Production of an in-situ bottom water temperature product for the northeast US continental shelf using oceanographic data collected by fishing vessels

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• Personal Author:
  Stoltz, Linus ; Maynard, George ; Morin, Michael ; Salois, Sarah
• Corporate Authors:
  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Bottom temperature significantly influences marine ecosystem dynamics, affecting species distribution, reproduction, growth, and survival, particularly for commercially important taxa in the Northeast U.S. continental shelf region. Despite its ecological importance, in-situ bottom temperature data are not routinely included in fisheries management. This is in part due to limitations in spatial and temporal data availability and the disparate nature of in situ data sources. To address this need we developed a new data product, FIShBOT (Fishing Industry Shared Bottom Oceanographic Time Series), for the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. FIShBOT is a standardized and gridded data product integrating subsurface oceanographic measurements from fisherydependent and fishery-independent data sources. Currently, FIShBOT aggregates in-situ, subsurface temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen records using a modular data processing workflow (using the Python programming environment), which are then synchronized and hosted on ERDDAP™ a scientific data server (Simons and John, 2022). A companion archive dataset for previous aggregations is available with a unique Digital Object Identifier for reproducibility. FIShBOT addresses common challenges for in situ data, including spatial and temporal gaps, by leveraging sensor networks on both commercial fishing vessels and research vessels. This memorandum outlines the FIShBOT methodology including system design, data flow, and QA/QC protocols, to support integration of environmental data into fisheries management and improve management plans’ responsiveness to ocean conditions.
• Keywords:
  Data Curation Measurement Ocean Temperature Data Curation Ocean Temperature
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NEFSC   341
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/1me2-g192
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Northeastern States ; North Atlantic Ocean
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
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