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GULFSPAN Survey (longterm effort, catch, and environmental data) from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100).

Data Set (DS)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8544  |  Updated: April 1, 2025  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Access Info
Distribution Info
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Data Quality
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Catalog Details

Summary

Sampling Location

Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2025: GULFSPAN Survey (longterm effort, catch, and environmental data) from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100)., https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8544.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

The identification of essential habitats for marine species is critical for proper management of populations. Although the species composition of sharks that occur in coastal waters is diverse, descriptions of distribution and habitat use tend to be generalized; distribution has been broadly outlined in which individuals are segregated into different habitats by ontogeny

The GULFPSAN survey is a fishery-independent survey that began in 1994 to examine the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico. It was done adhoc through 2002. In 2003 it began to receive its own funding. The database describes coastal shark abundance and environmental data from St. Andrews Bay to Apalachicola Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution Information

Access Constraints:

None

Use Constraints:

Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by inaccuracies in these data, or as a result of these data being used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does distribution constitute any such warranty

Controlled Theme Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, FISH, OXYGEN, TURBIDITY, WATER DEPTH, WATER TEMPERATURE

Child Items

Type Title
Document 8544.xml
Entity Bycatch.csv
Entity Bycatch_Metadata.csv
Entity Bycatch_Species_List.csv
Entity Bycatch_Species_List_Metadata.csv
Entity Catch_Table.csv
Entity Catch_Table_Metadata.csv
Document Data Set Journal Information
Document DataSet Profile Information
Entity Effort_Table.csv
Entity Effort_Table_Metadata.csv
Document Geographic Bounds as Map
Document Geographic Bounds email update
Entity Location_Areas.csv
Entity Location_Areas_Metadata.csv
Document MCUK5H-ISO-19115-2.xml
Document NCEI Archive Confirmation email
Entity Sample_Codes.csv
Entity Sample_Codes_Metadata.csv
Document Sampling Points Accession Geographic Bounds as Text File
Entity Shark_Ray_Species_List.csv
Entity Shark_Ray_Species_List_Metadata.csv
Entity Shark_Ray_Summary.csv
Entity Shark_Ray_Summary_Metadata.csv

Contact Information

Metadata Contact
John Carlson
John.Carlson@noaa.gov
850-234-6541 x221

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-85.887° W, -85.087° E, 30.275° N, 29.652° S

Localized Sampling Area

Time Frame 1
1994 - Present

Item Identification

Title: GULFSPAN Survey (longterm effort, catch, and environmental data) from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100).
Short Name: GULFSPAN Catch, Effort, Environmental 1994-2016
Status: Completed
Creation Date: 1994
Abstract:

The identification of essential habitats for marine species is critical for proper management of populations. Although the species composition of sharks that occur in coastal waters is diverse, descriptions of distribution and habitat use tend to be generalized; distribution has been broadly outlined in which individuals are segregated into different habitats by ontogeny

The GULFPSAN survey is a fishery-independent survey that began in 1994 to examine the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico. It was done adhoc through 2002. In 2003 it began to receive its own funding. The database describes coastal shark abundance and environmental data from St. Andrews Bay to Apalachicola Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.
Purpose:

To continue to investigate the distribution and abundance of coastal sharks and quantify coastal shark community structure in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. This information is used to refine shark essential fish habitat as mandated by the Magnuson-Steven Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Data is further collected to provide a juvenile index of abundance as an input to stock assessment models.
Other Citation Details:

Cite as: Carlson, John (2017). Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100). Version 1.1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. [access date]

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
UNCONTROLLED
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0162100
NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 162100
NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Panama City, FL Laboratory
NODC DATA TYPES DEPTH - BOTTOM
NODC DATA TYPES turbidity
NODC DATA TYPES BIOLOGICAL DATA
NODC DATA TYPES DISSOLVED OXYGEN
NODC DATA TYPES FISH SPECIES
NODC DATA TYPES SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
NODC DATA TYPES WATER TEMPERATURE
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES survey - biological
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES biological
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES in situ
NODC OBSERVATION TYPES laboratory analyses
NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center
WMO_CategoryCode oceanography
None catch
None effort
None elasmobranch
None environmental data
None FINSS
None Fisheries Independent Data
None gillnet
None Gulfspan
None rays
None shark

