Abstract:

This dataset represents collections taken by demersal longline fishing gears throughout the Gulf of Mexico from 2011 until 2017. They include station location information and standardized fish catch data (numbers, weights, sex, length). Catch data were classified into five sub-regions: West Florida Shelf (WFS), North Central (NC), North West (NW), South West (SW), Yucatan Peninsula (YP) and Cuba (CUB). Catch data were also classified into four species groups: Elasmobranch (EL), Other demersal (OD), Pelagic (LP) and Snapper/Grouper (SG). Data from 2011 until 2014 are also reported in C-IMAGE I dataset R1.x135.120:0002, Lesion data from fish collected off Terrebonne Bay, LA to the Dry Tortugas, FL, 2011-2014 (DOI: 10.7266/N7GT5K56).

Suggested Citation:

Murawski, Steven A; Vaz, Ana Carolina. 2018. Catch data from fish collected throughout the Gulf of Mexico from 2011 until 2017. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7G73C4N

Publications:

Murawski, S. A., Peebles, E. B., Gracia, A., Tunnell, J. W., & Armenteros, M. (2018). Comparative Abundance, Species Composition, and Demographics of Continental Shelf Fish Assemblages throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 10(3), 325–346. doi:10.1002/mcf2.10033

Pulster, E. L., Gracia, A., Snyder, S. M., Deak, K., Fogelson, S., & Murawski, S. A. (2019). Chronic Sub-lethal Effects Observed in Wild-Caught Fishes Following Two Major Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico: Deepwater Horizon and Ixtoc 1. Deep Oil Spills, 388–413. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11605-7_24

Purpose:

Data were collected with the purpose of better understanding the resiliency of fish communities within different sub-regions of the Gulf of Mexico.

Data Parameters and Units:

Station Data Final.xlsx: Year (YYYY), Transect (ID), Station (ID), Month (MM), Day (DD), Number (ID), Depth Average (m), Depth Start (m), Depth End (m), Temperature Average (deg C), Temperature Start (deg C), Temperature End (deg C), Latitude Start (DD), Longitude Start (DD), Number of Hooks Deployed, Time (HH:MM), Decimal Hours Fished All Catch Data.xlsx: Vessel (Sea Fox, Brandy, Pisces, or Weatherbird II), Transect (ID), Station (ID), Month (MM), Day (DD), Year (YY), STN Number (ID), English Common Name, Specimen (ID), Disease (n=no external pathology, u=external skin lesion/ulcer, a=abnormal area/histo taken, D=Digenean parasite in gills, f=fin rot, m=mechanical damage, o=other condition, p=parasites, s=skeletal, scL=scale loss, UD=lesion + Digenean parasite, UM=lesion + mechanical damage, UP=lesion + parasite), Sex (m or f), Standard length (cm), Fork length (cm), Total length (cm), Total weight (kg), Liver (kg), Gastrointestinal tract (kg), Gonad (kg), Species number

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