gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22010 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/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data AFSC/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data 1953-03 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22010 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22010 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information 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 database contains information about shrimp surveys conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands dating back to 1953. The main tables used for analysis are the shrimp.catch, shrimp.length, shrimp.cruise, and shrimp.haul tables. Join columns provide linkages between the tables.The shrimp.catch table contains catch weights and counts by haul. Not all catch weights have associated counts and in the earlier years of the time series the catch of all species was not recorded so care must be taken that a non-recorded catch is not interpretated as a zero catch. The shrimp.length table contains the length measurements of the shrimp and other taxa taken during the smallmesh survey.The Shrimp.cruise table contains information on each of the individual surveys called cruises included in the smallmesh database from the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Aleutian Islands. The definition of a cruise has not been consistent over the years. Generally, a cruise is conducted by a single vessel in a single geographic area. For certain cruises however, multiple vessels participated in hauls ranging from the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska. The records from some cruises contain as few as one haul while several consist of over 500 hauls. The Shrimp.haul table contains the basic information gathered for each haul including location, date and time, and gear information. Some of the hauls in the data set are from surveys not necessarily targeting shrimp, mainly the hauls in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. This database contains data from a variety of surveys which have gathered data on shrimp and associated taxa. It is one of the longest survey time series in the North Pacific and is valuable not only for its biological information about commercial shrimp populations, but also changes in the species composition of the catch over time as it relates to climate change and regime shifts in the marine ecosystem. completed Foy, Robert robert.foy@noaa.gov email pointOfContact Urban, Dan dan.urban@noaa.gov email custodian asNeeded abundance bottom trawl growth juvenile theme fall summer winter temporal Alaska Aleutian Islands Bering Sea Bristol Bay Cook Inlet Gulf of Alaska Norton Sound Shelikof Strait Shumagin Islands 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 Shellfish Assessment Program project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: AFSC/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22010. 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. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. Contact the point of contact for access to the data. otherRestrictions Use Constraints: User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is requested. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22010 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/afsc/dmp/pdf/22010.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 Oracle 179.9 -131.5 51.2 64.7 Surveys cover the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands in depths of less than 200 meters. | Currentness: Ground Condition 1953 2004 false eng false Spreadsheet Haul Table - Small Mesh Survey 2018-12-14 publication Catch Table - Small Mesh Survey 2018-12-14 publication Length Table 2018-12-17 publication CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) Foy, Robert robert.foy@noaa.gov email distributor https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Length%20Table.csv WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Length%20Table.csv AFSC/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data: Length Table Note: Dataset migrated by Dan Woodrich (AFSC data management coordinator) on 12/14/2021. Contact: Daniel.woodrich@noaa.gov download https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Catch%20Table.csv WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Catch%20Table.csv AFSC/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data: Catch Table Note: Dataset migrated by Dan Woodrich (AFSC data management coordinator) on 12/14/2021. Contact: Daniel.woodrich@noaa.gov download https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Haul%20Table.csv WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/_details/nmfs_odp_afsc/RACE/SAP/Small%20Mesh%20Survey%20Data%3B%20Haul%20Table.csv AFSC/RACE/SAP: Small Mesh Survey Data: Haul Table Note: Dataset migrated by Dan Woodrich (AFSC data management coordinator) on 12/14/2021. Contact: Daniel.woodrich@noaa.gov download dataset Accuracy Numerous Oracle sql scripts. Contact originator for further details. Completeness Report Many surveys in the 1970s and 1980s were shrimp surveys only. All other taxa were discarded without being worked up, or only identified to the level of fish or roundfish. These surveys are not identified in the database in any way, so data need to be vetted before use for taxa other than shrimp. Comparisons of catches among various cruises in the same year is a good way to identify shrimp-only surveys. There are also issues of variable resolution of taxonomic identifications for non-shrimp taxa through the time series. For instance, in some early cruises capelin were only identified as Osmeridae, so simply summarizing capelin catches across the time series will result in inaccuracies. Sampling protocols appear to have been consistent within individual cruises. ADF&G cruises generally kept the shrimp only approach going longer in the time series than NMFS cruises. unknown