization-business-hours>
      <owner-organization-group-id>1001</owner-organization-group-id>
      <publication-status>Public</publication-status>
      <is-do-not-publish>No</is-do-not-publish>
      <metadata-last-review-date>2022-02-28</metadata-last-review-date>
      <metadata-review-frequency>1 Year</metadata-review-frequency>
      <metadata-next-review-date>2023-02-28</metadata-next-review-date>
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