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Federal
NCCOS Sponsored Research Project: Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from Pulley Ridge to the Florida Keys
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project investigated the role that the mesophotic coral ecosystems (~60–100 m) of Pulley Ridge (off the southwest coast of Florida) play in replenishing key... -
Federal
Marine Fisheries Initiative Program (MARFIN) Exploratory surveys for red snapper juveniles off Florida South Atlantic coast from 2012-07-31 to 2012-09-08 (NCEI Accession 0156976)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data set contains information on locations sampled, gears used, and whether red snapper were observed. If a red snapper was caught its total length was recorded. -
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Testing effectiveness of visual bycatch reduction technology to reduce sea turtle bycatch in a coastal net fishery
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Pound nets are a passive fishing gear used globally that can lead to frequent bycatch of sea turtles and other protected marine megafauna. However, despite their... -
Federal
Deepwater Horizon - Baseline Dataset (NCEI Accession 0150631)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) was initiated to determine the extent of... -
Federal
Faunal tissue collections (fishes) for DNA barcoding collected by NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and Tulane University Biodiversity Research Center from the NOAA ships Oregon II, Pisces and Gordon Gunter in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from 2010-02-01 to present (NCEI Accession 0255350)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Tissue samples for species DNA barcoding and associated whole voucher specimens and their photographs were collected during NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service,... -
Federal
Oceanographic and fisheries data collected from NOAA and academic research vessels, and commercial menhaden vessels in Gulf of Mexico from 1988-06-14 to 1991-06-22 (NCEI Accession 0156304)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Oceanographic and fisheries data were collected during 1988 through 1991 through a multiagency research project to develop a remote sensing system to provide near... -
Federal
Groundfish/Shrimp and Red Snapper trawl surveys conducted in the Gulf of Mexico from 1990-01-01 to 2014-12-30 (NCEI Accession 0147703)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized groundfish trawl surveys in the Gulf of Mexico since 1987. Prior to 1987,... -
Federal
SAB Juvenile Reef Fish Trawls (2002-2015) NCEI accession 0156994
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This data set contains Excel and CSV files containing fish length of Juvenile Reeffish. Trawls were made during the summer months in shallow seagrass beds to monitor... -
Federal
Sea Turtle Human/Gear Interactions Data NCEI Accession 0144841
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories is responsible for new gear development and testing to reduce bycatch and incidental interactions of... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Linking habitat to recruitment: evaluating the importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will evaluate the importance of Sargassum as a nursery habitat for fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Effects of nitrogen sources and plankton food-web dynamics on habitat quality for the larvae of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will investigate the link between nutrients, food availability, and the survival of Atlantic bluefin tuna larvae which can be used to improve stock... -
Federal
NMFS Bottom Longline Analytical Dataset Provided to NRDA (NCEI Accession 0147683)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Southeast Fisheries Science Center Mississippi Laboratories has conducted standardized bottom longline surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic since... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Cooperative monitoring program for spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project compiled and evaluated existing information on fish spawning aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico as the basis to design a cooperative, Gulf-wide... -
Federal
NCCOS Assessment: An Aquaculture Opportunity Atlas for the State of Alaska, 2023-06-01 to 2025-06-31
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Geospatial data representing the Aquaculture Opportunity Area (AOA) study developed during 2024 for the State of Alaska. Included in this dataset are: (1) Study areas... -
Federal
RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Evaluation of Gulf of Mexico oceanographic observation networks impact assessment on ecosystem management and recommendation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This project will assess Gulf of Mexico observation networks from an ecosystem management perspective, based on an approach that has been successfully used to assess...