Website

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/58708cd2613b4c319f7fb5d98457dfbc https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/fim/video-survey/ https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/reef-fish-survey

Region(s)

NW, SW

Summary

The G-FISHER program conducts stereo-baited remote underwater video (S-BRUV) deployments and side scan sonar imagery of benthic habitats within the Gulf. Project staff process and analyze data from habitat mapping, S-BRUV surveys, and eDNA. Efforts are ongoing to develop protocols for incorporating data collected under G-FISHER into future assessments.

Parameters

Relative abundance, population estimates of reef fish, length frequencies, depth (m), temperature (deg. C), dissolved oxygen (ppm), salinity (ppt), turbidity (%)

Notes

Application

Publications

Switzer, T. S., Keenan, S. F., Thompson, K. A., Shea, C. P., Knapp, A. R., Campbell, M. D., et al. (2023). Integrating assemblage structure and habitat mapping data into the design of a multispecies reef fish survey. Mar. Coast. Fisheries 15, e10245. https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10245 ;
Keenan, S. F., Switzer, T. S., Knapp, A., Weather, E. J., & Davis, J. (2022). Spatial dynamics of the quantity and diversity of natural and artificial hard bottom habitats in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 233, Article 104633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104633 ;
There are working papers to support the SEDAR stock assessment process, but we do not have links to each of them. GFISHER has contributed to multiple Gulf stock assessment index working groups. Those indices feed into the assessment working group to inform management. Ultimately they would be here: https://sedarweb.org/

Start

2020

End

Current

Frequency

Annual

Method

stereo-baited remote underwater video (S-BRUV) and side scan sonar, environmental DNA (Filtration), Multibeam sonar

Discontinuity

Data Location

https://www.gsmfc.org/seamap-sis.php

Data Format

Habitats

Water Column Coral Reef

SEACAR Citation

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes