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NODC Accession 0115221 includes meteorological, biological, physical and trawl data collected aboard the PANDALUS during cruises PA0101, PA0102, PA0103, PA0104, PA0201, PA0202, PA0203, PA0301, PA0302, PA0303, PA0401, PA0402, PA0403 and PA9901 in the Gulf of Alaska from 1999-08-27 to 2004-09-17. These data include SEA STATE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, species abundance and WIND SPEED. The instruments used to collect these data include trawl. These data were collected by Jack Piccolo, Jennifer L Boldt and Lewis J Haldorson of University of Alaska Fairbanks as part of NEP. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NODC on 2013-10-31. The following is the text of the abstract provided by BCO-DMO: Coastal Gulf of Alaska Trawl Data Notes 1) This file was created to separate surface trawl samples used exclusively from 2001-2004 from gillnet and midwater trawl samples used in prior years. CPUE calculations based on these different gear types may not be directly comparable. 2) Gillnet and midwater trawl catch data from prior years will be reported separately. 3) Gear abbreviations: T = Surface Trawl 4) Gear description: Nordic 264 surface rope trawl (198-m long, 25-m wide, 35-m vertical height, equipped with a 1.2-cm mesh liner in cod end) towed at the surface. 5) Start times for trawls are when all warp wire and doors have been let out, and end times are when warp wire retrival begins. 6) Numbers of fish caught from an event listed in this file may not match the count of number of fish measured in the "Glength_September_2005" file because in some cases the number of fish measured was a subsample of total catch. 7) For cruises G01-3 and G02-2 field identifications of juvenile salmon were inconsistent. Pink, chum, and sockeye, therefore, are all grouped under salmon, unidentified juvenile, as noted in the comment column. Data Collector/Primary Contact (for more information): Lewis J. Haldorson Fisheries Division University of Alaska, Fairbanks 11120 Glacier Highway Juneau, AK 99801 lew.haldorson@uaf.edu (mailto:lew.haldorson@uaf.edu) Phone: 907-465-6446 FAX: 907-465-6447 Secondary Contact: Jack Piccolo UAF / SFOS 11120 Glacier Highway Juneau, AK 99801 ftjjp1@uaf.edu (mailto:ftjjp1@uaf.edu) Phone: 907-796-2055