20200518 tabular digital data The Grass Carp Removal Program (GCR) is a component of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO) Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program. The GCR Program began in 2018 as a multi-jurisdictional response strategy. Federal, state, and university partners are working collaboratively to suppress Grass Carp populations in Lake Erie and prevent their establishment elsewhere.Surveys have occurred annually from 2018- Present. Sampling focuses on rivers, wetlands, bays, and other nearshore areas of Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, and Lake Huron. Sampling focus, protocols, and priority locations are determined by the Grass Carp Advisory Committee (GCAC), a sub-committee of the Lake Erie Committee (LEC), and contributes to the shared goals of the Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ICRCC).Standardized response sampling protocols for adult grass carp determine sampling gear, site selection, and sampling approach for each sampling event. Grass Carp are collected using a variety of sampling gears with the most utilized including: electrofishing, trammel nets, gill nets, and hoop nets. The sampling season generally occurs from April – December, however, not all locations are sampled on a similar temporal scale, particularly those locations that are not high priority. Sampling Protocols include Sustained, Exploratory, Spawning, Targeted, and Realtime Response strategies. This table contains fish species counts during sampling events that are not Grass Carp. This dataset contains fisheries data collected in the Great Lakes and tributaries that help inform critical objectives of the Lake Erie Committee and the Grass Carp Advisory Committee. In work As needed -89.593506 -75.179443 46.830134 41.013066 None Great Lakes Grass Carp Lake Erie Maumee River Sandusky River Ohio Michigan Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Ontario Invasive Species Aquatic Invasive Species U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Alpena FWCO ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota inlandWaters None The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jessica Bowser Biologist physical Gibraltar Michigan 48173 US jessica_bowser@fws.gov U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Geological Survey, University of Toledo, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, University of Buffalo, Michigan State University, Southern Illinois University, Great Lakes Fish Commission, Lake Erie Committee, Grass Carp Advisory Committee Esri ArcGIS 13.1.0.41833 Data was collected using Survey123 following sampling protocols associated the Grass Carp Removal Program agreed upon by the Grass Carp Advisory Committee. bycatch Child table to the effort table that stores species related information for a sample USFWS OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. globalid Universal unique identifier Esri Common_name Accepted common name of fishes as defined by the American Fisheries Society Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, 7th edition USFWS Identified by producer. Common fish name is selected from a predetermined list of known fish species for areas being sampled. Formatted with proper capitalization. count_bycatch The batch count for each taxon or species USFWS Producer generated count. bycatch_year Calendar year that sampling event took place. USFWS Producer generated and is formatted as YYYY. bycatch_agency Agency that recorded data for sampling event USFWS UT Abbreviation for University of Toledo USFWS USFWS_Det_River_GC Abbreviation for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Detroit River Substation Grass Carp team USFWS MDNR Abbreviation for Michigan Department of Natural Resources USFWS USGS Abbreviation for United States Geological Survey USFWS UB Abbreviation for University at Buffalo USFWS USFWS_GB Abbreviation for U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Green Bay Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office USFWS USFWSLL Abbreviation for U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office USFWS USFWS_MI_AIS Abbreviation for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office Detroit River Substation Aquatic Invasive Species team USFWS bycatch_verified Describes if all data in the bycatch table has been reviewed by appropriate Quality Control Leads as described in the Grass Carp Response Program Roles and Responsibilities USFWS Yes All data in the bycatch layer has been reviewed by appropriate Quality Control Leads as described in the Grass Carp Resonse Program Roles and Responsibilites USFWS No All data in the bycatch layer has not been reviewed by appropriate Quality Control Leads as described in the Grass Carp Resonse Program Roles and Responsibilites USFWS bycatch_validated Describes if all data in the bycatch table has been reviewed by the database managers as described in the Grass Carp Response Program Roles and Responsibilities. USFWS Yes All data in the bycatch layer has been reviewed by the database managers as described in the Grass Carp Resonse Program Roles and Responsibilites USFWS No All data in the bycatch layer has not been reviewed by the database managers as described in the Grass Carp Resonse Program Roles and Responsibilites USFWS tandem_unique_id Generated Unique ID during tandem sampling events to identify which sampling records are related. This field is autogenerated from the event_operations layer USFWS The field is autogenerated from the event_operations feature layer field "tandem_unique". This is intended to allow for easier data manipulation to relate tandem events to each other. bycatch_method Describes the gear type used to capture the fish USFWS Electrofishing Standard electrofishing boats: Aluminum, unpainted, flat-bottomed hull, 5.5–6.1 m; safety rail system wraps around bow netter platform; Two kill switches (one per netter) located on the platform at the bow, one foot-activated switch located near boat operator console (optional), one emergency kill switch on the electrofishing control unit; Two anodes connected to the ends of booms extending 2.3 m from the bow; unpainted hull or droppers as cathode; electrofishing control box capable of adjusting current type, voltage, pulse rate, and duty cycle, and displaying real-time information on voltage, amperage, power, and electrofishing time. USFWS GN 7.5x12x300 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 7.5 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 300 foot length USFWS GN 7x12x300 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 7 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 300 foot length USFWS GN 8x8x100 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8 inch stretch x 8 foot hight x 100 foot length USFWS GN 8x12x100 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 100 foot length USFWS GN 8x12x200 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 200 foot length USFWS GN 8x12x300 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 300 foot length USFWS GN 8.5x12x100 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8.5 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 100 foot length USFWS GN 8.5x12x200 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8.5 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 200 foot length USFWS GN 8.5x12x300 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8.5 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 300 foot length USFWS GN 8.5x12x450 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8.5 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 450 foot length USFWS GN 8.5x24x450 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 8.5 inch stretch x 24 foot hight x 450 foot length USFWS GN 10x12x450 Monofiliment Gill Net with a float line and lead line that is 10 inch stretch x 12 foot hight x 450 foot length USFWS TN 8x8x600 Trammel nets are 183 x 2.4 m, composed of 10.2 cm square #208 monofilament and 45.7 cm square #9 twisted multifilament nylon mesh panels. 15.2 cm orange PVC sponge bullet type buoys will be attached to the float-line. USFWS TN 8x14x600 Trammel nets are 183 x 4.3 m, composed of 10.2 cm square #208 monofilament and 45.7 cm square #9 twisted multifilament nylon mesh panels. 15.2 cm orange PVC sponge bullet type buoys will be attached to the float-line. USFWS Hoop Net 3 Hoop nets were 3.67 m long with an initial hoop diameter of 0.91 m, and 3.81 centimeters (cm) square mesh netting. A 3.05 m wing was attached to each side of a net with a 7.62 m lead anchoring the net to the river bottom, similar to a traditional fyke net. The wings were set at approximately 60° angle from the lead. Each net contained seven hoops and two throats—attached to the second and fourth hoop. Nets were set perpendicular to the current, opening toward the shoreline. USFWS Hoop Net 5 Paired Fyke Single Fyke Trap Net parentglob_pres Empty fields required to maintain schema between survey and database USFWS parentglobalid CreationDate Creator EditDate Editor GBL_GUID External Data Dictionary for the Grass Carp Database 20231109 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Jessica Bowser Biologist physical Gibraltar Michigan 48173 US 989-255-7862 jessica_bowser@fws.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time