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Biological Resources Division,
U.S. Geological Survey
Division, U.S. Geological Survey
ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdlsc0005.txt
(text format)
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ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdlsc0005.html
(HTML format)
and
ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdlsc0005.sgml
(SGML format).
1991 as a cooperative project of the Fish and Wildlife Service
division of Fish Hatcheries and the National Biological
Service, Research and Development Laboratory. The NFBR
consists of a series of databases designed to catalog
performance information on managed wild and domestic
broodstocks of six fish families: trout (salmonidae, excluding
anadromous salmon), catfish (Ictaluridae), sturgeon
(Acipenseridae), paddlefish (Polyodolontidae), perch
(Percidae), and sunfish (Centrarchidae). While broodstock
information is needed on all managed fish species, the separate
databases of the NFBR have been developed sequentially starting
with the species where broodstock information has been
developed. Each database provides information on wild and
domestic broodstocks. As additional information is received,
it can be put in the standardized format and added to the
database.
populations generally is not available to fisheries managers to
make decisions on strains to be used in different fisheries
management situations. Consequently, fish populations have been
shipped throughout the country and stocked in many fisheries
without understanding the potential long term detrimental
implications for the fishery or the existing natural fish
populations. There is a need for detailed information on all
managed fish populations - domestic and natural. The National
Fish Broodstock Registry and Database will assemble the
available information on genetic, breeding history, life
history, hatchery performance, field performance, and habitat
preference for broodstocks of each species managed by state and
federal agencies. A National Fish Broodstock Registry - Trout
was developed to organize available broodstock information on
trout and charr species in the United States. The expanded
database, would allow fisheries managers to use strain
characteristics and past management applications to evaluate
the potential effects of stocking a given strain in a
particular fishery before the stocking program begins or to
identify potential broodstocks that can be effectively and
safely incorporated in specific management programs.
Biological Resources Division,
U.S. Geological Survey
Division, U.S. Geological Survey
management
Division, U.S. Geological Survey
Division, U.S. Geological Survey
generic family database composed of fisheries experts on
those species to guide development of the database. Species
experts were managers and researchers invited to represent
federal, state, and private aquaculture interests in
identifying information for inclusion in the final database.
Developed guidelines for specific traits to be included in
the data set. Developed survey questionnaires to obtain
broodstock information from federal and state fisheries
agencies and private aquaculture. Serve as liasons to
broodstock managers and growers, and serve as a review board
to edit broodstock reports and manuscripts developed from
the data set. 2. Developed a review of fish broodstock
literature on all fish species. Searches were conducted of
published literature and federal aid report libraries.
3. Conducted surveys of federal and state fisheries
agencies and private producers that rear or manage fish
broodstocks. 4. Developed NFBR from survey information.
Conducted follow-up interviews with broodstock managers when
necessary to clarify survey information. 5. Distributed the
NFBR databases to federal and state agencies and organizations
contributing broodstock information for the NFBR in electronic
format.
species, broodstock name, broodstock strain, location of
broodstock, year broodstock started, source where original
broodstock obtained, age of broodstock, breeding system,
spawning period, fish age, mean weight of fish, disease
classification, water quality paramenters: water temperature,
water pH, water Total Hardness, Alkalinity, Dissolved Oxygen,
Gas Supersaturation
Biological Resources Division,
U.S. Geological Survey
computer system at the Biological Resources Division, no
warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or
utility of the data on any other system or for general or
scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution
constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to
individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.
It is strongly recommended that these data are directly
acquired from a Biological Resources Division server, and not
indirectly through other sources which may have changed the
data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful
attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file
associated with these data. The Biological Resources Division
shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the
data described and/or contained herein.