NMFS_Survey_Transects

Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Entity (ENT) | ID: 75804 | Published / External
Created: 2025-05-08   |   Last Modified: 2025-07-02

Parent: Northern California Current Ecosystem Survey (transect)
Data Set (DS) | ID: 75799

ID: 75804
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historical survey transects in line format; Source: NOAA Fisheries
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Attribute Summary

Score Req'd? PKey? » Name Data Storage Type Description
100 No No OBJECTID n/a Internal feature number.; Source: ESRI
100 No No Shape n/a Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
100 No No Year n/a Year of survey operation; Source: Author
100 No No Vessel n/a Name of survey support vessel; Source: Author
100 No No TransectTy n/a Type of survey transect; Source: Author
100 No No TransectNo n/a Transect number, unique to year and vessel; Source: Author
100 No No Shape_Length n/a Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
100 No No AreaName n/a ; Source:
100 No No TstWidthNm n/a ; Source:
100 No No MERGE_SRC n/a ; Source:
100 No No SurveyNum n/a Survey index number as referenced in Table 1 of NOAA Fisheries comment letters; Source: Author
100 No No SurveyName n/a ; Source:
100 No No SurveyAbbr n/a ; Source:
100 No No InstCode n/a ; Source:

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Attribute Name OBJECTID
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Internal feature number.; Source: ESRI
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Attribute Name Shape
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Feature geometry.; Source: Esri
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Allowed Values Coordinates defining the features.
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Attribute Name Year
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Year of survey operation; Source: Author
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Allowed Values 1995 to 2021
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Attribute Name Vessel
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Name of survey support vessel; Source: Author
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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);
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Attribute Name TransectTy
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Type of survey transect; Source: Author
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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;
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Attribute Name TransectNo
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Transect number, unique to year and vessel; Source: Author
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Allowed Values Transect number, unique to year and vessel
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Attribute Name Shape_Length
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Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri
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Attribute Name AreaName
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Attribute Name TstWidthNm
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Attribute Name MERGE_SRC
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Attribute Name SurveyNum
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Survey index number as referenced in Table 1 of NOAA Fisheries comment letters; Source: Author
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Allowed Values 1 to 13
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Attribute Name SurveyName
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Attribute Name SurveyAbbr
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Attribute Name InstCode
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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID 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
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