Sea Scallop Survey

Description

The standardized NEFSC Sea Scallop Survey began in 1980 and has covered an area from Cape Hatteras to Georges Bank. The survey aims to determine the distribution and abundance of scallops and associated fauna utilizing two sampling devices: the 8-foot wide New Bedford style dredge, standardized sea scallop dredge and the stereo-optic towed camera array (HabCam). Fifteen minute dredge hauls are made at stations that are randomly selected using the NEFSC shellfish strata to provide unbiased abundance measurements. The HabCam is conducted using transects across bathymetry lines in the same area as the dredge tows. Various vessels have served as a platform for the survey, including NOAA vessels: FRV Albatross IV, FRV Oregon II, FRV Chapman, FV Tradition and currently, the UNOLS vessel RV Hugh R. Sharp.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22564
0 NEFSC Home Page https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center
0 Habcam - Habitat Mapping Camera System http://habcam.whoi.edu/
21 Link to the Atlantic Sea Scallop cruise results, which describe the purpose, methods used, personnel who participated, and a summary of the total number of samples collected for various government and university investigators. http://nefsc.noaa.gov/esb/mainpage/scallop_cr.html
0 Link to the homepage of The FRV Albatross IV, which served as the scallop survey platform until 2007. http://www.moc.noaa.gov/al/
21 NOAA Fisheries Feature Story: HabCam Part I: An Innovative Way to Survey Scallop Habitat. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2012/07/07_11_12hab_cam.html
0 Science Spotlight: New Survey of Ocean Floor Finds Juvenile Scallops are Abundant in Mid-Atlantic. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/2012/SciSpot/SS1208/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/22564.pdf
21 NOAA Fisheries Feature Story: HabCam Part II: A Closer Look at Our Science and Technology http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2012/07/07_hab_cam_part_two.html
21 Link to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Survey Resource Survey Reports. The Resource Survey Reports consist of field notes, station and catch summaries, and a series of geographical plots of commercial and recreationally important species caught during the Ecosystem Surveys Branch's annual scallop resource cruise. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/femad/ecosurvey/mainpage/scallop_rsr.html
57 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 https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/SVDBS/SVDBS_SupportTables.zip
33 Serchuk, F.M., P.W. Wood, and R.S. Rak. 1982. Review and assessment of the Georges Bank, Mid-Atlantic and Gulf of Maine Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) resources. U.S. Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northeast Fish. Cent., Woods Hole Lab. Ref. Doc. 82-06. 132 p. http://nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/series/whlrd/whlrd8206.pdf
0 Link to the University of Delaware, which provides information about the RV Hugh R. Sharp, the current scallop survey platform. http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/schools-departments/school-of-marine-science-and-policy/marine-operations/r-v-hugh-r-sharp
57 The compressed file contains the following comma delimited files: 22564_UNION_FSCS_SVBIO.csv 22564_UNION_FSCS_SVCAT.csv 22564_UNION_FSCS_SVLEN.csv 22564_UNION_FSCS_SVSTA.csv 22564_SVDBS_CRUISES.csv https://storage.googleapis.com/nmfs_odp_nefsc/PARR/PEMAD/ESB/22564/22564_NEFSCSeaScallopFisheriesIndependentSurveyData.zip

Tags

  • dredge surveys
  • benthic
  • stereo-optic towed vehicle
  • bio-sampling
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/nefsc
  • rock chains
  • noaa
  • northeast fisheries science center
  • frv albatross iv
  • dredge
  • summer
  • frv chapman
  • habcam
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • mid-atlantic bight
  • southern new england
  • frv oregon ii
  • rv hugh r. sharp
  • fv tradition
  • atlantic sea scallop
  • chlamys islandica
  • fishery-independent surveys
  • georges bank
  • placopecten magellanicus
  • icelandic scallop

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