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NMFS Office of Science and Technology, 2024: Fish and Invertebrate Interpolated Biomass Distribution Surfaces 20220307, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/66897.

Item Identification

Title: Fish and Invertebrate Interpolated Biomass Distribution Surfaces 20220307
Status: In Work
Publication Date: 2022-03-07
Abstract:

These files contain rasterized interpolated biomass distributions for fish and invertebrate species caught in NOAA Fisheries fishery-independent bottom trawl surveys. The distribution maps were produced for the Distribution Mapping and Analysis Portal (DisMAP) project. The distributions were generated from catch-per-unit-effort data from the fisheries bottom trawl surveys. This data set covers 7 regions of the United States: Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska.

Purpose:

These data were created as part of the DisMAP project to enable visualization and analysis of changes in fish and invertebrate distributions. These interpolated biomass layers provide information on the spatial distribution of species caught in the NOAA Fisheries bottom trawl surveys. Information on species distributions is of paramount importance for understanding and preparing for climate-change impacts, and plays a key role in climate-ready fisheries management.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
None climate change
None distribution
None EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > RANGE CHANGES
None EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES
None fish
None fishery-independent surveys
None invertebrates
None seasonal distribution

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Aleutian Islands
None Eastern Bering Sea
None Gulf of Alaska
None Gulf of Mexico
None Northeast US
None Southeast US
None West Coast

Physical Location

Organization: NMFS Office of Science and Technology
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: Annually
Data Presentation Form: Map (digital)
Data Set Credit: The distribution maps were produced by NMFS OST in partnership with OceanAdapt at Rutgers University

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1167830
Date Effective From: 2022-03-07
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Haverland, Timothy J
Address: 1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
USA
Email Address: tim.haverland@noaa.gov
Phone: 301-427-8137
Fax: 301-713-4137

Distributor

CC ID: 1167831
Date Effective From: 2022-03-07
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Address: 1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA
Phone: 301-427-8100
URL: http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/
Business Hours: 0700 - 1800 EST/EDT

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1167833
Date Effective From: 2022-03-07
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Kennedy, John F
Address: 1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
USA
Email Address: john.f.kennedy@noaa.gov
Phone: 301-427-8149

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1167832
Date Effective From: 2022-03-07
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Karp, Melissa A
Email Address: melissa.karp@noaa.gov
Phone: (301) 427-8202

Extents

Currentness Reference: Publication Date

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

The interpolated biomass distribution surfaces are created for the following geographic areas: Aleutian Islands, East Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, Northeast US, Southeast US, and the West Coast US.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1167856
W° Bound: 170
E° Bound: -165
N° Bound: 57
S° Bound: 47

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 2

CC ID: 1167857
W° Bound: -179
E° Bound: -158
N° Bound: 66
S° Bound: 52

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 3

CC ID: 1167858
W° Bound: -171
E° Bound: -132
N° Bound: 62
S° Bound: 52

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 4

CC ID: 1167859
W° Bound: -98
E° Bound: -80
N° Bound: 34
S° Bound: 21

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 5

CC ID: 1167860
W° Bound: -78
E° Bound: -64
N° Bound: 45
S° Bound: 35

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 6

CC ID: 1167861
W° Bound: -83
E° Bound: -74
N° Bound: 36
S° Bound: 29

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 7

CC ID: 1167862
W° Bound: -130
E° Bound: -118
N° Bound: 49
S° Bound: 36

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1167855
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1974-01-01 00:00:00+0000
End: 2019-01-01 00:00:00+0000

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Use Constraints:

***No Warranty*** The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these data. NMFS is providing these data "as is" and NMFS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. It is strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data to evaluate dataset limitations, restrictions or intended use. In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of these data.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 1167834
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Aleutian_Islands_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 2

CC ID: 1167835
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Eastern_Bering_Sea_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 3

CC ID: 1167836
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Gulf_of_Alaska_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 4

CC ID: 1167837
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Gulf_of_Mexico_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 5

CC ID: 1167838
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Northeast_US_Fall_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 6

CC ID: 1167839
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Northeast_US_Spring_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 7

CC ID: 1167840
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Southeast_US_Fall_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 8

CC ID: 1167841
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Southeast_US_Spring_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 9

CC ID: 1167842
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/Southeast_US_Summer_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 10

CC ID: 1167843
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/West_Coast_Annual_2003_to_Present_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Distribution 11

CC ID: 1167844
Download URL: https://maps.fisheries.noaa.gov/image/rest/services/DisMAP/West_Coast_Triennial_1977_to_2004_20220307/ImageServer
Distributor: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST) (2022-03-07 - Present)
Description:

Data access URL

File Type (Deprecated): Image Layer

Technical Environment

Description:

Esri ArcGIS 12.9.2.32739

Data Quality

Conceptual Consistency:

no missing features Specification Title 2022-03-07 Each study area was divided into 2km x 2km cells and biomass interpolated for each cell true

Lineage

Sources

Alaska Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey

CC ID: 1167845
Source Contribution:

Data downloaded from https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/commercial-fishing/alaska-groundfish-bottom-trawl-survey-data

Gulf of Mexico - SEAMAP

CC ID: 1167847
Source Contribution:

Data downloaded from https://seamap.gsmfc.org/

Northeast Fisheries Science Center Bottom Trawl Survey

CC ID: 1167846
Source Contribution:

"For Fall data: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/item/22560

For Spring data: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/item/22561

POC: Paul Kostovick (or Sean Lucey) "

NWFSC Annual Bottom Trawl Survey

CC ID: 1167849
Source Contribution:

Data downloaded from: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18418

Sourtheast US - SEAMAP

CC ID: 1167848
Source Contribution:

Data downloaded from https://www2.dnr.sc.gov/seamap/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fseamap%2fReports

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 1167850
Description:

The data was downloaded from the above sources as raw bottom trawl survey data. Please refer to the original source for detailed metadata information on each trawl survey.

Process Date/Time: 2022-03-07 00:00:00
Process Contact: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Phone (Voice): 301-427-8100

Process Step 2

CC ID: 1167851
Description:

The raw survey data was then processed using an R script, which combined the individual files collected for each regional survey into one dataset with standardized names and units across all regions, and removing unnecessary columns. During this processing step, decisions where made to in some cases trim a regions data to either eliminate certain years or strata based on evaluation of survey coverage for those years or strata.

Process Date/Time: 2022-03-07 00:00:00
Process Contact: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Phone (Voice): 301-427-8100

Process Step 3

CC ID: 1167852
Description:

The processed data was then fed into a Python script to generate the interpolated biomass distribution maps. The layers were summed in each region by year to provide species richness layers for each region.

Process Date/Time: 2022-03-07 00:00:00
Process Contact: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Phone (Voice): 301-427-8100

Process Step 4

CC ID: 1167853
Description:

These maps were then uploaded to the NOAA Fisheries Mapping portal as ESRI Imagery mosaic layers for display on DisMAP.

Process Date/Time: 2022-03-07 00:00:00
Process Contact: NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)
Phone (Voice): 301-427-8100

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Mosaic Dataset

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 66897
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:66897
Metadata Record Created By: John F Kennedy
Metadata Record Created: 2022-03-27 19:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Timothy J Haverland
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-01-17 17:21+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2022-04-13
Owner Org: OST
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2022-04-13
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2023-04-13