West Coast Groundfish Observer Program Manual, Part2 - NOAA

CHAPTER 6
• Maturity Stage – Record the maturity stage of the
individual fish. This field should only be completed
if special instructions from a coordinator are given.
• Dissection Type – Record the type of dissection
that was taken. (Multiple dissection types can be
recorded for an individual fish. Do NOT record all
information for the fish multiple times – leave all
fields except dissection type blank when recording
extra dissections or it will appear that the
dissections came from two different fish.)
1 – Otoliths
2 – Scales
3 – Snout
4 – Tissue
• Barcode Number – Record the barcode number
of the vial, envelope, or other container that the
dissected part was placed in.
• Tag Number – Record the tag number if the
individual was tagged.
• Comments – Document any important
information regarding the individual fish.
• KP Length – Sum up all of the lengths by species
and note total of all lengths in the KP Length
(keypunch length) column.
• KP Frequency - Sum up all of the frequencies by
species and note total of all frequencies in KP Freq
(keypunch frequency) column.
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