Data Dashboard
Visit our new Data Dashboard for viewing, mapping, and/or downloading for selected species or environmental parameters by season and year or time-series.
Annual Summaries
The survey results are available in PDF format by selecting the year of interest below. PDF files may require Adobe Reader software - download here free - to view or print. These are large files and may take several minutes to download, depending on your connection speed. Reports describe purpose, methods and results, and discuss uses and potential uses of the data.
- Year 1 (2000-01) Report - pdf file, 4.9 MB
- Year 2 (2001-02) Report - pdf file, 10.3 MB
- Year 3 (2002-03) Report - pdf file, 3.0 MB
- Year 4 (2003-04) Report - pdf file, 4.1 MB
- Year 5 (2004-05) Report - pdf file, 8.2 MB
- Year 6 (2005-06) Report - pdf file, 1.1 MB
- Year 7 (2006-07) Report - pdf file, 5.9 MB
- 2007 Annual Report - pdf file, 1.7 MB
- 2008 Annual Report - pdf file, 5.6 MB
- 2009 Annual Report - pdf file, 4.6 MB
- 2010 Annual Report - pdf file, 6.1 MB
- 2011 Annual Report - pdf file, 5.3 MB
- 2012 Annual Report - pdf file, 7.3 MB
- 2013 Annual Report - pdf file, 3.6 MB
- 2014 Annual Report - pdf file, 3.6 MB
- 2015 Annual Report - pdf file, 4.0 MB
- 2018 Annual Report - pdf file, 3.2 MB
Manuals
The procedures and protocols manual outlines the survey’s design, sampling methods, shipboard operations, scientific operations, data management, and other pertinent information. It is available in PDF format by selecting the link below. This is a large file, and may take several minutes to an hour to download, depending on your connection speed.
Scientific Reports
Falke, L. P., Smith, B. E., Rowe, S., Peters, R. J., & Sheehan, T. F. 2024. Trophic ecology of groundfishes in nearshore areas of the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Fish Biology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.16026
LaFreniere, B.R., Peters R. Donahue, B., McBride, R., and Mohan, J.A. 2023. What the Hakes? Correlating Environmental Factors with Hake Abundance in the Gulf of Maine. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., 53: 17–29. https://doi.org/10.2960/J.v54.m742
LaFreniere, B.R., Donahue, B., Price, J.E., Cruz-Uribe, A., Miller, N., Manard, B.T., McBride, R., and Mohan, J.A. 2024. Chemical clocks: using otolith geochemistry to enhance estimation of age and growth of white hake (Urophycis tenuis). Fishery Bulletin. 122. 44-57. 10.7755/FB.122.1-2.4. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/fish-bull/12212_04_LaFreniere_508.pdf
Linner, R. M. and Chen, Y. 2024. Evaluating the spatial transferability of habitat suitability models: implications for conservation and management. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 81: 589-599. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0293
Chen, Y., Sherman, S., Wilson, C., Sowles, J., and Kanaiwa, M. 2006. A comparison of two fishery-independent survey programs used to define the population structure of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine. Fishery Bulletin. 104. 247-555. https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/2006/1042/chen.pdf