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Station Data

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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53364 | Updated: October 17, 2023 | Published / External

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Abstract

The STATION file contains information on where and when the operations (stations) took place.

The primary key of this table is VESSEL, CRUISE and SEAMAP.

Description

The table contains information on where and when the operations (stations) took place.

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type	Description
VESSEL Character	Numeric code assigned to each ship used to collect the data. Used to link the datasets. Valid values are: 04 – Oregon II 17 – Tommy Munro 23 – Alabama Inshore Vessels 35 – Lumcon Pelican 55 – Caretta 63 – Gordon Gunter 75 – Weatherbird II 77 – Alabama Discovery 88 – Blazing Seven
CRUISE Character	Cruise number assigned to the particular survey. Used to link the datasets.
SEAMAP Character	SEAMAP station number. Used to link the datasets.
STARTLAT NUMBER	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the first highflyer deployed.
STARTLON NUMBER	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the start of the trawl.
ENDLAT NUMBER	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the end of the trawl.
ENDLON NUMBER	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the end of the trawl.
DATE DATE	Date when the trawl was started
DEPTH_FM Numeric	Trawl Depth in fathoms
GEARSIZE Numeric	Size of the gear used for the trawl, 40 stands for 42 foot.
GEARTYPE Character	Type of gear used for the trawl, ST is shrimp trawl.
GEARMESH NUMBER	Size of the mesh on the trawl.
FISHTIME NUMBER	Time spent fishing in Minutes
TOWS NUMBER	Number of tows that it took to complete a SEAMAP station.
YEAR NUMBER	Year the trawl was conducted.
TOD Character	Time of Day when the trawl was started, defined by sunrise and sunset:. (Values are D for Day or N for Night)
AREA Numeric	General area that the trawl was conducted: E – Mississippi/Alabama (East Delta) F – Florida T – Texas W – Louisiana (West Delta)
DZ CHAR	Depth zone the trawl was conducted in, newer survey data has been post processed to fit into one of the original depth zones.
SEASON Character	Season of the trawl
STATZONE CHaracter	Shrimp statistical zone where the trawl was started.
TEMPBOTM NUMBER	Bottom measure of water temperature in degrees Celsius.
SALBOTM NUMBER	Bottom measure of salinity in ppt or PSU.
CHLBOTM Numeric	at the bottom
OXYBOTM NUMBER	Bottom measure of dissolved oxygen in mg/L.
TURBBOTM NUMERIC	Bottom measure of percent transmissivity.
SPEED NUMBER	Vessel speed in knots.
SOURCE CHAR	Code designating the collection agency: AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS
Survey Character	urvey design that was followed during the survey; note that the start of the new design is staggered between NMFS and the states: Old – Stratified random design with day/night, shrimp statistical zone and depth zone strata New – Stratified random design with shrimp statistical zone and depth strata
NUMBER Numeric	Number of red snapper caught at the SEAMAP station.
CPUE NUMERIC	catch per unit effort. number per hour of red snapper caught at a SEAMAP station.

Data Attribute / Type

Description

VESSEL
Character

Numeric code assigned to each ship used to collect the data. Used to link the datasets. Valid values are: 04 – Oregon II 17 – Tommy Munro 23 – Alabama Inshore Vessels 35 – Lumcon Pelican 55 – Caretta 63 – Gordon Gunter 75 – Weatherbird II 77 – Alabama Discovery 88 – Blazing Seven

CRUISE
Character

Cruise number assigned to the particular survey. Used to link the datasets.

SEAMAP
Character

SEAMAP station number. Used to link the datasets.

STARTLAT
NUMBER

Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the first highflyer deployed.

STARTLON
NUMBER

Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the start of the trawl.

ENDLAT
NUMBER

Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

ENDLON
NUMBER

Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

DATE
DATE

Date when the trawl was started

DEPTH_FM
Numeric

Trawl Depth in fathoms

GEARSIZE
Numeric

Size of the gear used for the trawl, 40 stands for 42 foot.

