Herring Survey Data - 2016 - BC Central Coast

Description:

The purpose of this dataset is to monitor the extent and area of Herring Spawn on the Central Coast over the long term. The 2016 herring spawn was sampled by the Hakai Institute Nearshore Ecology team. Spatial information about the location of dives, transects of dives, observations, herring roe deposits, and metadata, were collected with the ESRI Arc Collector mobile application.

Brief summary of field work:

The total length of spawn (extent of shoreline with herring roe), are surveyed using boat-based observations at low tide. The total width of spawn (depth interval covered by herring roe) are determined based on dive surveys. Mapped polygons representing extent of spawn will be created based on average width of spawn x length of spawn.

Length of spawn is best marked at low tide, when boat-based observations can be used to view shoreline coverage of roe deposited on macroalgae (often seen as a band of white fuzz on top of rockweed and small stringy red algal turfs. Binoculars were used to help in viewing the extent of roe coverage from the boat. Notes on spawn density and coverage were kept.

Access and Use

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Limitations: Appropriate credit must be given to Hakai Institute and the authors of the dataset.

Data and Resources

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Metadata Reference Date(s) January 21, 2022 (Publication)
July 24, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) November 21, 2016 (Publication)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Name
Hakai Geospatial Technology Team
Affiliation
Hakai Institute ROR logo
Email
data@hakai.org
Role
  • Custodian
  • Owner
  • Point of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
  • Processor
Responsible Party 2
Name
McInnes, Will
Affiliation
Hakai Institute ROR logo
Role
  • Point of Contact
  • Processor
Responsible Party 3
Affiliation
Hakai Institute ROR logo
Email
data@hakai.org
Role
  • Distributor
  • Publisher
  • Resource Provider
  • Funder

Field Value
Ocean Variables Other
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Topic Category oceans
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Spatial Extent { "coordinates": [ [ [ -128.54187017306685, 51.58844754923095 ], [ -127.72888189181685, 51.58844754923095 ], [ -127.72888189181685, 52.26927804083806 ], [ -128.54187017306685, 52.26927804083806 ], [ -128.54187017306685, 51.58844754923095 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
North Bounding Latitude 52.26927804083806
South Bounding Latitude 51.58844754923095
East Bounding Longitude -127.72888189181685
West Bounding Longitude -128.54187017306685
Vertical Extent
Min
0.0
Max
-10.0
Default Locale English
Projects
  1. Geospatial
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
Hakai Data Catalogue
Description
Science on the Coastal Margin
URL
https://catalogue.hakai.org