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Louisiana commercial Fish Landings and Value by species month year basin 2000 to April 2014

Authors: Turner, R.

Published On: Mar 04 2016 16:47 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N74F1NQS

UDI: R1.x139.143:0007

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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-I

Research Group:
Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Point of Contact

Jason Weick
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) / Data Management
jweick@lumcon.edu

Data Collection Period

2000-01-01 to 2014-12-31

Theme keywords

commercial fisheries, landings, Louisiana, coastal parishes

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Abstract:

These are the reported monthly summaries of various landings data from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The data are summaries of trip ticket data. Brown and white shrimp, oysters, black drum, blue crabs, and red snapper landings are reported by parish for 2000 to 2014. Some records are amalgamated to protect the identity of individuals.

Suggested Citation:

Turner, R.. 2016. Louisiana commercial Fish Landings and Value by species month year basin 2000 to April 2014. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N74F1NQS

Purpose:

to assess the changing landings data before and after the 2010 oil spill

Data Parameters and Units:

pounds of fish, pounds of oyster meat, dollars, year, month, type, basin, landings, value. Map describing basin locations:http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/fishing/trip-tickets

Methods:

Reported landings at docside

Error Analysis:

Reported data

Provenance and Historical References:

From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries