gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22560 eng UTF8 dataset Oracle Database, CSV file Northeast Fisheries Science Center (508)495-2000 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday resourceProvider Kircun, Jakub 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 jakub.kircun@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-11T19:59:47 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Fall Bottom Trawl Survey Fall Bottom Trawl Survey publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 22560 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22560 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Northeast Fisheries Science Center (508)495-2000 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website NEFSC Home Page information 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday originator https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/mainpage/cruise_results.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Link to Survey Cruise Results. Cruise results describe the purpose, methods used, personnel who participated, and provides a summary of the total number of samples collected for various government and university investigators during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish surveys. download https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/mainpage/resource_survey_reports.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Citation URL Link to the Resource Survey Reports. Each report consists of field notes, station and catch summaries, and a series of geographical plots of commercial and recreational important species caught during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish resource cruises. download tableDigital The standardized NEFSC Fall Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1963 and covered an area from Hudson Canyon, NY to Nova Scotia, Canada. Throughout the years, coverage has extended as far south as Florida and sampling depths have ranged from <27 to 366 m. Currently, the survey coverage is from Cape Hatteras, NC to Nova Scotia and the minimum depth range is > 18 m as the result of a change in the sampling platform. This has resulted in the exclusion of many inshore strata. The purpose of the Fall Bottom Trawl Survey is to determine the seasonal distribution, relative abundance, and biodiversity of fish and invertebrate species found on the continental shelf during the fall months, typically September to November. Other cruise objectives are: to collect biological samples for age determinations and growth sutidies, fecundity, maturity, and feeding ecology; opportunistically test trawl gear, methods, or survey-related equipment that may benefit the trawl survey in the future; collect oceanographic data, inclduing CTD casts as well as samples of ichthyoplankton and zooplankton for relative abundance and distribution studies; and to collect hydroacoustic data between stations. Fishery scientists use the data to assess 45 stocks of commercial and recreational fish and invertebrate species in the northeastern United States. NOAA/NEFSC/FEMAD/ESB completed Foley, Catherine 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 catherine.foley@noaa.gov pointOfContact Kircun, Jakub 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 jakub.kircun@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded The time series for the Fall Bottom Trawl Survey began in 1963 with data collection and quality assurance occurring with both paper and digital methods throughout the time series. Data consumers occasionally find questionable data from earlier paper collected data that requires verification via the original paper log. The frequency for such verification is minimal. age & growth biological measures fishery-independent survey genotype/species identification maturity data physical measures population surveys theme NMFS Data Category FRV Albatross IV FRV Delaware II FRV Henry B. Bigelow RV Atlantic Twin age sampling biological sampling bottom trawl distribution feeding ecology groundfish hydroacoustics ichthyoplantkon invertebrates oceanographic relative abundance seasonal distribution size composition standardized stratified random sampling survey zooplankton theme continous fall temporal Cape Hatteras Continental Shelf Georges Bank Gulf of Maine Mid-Atlantic Bight northwest Atlantic southern New England place benthic demersal pelagic stratum DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast 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 Bottom Trawl Surveys project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Fall Bottom Trawl Survey [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22560. 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: If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access. 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/NEFSC, 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 22560 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/22560.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 RDBMS: Oracle -78.24 -63.2 32.41 44.47 northwest Atlantic: Cape Hatteras, NC to Nova Scotia The standardized Fall Bottom Trawl Survey began with the first station on November 14,1963 at 12:14 AM (GMT). | Currentness: Ground Condition 1963-11-14 false eng false Data Table Table: CLOUD 2019-05-31 publication Table: MATURITY_CODES 2019-05-31 publication Table: SEX_CODES 2019-05-31 publication Table: SVGEAR 2019-05-31 publication Table: WEATHER 2019-05-31 publication Table: XBT 2019-05-31 publication Table: SVMSTRATA 2019-05-31 publication Table: SVVESSEL 2019-05-31 publication Table: UNION_FSCS_SVBIO 2019-05-31 publication Table: UNION_FSCS_SVCAT 2019-05-31 publication Table: UNION_FSCS_SVLEN 2019-05-31 publication Table: UNION_FSCS_SVSTA 2019-05-31 publication Zip Zip Zip Zip Northeast Fisheries Science Center (508)495-2000 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website NEFSC Home Page information 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday distributor https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/22560/22560_NEFSCFallFisheriesIndependentBottomTrawlData.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 22560_NEFSCFallFisheriesIndependentBottomTrawlData.zip The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv 22560_SVDBS_CRUISES.csv Data extracted on 3/11/2026 download https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/SVDBS/SVDBS_SupportTables.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link SVDBS_SupportTables.zip The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: SVDBS_CLOUD.csv SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv SVDBS_WEATHER.csv SVDBS_XBT.csv download dataset Representativeness representative Accuracy High degree of accuracy. When there is species identification doubt at sea, the specimen is retained for taxonomy at the NEFSC or other taxonomic laboratory. Vessel sensor data are collected electronically using SCS. Catch and biological data are collected electronically using FSCS 2.0. At the completion of each cruise leg, a database copy is inserted into the shoreside database.