MI_Metadata: File identifier: Character string: corisid:6968 Language: Character string: eng; USA Character set: MD_CharacterSetCode: utf8 Hierarchy level: MD_ScopeCode: dataset Metadata author: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC-National Coastal Data Development Center Contact information: CI_Contact: Phone: CI_Telephone: Voice: Character string: 866-732-2382 Facsimile: Character string: 228-688-2968 Address: CI_Address: Delivery point: Character string: Bldg. 1021, Suite 1003 City: Character string: Stennis Space Center Administrative area: Character string: MS Postal code: Character string: 39529 Electronic mail address: Character string: ncddcmetadata@noaa.gov Hours of service: Character string: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: CI_RoleCode: pointOfContact Date stamp: Date: 2018-03-28 Metadata standard name: Character string: ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data Metadata standard version: Character string: ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Identification information: MD_DataIdentification: Citation: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Fisheries-Independent Biological and Environmental Trawl Data from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (1986-2007) as Part of the Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Database (NODC Accession 0115183) Date: CI_Date: Date: Date: 2013-11-13 Date type: CI_DateTypeCode: publication Identifier: MD_Identifier: Authority: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Coral Reef Information System Date: inapplicable Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Contact information: CI_Contact: Online resource: CI_OnlineResource: Linkage: URL: https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/ISO/html/CAGES_LA_db_MetadataISO_19115_2.html Function: CI_OnLineFunctionCode: information Role: CI_RoleCode: resourceProvider Code: Character string: 6968 Identifier: MD_Identifier: Code: Character string: NODC ACCESSION 0115183 Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Role: CI_RoleCode: originator Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Contact information: CI_Contact: Address: CI_Address: City: Character string: Galveston Administrative area: Character string: TX Role: CI_RoleCode: publisher Presentation form: CI_PresentationFormCode: tableDigital Abstract: Character string: The CAGES program (Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems) is designed to examine the differences between estuarine ecosystems and investigate why some are more productive than others. The program focuses on estuarine areas important to commercial fisheries and includes data on commercial finfish and invertebrate species, as well as other species commonly captured in trawl sampling. This Louisiana dataset is a subset of the CAGES Relational Database which is a compilation of fishery-independent data contributed by natural resource agencies of the Gulf States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). This data set includes data from trawls collected by the Marine Fisheries Division of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), as well as associated hydrographic data. Trawl data were used to calculate CPUE (catch per unit effort) at each station for the years 1986 through 2007. Purpose: Character string: The purpose of CAGES is to compile the fishery independent data from five Gulf States into a database to more easily compare the fisheries across the US Gulf of Mexico coast. This dataset includes data collected from Louisiana only. The CAGES database is intended for scientific research only. Status: MD_ProgressCode: completed Point of contact: CI_ResponsibleParty: Individual name: Character string: Dr. Harmon Brown Organisation name: Character string: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston Laboratory Contact information: CI_Contact: Phone: CI_Telephone: Voice: Character string: 409-766-3500 Address: CI_Address: Delivery point: Character string: Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U City: Character string: Galveston Administrative area: Character string: TX Postal code: Character string: 77551 Country: Character string: USA Hours of service: Character string: Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, Central Standard Time Role: CI_RoleCode: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: MD_MaintenanceInformation: Maintenance and update frequency: MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode: unknown Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: CoRIS_Metadata Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: NCEI Geoportal Filter Date: inapplicable Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: comparative assessment of gulf estuarine systems Keyword: Character string: CAGES Keyword: Character string: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Keyword: Character string: Marine Fisheries Division Keyword: Character string: estuary Keyword: Character string: coastal bay Keyword: Character string: distribution Keyword: Character string: abundance Keyword: Character string: occurrence Keyword: Character string: fisheries Keyword: Character string: fishery independent data Keyword: Character string: CPUE Keyword: Character string: catch per unit effort Keyword: Character string: trawl Keyword: Character string: finfish Keyword: Character string: invertebrate Keyword: Character string: nekton Keyword: Character string: vertebrate Keyword: Character string: crustacean Keyword: Character string: salinity Keyword: Character string: temperature Keyword: Character string: turbidity Keyword: Character string: air temperature Keyword: Character string: water temperature Keyword: Character string: hydrological Keyword: Character string: hydrographic Keyword: Character string: saltwater species Keyword: Character string: brackish water species Keyword: Character string: freshwater species Type: MD_KeywordTypeCode: theme Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: None Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: Gulf of Mexico Keyword: Character string: Gulf Coast Keyword: Character string: Louisiana Keyword: Character string: Barataria Bay Keyword: Character string: Black Lake Keyword: Character string: Breton Sound Keyword: Character string: Chandeleur Sound Keyword: Character string: Grand Lake Keyword: Character string: Lake Borgne Keyword: Character string: Lake Calcasieu Keyword: Character string: Lake Pontchartrain Keyword: Character string: Lost Lake - Four League Bay Keyword: Character string: Terrebonne-Timbalier Bays Keyword: Character string: Vermillion-Cote Blanche Bays Type: MD_KeywordTypeCode: place Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: None Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Louisiana Keyword: Character string: COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Louisiana Keyword: Character string: OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico