gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12858 eng UTF8 dataset Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 0700-1700 Pacific Time resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:17 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) AFSC/REFM: Inshore research surveys in the eastern and central Gulf of Alaska, 2010-2013, conducted by the middle trophic level component of the GOA Integrated Ecosystem Research Project AFSC/REFM: Inshore research surveys in the eastern and central Gulf of Alaska, 2010-2013, conducted by the middle trophic level component of the GOA Integrated publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12858 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12858 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Ormseth, Olav 206-526-4242 206-526-6723 7600 Sand Point Way, NE Seattle WA Olav.Ormseth@noaa.gov originator Alaska Fisheries Science Center (206) 526-4000 (206) 526-4004 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Alaska Fisheries Science Center Website AKFSC Home Page information 0700-1700 Pacific Time originator tableDigital This dataset contains the results of a series of inshore research surveys that took place during 2010-2013 as part of the Gulf of Alaska Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (GOAIERP), a multidisciplinary study of the GOA ecosystem funded by the North Pacific Research Board. The project is comprised of four groups of investigators, organized as upper, middle, and lower trophic levels plus a modeling group. Investigators from the middle trophic level component conducted the research covered by this dataset. The study area consists of two main spatial regions (eastern: the outer coast of Southeast Alaska, western: the east side of Kodiak Island and the southern coast of the Kenai Peninsula). Within each main region the surveys covered 5-6 inshore bays or systems of bays (east: Whale Bay, St. Lazaria Island, Salisbury Sound, Islas Bay, Graves Harbor, Torch Bay; west: Kiliuda Bay, Izhut Bay, Barren Islands, Port Dick, Aialik Bay). At each of the inshore sites a number of research activities were conducted: 1) acoustic transects using 38- and 120-kHz split-beam transducers were conducted throughout the site to a depth of 20m; 2) sporadic nearshore acoustics were conducted from a skiff between depths of 5-20 m; 3) 10 m and 15 m beach seines were deployed along the shoreline; 4) a 50 m purse seine was deployed in depths from 3-7 m; 5) a 3-m beam trawl was deployed sporadically; 6) a 6 m X 3 m single-warp otter trawl was sporadically used for surface tows; 7) acoustic backscatter was groundtruthed using the otter trawl, jigging, and an underwater video camera; 8) oceanography stations were conducted using a Seabird 19+ CTD, a vertical zooplankton tow using a 1 m ring net, and collection of chlorophyll and nutrients samples at depths of 1 and 20 m at each station. Fish samples were taken for analyses of diet, nutritional condition, and energy content. In 2010, pilot studies were conducted in the eastern region during July and in the western region during October. These studies did not employ all of the gears listed above, and little oceanography work was performed. In 2011, full 15-day seasonal surveys were conducted in each region (east: April, July, September; west: May, August, October). No fieldwork was conducted during 2012. In 2013 the full seasonal surveys once again took place, however due to the shutdown of the federal government the fall east survey was curtailed and the fall west survey was delayed until early November. The purpose of the research is to describe the distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates at eleven inshore sites, and to characterize the physical habitat and water column characteristics at each site. This work was funded mainly through the North Pacific Research Board. completed Ormseth, Olav 206-526-4242 206-526-6723 7600 Sand Point Way, NE Seattle WA Olav.Ormseth@noaa.gov pointOfContact Ormseth, Olav 206-526-4242 206-526-6723 7600 Sand Point Way, NE Seattle WA Olav.Ormseth@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/metadata-images/REFM/SSMAnearshore_goa.PNG Collection location map. url Non-Federal Funding theme PARR Exclusion CTD acoustic bongo net bottom trawl competition diet foraging juvenile theme fall spring summer temporal Aialik Bay Alaska Barren Islands Graves Harbor Gulf of Alaska Islas Bay Izhut Bay Kiliuda Bay Torch Bay place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC > Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Fish Abundance Surveys project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: AFSC/REFM: Inshore research surveys in the eastern and central Gulf of Alaska, 2010-2013, conducted by the middle trophic level component of the GOA Integrated Ecosystem Research Project [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12858. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. 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Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12858 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/12858.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans Access -155 -133 55 58 Gulf of Alaska | Currentness: Ground Condition 2010 2015 false eng false lovArea 2016-05-05 publication lovGear 2016-05-05 publication lovSiteCode 2016-05-05 publication lovSpecies 2016-05-05 publication lovSpeciesRACE 2016-05-05 publication lovSpecType 2016-05-05 publication lovStationCode 2016-05-05 publication lovSubSiteCode 2016-05-05 publication tblCatch 2016-05-05 publication tblCHLNUT 2016-05-05 publication tblCruise 2016-05-05 publication tblHaul 2016-05-05 publication tblLength 2016-05-05 publication tblO2Calib 2016-05-05 publication tblO2SAL 2016-05-05 publication tblOcean 2016-05-05 publication tblOceanST 2016-05-05 publication tblSamples 2016-05-05 publication tblSpecimen 2016-05-05 publication tblZOO 2016-05-05 publication North Pacific Research Board 907 644 6700 1007 West 3rd Avenue, Suite 100 Anchorage AK 99501 USA http://www.nprb.org/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link North Pacific Research Board Website Website listed for North Pacific Research Board information distributor http://projects.nprb.org/#metadata/9746d106-fdb6-422d-be5f-546f8800640e/project WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link http://projects.nprb.org/#metadata/9746d106-fdb6-422d-be5f-546f8800640e/project download dataset Completeness Report Not applicable. 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