GEARTYPE
Character

Type of gear used for the trawl, ST is shrimp trawl.

GEARMESH
NUMBER

Size of the mesh on the trawl.

FISHTIME
NUMBER

Time spent fishing in Minutes

TOWS
NUMBER

Number of tows that it took to complete a SEAMAP station.

YEAR
NUMBER

Year the trawl was conducted.

TOD
Character

Time of Day when the trawl was started, defined by sunrise and sunset:. (Values are D for Day or N for Night)

AREA
Numeric

General area that the trawl was conducted: E – Mississippi/Alabama (East Delta) F – Florida T – Texas W – Louisiana (West Delta)

DZ
CHAR

Depth zone the trawl was conducted in, newer survey data has been post processed to fit into one of the original depth zones.

SEASON
Character

Season of the trawl

STATZONE
CHaracter

Shrimp statistical zone where the trawl was started.

TEMPBOTM
NUMBER

Bottom measure of water temperature in degrees Celsius.

SALBOTM
NUMBER

Bottom measure of salinity in ppt or PSU.

CHLBOTM
Numeric

at the bottom

OXYBOTM
NUMBER

Bottom measure of dissolved oxygen in mg/L.

TURBBOTM
NUMERIC

Bottom measure of percent transmissivity.

SPEED
NUMBER

Vessel speed in knots.

SOURCE
CHAR

Code designating the collection agency: AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS

Survey
Character

urvey design that was followed during the survey; note that the start of the new design is staggered between NMFS and the states: Old – Stratified random design with day/night, shrimp statistical zone and depth zone strata New – Stratified random design with shrimp statistical zone and depth strata

NUMBER
Numeric

Number of red snapper caught at the SEAMAP station.

CPUE
NUMERIC

catch per unit effort. number per hour of red snapper caught at a SEAMAP station.

Station.csv

CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text), 1.9 M

No Child Items for this record.

Metadata Contact
G G Pollack
adam.pollack@noaa.gov
228-549-1613

Title:	Station Data
Status:	Completed
Abstract:	The STATION file contains information on where and when the operations (stations) took place. The primary key of this table is VESSEL, CRUISE and SEAMAP.
Supplemental Information:	Under the original sampling design, trawl conducted by NFMS vessels were intended to cover a particular depth stratum, however trawls could not last longer than 55 minutes because of the lack of a turtle excluder device. Therefore, if the depth stratum was not covered in the initial 55 minutes, the trawl was brought on deck, emptied and another trawl started. In the original data, each trawl was considered a station, with each having the same SEAMAP station number. For purposes of this dataset, these individual stations have already been collapsed into one SEAMAP station.

Entity Type:	Spreadsheet
Active Version?:	Yes
Description:	The table contains information on where and when the operations (stations) took place.

