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Office of Fisheries, Biological Data Structure (Groundfish)

Entity (ENT)  |  Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8266  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 

Item Identification

Title: Office of Fisheries, Biological Data Structure (Groundfish)
Short Name: Biological Data (Finfish)
Status: In Work
Purpose:

The Finfish Biological data set contains information on gear, species, numbers and weights, etc., for specific Finfish Project stations.
Supplemental Information:

This data structure is used for Project 2 (Groundfish), aka "Finfish".

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None gear
None lengths
None numbers
None species
None weights

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Louisiana coastwide

Physical Location

Organization: Louisiana Department of Wildlife Fisheries
City: Baton Rouge
State/Province: LA
Country: USA

Entity Information

Entity Type: Form: Collection or Entry
Active Version?: Yes
Alias: BIOMAS2
Description:

Biological data for Project 2 (Finfish Monitoring).

Data Attributes

Note: Metadata requirements do not apply to attributes for non-tabular entities.

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
N/A
 AREA numeric Management unit
N/A
 DAY numeric Day of month
N/A
 DEPTH numeric Depth of sample in meters
N/A
 GEAR numeric Biological gear
N/A
 GEAR_OBS numeric Gear observation
N/A
 GONAD_M numeric Gonad method
N/A
 GONAD_WT numeric Gonad weight
N/A
 GROUP numeric Length group
N/A
 I_WT_M numeric Individual weight method
N/A
 LEN_INT numeric Length interval
N/A
 LEN_M numeric Length method
N/A
 LEN_MEAS numeric Length or number
N/A
 MONTH numeric Month of year
N/A
 NUM_MEAS numeric Number measured by taxa
N/A
 PROJECT numeric Source of data collection
N/A
 SEX numeric Sex
N/A
 SPECIAL numeric Subproject
N/A
 SP_OBS numeric Species observation
N/A
 STAGE numeric Maturity stage
N/A
 STAGE_M numeric Stage method
N/A
 STATION numeric Sample location
N/A
 ST01 numeric Stomach contents (taxa code)
N/A
 ST02 numeric Stomach contents (taxa code)
N/A
 ST03 numeric Stomach contents (taxa code)
N/A
 ST04 numeric Stomach contents (taxa code)
N/A
 ST05 numeric Stomach contents (taxa code)
N/A
 TAXA numeric Species
N/A
 TIME numeric Time of day (military)
N/A
 T_NUM numeric Total number captured by taxa
N/A
 T_NUM_M numeric Total number enumeration method
N/A
 T_WT numeric Total wieght captured by taxa
N/A
 T_WT_M numeric Total weight method
N/A
 WT_MEAS numeric Individual weight measurement
N/A
 YEAR numeric Year

Attribute Details

AREA

CC ID: 31649
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Management unit

DAY

CC ID: 31650
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Day of month

DEPTH

CC ID: 31651
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Depth of sample in meters

GEAR

CC ID: 31652
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Biological gear

GEAR_OBS

CC ID: 31653
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Gear observation

GONAD_M

CC ID: 31654
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Gonad method

GONAD_WT

CC ID: 31655
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Gonad weight

GROUP

CC ID: 31656
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length group

I_WT_M

CC ID: 31657
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Individual weight method

LEN_INT

CC ID: 31658
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length interval

LEN_M

CC ID: 31659
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length method

LEN_MEAS

CC ID: 31660
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Length or number

MONTH

CC ID: 31661
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Month of year

NUM_MEAS

CC ID: 31662
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Number measured by taxa

PROJECT

CC ID: 31663
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Source of data collection

SEX

CC ID: 31664
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sex

SPECIAL

CC ID: 31665
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Subproject

SP_OBS

CC ID: 31666
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Species observation

STAGE

CC ID: 31667
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Maturity stage

STAGE_M

CC ID: 31668
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stage method

STATION

CC ID: 31669
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sample location

ST01

CC ID: 31670
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stomach contents (taxa code)

ST02

CC ID: 31671
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stomach contents (taxa code)

ST03

CC ID: 31672
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stomach contents (taxa code)

ST04

CC ID: 31673
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stomach contents (taxa code)

ST05

CC ID: 31674
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Stomach contents (taxa code)

TAXA

CC ID: 31675
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Species

TIME

CC ID: 31676
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time of day (military)

T_NUM

CC ID: 31677
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number captured by taxa

T_NUM_M

CC ID: 31678
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total number enumeration method

T_WT

CC ID: 31679
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total wieght captured by taxa

T_WT_M

CC ID: 31680
Seq. Order: 32
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Total weight method

WT_MEAS

CC ID: 31681
Seq. Order: 33
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 8
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Individual weight measurement

YEAR

CC ID: 31682
Seq. Order: 34
Data Storage Type: numeric
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year

Support Roles

Author

CC ID: 64959
Date Effective From: 2006-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Harden, Michael
Address: 2000 Quail Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
USA
Email Address: mharden@wlf.la.gov
Fax: (225)765-2624
Business Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm CST

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 31684
Date Effective From: 2006-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Strong, Marsha
Address: 2000 Quail Dr.
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Email Address: mstrong@wlf.la.gov
Phone: (225)765-2952
Business Hours: 9 -5

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Data available upon written request to Division Administrator.
Data Access Procedure:

Contact Information:

Division Administrator

La. Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries

Marine Fisheries Division

P. O. Box 98000

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898-9000

Telephone: (225) 765-2384

Related Items

Item Type Relationship Type Title
Project (PRJ) Cross Reference Shrimp/Groundfish Monitoring

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 8266
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8266
Metadata Record Created By: Marsha Strong
Metadata Record Created: 2008-11-18 14:32+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-09-05
Owner Org: GSMFC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-09-05
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-09-05