gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:8658 eng UTF8 dataset Database 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 Bethea, Dana M 263 13th Avenue South St Petersberg FL 33701 Dana.Bethea@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) SEFSC Elasmobranch Tag and Recapture Database (longterm capture and recapture data) SEFSC Elasmobranch Tag and Recapture Database publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 8658 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8658 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital The Panama City Laboratory and Mississippi Laboratories of the NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) and the Cooperative Shark Tagging Program (CSTP) at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) have tagged several thousand elasmobranchs in the Gulf of Mexico and US southeast Atlantic Ocean since 1994. The creation of the Gulf of Mexico State Shark Pupping and Nursery (GULFSPAN) Survey in 2003 greatly expanded the elasmobranch tagging effort in the Gulf of Mexico. Because this survey was headed by the Shark Population Assessment Group at the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory, the contact information on tags pointed to the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory. That same year, NOAA Mississippi Laboratories ceased using M-tags supplied by and whose contact information pointed to the NEFSC CSTP. Instead, scientists began tagging elasmobranchs with tags that pointed to the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory. Beginning in 2006, all GULFSPAN Survey participants, NOAA Observers in the Shark Bottom Longling and Shark Gillnet Programs, several SEAMAP participants, as well as collaborative university researchers were supplied with tags whose contact information is the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory. This database describes tagging and recapture data 2000-current for over seventeen thousand elasmobranchs collected in the Gulf of Mexico and US Atlantic Ocean. Tags are only supplied to research institutions only no recreational fishermen are supplied with tags. Recognizing the need to standardize tag and recapture data collection, NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory developed an elasmobranch tagging management system for the NOAA SEFSC. The ultimate goal of the database is to provide managers, researchers, and the public involved in elasmobranch research with a system to archive and recall elasmobranch tag and recapture data in order to gain information on migration routes, growth rates, stock identity, and population dynamics of elasmobranch species in the Gulf of Mexico and southeast Atlantic Ocean. underDevelopment Bethea, Dana M 263 13th Avenue South St Petersberg FL 33701 Dana.Bethea@noaa.gov pointOfContact Carlson, John 850-234-6541 x221 850-235-3559 3500 Delwood Beach Road Panama City FL 32408 John.Carlson@noaa.gov custodian Bethea, Dana M 263 13th Avenue South St Petersberg FL 33701 Dana.Bethea@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. custodian continual gillnet longline sharks tagging theme 1999-present temporal Gulf Of Mexico South Atlantic place 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. 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 Shark Tagging Program project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: SEFSC Elasmobranch Tag and Recapture Database (longterm capture and recapture data) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/8658. 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 NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 8658 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/8658.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 -97.098 -74.407 25.932 39.373 monitoring and assessment | Currentness: Ground Condition 1999 dataset Data is manually entered into the database after it is collected.