MOUSS Stereo-Video Data for Hawaiian Deep 7 Bottomfish Surveys collected by the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (SE-17-02) from 2017-03-09 to 2017-03-22

This data archive contains the Modular Optical Underwater Survey System (MOUSS) stereo-video data from the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (Cruise SE-17-02) collected around the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for the stock assessment of the Deep 7 Bottomfish species. The Deep 7 are the most culturally important and highly valued of the deep-water bottomfish species in Hawaii composed of six snapper species and one grouper species. Dates of the survey range from 2017-03-09 to 2017-03-22. Each video is fifteen minutes from the MOUSS touchdown on the seafloor as that is the literature based standard for Deep-7 species. The product also includes depth and temperature data collected using Temperature Depth Recorder (TDR) along with temporal and spatial information. The MOUSS video data are in the Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) file format. A metadata inventory CSV file is included for the cruise data.