12 Inshore Survey (Massachusetts)
Description: Biomass time series for aggregate species groups from three inshore bottom trawl surveys conducted throughout the NE US:
NEAMAP (mab_inshore_survey) from Cape Hatteras to RI
MA Inshore in MA state waters (mass_inshore_survey)
ME/NH Inshore in ME and NH state waters (ne_inshore_survey)
Indicator family:
Contributor(s): Sean Lucey
Affiliations: RWS
12.1 Introduction to Indicator
Indicators from these inshore surveys are analagous to those produced by the NEFSC trawl survey in the aggregate_biomass indicator dataset
12.3 Indicator statistics
Spatial scale: Nearshore regions of the MAB and GOM
Temporal scale: Spring and Fall
Synthesis Theme:
12.4 Implications
Some trends match the NEFSC survey, some dont. This is driven by different species availability to surveys in time and space as well as the surveys sampling different habitats. Nearshore habitats are important to fish and fisheries so we monitor them as as well as trends from the larger EPUs.
12.5 Get the data
Point of contact: Sean Lucey (MA Inshore Survey), sean.lucey@rws.com
ecodata name: ecodata::mass_inshore_survey
Variable definitions
See variable definitions for aggregate_biomass
Indicator Category:
12.7 Accessibility and Constraints
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tech-doc link https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/mass_inshore_survey.html