26883
Summary of recreational hook and line caught sea turtles documented by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory
Data Set
Published / External
24607
Galveston Turtle Projects
Project
In Work
2003
The database is a summary of sea turtles that are hook and line captured by recreational anglers in the region covered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory through its work as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. The database cotains: morphometric data on sea turtles caught type of gear on which sea turtle was caught whether the sea turtle was rehabilitated and released or died tag information.
To track annual trends in recreational sea turtle captures and to maintain a database of gear and bait types.
Theme
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > REPTILES > TURTLES
Spatial
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
Theme
Caretta caretta
Theme
Chelonia mydas
Theme
Kemp's ridley
Theme
Lepidochelys kempii
Theme
fishing pier
Theme
green sea turtle
Theme
hook and line
Theme
loggerhead
Theme
recreational fishing
Theme
sea turtle
Temporal
2003-2016
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Coastal Waters Of Louisiana
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Coastal Waters Of Texas
Spatial
NODC SEA AREA NAMES
Gulf of Mexico
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Miami
FL
USA
SEFSC PARR Dataserver
Data Set
MS Excel Spreadsheet
As Needed
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Summary_of_hook_and_line_caught_Sea_turtles.csv
Published / External
Completed
The database is a summary of sea turtles that are hook and line captured by recreational anglers in the region covered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory through its work as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. The database cotains: morphometric data on sea turtles caught type of gear on which sea turtle was caught whether the sea turtle was rehabilitated and released or died tag information.
Data Table
Yes
The is a summary of sea turtles that are hook and line captured by recreational anglers in the region covered by the NOAA Galveston Laboratory through its work as the local representative of the Southeast Fisheries Science Centers Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network. It contains: morphometric data on sea turtles caught type of gear on which sea turtle was caught whether the sea turtle was rehabilitated and released or died and tag information.
10
Stranding_Identifiction_Code
Character
Yes
Yes
Active
Stranding Id Number
20
Species
Character
Yes
No
Active
Code Indicating Turtle That was caught.
It consists of the first character of the genus and the first character of the species.
Cc = Caretta caretta Loggerhead
Cm = Chelonia mydas Green Turtle
Dc = Dermochelys coriacea Letherback
Ei = Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill
Lk = Lepidochelys kempii Kemps Ridely
Lo = Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley
Un = Unknown
30
Event
Character
2
Yes
No
Active
Code indicating Stranding event.
Alwats HL (Hook & Line)
40
Capture_Location
Character
50
Yes
No
Active
Description of Place/Geographic Location of Interaction with the turtle
50
Latitude
Numeric
Yes
No
10
7
Active
Latitude of Capture/Stranding Event
60
Longitude
Numeric
Yes
No
4
7
Active
Longitude of Capture/Stranding Event
70
Date
Date
10
Yes
No
Active
Date Of Starnding/Capture
MM/DD/YYYY
80
Year
Numeric
4
4
Yes
No
Active
Numeric Year if the Hooking Event
####
The Year of the stranding Date
110
Month
Character
3
Yes
No
Active
First Three Characters of Month of the turtle interaction Event
Month of the Interaction Date
120
Straight_Carapace_Length_cm
Numeric
Yes
No
7
1
Active
straight carapace length in centimeters
cm
###.#
130
Condition
Character
20
Yes
No
Active
Condition of turtle when captured
Alive
Dead
Alive/Released
140
Tags
Character
40
No
No
Active
The tag(s) if any on the turtle
150
Offshore_or_Inshore
Character
Yes
No
Active
Indicates if interaction was offshore or in shore
Offshore
Inshore
160
County
Characrer
Yes
No
Active
Name of the County Where Interaction Took Place
170
HookLocation
Character
100
Yes
No
Active
Location Where Hook was found on Turtle
180
Action
Character
100
No
No
Active
Action Taken When Hooked Turtle Was brought to Land
190
Comments
Character
240
No
No
Active
Any other descriptive Comments On Record
52372
Column_Definitions_Summary_of_hook_and_line_caught_Sea_turtles
meta_data.csv
Published / External
Completed
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entity for this dataset
Data Table
Yes
Column Definitions
Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set
20
Original Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
30
Revised Variable Name
Character
40
Yes
No
Active
This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
40
Data Description
Character
150
Yes
No
Active
The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
50
Data Type
Character
12
Yes
No
Active
Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
Character
Number
60
Data Length
Numeric
4
Yes
No
0
Active
The length of the corresponding field in question
70
Number of Decimal Places
Numeric
2
No
No
Active
Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
I
100
Required?
Character
7
Yes
No
Active
Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table
Yes
No
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Codes and Values Explained
Published / External
Completed
Metadata Table which Describes Codes and short values In The Data Tables of Entities in this data set
Data Table
Yes
Meta Table listing Codes and Their Values. Please note that codes for all data columns have been provided
10
MiscDescripter Code
Character
20
Yes
No
Active
Code Value or value
20
Description
Character
100
Yes
No
Active
Meaning of The Code or value
Data Steward
2003
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Distributor
2003
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Metadata Contact
2003
Person
Higgins, Benjamin
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3670
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2003
Person
Baumer, Tim J
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
4700 Avenue U
Galveston
TX
77551
409-766-3784
Contact by email preferred.
Ground Condition
-95.295206
-93.838005
29.68
28.937322
Gulf Of Mexico
Continuing
2003
Unclassified
None
None
Download from provided link
None
Please Cite Appropriately
None
Please Cite Appropriately
2003
https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/26883.zip
2003
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
26883.zip
ONLINE RESOURCE
SPREADSHEET (MICROSOFT EXCEL)
XLS - Microsoft Excel
Zip
Not Chked
None
No
0
Yes
No
No
365
N/A
To Be Determined
365
The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access.
1
None
52374
Document
readme.pdf
52373
Entity
Codes and Values Explained
52372
Entity
Column_Definitions_Summary_of_hook_and_line_caught_Sea_turtles
52262
Entity
Summary_of_hook_and_line_caught_Sea_turtles.csv
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Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
www.sefsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
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