AMAPPS Southeast Aerial Cruise Spring 2014

Original provider:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)

Abstract:
As part of the AMAPPS program, the Southeast Fisheries
Science Center conducts aerial surveys of continental
shelf waters along the US East Coast from Southeastern
Florida to Cape May, New Jersey. Aerial survey TOSE14SPR
was conducted during 2014 between 24 March and 28 April.
The survey was conducted along tracklines oriented
perpendicular to the shoreline that were latitudinally
spaced 20 km apart aboard a NOAA Twin Otter aircraft at
an altitude of 600 feet (183 m) and a speed of 110 knots.
The survey was designed for analysis using Distance
sampling and a two-team (independent observer) approach
to correct for visibility bias in resulting abundance
estimates. The survey covered waters from Cape May, NJ to
South Carolina including “fine-scale” tracklines in
waters offshore of New Jersey and Virginia. Due to
weather conditions during the survey, only effort from
South Carolina to Cape May, New Jersey was completed.