CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_1996

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1996)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_1997

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1997)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_1998

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1998)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_1999

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1999)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2000

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2000)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2001

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2001)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2002

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2002)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2003

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2003)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2004

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2004)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_DATA_2005

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2005)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
sample_nr (Sample number)
sample_Code
FKEY (File identifier (date.station_code.gear_code))
station_Code
... (48 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1973

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1973)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)

Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, University of Southern Mississippi


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1974

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1974)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1975

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1975)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1976

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1976)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1977

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1977)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1978

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1978)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1979

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1979)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1980

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1980)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1981

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1981)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1982

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1982)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1983

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1983)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1984

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1984)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1985

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1985)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1986

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1986)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1987

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1987)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1988

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1988)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1989

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1989)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1990

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1990)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1991

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1991)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1992

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1992)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1993

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1993)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1994

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1994)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1995

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1995)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1996

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1996)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1997

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1997)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1998

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1998)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_1999

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1999)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2000

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2000)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2001

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2001)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2002

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2002)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2003

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2003)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2004

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2004)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


CAGES_Mississippi_CPUE_Trawl_study_OBIS_Event_2005

Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_2005)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
eventDate (Event Date)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Depth below mean sea level, m)
geodeticDatum (Geodetic Datum)
country (Country of origen of data)
stateProvince (Name of State of data origen)
locality (Station description)
waterBody (Water_Body)
... (13 more variables)


Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1973)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Start depth, m)
eventID (Event Identification Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_sample_nr))
occurrenceID (Occurrence Identifcation Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_aphiaID_sample_nr))
measurementType (Type of measurement)
measurementValue (Measurement value)
measurementUnit (Measurement unit)
measurementDeterminedDate (Date of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
measurementMethod (Measurement method)
measurementRemark (Comment to measurement)
crs


Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1974)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Start depth, m)
eventID (Event Identification Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_sample_nr))
occurrenceID (Occurrence Identifcation Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_aphiaID_sample_nr))
measurementType (Type of measurement)
measurementValue (Measurement value)
measurementUnit (Measurement unit)
measurementDeterminedDate (Date of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
measurementMethod (Measurement method)
measurementRemark (Comment to measurement)
crs


Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1975)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Start depth, m)
eventID (Event Identification Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_sample_nr))
occurrenceID (Occurrence Identifcation Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_aphiaID_sample_nr))
measurementType (Type of measurement)
measurementValue (Measurement value)
measurementUnit (Measurement unit)
measurementDeterminedDate (Date of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
measurementMethod (Measurement method)
measurementRemark (Comment to measurement)
crs


Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1976)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Start depth, m)
eventID (Event Identification Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_sample_nr))
occurrenceID (Occurrence Identifcation Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_aphiaID_sample_nr))
measurementType (Type of measurement)
measurementValue (Measurement value)
measurementUnit (Measurement unit)
measurementDeterminedDate (Date of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
measurementMethod (Measurement method)
measurementRemark (Comment to measurement)
crs


Summary:
Estuaries are important in supporting much of the fishery production in the Gulf of Mexico, but this support appears to vary widely among different estuarine systems. The main objective of this project was to assess variability among estuaries in supporting fishery species and other abundant nekton. The project is part of a larger effort of the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory to develop a Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine Systems (CAGES). The nekton abundance data summarized in this report are available at http://data.gcoos.org. This cooperative study with state natural resources agencies was designed to use fishery independent monitoring data and compare historical catches from 4.9-m and 6.1-m trawl surveys. This report provides an assessment of the abundance, length frequencies, and biomass of 14 species of fish and four species of decapod crustaceans that were either abundant in the samples or economically important. The most abundant species in the analysis include bay anchovy, Atlantic croaker, spot, and brown shrimp. Other fishery species of particular interest include Gulf menhaden, white shrimp, pink shrimp, blue crab, spotted seatrout, southern flounder, and red drum. While the years analyzed varied among states, samples from most estuaries were available and analyzed for the years 1986 to 2005. The 24 estuaries analyzed were identified using the Estuarine and Coastal Drainage Areas delineated by the U. S.Geological Survey and listed in NOAAs Coastal Assessment Framework

cdm_data_type = Trajectory
VARIABLES:
trajectory (CAGES_Mississippi_1977)
observations
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Start depth, m)
eventID (Event Identification Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_sample_nr))
occurrenceID (Occurrence Identifcation Number (date.station_Code.gear_Code_sample_Code_aphiaID_sample_nr))
measurementType (Type of measurement)
measurementValue (Measurement value)
measurementUnit (Measurement unit)
measurementDeterminedDate (Date of measurement, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
measurementMethod (Measurement method)
measurementRemark (Comment to measurement)
crs