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
100	VESSEL	Character	Numeric code assigned to each ship used to collect the data. Used to link the datasets. Valid values are: 04 – Oregon II 17 – Tommy Munro 23 – Alabama Inshore Vessels 35 – Lumcon Pelican 55 – Caretta 63 – Gordon Gunter 75 – Weatherbird II 77 – Alabama Discovery 88 – Blazing Seven
100	CRUISE	Character	Cruise number assigned to the particular survey. Used to link the datasets.
100	SEAMAP	Character	SEAMAP station number. Used to link the datasets.
100	STARTLAT	NUMBER	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the first highflyer deployed.
100	STARTLON	NUMBER	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the start of the trawl.
100	ENDLAT	NUMBER	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the end of the trawl.
100	ENDLON	NUMBER	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the end of the trawl.
100	DATE	DATE	Date when the trawl was started
100	DEPTH_FM	Numeric	Trawl Depth in fathoms
100	GEARSIZE	Numeric	Size of the gear used for the trawl, 40 stands for 42 foot.
100	GEARTYPE	Character	Type of gear used for the trawl, ST is shrimp trawl.
100	GEARMESH	NUMBER	Size of the mesh on the trawl.
100	FISHTIME	NUMBER	Time spent fishing in Minutes
100	TOWS	NUMBER	Number of tows that it took to complete a SEAMAP station.
100	YEAR	NUMBER	Year the trawl was conducted.
100	TOD	Character	Time of Day when the trawl was started, defined by sunrise and sunset:. (Values are D for Day or N for Night)
100	AREA	Numeric	General area that the trawl was conducted: E – Mississippi/Alabama (East Delta) F – Florida T – Texas W – Louisiana (West Delta)
100	DZ	CHAR	Depth zone the trawl was conducted in, newer survey data has been post processed to fit into one of the original depth zones.
100	SEASON	Character	Season of the trawl
100	STATZONE	CHaracter	Shrimp statistical zone where the trawl was started.
100	TEMPBOTM	NUMBER	Bottom measure of water temperature in degrees Celsius.
100	SALBOTM	NUMBER	Bottom measure of salinity in ppt or PSU.
100	CHLBOTM	Numeric	at the bottom
100	OXYBOTM	NUMBER	Bottom measure of dissolved oxygen in mg/L.
100	TURBBOTM	NUMERIC	Bottom measure of percent transmissivity.
100	SPEED	NUMBER	Vessel speed in knots.
100	SOURCE	CHAR	Code designating the collection agency: AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS
100	Survey	Character	urvey design that was followed during the survey; note that the start of the new design is staggered between NMFS and the states: Old – Stratified random design with day/night, shrimp statistical zone and depth zone strata New – Stratified random design with shrimp statistical zone and depth strata
100	NUMBER	Numeric	Number of red snapper caught at the SEAMAP station.
100	CPUE	NUMERIC	catch per unit effort. number per hour of red snapper caught at a SEAMAP station.

Name

Type

Description

100

VESSEL

Character

100

CRUISE

Character

Cruise number assigned to the particular survey. Used to link the datasets.

100

SEAMAP

Character

SEAMAP station number. Used to link the datasets.

100

STARTLAT

NUMBER

Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the first highflyer deployed.

100

STARTLON

NUMBER

Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the start of the trawl.

100

ENDLAT

NUMBER

Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

100

ENDLON

NUMBER

Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

100

DATE

Date when the trawl was started

100

DEPTH_FM

Numeric

Trawl Depth in fathoms

100

GEARSIZE

Numeric

Size of the gear used for the trawl, 40 stands for 42 foot.

100

GEARTYPE

Character

Type of gear used for the trawl, ST is shrimp trawl.

100

GEARMESH

NUMBER

Size of the mesh on the trawl.

100

FISHTIME

NUMBER

Time spent fishing in Minutes

100

TOWS

NUMBER

Number of tows that it took to complete a SEAMAP station.

100

YEAR

NUMBER

Year the trawl was conducted.

100

TOD

Character

Time of Day when the trawl was started, defined by sunrise and sunset:. (Values are D for Day or N for Night)

100

AREA

Numeric

General area that the trawl was conducted: E – Mississippi/Alabama (East Delta) F – Florida T – Texas W – Louisiana (West Delta)

100

CHAR

Depth zone the trawl was conducted in, newer survey data has been post processed to fit into one of the original depth zones.

100

SEASON

Character

Season of the trawl

100

STATZONE

CHaracter

Shrimp statistical zone where the trawl was started.

100

TEMPBOTM

NUMBER

Bottom measure of water temperature in degrees Celsius.

100

SALBOTM

NUMBER

Bottom measure of salinity in ppt or PSU.

100

CHLBOTM

Numeric

at the bottom

100

OXYBOTM

NUMBER

Bottom measure of dissolved oxygen in mg/L.

100

TURBBOTM

NUMERIC

Bottom measure of percent transmissivity.

100

SPEED

NUMBER

Vessel speed in knots.

100

SOURCE

CHAR

Code designating the collection agency: AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS

100

Survey

Character

100

NUMBER

Numeric

Number of red snapper caught at the SEAMAP station.

100

CPUE

NUMERIC

catch per unit effort. number per hour of red snapper caught at a SEAMAP station.

Attribute Details

VESSEL

CC ID: 768097

Seq. Order:	10
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	2
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Numeric code assigned to each ship used to collect the data. Used to link the datasets. Valid values are: 04 – Oregon II 17 – Tommy Munro 23 – Alabama Inshore Vessels 35 – Lumcon Pelican 55 – Caretta 63 – Gordon Gunter 75 – Weatherbird II 77 – Alabama Discovery 88 – Blazing Seven
Allowed Values:	04 – Oregon II 17 – Tommy Munro 23 – Alabama Inshore Vessels 35 – Lumcon Pelican 55 – Caretta 63 – Gordon Gunter 75 – Weatherbird II 77 – Alabama Discovery 88 – Blazing Seven

CRUISE

CC ID: 768130

Seq. Order:	20
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	4
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Cruise number assigned to the particular survey. Used to link the datasets.

SEAMAP

CC ID: 768131

Seq. Order:	30
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	6
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	SEAMAP station number. Used to link the datasets.

STARTLAT

CC ID: 768094

Seq. Order:	100
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the first highflyer deployed.

STARTLON

CC ID: 768095

Seq. Order:	110
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the start of the trawl.

ENDLAT

CC ID: 768083

Seq. Order:	115
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	Decimal degrees of latitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

ENDLON

CC ID: 768084

Seq. Order:	120
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	Decimal degrees of longitude for the position of the end of the trawl.

DATE

CC ID: 768093

Seq. Order:	125
Data Storage Type:	DATE
Max Length:	10
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Date when the trawl was started
Format Mask:	MM/DD/YYYY

DEPTH_FM

CC ID: 768133

Seq. Order:	130
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Trawl Depth in fathoms
Unit of Measure:	fathoms

GEARSIZE

CC ID: 768132

Seq. Order:	140
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	3
Required:	Yes
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Size of the gear used for the trawl, 40 stands for 42 foot.

GEARTYPE

CC ID: 768096

Seq. Order:	150
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Type of gear used for the trawl, ST is shrimp trawl.

GEARMESH

CC ID: 768082

Seq. Order:	155
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Size of the mesh on the trawl.

FISHTIME

CC ID: 768085

Seq. Order:	160
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Time spent fishing in Minutes
Unit of Measure:	minutes

TOWS

CC ID: 768099

Seq. Order:	165
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Number of tows that it took to complete a SEAMAP station.

YEAR

CC ID: 768090

Seq. Order:	170
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	4
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Year the trawl was conducted.

TOD

CC ID: 768081

Seq. Order:	172
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	1
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Time of Day when the trawl was started, defined by sunrise and sunset:. (Values are D for Day or N for Night)

AREA

CC ID: 768087

Seq. Order:	175
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	1
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	General area that the trawl was conducted: E – Mississippi/Alabama (East Delta) F – Florida T – Texas W – Louisiana (West Delta)

DZ

CC ID: 768088

Seq. Order:	180
Data Storage Type:	CHAR
Max Length:	2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Depth zone the trawl was conducted in, newer survey data has been post processed to fit into one of the original depth zones.

SEASON

CC ID: 768089

Seq. Order:	190
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	9
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Season of the trawl
Allowed Values:	Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

STATZONE

CC ID: 768098

Seq. Order:	200
Data Storage Type:	CHaracter
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Shrimp statistical zone where the trawl was started.

TEMPBOTM

CC ID: 768078

Seq. Order:	205
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	5
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Bottom measure of water temperature in degrees Celsius.

