gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:10838 eng UTF8 dataset Files Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5300 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:21 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Hapu'upu'u Reproductive Biology Data publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 10838 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/10838 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital Unique specimen "IDNumber" for over 750 specimens of Hawaiian grouper (hapu'upu'u, Hyporthodus quernus; family Epinephelidae) are included in this dataset. Each specimen has the following information associated with it: standard body length, body weight, and gonad weight metrics, date of collection, and both macroscopic & microscopic sexual identities and sexual maturation states (the latter based on E. DeMartini's examination of histological slides prepared by several outside contractors (Pathology Labs of Queen's Hospital & John Burns Medical School). All specimens were collected by hydraulic handlines from either NOAA research vessels or commercial bottomfish boats. Research. underDevelopment Schemmel, Eva M eva.schemmel@noaa.gov Contact via email. pointOfContact asNeeded FRMD LHP PIFSC gonads hapu hapu'upu'u kauai oscar elton sette reproduction townsend cromwell theme Main Hawaiian Islands Niihau Northwestern Hawaiian Islands place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC > Pacific Islands 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 Life History Estimates project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Hapu'upu'u Reproductive Biology Data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/10838. 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: None. unclassified Hapu'upu'u Ageing Dataset NOAA/NMFS/EDM 10834 crossReference NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 10838 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/10838.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 170 -140 -15 45 Kauai in MHI; Niihau, Nihoa and reefs and banks farther upchain in NWHI The specimens were collected during one of 3 periods (by source): 1978-1981 (Townsend Cromwell; archived data provided by Alan Everson, formerly NOAA Honolulu Lab, now PIRO); 1992-1993 (Townsend Cromwell; archived data of E. DeMartini, PIFSC); and 2005-2008 (primarily NWHI commercial fishing vessels; secondarily the NOAA vessel Oscar Elton Sette. The data set is technically considered continuing, there will be another database on hapu'upu'u age-growth that includes many of the same specimen numbers. The 2 databases could always be merged by unique hapu'upu'u specimen number in the future if someone wished to do so. 1978-01-01 2008-12-31 dataset Data was collected in the field by PIFSC staff, and entered in table format into electronic spreadsheets.