| Occurrence of Gag Grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) from SEAMAP and NMFS SEFSC Fishery-Independent
Resource Surveys |
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Fisheries-independent catch and effort data from Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment
Program (SEAMAP) Reef Fish Surveys (from 1995 to 2017) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Fisheries
Science Center (SEFSC) Bottom Longline Surveys (from 2001 to 2018) are used to map
the occurrence of gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis) in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
The final summary is represented as a point layer. The layer attributes include the
longitude (LON) and latitude (LAT) of each station, the presence or absence (OCCURRENCE)
of the species and the survey (SURVEY) during which it was taken. The surveys encounter
primarily adult fish, but may represent some juvenile fish as well. |
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