Oceanography Branch Plankton Database Plankton Database (PLANKTON) eng Dataset Ichthyoplankton Oceanography Plankton Zooplankton baseline conditions remote sensing shelf-wide 1971-present 4-8 times per year Carolina Capes (North Carolina) East Florida Georges Bank Georgia Gulf of Maine Mid-Atlantic Bight Nova Scotia South Carolina Southern New England uses a random stratified design based on NEFSC trawl survey Shelf-wide Research Vessel Surveys are conducted 4-8 times per year over the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, using NOAA research ships or charter vessels. The Cape Hatteras to Cape Sable area is divided into four regions, and 30 randomly selected stations are targeted for sampling from each region. The investigation utilizes shelf-wide research vessel surveys to gather data on planktonic organisms including zooplankton and ichtyoplankton. Environmental parameters are also collected but stored in different databases (e.g., OCDBS). The investigation monitors the fishery-relevant components of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem, to characterize the baseline conditions and to determine the effects of biological and physical processes on the recruitment of Northeast shelf fishes. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Jones, Michael https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/9286 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/9285 northlimit=44.7; eastlimit=-63.6; southlimit=26.77; westlimit=-84.68; name=Approximate rectangle of survey stations ; start=1971-09-07; NEFSC Data Access Constraint: If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.