Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Publication_Date: Unpublished material Title: NOAA Point Shapefile - 100m2 Fish Density of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, United States, R/V Manta, Technical Dive Cruise, 2012, WGS84 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Beaufort, North Carolina, United States Publisher: NOAA's Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Online_Linkage: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ Online_Linkage: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/projects/detail?key=44 Description: Abstract: The design of this field mission is three fold: (1) to spatially characterize the distribution, abundance and size of both reef fishes and macro invertebrates within and around the waters of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary, (2) to relate this information to in-situ data collected on associated habitat parameters and (3) to use hydroacoustics technologies for a comprehensive assessment of East and West Bank. This information collected will be used to evaluate the utility of an experimental fishing closure on one of the most pristine reefs under US jurisdiction in the tropical Western Atlantic. Data collected during this mission (pre-closure) will provide baseline information necessary to evaluate closure efficacy and assess whether the closure should become permanent. Purpose: 1. To design and implement a mobile fisheries sonar survey in concert with multibeam echosounder hydrographic surveys to assess and map fish densities and biomass within and outside proposed management zones.2. To assess distribution of fish densities relative to management and ecological reserve boundaries and other differences that may be associated with management zones and habitat types, particularly as fish distributions relate to movements between habitat types.3. To assess the extent of fish density distributions in comparison with ROV surveys and fish community assessments. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20121022 Beginning_Time: Unknown Ending_Date: 20121103 Ending_Time: Unknown Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.828529 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -93.594742 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.979643 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.848211 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NCEI Geoportal Filter Theme_Keyword: CoRIS_Metadata Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CRCP Project Theme_Keyword: Baseline assessment of fish and benthic communities of the Flower Garden Banks Theme_Keyword: 180 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Fisheries Acoustics Theme_Keyword: Hydrographic Acoustics Theme_Keyword: Fish Survey Theme_Keyword: Splitbeam Sonar Theme_Keyword: 38kHz Theme_Keyword: Simard Theme_Keyword: NOAA Theme_Keyword: Reef Theme_Keyword: Coral Theme_Keyword: ES60 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: 014 Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: Geographic Information > Biology Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics > Acoustic Attenuation/Transmission > Bioacoustics > Fishes Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Water Column Habitat Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Theme_Keyword: Environmental Monitoring Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary Place_Keyword: Flower Garden Banks Place_Keyword: East Flower Garden Banks Place_Keyword: West Flower Garden Banks Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) Place_Keyword: OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) Place_Keyword: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: CoRIS Region Place_Keyword: FGB Access_Constraints: Please cite any use of this data. Use_Constraints: Not for Navigation Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nation Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Branch Contact_Person: Chris Taylor Contact_Position: Ecologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 101 Pivers Island Road City: Beaufort State_or_Province: North Carolina Postal_Code: 28516 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 2527283595 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.taylor@noaa.gov Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm EST Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.0.3035 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: Not applicable Completeness_Report: The fish acoustic data is for the East and West Banks for the Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary. Surveyed predefined areas of the sanctuary in a variety of habitats. The scientific echosounder was calibrated using standard calibrations techniques(FOOTE et. al. 1981). All data was scrutinized and edited for bad data returns. Applied a tracking algorithmic to detect fish in the water column. All data analyses were conducted using Echoview 5.1 software. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Acoustic data was collected aboard the R/V Manta using ES120-7C splitbeam transducer. The Kongsberg ES120-7C transducer was pole mounted aboard the R/V Manta. Kongsberg ES transceivers and Simard ES60 software was used in the data acquisition. Process_Date: 2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Echoview 5.2 was used in this step of the data processing. The EK60 .raw file format was edited for erroneous ping returns and acoustic noise. Fish were track using a tracking algorithm and the fish tracks were export in a .csv format. Process_Date: 2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: An acoustic processing script(V6.4) was used to calculate the density and size of fish through out the water column. Then projected(WGS84) in 100 square meter resolution ESRI shapefile. Process_Date: 2012 Process_Step: Process_Description: Arc Catalog was used to merge the daily shapefiles into one cruise shapefile. Metadata was added using arc catalog. Process_Date: 2012 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1749 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984 Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Tech2012_Merge Entity_Type_Definition: Fish Distribution in the Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Fish are in 100 square meter resolution and divided into three categories: Small Fish(<11cm), Medium Fish(between 11cm to 29cm), and Large Fish(>29cm). Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Unique Feature Identifier Attribute_Definition_Source: ERSI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Geometric Shape Attribute_Definition_Source: ERSI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features Attribute: Attribute_Label: Interval Attribute_Definition: Area of the survey divided into 100 meter square sections Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 1 Range_Domain_Maximum: 518 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MedLat Attribute_Definition: The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees. The center point of the 100 meter squared intervals. Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 27.848268 Range_Domain_Maximum: 27.979643 Attribute: Attribute_Label: MedLon Attribute_Definition: The angular distance East or West from the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees. The center point of the 100 meter squared intervals. Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: -93.828525 Range_Domain_Maximum: -93.594745 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sm_Fish Attribute_Definition: Average Size of Small Fish <11cm in a given interval. Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 10.980013 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Centimeter(cm) Attribute: Attribute_Label: Sm_Density Attribute_Definition: Density of Small Fish(<11cm) in a given interval. Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 17.188276 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Md_Fish Attribute_Definition: Average Size of Medium Fish between 11cm and 29cm in a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 28.518978 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Centimeter(cm) Attribute: Attribute_Label: Md_Density Attribute_Definition: Density of Medium Size Fish(between11cm and 29cm) in a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 27.978507 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Lg_Fish Attribute_Definition: Average Size of Large Fish >29cm in a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 623.62982 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Centimeter(cm) Attribute: Attribute_Label: Lg_Density Attribute_Definition: Density of Large Fish >29cm in a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 6.217068 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Density Attribute_Definition: Total density of fish for the given interval. Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 39.686486 Attribute: Attribute_Label: Dist_above Attribute_Definition: Average distance above the bottom of the fish within a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 35.344474 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Meters(m) Attribute: Attribute_Label: DateLocmin Attribute_Definition: Date of the data during collection for a given interval in EST Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2012-10-22 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2012-11-03 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TimeLocmin Attribute_Definition: Eastern Standard Time of the data during collection for a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 00:00:03.38 Range_Domain_Maximum: 23:59:53.41 Attribute: Attribute_Label: DateGMTmin Attribute_Definition: Date of the data during collection for a given interval in Greenwich Mean Time Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 2012-10-23 Range_Domain_Maximum: 2012-11-03 Attribute: Attribute_Label: TimeGMTmin Attribute_Definition: Greenwich Mean Time of the data during collection for a given interval Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 00:00:00.81 Range_Domain_Maximum: 23:59:39.75 Attribute: Attribute_Label: InputFile Attribute_Definition: The originating acoustic data file Attribute_Definition_Source: Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR) Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of the original data file Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nation Ocean Service (NOS), National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research (CCFHR), Applied Ecology and Restoration Research Branch Contact_Person: Chris Taylor Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 101 Pivers Island Road City: Beaufort State_or_Province: North Carolina Postal_Code: 28516 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 2528380833 Resource_Description: Offline Data Distribution_Liability: These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. 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