gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68689 eng UTF8 dataset Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Malca, Estrella 305-361-4295 75 Va Beach Dr Miami FL Estrella.Malca@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:24 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 2015 Data 2015 creation publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 68689 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/68689 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory 305-361-4420 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami FL 33149 https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Website Website listed for Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory information originator Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST originator https://data.ngdc.noaa.gov/platforms/ocean/nos/DAPRs/M-I907-NF-15_DAPR.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data Acquisition and Processing Report NOAA Ship Nancy Foster March 2015 Data Acquisition and Processing Report M-I907-NF-15 Caribbean Sea, USVI March 2015 NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment, Biogeography Branch Lead Scientist, Timothy Battista download https://nfchroniclesnoaa.blogspot.com/2015/05/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link blog about a research survey aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster searching for bluefin tuna larvae among other fishy creatures Online Resource download https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/phod/rsmith/CRER/data/NF1502_State_Dept_DVD/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Page For CD Containing 2015 Data Online Resource download documentDigital This contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-15-02/03 conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 11 April 2015 and 02 June 2015. This was a merged research cruise combining the Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (LBTES), Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER), and Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE) field efforts for 2015. CLEARANCE COUNTRIES: Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands The data includes: CTD: processed and raw data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts (ASCII format) LADCP: processed and raw data from all lowered acoustic Doppler profiler (LADCP) casts (ASCII and binary format) SADCP: processed and raw hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track (matlab .mat data file, .asc ASCII data file surface velocities only, and raw binary and ASCII files). TSG: processed and raw sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed cruise ship track (XLS and ASCII format) FISH: processed and raw larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data collected from the various net tows performed during the cruise (XLS and PDF format) We extended our annual Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABT) larval survey to the western Caribbean, the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, and Florida Straits in an effort to determine the extent of ABT spawning in this region. Additionally, we used adaptive sampling methods to further develop a larval habitat model. This was done because Identifying the relationships between ABT larvae and physical oceanographic gradients will greatly enhance current understanding of the early life history dynamics of this species. This work will also provide useful information on larval bluefin abundance and distribution for the entire Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean. We anticipate that this work will reduce the variance in the calculation of the ABT larval index, which should lead to improved stock assessments across the region. completed Smith, Ryan H (305) 361-4328 (305) 361-4392 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami FL 33149-1026 United States ryan.smith@noaa.gov custodian notPlanned DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 17.0 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 17.2 Nancy Foster > NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 17.2 US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory theme NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS CONDUCTIVITY DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE Potential temperature (theta) SALINITY SOUND VELOCITY WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS chemical derived products in situ physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS CTD instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS NANCY FOSTER (ICES code: 33NF) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes NOAA Ship Nancy Foster platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE) Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER) theme 2015 temporal DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast 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. 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SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 68689 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/68689.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 -87.3842 -64.3663 17.2403 24.5559 | Currentness: Ground Condition 2015-04-11 2015-06-02 false eng false Data Table Other NF-15-02-LARVAL_FISH_DATA_With_metadata.xlsx 2023-07-12 publication NF1502_TSG.xls 2023-07-12 publication NF1502_TSG_raw.dat.txt 2023-07-12 publication LADCP Data 2015 2023-07-12 publication NF1502_OS150bb_surface_vels.asc 2023-07-12 publication NF1502_OS150nb_surface_vels.asc 2023-07-12 publication CTD Data 2015 2023-07-12 publication CTD Plots 2015 2023-07-12 publication CTD BTL 2015 2023-07-12 publication Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory 305-361-4420 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami FL 33149 https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory Website Website listed for Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory information distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor https://data.ngdc.noaa.gov/platforms/ocean/nos/DAPRs/M-I907-NF-15_DAPR.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data Acquisition and Processing Report NOAA Ship Nancy Foster March 2015 Data Acquisition and Processing Report M-I907-NF-15 Caribbean Sea, USVI March 2015 NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Center for Coastal Monitoring & Assessment, Biogeography Branch Lead Scientist, Timothy Battista download https://nfchroniclesnoaa.blogspot.com/2015/05/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link blog about a research survey aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster searching for bluefin tuna larvae among other fishy creatures Online Resource download https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/phod/rsmith/CRER/data/NF1502_State_Dept_DVD/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Page For CD Containing 2015 Data Online Resource download CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe Nancy Foster (NF) Nancy Foster, one of the most operationally diverse platforms in the NOAA fleet, was originally built as a Navy yard torpedo test (YTT) craft. In 2001, the Navy transferred the vessel to NOAA who outfitted the ship to conduct coastal research along the U.S. Atlantic/Gulf coasts, and the Caribbean. Nancy Foster is named for Dr. Nancy Foster, in tribute to her outstanding contributions in advancing NOAA's mission through her leadership within the National Marine Fisheries Service and National Ocean Service from 1986 until 2000. Nancy Foster supports applied research for NOAA's National Ocean Service and Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Operations include the characterization of habitats in our nation's National Marine Sanctuaries and coastal waters, water quality studies, maritime heritage surveys, and coral reef assessments. The vessel employs state of the art navigation and propulsion systems resulting in high quality and efficient data collection with cutting edge technology including high resolution multibeam sonars, split beam sonars, and an array of water quality sensors and CTDs. Additional capabilities include water, sediment, and core sampling, sub-bottom profiling, diving with air and NITROX, ROV and AUV operations, small boat operations and servicing oceanographic/atmospheric surface and subsurface buoys.. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe