This study investigated the compatibility of various PIT tag scanner technologies and available PIT tag frequencies, as well as testing the read depth potential of Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags and scanners with different frequency/manufacturer combinations. Unit variability between individual units was also investigated. This information will benefit tagging studies for sea turtle monitoring and life history research by maximizing the likelihood that previously marked turtles would be identified during future encounters.

This dataset contains economic information about charter boat trips taken in the Gulf of Mexico.

This dataset contains information on the prices and fees charged by for-hire fishing operations in the Southeastern US.

This dataset contains information angler experiences and preferences for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

The holds list is used to track vessel compliance by recording any missing/late trip reports. This list is shared with enforcement officers in the event that legal procedings occur.

HARs themselves are a quality assurance/compliance tracking tool used to verify the accuracy/completeness of the submitted trip reports.The trip (date, type, number of anglers) would be recorded on the HAR but the trip report data would be estimated so as to limit the effects of recall bias.To adjust for misreporting, port agents maintain a headboat activity report for each vessel by month and attempted to account for every day within the month. Information for the headboat activity reports are obtained from office records, ticket agents, vessel logs, dock masters, etc.

Vessel, gear and biological data collected by fishery observers from the commerical Gulf of Mexico menhaden fishery.

Data set contains annual shrimp landings at the permit level from 2005-current fishing year. This also contains annual value of permit holders shrimp landings by species.

This data contains acoustic tag readings that were attached to sea turtles that were captured in various fishing gears. These sea turtles were either actively or passively tracked to record movement and determine habitat preference. This data set also contains radio telemetry data from one sea turtle that was tracked by both radio and acoustic telemetry

The morphometric characteristics that separate white marlin Kajikia albidus from roundscale spearfish Tetrapturus georgii can be difficult for non-experts to distinguish, particularly when the animals are in the water. Using the measurements of the lower jaw tip to the longest branchiostegal ray (LJBR) and the opercle (LJOP), a discriminant function is presented that will help field observers separate the two species.