Modified Herring Trawl Fish Catch Data, Gulf of Alaska Fjords, 2004-2011

• Main Authors: Mayumi Arimitsu (ORCID: 0000-0001-6982-2238), U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist, John Piatt, U.S. Geological Survey research wildlife biologist, Brielle Heflin, U.S. Geological Survey biological science technician
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2017
• Subjects: biota; oceans; fish; species; trawling; total catch; mid water trawl; Prince William Sound; Gulf of Alaska; Glacier Bay; Icy Bay; Yakutat Bay; Alaska; Clupea; Oncorhynchus; Salvelinus; Leuroglossus; Hypomesus; Mallotus; Thaleichthys; Eleginus; Gadus; Microgadus; Gasterosteus; Sebastes; Hexagrammos; Ophiodon; Enophrys; Leptocottus; Myoxocephalus; Oligocottus; Scorpaenichthys; Triglops; Psychrolutes; Blepsias; Hemitripterus; Eumicrotremus; Liparis; Ronquilus; Anarhichas; Lumpenella; Lumpenus; Leptoclinus; Anisarchus; Pholis; Zaprora; Trichodon; Ammodytes; Hippoglossus; Hippoglossoides; Lepidopsetta; Limanda; Clupea pallasii; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Oncorhynchus kisutch; Salvelinus malma; Leuroglossus schmidti; Hypomesus pretiosus; Mallotus villosus; Thaleichthys pacificus; Eleginus gracilis; Gadus macrocephalus; Gadus chalcogrammus; Microgadus proximus; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Sebastes caurinus; Sebastes ciliatus; Sebastes elongatus; Sebastes maliger; Hexagrammos decagrammus; Hexagrammos octogrammus; Hexagrammos stelleri; Ophiodon elongatus; Enophrys bison; Leptocottus armatus; Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus; Oligocottus snyderi; Scorpaenichthys marmoratus; Psychrolutes paradoxus; Blepsias bilobus; Blepsias cirrhosus; Hemitripterus bolini; Eumicrotremus orbis; Liparis cyclopus; Ronquilus jordani; Anarhichas orientalis; Lumpenella longirostris; Lumpenus sagitta; Lumpenus fabricii; Leptoclinus maculatus; Anisarchus medius; Pholis laeta; Zaprora silenus; Trichodon trichodon; Ammodytes hexapterus; Hippoglossus stenolepis; Hippoglossoides elassodon; Limanda aspera; glacier; Yakutat
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This dataset contains catch data from trawls at the sampling stations. We deployed a modified herring trawl in coastal waters within glacier fjords of Alaska. Sampling stations in each fjord were chosen randomly from a 2.5 x 2.5 km grid overlaid on navigable waters in the fjord. The number of stations in each fjord was chosen to achieve a sampling frequency of about 1 sample per 15 km^2, and was based on available resources and logistical constraints (weather, navigational hazards and vessel time).