SALBOTM

CC ID: 768102

Seq. Order:	210
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Bottom measure of salinity in ppt or PSU.
Unit of Measure:	ppt

CHLBOTM

CC ID: 768100

Seq. Order:	215
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	6
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	at the bottom

OXYBOTM

CC ID: 768086

Seq. Order:	220
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Bottom measure of dissolved oxygen in mg/L.
Unit of Measure:	mg/L

TURBBOTM

CC ID: 768079

Seq. Order:	225
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	6
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	2
Status:	Active
Description:	Bottom measure of percent transmissivity.

SPEED

CC ID: 768103

Seq. Order:	228
Data Storage Type:	NUMBER
Max Length:	8
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Vessel speed in knots.

SOURCE

CC ID: 768091

Seq. Order:	230
Data Storage Type:	CHAR
Max Length:	2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Code designating the collection agency: AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS
Allowed Values:	AL – Alabama FL – Florida LA – Louisiana MS – Mississippi US – NMFS

Survey

CC ID: 768101

Seq. Order:	240
Data Storage Type:	Character
Max Length:	20
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	urvey design that was followed during the survey; note that the start of the new design is staggered between NMFS and the states: Old – Stratified random design with day/night, shrimp statistical zone and depth zone strata New – Stratified random design with shrimp statistical zone and depth strata

NUMBER

CC ID: 768092

Seq. Order:	250
Data Storage Type:	Numeric
Max Length:	2
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Status:	Active
Description:	Number of red snapper caught at the SEAMAP station.

CPUE

CC ID: 768080

Seq. Order:	260
Data Storage Type:	NUMERIC
Max Length:	6
Required:	No
Primary Key:	No
Precision:	4
Status:	Active
Description:	catch per unit effort. number per hour of red snapper caught at a SEAMAP station.

Data Steward

CC ID: 768104

Date Effective From:	1995
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Pollack, G G
Address:	3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula, MS 39568
Email Address:	adam.pollack@noaa.gov
Phone:	228-549-1613
Fax:	228-769-9200

Distributor

CC ID: 768105

Date Effective From:	2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization):	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD)
Address:	NOAA/NESDIS E/OC SSMC3, 4th Floor, 1351 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:	(301) 713-3277

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 768106

Date Effective From:	1995
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person):	Pollack, G G
Address:	3209 Frederic St. Pascagoula, MS 39568
Email Address:	adam.pollack@noaa.gov
Phone:	228-549-1613
Fax:	228-769-9200

View Historical Support Roles

Distribution 1

CC ID: 768108

Start Date:	2016
End Date:	Present
Download URL:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0147703/1.1/data/1-data/Station.csv
Distributor:	National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland (NCEI-MD) (2016 - Present)
File Name:	Station.csv
File Date/Time:	2016-04-19 18:24:00
File Type (Deprecated):	csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format:	CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
File Size:	1.9 M
Compression:	Uncompressed
Review Status:	Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Item ID:	53364
GUID:	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53364
Metadata Record Created By:	Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created:	2018-08-16 09:07+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By:	SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified:	2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published:	2022-08-12
Owner Org:	SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status:	Published Externally
Do Not Publish?:	N
Metadata Last Review Date:	2022-05-05
Metadata Review Frequency:	1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date:	2023-05-05

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Item Identification

Entity Information

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Attribute Details

VESSEL

CRUISE

SEAMAP

STARTLAT

STARTLON

ENDLAT

ENDLON

DATE

DEPTH_FM

GEARSIZE

GEARTYPE

GEARMESH

FISHTIME

TOWS

YEAR

TOD

AREA

DZ

SEASON

STATZONE

TEMPBOTM

SALBOTM

CHLBOTM

OXYBOTM

TURBBOTM

SPEED

SOURCE

Survey

NUMBER

CPUE

Support Roles

Data Steward

Distributor

Metadata Contact

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

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