National Marine Fisheries Service, South East Fisheries Science Center, Gulf of Mexico, Summer groundfish trawl survey from 1980 to 2008 (NODC Accession 0094008)

The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) is a State/Federal/university program for collection, management and dissemination of fishery-independent data and information in the southeastern United States. In the Gulf of Mexico, SEAMAP resource surveys include the Fall Shrimp/Groundfish Survey, Spring Plankton Survey, Reef Fish Survey, Summer Shrimp/Groundfish Survey, Fall Plankton Survey and plankton and environmental data surveys. This fishery-independent SEAMAP (Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program) subset contains data from 29 summer shrimp/groundfish survey cruises from 1982 through 2008.