Gulf Watch Alaska Forage Fish Component: Fish Catch data, Prince William Sound, Alaska 2012-2015

• Main Authors: Mayumi Arimitsu (ORCID: 0000-0001-6982-2238), John Piatt (ORCID: 0000-0002-4417-5748), Brielle Heflin (ORCID: 0000-0002-4836-9187)
• 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; 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
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/79455d68-1469-4627-8eeb-c20e0f587d76

These data are part of the Gulf Watch Alaska (GWA) long term monitoring program, pelagic monitoring component. The dataset contains catch data from our summer surveys (2012-2015) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, it includes: date, time, latitude, longitude, fish common name, and fish count. Various catch methods were used to obtain fish samples for aerial and hydroacoustic validations, including: modified herring trawl, purse seine, beach seine, gillnet, cast net, dip net, and jig. The catch was identified by a fish biologist and data was compiled in a database then exported into a csv file.