Meta Identifier	ASC_Weir
Type of Data	Adult salmon weir counts
Originator	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Description	The Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission (ASC) Microsoft Access containing tables of archival data on individual fish captured between 1994 and 1996 with one record for each Atlantic salmon collected in the weir operated by USFWS in Alna, ME on the Sheepscot River. Individual salmon data includes length, weight (only certain years), sex, injuries, tags and marks applied and observed, fin scores, if recap, if scales/genetics/disease samples were taken, disposition, and remarks. Trap tending data includes crew, time, weather, water temp., truck temp., # broodstock, # new salmon, # recaps, # released, # other, # captive brood, counts of other species, and remarks.
Area	Sheepscot River in Alna
Metadata Date	8/25/2004
Metadata Contact	Eli Asarian
Contact Person Primary	Paul Christman
Status	complete
Progress Log	Complete.
Lead Person	Eli Asarian
Lead Organization	Institute for Fisheries Resources
Notes	STAC Priority: Medium.
Data Set Name	fish_weirsalmon_sheep_asc_94_96_source.db, fish_weirsalmon_sheep_asc_94_96_yearsex.db
Date of Content Start	5/27/1994
Date of Content End	7/11/1996
Maint. and Update Freq.	weir no longer in operation
Purpose	Use of the data include: estimates of adult Atlantic salmon populations and biomass for streams, species distributions, regional analysis requests
Data Quality Information	All data has ungone rigorous QAQC by ASC staff
Keywords	Atlantic salmon, adult returns, weir, sea-run Atlantic salmon, trapping efforts, brood fish
On Line Linkage (URL)	http://www.state.me.us/asa/
Contact Organization	Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission
Contact Address	270 Lyons Road
Contact City	Sidney
Contact State	ME
Contact Zip Code	04330
Contact Voice Telephone	(207) 347-5326
Contact Email	paul.christman@Maine.gov

 
 
 

www.krisweb.com