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                 source="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov">
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      <catalog-item-id>75820</catalog-item-id>
      <title>NMFS_Survey_Transects</title>
      <catalog-item-type>Entity</catalog-item-type>
      <metadata-workflow-state ccs-id="9">Published / External</metadata-workflow-state>
      <parent-catalog-item-id>75732</parent-catalog-item-id>
      <parent-title>California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (transect)</parent-title>
      <parent-catalog-item-type>Data Set</parent-catalog-item-type>
   </item-identification>
   <entity-information>
      <entity-type>Data Table</entity-type>
      <active-version>Yes</active-version>
      <description>historical survey transects in line format; Source: NOAA Fisheries</description>
   </entity-information>
   <data-attributes>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386789">
         <seq-order>1</seq-order>
         <name>OBJECTID</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Internal feature number.; Source: ESRI</description>
         <allowed-values>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386790">
         <seq-order>2</seq-order>
         <name>Shape</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Feature geometry.; Source: Esri</description>
         <allowed-values>Coordinates defining the features.</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386791">
         <seq-order>3</seq-order>
         <name>Year</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Year of survey operation; Source: Author</description>
         <allowed-values>1995 to 2021</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386792">
         <seq-order>4</seq-order>
         <name>Vessel</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Name of survey support vessel; Source: Author</description>
         <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);</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386793">
         <seq-order>5</seq-order>
         <name>TransectTy</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Type of survey transect; Source: Author</description>
         <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;</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386794">
         <seq-order>6</seq-order>
         <name>TransectNo</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Transect number, unique to year and vessel; Source: Author</description>
         <allowed-values>Transect number, unique to year and vessel</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386795">
         <seq-order>7</seq-order>
         <name>Shape_Length</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Length of feature in internal units.; Source: Esri</description>
         <allowed-values>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386796">
         <seq-order>8</seq-order>
         <name>AreaName</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386797">
         <seq-order>9</seq-order>
         <name>TstWidthNm</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386798">
         <seq-order>10</seq-order>
         <name>MERGE_SRC</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386799">
         <seq-order>11</seq-order>
         <name>SurveyNum</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Survey index number as referenced in Table 1 of NOAA Fisheries comment letters; Source: Author</description>
         <allowed-values>1 to 13</allowed-values>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386800">
         <seq-order>12</seq-order>
         <name>SurveyName</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386801">
         <seq-order>13</seq-order>
         <name>SurveyAbbr</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="1386802">
         <seq-order>14</seq-order>
         <name>InstCode</name>
         <data-storage-type>n/a</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>; Source:</description>
      </data-attribute>
   </data-attributes>
   <catalog-details>
      <guid>gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:75820</guid>
      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="24661">Melissa Widas</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2025-05-09T17:13:58</metadata-record-created>
      <metadata-record-last-modified-by pers-id="17200">Curt Whitmire</metadata-record-last-modified-by>
      <metadata-record-last-modified>2025-07-02T23:49:57</metadata-record-last-modified>
      <record-published>2025-07-02</record-published>
      <owner-organization>Northwest Fisheries Science Center</owner-organization>
      <owner-organization-acronym>NWFSC</owner-organization-acronym>
      <owner-organization-address>2725 Montlake Boulevard East</owner-organization-address>
      <owner-organization-address-city>Seattle</owner-organization-address-city>
      <owner-organization-address-state>WA</owner-organization-address-state>
      <owner-organization-address-zip>98112</owner-organization-address-zip>
      <owner-organization-address-country>USA</owner-organization-address-country>
      <owner-organization-phone>206-860-3200</owner-organization-phone>
      <owner-organization-url>https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov</owner-organization-url>
      <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-review-frequency>1 Year</metadata-review-frequency>
   </catalog-details>
</inport-metadata>
