gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:75790 eng UTF8 dataset Northwest Fisheries Science Center 206-860-3200 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle WA 98112 USA https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information resourceProvider Whitmire, Curt 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle WA 98112 USA curt.whitmire@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-03T17:20:35 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EPSG::3857 Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (transect) 2025-05-01 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 75790 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/75790 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information mapDigital This layer is intended to represent the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheries’ Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey. The Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey started in 1983 and is led by NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. This survey is a long-term survey that estimates year-to-year variability in young-of-the-year (YOY) rockfish and other groundfish, as well as enumerates krill and many other forage fishes and invertebrates in the California Current. Key objectives include the development of recruitment indices of rockfish (and other groundfish) for use in stock assessments, informing oceanographic studies of groundfish recruitment processes, and supported a number of ecosystem studies, such as helping researchers understand how ecosystem shifts impact ocean biodiversity, seabird reproduction, unusual mortality events, and the rise of whale entanglements. The survey is conducted annually on a NOAA research vessel, in late Spring when most YOY groundfish are pelagic and vulnerable to the gear. Mid-water trawl sampling occurs at night, and samples not only rockfishes, but many additional species including gelatinous zooplankton, mesopelagic fishes, and forage species such as krill, market squid, anchovies, and sardines. The survey also includes conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts to collect environmental data, quantitative marine mammal and seabird observations, fisheries acoustics data collection, and sample collection for collaborative research activities, including eDNA, stable isotopes, and age and growth studies. This data product is intended to help communicate the geographic extent of NOAA Fisheries’ scientific surveys on the continental margin of the U.S. West Coast. NOAA Fisheries conducts numerous scientific surveys to inform the status of fish stocks and protected resources. For the West Coast Region and Pacific Fisheries Management Council, more than a dozen surveys are conducted routinely across the continental margin, focusing either on pelagic or demersal species or the ecosystem as a whole. They collect a variety of biological and environmental data to provide a synoptic view of the habitats and ecosystems for which the target species inhabit. The surveys utilize varying designs including fixed stations where a number of operations are centered, transect lines where fishery acoustic data are continually collected, and stratified random sampling, to name a few. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, aka "NOAA Fisheries" underDevelopment Whitmire, Curt 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle WA 98112 USA curt.whitmire@noaa.gov pointOfContact Whitmire, Curt 2725 Montlake Boulevard East Seattle WA 98112 USA curt.whitmire@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded CTD abundance ecosystem juvenile rockfish midwater trawl oceanography recruitment theme California United States place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC > Northwest 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 Story Map: NOAA Fisheries West Coast Offshore Scientific Surveys project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Northwest Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey (transect) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/75790. 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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In no event will NMFS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 75790 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nwfsc/dmp/pdf/75790.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 biota environment geoscientificInformation oceans Esri ArcGIS 13.4.0.55405 -138.41009 -107.279197 26.447533 58.605549 | Currentness: Publication Date 1983-04-01T00:00:00Z 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z false eng false Data Table NMFS_Survey_Transects 2025-07-02 publication ESRI REST Service NOAA GeoPlatform gis.community@noaa.gov https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link homepage main access page for the NOAA Geoplatform information distributor https://services2.arcgis.com/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/US_West_Coast_CONUS_NMFS_At_Sea_Scientific_Surveys/FeatureServer/21 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://services2.arcgis.com/C8EMgrsFcRFL6LrL/arcgis/rest/services/US_West_Coast_CONUS_NMFS_At_Sea_Scientific_Surveys/FeatureServer/21 Data access URL download dataset Conceptual Consistency No missing features. Features were confirmed and checked via team review. 1 Data were loaded from source data into ArcGIS Pro and a definition query was used in order to isolate the survey of interest, then published to ArcGIS Online. The data was filtered using a definition query of `SurveyNum = 6` to isolate transects for the Rockfish Recruitment and Ecosystem Assessment Survey. Whitmire, Curt curt.whitmire@noaa.gov processor The dataset was then uploaded to the NOAA GeoPlatform as Feature Service for display on NOAA Fisheries West Coast At-Sea Scientific Surveys StoryMap. Whitmire, Curt curt.whitmire@noaa.gov processor Source Contribution: Feature class within the NMFS_Share_Albers folder within the OWEC geodatabase. NMFS_Survey_Transects