NCCOS Caribbean Fishery Acoustic Assessment: Fish Density Data Collection from Nancy Foster, from 2008-03-26 to 2014-05-31 (NCEI Accession 0156395)

• Main Authors: Chris Taylor, Laura Kracker, Simon Pittman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0156395; 156395; FISHERY SURVEY; echo sounder; GIS product; in situ; NANCY FOSTER; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES > DOC > NOAA > DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce > http://www.nccos.noaa.gov/; NCCOS Research Data Type > Derived Data Product; NCCOS Research Data Type > Geospatial; NCCOS Research Priority > Marine Spatial Ecology (MSE); NCCOS Research Topic > Acoustic Sonar; NCCOS Research Topic > Coral Reefs; NCCOS Research Topic > Remote Sensing; Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Active Remote Sensing > Profilers/Sounders > Acoustic Sounders > ECHO SOUNDERS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coastal Ocean; NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Continental Shelf; NCCOS Research Location > Geographic Area > Coral Reefs; NCCOS Research Location > Region > U.S. Caribbean; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > Puerto Rico; NCCOS Research Location > U.S. States and Territories > United States Virgin Islands; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{93221CDC-F19B-4DCB-B676-D3314F53EB92}

These data sets show acoustically detected fish densities throughout the Caribbean ocean. NOAA/NCCOS collected these data sets to help characterize broad-scale fish abundance, biomass, and understand temporal behavior. Acoustic data was collected aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster using 120-7C splitbeam transducer during cruise # NF08-01, NF09-01, NF10-03, NF11-01, NF12-01, NF13-01, and NF14-01. The hull mounted Simrad 120-7C transducer was calibrated to factory standards and environmental parameters where applied during acquisition. Data was collected using 128 microsecond pulse length and had a varied ping rate due to triggering from Reson 7125 multibeam system. The resulting data layers show geo-referenced fish densities per 100 square meter intervals. The fish densities have been divided into three size classes, small fish (<11cm), medium fish (11cm-29cm), and large fish (>29cm).