ADCNR-MRD Reef Fish At-Sea Sampling Program (2016-2021)

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Data on fish captured via hook and line by recreational deep sea fishermen in the northern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama, beginning in 2016. Data include: identification, size, and condition of fish at capture; type of gear (reel type, line type, hook type, hook location in fish) and bait used to capture the fish; approximate time and location of fish capture (bottom habitat, depth, approximate coordinates); whether the fish was retained or released; weight, sex, and age of retained fish; whether and how released fish were unhooked, vented, or tagged; condition of released fish, and information on recaptures of previously tagged fish for estimates of released fish mortality rates.

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Author Josh Neese
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:51 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2017-08-15
ISO.pointOfContact Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator Josh Neese <Josh.Neese@dcnr.alabama.gov>
ISO.principalInvestigator.1 Josh Neese <Josh.Neese@dcnr.alabama.gov>
Place Keywords Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division, ADCNR, MRD, Alabama Marine Resources, Alabama, northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile County, Baldwin County
Temporal Begin 2016-10-12
Theme Keywords recreational fisheries, recreational fishery, fisheries dependent survey, hook and line, rod and reel, angler fishing, bottom fishing, reef fish, red snapper, vermillion snapper, gray snapper, red grouper, gag grouper, black grouper, Lutjanidae, Serranidae, Carangidae
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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