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    "title": "Mean catch per unit effort (CPUE) of Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) by sample station from CAGES Relational Database (2000-2007)",
    "description": "The CAGES program (Comparative Assessment of Gulf Estuarine ecoSystems) is designed to examine the differences between estuarine ecosystems and investigate why some are more productive than others. The program focuses on estuarine areas important to commercial fisheries and includes data on commercial finfish and invertebrate species, as well as other species commonly captured in trawl sampling. The CAGES Relational Database is a compilation of fishery-independent data contributed by natural resource agencies of the Gulf States (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). It includes data from trawls collected individually by each state, as well as associated hydrographic data. Trawl data were used to calculate CPUE (catch per unit effort) data for target species at each sampling site, measured in number of organisms per hectare. Data presented here show the mean CPUE at each CAGES sample station for Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) for the years 2000 through 2007. Due to unresolved questions about Spanish mackerel data in the Alabama dataset, all Alabama data was excluded for this species. The most recent year of available data varies by state. For Florida, Mississippi, and Texas, the time range covered here is 2000 to 2005, while for Louisiana the range is 2000 to 2007. Only stations sampled during these time periods are displayed. Sampling frequency varied by state and sample station, but most stations were sampled multiple times since 2000. For each sample station, Spanish mackerel CPUE values were averaged over the given time period. The exception is Florida, which employed a random sampling pattern and sampled each station only once. Thus each Florida CPUE value shown here is a single measurement rather than an average. It should be noted that trawling methodology and gear types varied between states. As a result, the CAGES Relational Database is not intended for direct comparisons between different states' CPUE values at this time. The data presented here are most useful for intrastate comparisons between sample stations, and broad characterizations of the Gulf of Mexico as a whole.",
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    "modified": "2025-04-04T12:25:26.602Z",
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        "CAGES",
        "comparative assessment of gulf estuarine ecosystems",
        "distribution",
        "abundance",
        "occurrence",
        "fisheries",
        "fishery independent data",
        "CPUE",
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        "Spanish mackerel",
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        "Gulf of Mexico",
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        "Texas",
        "Galveston Bay",
        "Aransas Bay",
        "Corpus Christi Bay",
        "East Matagorda Bay",
        "Lower Laguna Madre",
        "Upper Laguna Madre",
        "Matagorda Bay",
        "Sabine Lake",
        "San Antonio Bay",
        "Louisiana",
        "Calcasieu Lake",
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        "Cote Blanche Bay",
        "Caillou Lake",
        "Terrebonne Bay",
        "Timbalier Bay",
        "Barataria Bay",
        "Breton Sound",
        "Chandeleur Sound",
        "Lake Pontchartrain",
        "Lake Borgne",
        "Lake Maurepas",
        "Mississippi",
        "Biloxi Bay",
        "Mississippi Sound",
        "St. Louis Bay",
        "Florida",
        "Apalachicola",
        "Cedar Key",
        "Suwannee Sound",
        "Charlotte Harbor",
        "Tampa Bay",
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        "Spanish mackerel",
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        "Scomberomorus maculatus"
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