Datasets
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SPMW_US_Landings_Master_Long
Landings from the NEFSC CFDBS was aggregated into the Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine regions for commercially and ecologically important taxa. The goal was to use this data in a... -
North Atlantic Right Whale Sighting Advisory System (NARWSS)
Since 1995, PSB has been conducting line-transect aerial abundance surveys over waters ranging from North Carolina to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Nova Scotia, Canada, and from... -
Sea Scallop Survey
The standardized NEFSC Sea Scallop Survey began in 1980 and has covered an area from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank. The survey aims to determine the distribution and abundance... -
Atlantic Herring Acoustic Surveys
The NEFSC Advanced Sampling Technologies Research Group conducts annual fisheries acoustic surveys using state-of-the-art acoustic, midwater trawling, and underwater video... -
eDNA Survey
Scientists at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) are using environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify fish communities and monitor ecosystems by collecting a water... -
North Atlantic Right Whale Aerial Survey
The North Atlantic Right Whale Aerial Survey is a NOAA Fisheries program conducted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, which conducts aerial surveys to locate and record... -
Turtle Ecology Survey
The primary goal of the Turtle Ecology program is to assess and monitor sea turtle populations in the Greater Atlantic Region in order to support scientific resource management... -
Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Survey
The Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Survey, conducted by the Conservation Ecology Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, develops abundance and distribution models that... -
Hook and Line Survey
The Hook and Line Survey will collect species-specific aggregate weight and abundance, as well as individual lengths and biological characteristics (e.g., age, maturity,... -
Seal Aerial Survey
The NEFSC has been conducting aerial surveys of gray seal pupping colonies since 2005 to monitor the number of pups born in U.S. waters. Surveys are flown from either a Cessna... -
Observer and At Sea Monitor Database (OBDBS)
The Northeast Fisheries Observer Database System (OBDBS) contains data collected on commercial fishing vessels by observers from 1989 - present and at-sea monitors from 2010 -...