32 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Pelagic Observer Program CPUE
Description: CPUE from pelagic observer program (POP) observed hauls, presented as number of fish per haul, is provided for the northeast (i.e., the Northeast Coastal and Mid-Atlantic Bight fishing areas) by year/species from 1992-2023.
Indicator category: Database pull with analysis
Found in: State of the Ecosystem - Gulf of Maine & Georges Bank (2021+), State of the Ecosystem - Mid-Atlantic (2021+), State of the Ecosystem - Indicator Catalog (2024+)
Contributor(s): Jennifer Cudney, Tobey Curtis, Daniel Daye
Data steward: Jennifer Cudney, Tobey Curtis, Daniel Daye
Point of contact: Jennifer Cudney jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov
Public availability statement: Source data are NOT publicly available. Pelagic observer data is considered confidential data, and must be screened to ensure that data meet requirements for “rule of three” at the set and vessel level before they can be distributed.
32.1 Methods
32.1.1 Data sources
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Pelagic Observer Program. Data can be requested using this form (https://forms.gle/kiMGRfUwbKJCf8Vs6). For more information regarding the dataset please see the SEFSC POP InPort catalog entry (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30713). For data requests contact popobserver@noaa.gov.
32.1.2 Data analysis
Catch per unit effort was calculated as number of animals caught per haul and summarized by year and species/management group.
HMS staff created graphs that can be used in technical documentation and in the upcoming SOE report. The graphs were created by plotting the data from each tab in the “HMS POP CPUE 1992-2024” file in R. CPUE (# fish / # hauls) are plotted on the y-axis, and year is plotted on the x-axis.
The species groupings are available in the table below.
| Category | Common Name | Species Name |
|---|---|---|
| Small Coastal | Atlantic Sharpnose | Rhizoprionodon terraenovae |
| Small Coastal | Blacknose | Carcharhinus acronotus |
| Small Coastal | Bonnethead | Sphyrna tiburo |
| Small Coastal | Finetooth | Carcharhinus isodon |
| Large Coastal | Blacktip | Carcharhinus limbatus |
| Large Coastal | Bull | Carcharhinus leucas |
| Large Coastal | Great Hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran |
| Large Coastal | Lemon | Negaprion brevirostris |
| Large Coastal | Nurse | Ginglymostoma cirratum |
| Large Coastal | Sandbar | Carcharhinus plumbeus |
| Large Coastal | Scalloped Hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini |
| Large Coastal | Silky | Carcharhinus falciformis |
| Large Coastal | Smooth Hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena |
| Large Coastal | Spinner | Carcharhinus brevipinna |
| Large Coastal | Tiger | Galeocerdo cuvier |
| Prohibited | Atlantic Angel | Squatina dumeril |
| Prohibited | Basking | Cetorhinus maximus |
| Prohibited | Bigeye Thresher | Alopias superciliosus |
| Prohibited | Bignose | Carcharhinus altimus |
| Prohibited | Night | Carcharhinus signatus |
| Prohibited | Sand Tiger | Carcharias taurus |
| Prohibited | Sevengill | Notorynchus cepedianus |
| Prohibited | Sixgill | Hexanchus griseus |
| Prohibited | White | Carcharodon carcharias |
| Pelagic | Blue | Prionace glauca |
| Pelagic | Dusky | Carcharhinus obscurus |
| Pelagic | Oceanic Whitetip | Carcharhinus longimanus |
| Pelagic | Porbeagle | Lamna nasus |
| Pelagic | Shortfin Mako | Isurus oxyrinchus |
| Pelagic | Thresher | Alopias vulpinus |
32.1.3 Data processing
Data requests are submitted to the Pelagic Observer Program staff using this request form (https://forms.gle/kiMGRfUwbKJCf8Vs6) or by contacting popobserver@noaa.gov. Data from the areas (combined from pelagic observer program reporting areas “MAB” and “NEC”) are summarized by species (or management group) and year. Number of hauls per year are also provided to enable CPUE calculations of species per year. Data only include HMS managed under the Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan and its amendments.
catalog link https://noaa-edab.github.io/catalog/hms_cpue.html