year local time
season of year i.e. spring or fall
One of five geographic regions. For more detail see Final Report starting on page 4
1 = NH-Southern ME
2 = Casco Bay - Midcoast
3 = Penobscot Bay
4 = Jerico-Frenchmans Bay
5 = Downeast Maine
Unique identifier for each tow. FL indicates Fall; SP indicates Spring; followed by a two digit year designation and a consecutive tow number
grid number within grid system; A one square nautical mile grid system was placed over the survey area. For more detail see Final Report page 5
depth strata code (years 2000-2002) where:
1 = 5-20 fathoms,
2 = 21-35 fathoms,
3 = 36-50+ fathoms
depth strata code (years 2003-2004) where:
1 = 5-20 fathoms,
2 = 21-35 fathoms,
3 = 36-55 fathoms,
4 = 55-85+ fathoms
Numeric code for species.
'id_code' (from inshore_fishlist object) is incorporated into 'fishid' after 2004
Scientific name of animal.
Common name of animal.
Length of individual fish (per taxa)