Island elevation data use in publication by Baker JD, Littnan CL, Johnston DW. "2006. Potential effects of sea level rise on the terrestrial habitats of endangered and endemic megafauna in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Endangered Species Research 4(1): 1-10."

Ryan Nichols (FBSAB LHP) collected this data set and it contains only information pertaining to Hypothordus quernus, Hapu'upu'u, Hawaiian grouper. It contains date, location, fish length (total), fish weight, otolith weight (grams), otolith length (mm), otolith width (mm) age group, and which sagittal was aged (right or left).

This data set contains focal animal observations and other behavioral data recorded during special studies conducted by PSD personnel and cooperating scientists as part of the ongoing monk seal population assessment and survival enhancement efforts. These include Effects of Tagging and Association Patterns studies conducted at Lisianski Island in 1982, Pair Watches recorded as part of a behavioral study at Laysan Island in 1985, behavior data collected at Sea Life Park, and mother-pup observations collected at Trig Island in 2009 (roughly replicating Boness' earlier FFS mother-pup study). Most data have been entered, however some data are housed at PIFSC in paper form.

This data set documents observers that have collected monk seal data as part of the ongoing monk seal population assessment efforts by PSD personnel and cooperating scientists. Information includes observer initials, affiliation, and contact information.

List of legacy data collection forms that observers used for data collection out at sea.

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. NOAA Fisheries is increasingly looking to advanced fishery-independent survey methods to estimate stock abundance and many authors have highlighted the continued need for development of non-intrusive methods that can be used in areas both open and closed to fishing, as well as for stocks where extractive sampling may remove a significant portion of the yearly quota. While it is commonly agreed that a combination of survey methods is preferable to any single method, in order to be used effectively and efficiently, such methods must be quantitatively evaluated and compared. The development of adequate calibration factors allows pooling of data from disparate methods to generate robust metrics of abundance. In this study, we quantitatively compare a suite of autonomous optical, acoustic, and cooperative research fishery-independent sampling methods for estimating species-specific size-structured abundance for six snapper species and one grouper species, which comprise the major insular commercial fishery in the Main Hawaiian Islands (known as the Deep 7 bottomfish complex). This comparison serves as the basis for an operational, fishery-independent survey for stock assessment in the Main Hawaiian Islands.

Accurate and precise stock assessments are predicated on accurate and precise estimates of life history parameters, abundance, and catch across the range of the stock. NOAA Fisheries is increasingly looking to advanced fishery-independent survey methods to estimate stock abundance and many authors have highlighted the continued need for development of non-intrusive methods that can be used in areas both open and closed to fishing, as well as for stocks where extractive sampling may remove a significant portion of the yearly quota. While it is commonly agreed that a combination of survey methods is preferable to any single method, in order to be used effectively and efficiently, such methods must be quantitatively evaluated and compared. The development of adequate calibration factors allows pooling of data from disparate methods to generate robust metrics of abundance. In this study, we quantitatively compare a suite of autonomous optical, acoustic, and cooperative research fishery-independent sampling methods for estimating species-specific size-structured abundance for six snapper species and one grouper species, which comprise the major insular commercial fishery in the Main Hawaiian Islands (known as the Deep 7 bottomfish complex). This comparison serves as the basis for an operational, fishery-independent survey for stock assessment in the Main Hawaiian Islands.

List of legacy data collection forms that observers used for data collection out at sea.

This data archive contains the Modular Optical Underwater Survey System (MOUSS) stereo-video data from the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (Cruise SE-17-02) collected around the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for the stock assessment of the Deep 7 Bottomfish species. The Deep 7 are the most culturally important and highly valued of the deep-water bottomfish species in Hawaii composed of six snapper species and one grouper species. Dates of the survey range from 2017-03-09 to 2017-03-22. Each video is fifteen minutes from the MOUSS touchdown on the seafloor as that is the literature based standard for Deep-7 species. The product also includes depth and temperature data collected using Temperature Depth Recorder (TDR) along with temporal and spatial information. The MOUSS video data are in the Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) file format. A metadata inventory CSV file is included for the cruise data.

This data archive contains the Modular Optical Underwater Survey System (MOUSS) stereo-video data from the NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette (Cruise SE-17-02) collected around the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) for the stock assessment of the Deep 7 Bottomfish species. The Deep 7 are the most culturally important and highly valued of the deep-water bottomfish species in Hawaii composed of six snapper species and one grouper species. Dates of the survey range from 2017-03-09 to 2017-03-22. Each video is fifteen minutes from the MOUSS touchdown on the seafloor as that is the literature based standard for Deep-7 species. The product also includes depth and temperature data collected using Temperature Depth Recorder (TDR) along with temporal and spatial information. The MOUSS video data are in the Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) file format. A metadata inventory CSV file is included for the cruise data.