Caribbean FAD Tracking Project Dataset

This dataset encompasses crowd-sourced reports of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), particularly drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) from citizen scientists around the North Atlantic Ocean and greater Caribbean region. Data collection did not involve survey efforts,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kimak, Erin E, Kerstetter, David W, Pitchford, Thomas D
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: NSUWorks 2021
Subjects:
Drifting FAD
ICCAT recommendations
t-RFMO
Marine debris
ALDFG
Marine Biology
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://nsuworks.nova.edu/faelab/1
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/context/faelab/article/1000/type/native/viewcontent
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Summary:This dataset encompasses crowd-sourced reports of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), particularly drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) from citizen scientists around the North Atlantic Ocean and greater Caribbean region. Data collection did not involve survey efforts, but rather keyword searches of affiliated terms such as "bamboo raft" and "satellite buoy", as well as collection of reports via email and Facebook. Although this dataset is incomplete and an under representation of the total number of ALDFG dFADs as a result of widespread nature of stranding locations, it provides a minimum estimate of the numbers of FADs stranding in coastal Caribbean regions and insight into the lack of sufficient ALDFG management and mitigation.

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