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Title: NMFS_Survey_Transects

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Description:

historical survey transects in line format; Source: NOAA Fisheries

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
OBJECTID n/a Internal feature number.; Source: ESRI
100
Shape n/a Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
100
Year n/a Year of survey operation; Source: Author
100
Vessel n/a Name of survey support vessel; Source: Author
100
TransectTy n/a Type of survey transect; Source: Author
100
TransectNo n/a Transect number, unique to year and vessel; Source: Author
100
Shape_Length n/a Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
100
AreaName n/a ; Source:
100
TstWidthNm n/a ; Source:
100
MERGE_SRC n/a ; Source:
100
SurveyNum n/a Survey index number as referenced in Table 1 of NOAA Fisheries comment letters; Source: Author
100
SurveyName n/a ; Source:
100
SurveyAbbr n/a ; Source:
100
InstCode n/a ; Source:

Attribute Details

OBJECTID

CC ID: 1386069
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Internal feature number.; Source: ESRI

Allowed Values: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Shape

CC ID: 1386070
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Feature geometry.; Source: Esri

Allowed Values: Coordinates defining the features.

Year

CC ID: 1386071
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year of survey operation; Source: Author

Allowed Values: 1995 to 2021

Vessel

CC ID: 1386072
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of survey support vessel; Source: Author

Allowed Values: Freeman: NOAA Ship Miller Freeman (R 223); Nordic Pearl: Fishing Vessel (F/V) Nordic Pearl; Ricker: Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) W.E. Ricker; Shimada: NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada (R 227);

TransectTy

CC ID: 1386073
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of survey transect; Source: Author

Allowed Values: Adaptive: transect that is conducted when time and survey needs dictate; Compulsory: transect that is generally conducted each survey cycle; Mammal: transect to enumerate marine mammals; Offshore: transect that extends further offshore than compulsory and adaptive transects; Saildrone: transect conducted by Saildrone autonomous surface vehicle; Standard: general transect to collect fishery acoustics data;

TransectNo

CC ID: 1386074
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Transect number, unique to year and vessel; Source: Author

Allowed Values: Transect number, unique to year and vessel

Shape_Length

CC ID: 1386075
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri

Allowed Values: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

AreaName

CC ID: 1386076
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

TstWidthNm

CC ID: 1386077
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

MERGE_SRC

CC ID: 1386078
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

SurveyNum

CC ID: 1386079
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Survey index number as referenced in Table 1 of NOAA Fisheries comment letters; Source: Author

Allowed Values: 1 to 13

SurveyName

CC ID: 1386080
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

SurveyAbbr

CC ID: 1386081
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

InstCode

CC ID: 1386082
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: n/a
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

; Source:

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 75804
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:75804
Metadata Record Created By: Melissa Widas
Metadata Record Created: 2025-05-08 21:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Curt Whitmire
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-07-02 23:55+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2025-07-02
Owner Org: NWFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year