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 1994-2016

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
UNCONTROLLED
NODC SEA AREA NAMES Coastal Waters Of Florida
NODC SEA AREA NAMES Gulf Of Mexico
None Apalachicola Bay
None Crooked Island Sound
None Panama CiIty, Florida
None St Joseph Bay
None St. Andrews Bay

Instrument Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
NETS > NETS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS
UNCONTROLLED
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES net
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES GPS
NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES secchi disk

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Environmental Information - Silver Spring, Maryland
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Mixed
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 286929
Date Effective From: 1994
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Carlson, John
Address: 3500 Delwood Beach Road
Panama City, FL 32408
Email Address: John.Carlson@noaa.gov
Phone: 850-234-6541 x221
Fax: 850-235-3559
Contact Instructions:

Phone or email

Distributor

CC ID: 286926
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 383477
Date Effective From: 1994
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Carlson, John
Address: 3500 Delwood Beach Road
Panama City, FL 32408
Email Address: John.Carlson@noaa.gov
Phone: 850-234-6541 x221
Fax: 850-235-3559

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 274845
W° Bound: -85.887
E° Bound: -85.087
N° Bound: 30.275
S° Bound: 29.652
Description

Localized Sampling Area

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 274844
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1994

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Open to everyone
Data Access Procedure:

Download from provided link
Data Access Constraints:

None
Data Use Constraints:

Data set is not for use in litigation. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentations caused by inaccuracies in these data, or as a result of these data being used on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does distribution constitute any such warranty
Metadata Access Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 390843
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/archive-management-system/OAS/bin/prd/jquery/accession/download/162100
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2016 - Present)
File Name: 162100.1.1.tar.gz
Description:

Landing Page For Downloads Of Accession 0162100
File Type (Deprecated): .gz
File Size: 4.3 mb
Compression: TAR
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 383753
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-014-0355-3
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: html
Description:

Publication: Distribution and community structure of coastal sharks in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico

URL 2

CC ID: 383754
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maec.12151/full
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Publication: Characterizing and predicting essential habitat features for juvenile coastal sharks

URL 3

CC ID: 383755
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2011/00000087/00000004/art00009
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Publication: A comparison of the foraging ecology and bioenergetics of the early life-stages of two sympatric hammerhead sharks

URL 4

CC ID: 383756
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12237-008-9075-2
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Publication: Coastal Habitat Use and Residency of Juvenile Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae)

URL 5

CC ID: 383757
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2006/00000078/00000002/art00005
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Publication: Ontogenetic and site-related trends in the diet of the Atlantic sharpnose shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae from the northeast Gulf of Mexico

URL 6

CC ID: 383758
URL: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v268/p245-264
URL Type:
Online Resource
Description:

Publication: Foraging ecology of the early life stages of four sympatric shark species

URL 7

CC ID: 858332
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0162100
Name: Home Page NCEI Accession 0162100
URL Type:
Online Resource
File Resource Format: .html
Description:

Gulf of Mexico Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) survey from 1994-2016 (NCEI Accession 0162100)

URL 8

CC ID: 858333
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0162100/1.1/about/0162100_map.jpg
Name: Sampling Location
URL Type:
Browse Graphic
Sampling Location
File Resource Format: .jpg
Description:

Sampling Locations For Dataset

Technical Environment

Description:

Pc Files -- Microsoft Access Database

Served to public as .csv files

Data Quality

Quantitation Limits:

Temperature measurements are to the nearest tenth of a degree.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Hard copies of data sheets are physically compared to database entries at the end of each year. A report summarizing catch, effort, and environmental data is given to HMS each year.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: 0
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: Yes
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 365
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

N/A
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: World Data Center (WDC) Facility
If World Data Center or Other, Specify: NCEI Archive
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 365
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

The data resides on a secure government network requiring multi-factor authentication for network access.

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 284849
Description:

1. Effort, catch, and environmental data are entered manually on data sheets while in the field. 2. Data is entered manually from data sheets to database for storage. 3. Hard copies of data sheets are stored in binders by year chronologically by set number.
Process Contact: Carlson, John
Phone (Voice): 850-234-6541 x221
Email Address: John.Carlson@noaa.gov

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 8544
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8544
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2008-12-10 15:39+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-04-01 17:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-10-19
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-10-19
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-10-19