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Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Database

Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Gregory Smith
Originator: Scott Nelson
Originator:
Great Lakes Science Center, Biological Resources

Division, U.S. Geological Survey

Publication_Date: 1996
Title: Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Database
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: maps data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Ann Arbor, MI
Publisher:
Great Lakes Science Center, Biological Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
Other_Citation_Details:
This metadata file can be found at:

ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdglsc0001.txt (text format)

and

ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdglsc0001.html (HTML format)

and

ftp://cameron.cr.usgs.gov/pub/nbii_metadata/brdglsc0001.sgml (SGML format).

Description:
Abstract:
The Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Database contains commercial fishing data from the United States. The

states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin gather

monthly fishing reports and forward them to the Great Lakes Center. The database provides the fisherman's

name, information about the vessel, the estimated weight and estimated dollar value.

Purpose:
The purpose is to provide information about the Great Lakes Fishing catch to a wide variety of users.
Supplemental_Information: Data from 1929 to 1970 in printed format (microfiche).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates_Times:
Beginning_Date: 1929
Ending_Date: 1996
Currentness_Reference: Observed
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Great Lakes area - states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and

Wisconsin

Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -93
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -76
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Great Lakes Science Center
Theme_Keyword: GLSC
Theme_Keyword: National Biological Service
Theme_Keyword: NBS
Theme_Keyword: Biological Resources Division
Theme_Keyword: BRD
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: WI
Place_Keyword: MN
Place_Keyword: Illinois
Place_Keyword: Indiana
Place_Keyword: Michigan
Place_Keyword: New York
Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
Place_Keyword: Ohio
Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
Place_Keyword: Minnesota
Place_Keyword: IL
Place_Keyword: IN
Place_Keyword: MI
Place_Keyword: NY
Place_Keyword: PA
Place_Keyword: OH
Place_Keyword: The Great Lakes
Taxonomy:
Keywords_Taxon:
Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Taxonomic_Keywords: Chubs
Taxonomic_Keywords: Chinook salmon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lake trout
Taxonomic_Keywords: Siscowet
Taxonomic_Keywords: Coho salmon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Suckers
Taxonomic_Keywords: Carp
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow perch
Taxonomic_Keywords: Walleye
Taxonomic_Keywords: Alewife
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gizzard shad
Taxonomic_Keywords: Brown bullhead
Taxonomic_Keywords: Channel catfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: White perch
Taxonomic_Keywords: White bass
Taxonomic_Keywords: Freshwater drum
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bigmouth buffalo
Taxonomic_Keywords: Walleye
Taxonomic_Keywords: Quillback
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bigmouth buffalo
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rockbass
Taxonomic_Keywords: Crappies
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow perch
Taxonomic_Keywords: Walleye
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lake sturgeon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Channel catfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: American eel
Taxonomic_Keywords: Gars
Taxonomic_Keywords: Goldfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Minnows
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rockbass
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bowfin
Taxonomic_Keywords: Northern pike
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sunfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bass
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rockbass
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sauger
Taxonomic_Keywords: Alewifes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Buffalofish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Bullheads
Taxonomic_Keywords: Catfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Garfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lake trout
Taxonomic_Keywords: Minnows
Taxonomic_Keywords: Shiners
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pike
Taxonomic_Keywords: Pickerel
Taxonomic_Keywords: Osteichthyes
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rainbow Smelt
Taxonomic_Keywords: Burbot
Taxonomic_Keywords: Cisco
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lake Herring
Taxonomic_Keywords: Lake whitefish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Round whitefish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Silver salmon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Coho salmon
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sauger
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sheepshead, freshwater
Taxonomic_Keywords: Great Lakes smelt
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sturgeon, common
Taxonomic_Keywords: Sunfish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Whitefish
Taxonomic_Keywords: Yellow pike
Taxonomy:
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Animal
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxon_Rank_Value: Osteichthyes
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: none
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Science Center
Contact_Person: Scott Nelson
Contact_Position: Computer Programmer Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
City: Ann Arbor
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48105
Address: 1451 Green Road
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734 994-3331 Ext. 243
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734 994-8780
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scott_nelson@usgs.gov
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Publication_Date: 197909
Title: Commercial Fish Production in Great Lakes 1867-1977
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Great Lakes Fishery Commission Tecnical Report
Issue_Identification: No. 3
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: unknown
Publisher: Great Lakes Fishery Commission
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Contact individual states for information about accuracy.
Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable
Completeness_Report: Contact individual states for information about accuracy.
Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Field
Methodology_Identifier:
Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Methodology_Keyword: database
Methodology_Description:
The database is not a scientific one. The data is reported by individual licensed fishermen to each state

jurisdiction. The states gather monthly fishing reports and forward them to the Great Lakes Science

Center. GLSC then compiles all of the information into a database each year and produces an annual summary

that is called the NOAA report. It is sent to the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) and is included

with commercial fishing data from the entire United States into a publication

Process_Step:
Process_Description: Not applicable
Process_Date: Unknown
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Based on latitude/longitude, lake grid.
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Entity - fish; Associated attributes - species, catch class, pounds, dollars, place of capture
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: unknown
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Great Lakes Science Center
Contact_Person: Scott Nelson
Contact_Position: Computer Programmer Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
City: Ann Arbor
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48105
Address: 1451 Green Road
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 734 994-3331 Ext. 243
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 734 994-8780
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scott_nelson@usgs.gov
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a 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.

Custom_Order_Process: Contact Scott Nelson in Section 6.1 above
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 1995
Metadata_Review_Date: 19970616
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Hughes STX
Contact_Person: Cheryl Solomon
Contact_Position: Ecosystem Coordinator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
City: Greenbelt
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20770
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 441-4249
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 441-9486
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: solomon@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name:
Content Standards for National Biological

Information Infrastructure Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: NBII Draft of December 1995, Based FGDC of June 8, 1994
Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
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