Sampling program conducted by Auke Bay Lab
Contact: Cara Rodgveller, (Auke Bay Lab; Cara.Rodgveller@noaa.gov)
Alternate contact: emily.fergusson@noaa.gov (listed on NODC portal)
Regions to request: East Yakutat, West Yakutat, Central Gulf, Western Gulf (also available: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea)
Areas to request: Upper continental shelf (1978-present), Gullies (1987-present)
Decide which fleet data to request:
Japan-US cooperative longline survey: 1978-94 (do they have GoA data for these years?)
Domestic (NMFS / AFSC) Longline Survey 1987-present
Useful primarily for: Sablefish, Sharks. Data collected: Catch, Catch with nulls, Lengths for: Sablefish, Shortspine thornyhead, rougheye rockfish, shortraker rockfish, Greenland turbot Also: Sablefish ages (otoliths), gender, maturity, size
Sampling program conducted by Auke Bay Lab Contact: Cara Rodgveller, (Auke Bay Lab; Cara.Rodgveller@noaa.gov) Alternate contact: emily.fergusson@noaa.gov (listed on NODC portal)
Regions to request: East Yakutat, West Yakutat, Central Gulf, Western Gulf (also available: Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea) Areas to request: Upper continental shelf (1978-present), Gullies (1987-present) Decide which fleet data to request: Japan-US cooperative longline survey: 1978-94 (do they have GoA data for these years?) Domestic (NMFS / AFSC) Longline Survey 1987-present
NB Some data are posted online (http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/maps/longline/Results.php?s[]=x&filterStation=true ; can download .csv files) and in annual reports (http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ABL/MESA/mesa_sfcruisereports.htm), but: (i) both have insufficient metadata to be useful (need sampling date, station effort (including soak time), bottom topo, water temps, RPW. (ii)only the most commonly caught species are posted online.
For more info: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/maps/longline/Map.php https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/afsc-abl-longline-sablefish-survey