Parameter: location

Dataset: 
HerringHg
Parameter: 
site
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 site
Short Description:
 site
Official Name:
 site
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Sampling site identification.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
location
Supplied Units: 
text
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
JL = Jeffreys Ledge; JB = Jordan Basin; GB = Georges Bank; for commercially-captured fish -- location is either wharf where fish were collected from or generically Area 3. Specific locations of where commercially-caught fish were captured is unknown. Catch locations for NMFS NEFSC fish can also be located through the BegLat-BeginLon-EndLat and EndLon coordinates