Description: The primary objective of the Pamlico Sound Trawl Survey (PSS) is to produce fishery-independent indices of abundance for important recreational and commercial finfish and invertebrate species in Pamlico Sound. Current sampling occurs in Pamlico Sound and adjacent rivers and bays. All PSS sampling events are conducted over a two-week period during each sampling month. From 1991 to the present, the PSS has been conducted during the months of June and September only. This group of data layers includes station and monitoring data for the 2020 monitoring season, which includes 4 layers: stations, specimen, length frequency, and abundance.Station (Event): Includes information such as location, collection date, and abiotic factors. A sampling event is the deployment of any gear, whether it collects biotic or abiotic factors.Specimen: Includes (SPECIMEN) field with unique information for single individuals of a species (e.g. length, weight, sex, and disease disposition).Length frequency: For a SPECIE(S), it includes species-specific length frequency information related to the subsample (relative number measured) and the total (total number collected) within each COLLECTION.Abundance: For COLLECTION and SPECIE(S) includes information pertaining to the gear used and the sampling effort, including any subsampling regime as well as information related to the total catch (e.g. total abundance and total weight) for any species with available data.
Service Item Id: f3424656e7344839896f10a683c9801a
Copyright Text: North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF)