Metadata: Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Publication_Date: 20131113 Title: Fisheries-Independent Biological and Environmental Trawl Data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (1989-2005) as Part of the Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Database Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Galveston, TX Publisher: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. Publication_Date: 2013 Title: Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Other_Citation_Details: U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. Online_Linkage: http://www.galvestonlab.sefsc.noaa.gov/stories/2013/ecology/index.html Description: Abstract: The CAGES program (Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems) is designed to examine the differences between estuarine ecosystems and investigate why some are more productive than others. The program focuses on estuarine areas important to commercial fisheries and includes data on commercial finfish and invertebrate species, as well as other species commonly captured in trawl sampling. This Florida dataset is a subset of the CAGES Relational Database which is a compilation of fishery-independent data contributed by natural resource agencies of the Gulf States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). This data set includes trawl and associated hydrographic data collected under the Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) Program, part of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC). Trawl data were used to calculate CPUE (catch per unit effort) at each station for the years 1989 through 2005. Purpose: The purpose of CAGES is to compile the fishery independent data from five Gulf States into a database to more easily compare the fisheries across the US Gulf of Mexico coast. This dataset includes data collected from Florida only. The CAGES database is intended for scientific research only. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19890322 Ending_Date: 20051215 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.221983 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.007733 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.9215 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.459833 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: comparative assessment of gulf estuarine systems Theme_Keyword: CAGES Theme_Keyword: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) Theme_Keyword: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) Theme_Keyword: FFWCC Theme_Keyword: FWRI Theme_Keyword: Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) Program Theme_Keyword: estuary Theme_Keyword: coastal bay Theme_Keyword: distribution Theme_Keyword: abundance Theme_Keyword: occurrence Theme_Keyword: fisheries Theme_Keyword: fishery independent data Theme_Keyword: CPUE Theme_Keyword: catch per unit effort Theme_Keyword: trawl Theme_Keyword: finfish Theme_Keyword: invertebrate Theme_Keyword: nekton Theme_Keyword: vertebrate Theme_Keyword: crustacean Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: temperature Theme_Keyword: dissolved oxygen Theme_Keyword: secchi depth Theme_Keyword: conductivity Theme_Keyword: pH Theme_Keyword: hydrological Theme_Keyword: hydrographic Theme_Keyword: Brown shrimp Theme_Keyword: Pink shrimp Theme_Keyword: White shrimp Theme_Keyword: Blue crab Theme_Keyword: Gulf menhaden Theme_Keyword: Bay anchovy Theme_Keyword: hardhead sea catfish Theme_Keyword: Bighead searobin Theme_Keyword: Silver Jenny Theme_Keyword: Pinfish Theme_Keyword: Sand seatrout Theme_Keyword: Silver perch Theme_Keyword: Spot Theme_Keyword: Southern kingfish Theme_Keyword: Atlantic croaker Theme_Keyword: Black drum Theme_Keyword: Red drum Theme_Keyword: Striped mullet Theme_Keyword: Spanish mackerel Theme_Keyword: Bay whiff Theme_Keyword: Gulf flounder Theme_Keyword: Southern flounder Theme_Keyword: Blackcheek tonguefish Theme_Keyword: Hog choker Theme_Keyword: Lined sole Theme_Keyword: Farfantepenaeus (Penaeus) aztecus Theme_Keyword: Farfantepenaeus (Penaeus) duorarum Theme_Keyword: Litopenaeus (Penaeus) setiferus Theme_Keyword: Callinectes sapidus Theme_Keyword: Brevoortia patronus Theme_Keyword: Anchoa mitchilli Theme_Keyword: Ariopsis felis Theme_Keyword: Prionotus tribulus Theme_Keyword: Eucinostomus gula Theme_Keyword: Lagodon rhomboides Theme_Keyword: Cynoscion arenarius Theme_Keyword: Bairdiella chrysoura Theme_Keyword: Leiostomus xanthurus Theme_Keyword: Menticirrhus americanus Theme_Keyword: Micropogonias undulatus Theme_Keyword: Pogonias cromis Theme_Keyword: Sciaenops ocellatus Theme_Keyword: Mugil cephalus Theme_Keyword: Scomberomorus maculatus Theme_Keyword: Citharichthys spilopterus Theme_Keyword: Paralichthys albiguta Theme_Keyword: Paralichthys lethostigma Theme_Keyword: Symphurus plagiusa Theme_Keyword: Trinectes maculatus Theme_Keyword: Achirus lineatus Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place_Keyword: Gulf Coast Place_Keyword: Florida Place_Keyword: Apalachicola Bay Place_Keyword: Suwannee River Place_Keyword: Cedar Key Place_Keyword: Tampa Bay Place_Keyword: Charlotte Harbor Place_Keyword: Suwannee Sound Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: None Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Dr. Harmon Brown Contact_Organization: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U City: Galveston State_or_Province: TX Postal_Code: 77551 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 409-766-3500 Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Native_Data_Set_Environment: MS Access database; CAGES_FL.accdb; 25.9 MB. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: NOAA cannot guarantee the scope, accuracy or timeliness of this information. Completeness_Report: NOAA cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) manages fish and wildlife resources to maintain populations for their long-term well-being and for the benefit of the people. The Fisheries-Independent Monitoring (FIM) program, part of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute of the FFWCC has been monitoring resource species in four regions of the Florida Gulf coast: Apalachicola Bay, the shallow Gulf area off the Suwannee River delta north of Cedar Key, Tampa Bay, and Charlotte Harbor. Trawl samples and hydrologic data were collected at randomly selected sites monthly in the tidally influenced riverine areas of our sampling universe (1989-2005) or on a seasonal (spring-fall 1989-1995 and 1998-2005) basis to target the main juvenile recruitment periods depending on the year in each of four estuarine areas. During 1996 and 1997 trawl samples and hydrologic data were collected monthly in both riverine systems and in the bays. Each of the four areas was subdivided into grids of 1 x 1 minute latitude and longitude. Each minute grid was further subdivided into microgrids using a 10 x 10 cell grid overlay. Each microgrid was also classified by habitat, and the percentage of all microgrids in each habitat defined the number of samples to be taken from that pool of microgrids. Data are for the years 1989-2005. Samples collected from 1989-1994 included both day and night hauls with those after 1994 being daytime collections only. Sampling in Suwannee Sound and Cedar Key began in 1996 but no trawl sampling occurred in 1998-2000. Sampling in Apalachicola Bay did not begin until 1998. Hydrographic data collected at each site included temperature and salinity. Observations were taken at 1-m depth intervals from the surface to the bottom. Water depth and habitat type also were recorded. Trawls were towed from 6.7 – 7.3-m (22 – 24-ft) wooden mullet skiffs, each powered by an outboard engine housed in a central well, thus leaving the rear deck and transom open for sampling operation. FFWCC used a 6.1-m (20-ft) two-panel otter trawl with 3.8-cm (1.5-in) stretch mesh webbing. The boat speed was set at about 2.2 kph (1.4 mph) to tow approximately 0.2 nm in 10 minutes (acceptable range was 0.16 to 0.24 nm). All fishery samples collected by FFWCC were processed following a standard set of protocols. These protocols ensured that an accurate size representation and number collected were recorded for each species in each sample, and that the data taken reflected the entire catch. All fish and selected macroinvertebrate species captured were identified to the lowest practical taxonomic level and counted. A random sample of at least 10 individuals (40 for selected species) was measured (standard length [SL] for teleosts, carapace width for crabs, and postorbital head length [carapace length] for shrimp) and recorded for each trawl. When the catch was estimated to include more than 1000 individuals, the catch could be subsampled. Subsamples were processed under the normal protocols and results extrapolated back to a whole catch (FFWCC 2010). Process_Date: 2013 Process_Step: Process_Description: Catch data in trawls were converted to numbers caught per hectare (#/ha) using the tow times and calculated conversion factors. The conversion factor was calculated based on an assumed 80% spread of the width of the trawl webbing along the headrope (defined here as the headrope length) and the estimated distance towed in one minute calculated from reported tow times. The conversion factor is equal to the time needed (in minutes) for the trawl to cover one hectare. To calculate the CPUE the following formula was used: Conversion factor / Tow duration (min) X Number caught = #/ha. The conversion factor for Florida was calculated to be 55.92. Process_Date: 2013 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data in the Florida CAGES database consists of six (6) MS Access database tables each of which has an accompanying exported csv file. Tables/files and fields, in the order they occur in the csv files, are as follows: Florida CPUE (Bay Code, Station Code, YYYY, MM, DD, Species Code, CPUE); Florida Lengths (Station Code, Species, Number, Length); Florida Species (Species Code, Scientific Name, Common Name); Florida Stations (Station Code, Bay Code, YYYY, MM, DD, Latitude, Longitude); Florida Trawls (Station Code, Species Code, Number); Florida Hydrological (Station Code, Start Depth, End Depth, Secchi Depth, Distance Towed, Tow Time, Surface Temperature, Bottom Temperature, Surface Salinity, Bottom Salinity, Surface Conductivity, Bottom Conductivity, Surface pH, Bottom pH, Surface DO, Bottom DO). Latitude and Longitude are provided in decimal degrees and depths are in meters (m). Units of measure for other fields are as follows: CPUE (number caught per hectare (#/ha)), Length (mm), Secchi Depth (m), Distance Towed (km), Tow Time (HH:MM), Temperature (Degrees Celsius), Salinity (ppt), Conductivity (mmhos/cm), DO (mg/l). Note: In the Florida Hydrological table, both a "99.9" value and a blank field indicate a missing salinity value. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. 2013. Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. 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