Type: MD_KeywordTypeCode: place Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: CoRIS Place Thesaurus Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: Numeric Data Sets > Biology Type: MD_KeywordTypeCode: theme Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus Date: missing Descriptive keywords: MD_Keywords: Keyword: Character string: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Marine Invertebrates Keyword: Character string: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity Keyword: Character string: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen Keyword: Character string: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Marine Biology > Fish Keyword: Character string: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature Type: MD_KeywordTypeCode: theme Thesaurus name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: CoRIS Theme Thesaurus Date: missing Resource constraints: MD_LegalConstraints: Access constraints: MD_RestrictionCode: otherRestrictions Use constraints: MD_RestrictionCode: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Character string: Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: None Distribution Liability: NOAA and NODC make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data. Aggregation information: MD_AggregateInformation: Aggregate dataset name: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES) Date: CI_Date: Date: Date: 2013 Date type: CI_DateTypeCode: publication Cited responsible party: CI_ResponsibleParty: Organisation name: Character string: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. Role: CI_RoleCode: resourceProvider Other citation details: Character string: U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. Association type: Association type code: largerWorkCitation Language: Character string: eng; USA Topic category: MD_TopicCategoryCode: biota Topic category: MD_TopicCategoryCode: oceans Environment description: Character string: Native Dataset Environment: MS Access database; CAGES_LA.accdb; 128 MB. Extent: EX_Extent: Geographic element: EX_GeographicBoundingBox: West bound longitude: Decimal: -93.43083 East bound longitude: Decimal: -88.84333 South bound latitude: Decimal: 28.99333 North bound latitude: Decimal: 30.37 Temporal element: EX_TemporalExtent: Extent: Time period: Description: ground condition Begin position: 1986-01-02 End position: 2007-12-27 Content information: MD_FeatureCatalogueDescription: Included with dataset: Boolean: false Feature catalogue citation: CI_Citation: Title: Character string: Entity and Attribute Information Date: unknown Other citation details: Character string: Entity and Attribute Overview: Data in the Louisiana CAGES database consists of seven (7) MS Access database tables each of which has an accompanying exported csv file. Tables/files and fields, in the order they occur in the csv files, are as follows: LA CPUE (Sample Code, YYYY, MM, DD, Water Body, Scientific Name, CPUE); Louisiana Lengths (Sample Code, Species Code, Length); Louisiana Species (Species Code, Scientific Name, Common Name); Louisiana Stations (Station Code, CSA, Station, Latitude, Longitude, Site Name, Water Body); Louisiana Trawls (Sample Code, Species Code, Total Number); Louisiana Samples (Sample Code, Station Code, YYYY, MM, DD, Time, Duration); Louisiana Hydrological (Sample Code, Surface Salinity, Bottom Salinity, Air Temperature, Surface Water Temperature, Bottom Water Temperature, Turbidity). In the Louisiana Stations table CSA stands for Coastal Study Area. Latitude and Longitude are provided in decimal degrees; depths are in meters (m); and Times is local time. Units of measure for other fields are as follows: CPUE (number caught per hectare (#/ha)), Length (mm), Time (HH:MM), Duration (Minutes), Salinity (ppt), Air Temperature (Degrees Celsius), Water Temperature (Degrees Celsius), Turbidity (NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Unit)). Note: Temperature values have known issues, possibly due to entry and or conversion errors. Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: Brown, H., T.J. Minello, G.A. Matthews, M. Fisher, E.J. Anderson, R. Riedel, and D.L. Leffler. 2013. Nekton from fishery-independent trawl samples in estuaries of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). U.S. Dept. Commerce NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-647, 269 p. 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Result: unknown Report: DQ_ConceptualConsistency: Measure description: Character string: NOAA cannot guarantee the scope, accuracy or timeliness of this information. Result: unknown Lineage: LI_Lineage: Process step: LI_ProcessStep: Description: Character string: The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Marine Fisheries Division conducts fishery-independent sampling to assess the state's natural resources, to aid in setting opening and closing dates for fisheries, and to aid in setting catch limits for regulated species. Fishery-independent trawl sampling using the 4.9-m (16-ft) flat otter trawls was scheduled for each year as follows: Nov-Feb (bi-weekly) and Mar-Oct (weekly). Hydrographic data were collected before each trawl tow. Temperature and salinity were measured from surface and bottom waters, and turbidity measured from surface water. Water depth was recorded at the start of the tow. The trawl was towed for 10 minutes: timed from when the trawl first began to move forward to when it stopped forward movement. Towing speed was 4.8 kph (3 mph), and the tow path was either weaving, circular, or straight depending on depth and design of the water body (bayou or open bay), allowing the prop-wash to pass to the side or over the top of the trawl. LDWF provided data for the years 1986-2007. All organisms caught in the trawl were identified to the lowest taxon possible (usually genus and species), counted, and up to 50 of each species were measured in 5-mm intervals. Size measurements were taken as follows: shrimp - total length (TL) measured from the anterior tip of the rostrum to posterior tip of the telson; crabs - carapace width (CW) measured from tip to tip of posterior -lateral spines of the carapace; and fish - measured as total length (LDWF 2002). Process step: LI_ProcessStep: Description: Character string: Catch data in trawls were converted to numbers caught per hectare (#/ha) using the tow times and calculated conversion factors. The conversion factor was calculated based on an assumed 80% spread of the width of the trawl webbing along the headrope (defined here as the headrope length) and the estimated distance towed in one minute calculated from reported tow times. The conversion factor is equal to the time needed (in minutes) for the trawl to cover one hectare. To calculate the CPUE the following formula was used: Conversion factor / Tow duration (min) X Number caught = #/ha. The conversion factor for Louisiana was calculated to be 32.04. 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