Description
The standardized NEFSC Fall Bottom Trawl Survey was initiated in 1963 and covered an area from Hudson Canyon, NY to Nova Scotia, Canada. Throughout the years, coverage has extended as far south as Florida and sampling depths have ranged from <27 to 366 m. Currently, the survey coverage is from Cape Hatteras, NC to Nova Scotia and the minimum depth range is > 18 m as the result of a change in the sampling platform. This has resulted in the exclusion of many inshore strata.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords | Open resource |
| 22560_NEFSCFallFisheriesIndependentBottomTrawlData.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv 22560_SVDBS_CRUISES.csv Data extracted on 3/11/2026 | Open resource |
| 22560_NEFSCFallFisheriesIndependentBottomTrawlData.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv 22560_SVDBS_CRUISES.csv | Open resource |
| 22560_NEFSCFallFisheriesIndependentBottomTrawlData.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 22560_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv 22560_SVDBS_CRUISES.csv Data extracted on 6/17/2025 | Open resource |
| SVDBS_SupportTables.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: SVDBS_CLOUD.csv SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv SVDBS_WEATHER.csv SVDBS_XBT.csv | Open resource |
| SVDBS_SupportTables.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: SVDBS_CLOUD.csv SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv SVDBS_WEATHER.csv SVDBS_XBT.csv | Open resource |
| SVDBS_SupportTables.zip | ZIP | The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: SVDBS_CLOUD.csv SVDBS_MATURITY_CODES.csv SVDBS_SEX_CODES.csv SVDBS_SVGEAR.csv SVDBS_SVMSTRATA.csv SVDBS_SVVESSEL.csv SVDBS_WEATHER.csv SVDBS_XBT.csv | Open resource |
| Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | NEFSC Home Page | Open resource |
| Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | NEFSC Home Page | Open resource |
| Northeast Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | NEFSC Home Page | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to Survey Cruise Results. Cruise results describe the purpose, methods used, personnel who participated, and provides a summary of the total number of samples collected for various government and university investigators during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish surveys. | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to Survey Cruise Results. Cruise results describe the purpose, methods used, personnel who participated, and provides a summary of the total number of samples collected for various government and university investigators during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish surveys. | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to Survey Cruise Results. Cruise results describe the purpose, methods used, personnel who participated, and provides a summary of the total number of samples collected for various government and university investigators during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish surveys. | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to the Resource Survey Reports. Each report consists of field notes, station and catch summaries, and a series of geographical plots of commercial and recreational important species caught during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish resource cruises. | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to the Resource Survey Reports. Each report consists of field notes, station and catch summaries, and a series of geographical plots of commercial and recreational important species caught during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish resource cruises. | Open resource |
| Citation URL | HTML | Link to the Resource Survey Reports. Each report consists of field notes, station and catch summaries, and a series of geographical plots of commercial and recreational important species caught during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's bottom trawl and shellfish resource cruises. | Open resource |
Tags
- age & growth
- age sampling
- benthic
- biological measures
- biological sampling
- bottom trawl
- bottom trawl surveys
- cape hatteras
- continental shelf
- continous
- demersal
- distribution
- doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc
- fall
- feeding ecology
- fishery-independent survey
- frv albatross iv
- frv delaware ii
- frv henry b. bigelow
- genotype/species identification
- georges bank
- groundfish
- gulf of maine
- hydroacoustics
- ichthyoplantkon
- invertebrates
- maturity data
- mid-atlantic bight
- national marine fisheries service
- noaa
- northeast fisheries science center
- northwest atlantic
- oceanographic
- pelagic
- physical measures
- population surveys
- relative abundance
- rv atlantic twin
- seasonal distribution
- size composition
- southern new england
- standardized
- stratified random sampling
- survey
- u.s. department of commerce
- zooplankton