VIMS Chesapeake Bay Multispecies Monitoring and Assessment Program

Occurrence Observation
Latest version published by United States Geological Survey on Oct 3, 2016 United States Geological Survey
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Publication date:
3 October 2016
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Description

In general, ChesMMAP is fishery-independent monitoring survey that uses a large-mesh bottom trawl to sample late juvenile-to-adult fishes in the mainstem of Chesapeake Bay. This program currently provides data on relative abundance, length, weight, sex ratio, maturity, age, and trophic interactions for several important fish species that inhabit the bay seasonally.

Data Records

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is United States Geological Survey. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Debra Gauthier
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Marine Scientist
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Abigail Benson
  • User
  • Biologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Abigail Benson
  • User

Geographic Coverage

Main stem of Chesapeake Bay (Maryland and Virginia, USA)

Bounding Coordinates South West [36.863, -76.406], North East [38.994, -75.818]

Additional Metadata

marine, harvest by iOBIS

Alternative Identifiers https://www1.usgs.gov/obis-usa/ipt/resource?r=vims_chesmmap