Website

http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/panama/species/shark/research/essential1.htm Metadata: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/item/8544

Region(s)

NW

Summary

The GULFSPAN survey is a fishery-independent survey that began in 1994 to examine the distribution and abundance of juvenile sharks in coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico. The data describes coastal shark abundance and environmental data from St. Andrews Bay to Apalachicola Bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico.

Parameters

Length, sex, life history stage, mid-water temperature , salinity, dissolved oxygen, water clarity, qualitative habitat type, catch-per-unit-effort

Notes

Additional notes on sample locations from Dana, GCRL Field Supervisor - DISL covered some of Mobile Bay for a few years 2007-2011 and LSU covered some shoreline around the Timbaliers prior to Hurricane Ivan

Application

Publications

"SHARK NURSERY GROUNDS AND ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT STUDIES, GULFSPAN GULF OF MEXICO-FY07" REPORT TO NOAA FISHERIES, HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES DIVISION. https://www.academia.edu/1824425/SHARK_NURSERY_GROUNDS_AND_ESSENTIAL_FISH_HABITAT_STUDIES_GULFSPAN_GULF_OF_MEXICO_FY07

Start

1994

End

2016

Frequency

Monthly

Method

gill net set at fixed stations or randomly set based on depth and GPS location, sacrificial take of tissue for life history, YSI-85 environmental meter

Discontinuity

Data Location

ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0106/0162100/

Data Format

CSV

Habitats

Water Column

SEACAR Citation

Alternative Citation

indicates priority attributes