Dataset

NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Dataset credits: NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Abstract: The survey was conducted on the NOAA DeHavilland Twin Otter DHC-6, Series 300 aircraft (N57 RF) from 12 June to 12 July 2004. The study area extended between the state border between Virginia and North Carolina (36 degrees N) to the Bay of Fundy (45 degrees N) and from the United States Atlantic shoreline to the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (58 degrees W). The team was based out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) on June 12; Salisbury, Maryland from June 13 to 18; back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Otis Air Force base) from June 19 to 28; Portland, Maine on June 29 to 30; Bar Harbor, Maine from July 1 to July 7; Halifax, Nova Scotia from July 8 to July 9; Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from July 10 to 11, and back to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States on July 12th.

Citation: Palka, D. 2018. NEFSC Aerial Circle-Back Abundance Survey 2004. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/506917a8.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 22:35

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_398

Debi Palka
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

758
occurrence records
21
taxa
15
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 758
100.0%
maximumDepthInMeters 758
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 758
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 758
100.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data