Lobster Tagging and Morphometric Form data collected on a commercial fishery vessel in 1998 in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Data collected include species, sex, carapace length, tail width, ova color, tag color and number, capture and release positions.

Lobster Tagging and Morphometric Form data collected on a commercial fishery vessel in 1998 in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Data collected include species, sex, carapace length, tail width, ova color, tag color and number, capture and release positions.

Lobster Tagging and Morphometric Form data collected during two research cruises of NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell in 1999 in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Data collected include species, sex, carapace length, tail width, ova color, tag number and color, capture and release positions.

This data set contains the logbook data from U.S.A. Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessels (CPFV) fishing in the U.S.A. EEZ and in waters off of Baja California, from 1980 to present. These fishing vessels carry sport fishermen and target both HMS and non-HMS species. California CPFV operators submit mandatory logbooks to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). CPFV operators in Washington and Oregon that target albacore submit mandatory logbooks to SWFSC since the implementation of the HMS Fisheries Management Plan in 2005. Logbook data contain information on locations fished, ports of landing, number of anglers, hours fished, species, number of fish kept, and interactions with marine mammals.

This data set contains pounds and value for all seafood products that are landed and sold by established seafood dealers and brokers in the SE Region of the US mainland. Data is collected electronically and transmitted to the NMFS and its state partners from each purchase the seafood dealer makes from a federally permitted fishing vessel.

Shrimp trapping operations were conducted by NOAA research vessel Townsend Cromwell from 1980 to 1989 in the central and western Pacific Ocean to determine availability, catchability, distribution and relative abundance of deep water shrimp. Collected data include set and haul dates, capture location, shrimp catch and effort data (counts and weights of deep water shrimp caught and number of traps set and hauled).

This is a federally mandated logbook program for high seas squid jig fishing, and it is required to be mailed in to PIFSC after a fishing trip. Fishing occurs in the North Pacific.

This data set contains catch and effort for fishing trips that are taken by vessels with a Federal permit issued for the swordfish and sharks under the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) fishery management plan. Fishermen that own vessels with permits in these fisheries are required to complete a vessel logbook for every trip in which any species in the Highly Migratory Species fishery management plans are caught and landed. Fishermen are not required to report fishing trips in which other than these species are caught. However, fishermen are required to submit a no-fishing report if they did not fish for or catch any HMS species during a calendar month. In 1986, the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) initiated a logbook program for vessels that held a federal vessel permit to fish for swordfish in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. In 1993, a similar program was initiated for vessels with a federal permit to fish for sharks that are included in the HMS fishery management plan. In order to provide sufficient level of detail for fishing effort by the longline vessels, the catch and effort data need to be reported for each longline set. Consequently, a single logbook form was designed for the fishermen to record the catch (numbers of animals caught) and effort, which includes data on the length of the longline, the number of hooks and the duration of the set. To reduce the number of times that fishermen need to record certain pieces of information, e.g., location of unloading, duration of trip, number of crew, a trip summary form was designed in 1999 that includes the trip-related information that is the same for every set. This redesign of the logbook form resulted in two forms, the trip summary and the set forms. Only one trip summary needs to be completed for each trip, but a separate set form needs to be completed for each longline set made during the trip. At the same time, additional questions were added to the trip summary form to collect information on the expenses that the vessels incurred during the trip. Initially, this information was voluntary and the fishermen did not have to provide the cost data whereas the catch and effort data are mandatory and the vessels permit will not be renewed if logbooks are not received for every trip where swordfish and/or sharks are caught and landed.

Crustacean morphometric and tagging form data collected on NOAA R/V Townsend Cromwell cruise between 1984 and 1986 and in 1989 in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Data collected include capture date and location, occasionally release date and location, species, species morphometry, species sex and fecundity, and species missing appendages.

The Northern Shrimp Survey was initiated in 1983 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and monitors the relative abundance (number of shrimp), biomass (weight of shrimp), and composition of the northern shrimp stock throughout the Gulf of Maine. The data give an understanding of year class strength and sex stage and maturity of shrimp in the population. The survey focuses its efforts in offshore waters (in depths greater than 50 meters) and is timed to sample both males and females during the summer when they are expected to be offshore. The data it collects forms the basis of the annual northern shrimp assessment, which in turn, is used by fishery managers from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts to set each year’s fishing regulations.