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1. 54 APPENDIX A USING THE SCANTROL FISHMETER FISH MEASURING BOARD 55 USING THE FISH MEASURING BOARD WITH GFBIOFIELD 57 USING A BLUETOOTH FISH MEASURING BOARD 59 APPENDIX B CONNECTING TO MAREL SCALES eegener g ngen Beau Rau ies En 61 APPENDIX C DATA ENTRY QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES 63 STARTING ANEW SURV EE 63 ENTERING BRIDGE LOGS SE ko se munt tus kenn tme Eo ue ets 64 ENTERING ABULL CARD Sissies easels cea eset Cua rotes o ep DP oU Monet Rods eon 67 SUB SAMPLING DURING CATCH PROCEGGING 69 BIOLOGICAL SAMP HING EE 70 DOUG UO aA Sample EE 70 EMENGO AGES SAMDI EE 73 Entering Length Stratified Age Gamples 74 Entering Length Frequency Samples nnnnnnnnannnnnnnnennonnennnrnonnensnrrneneennni 75 SE Ee en e nin 76 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Common controls used in GFBioField data entry forms 5 Table 2 The data entry sections of the Bridge Log form 12 Table 3 Toolbar command buttons of the Survey Map form 21 Table 4 Fields of the Haul Card form species detail section 26 Table 5 Controls of the Haul Card footer section eeseeeeeeseeeseeeessse 27 Table 6 Fields of the Basket Weights form detail section 32
2. Minor 25 Locality 2 Record 4 lofi gt bl ok HL A Filtered Search ol Wen all Gly hie Figure 45 The Fishing Information screen of the Port Sample form Fishing Information The Fishing Information screen represents the fishing event information for the offload which as mentioned previously is actually information that relates to several fishing events In particular all the events that may have captured the fish you are about to sample The fields on this screen are Haul Enter a number for the haul incidentally the terms haul fishing event tow and set are all equivalent This is not a real haul number that represents a sequential series of events over the course of a trip Rather it is a dummy haul number that we use to denote that a fishing event represents many events recorded from a port sample Our practice in the Pacific Region is to begin the haul number at 900 for a given port sample and increment it for any additional port samples obtained for the same offload Thus for example if you were to take three different samples from the same vessel offload the haul numbers for these samples would be 900 901 and 902 46 Date Range Enter the date range over which the fishing events took place from the date of the earliest event to the date of the most recent event As with other date fields you can select the date interactively by clicking on the sm
3. end time field Thus when entering a new record it s best to proceed through the controls on a form by pressing the Tab or Enter key after updating each You ll notice when starting data entry on a new form that some of the fields already contain values even though you haven t entered anything yet Those fields are displaying default values Default values speed up the data entry process by providing commonly used values for certain fields or valid values for critically important fields For example a date field might default to the current day You may also notice that some of the fields have yellow backgrounds The yellow backgrounds are intended to highlight the fields that are either absolutely necessary for data entry to continue or are at least considered very important In general you should always try to provide a value for a field with a yellow background and you may find that you are unable to proceed with data entry if you do not Table 1 Common controls used in GFBioField data entry forms Control Name Example Description Label Captain Displays static non editable text usually used to describe other controls Command Button e Performs some action when pushed E g opens another Fishing Events form or runs a Visual Basic procedure Toggle Button Toggles a programmed feature on and off E g turns on and off the display of block labels on the Survey Map Form Text Box Unknown species Allows you to enter fre
4. is also provided which brings up the same detailed report accessed by the Sample Report button of the Sample form Figure 36 52 Data Species Port Sample Database Explorer Lookup Upload Backup DATA EXPLORER The Data Explorer provides a simple tree view of all of the surveys fishing events catches and samples in the GFBioField database By expanding individual tree nodes you can quickly navigate through a given survey to locate specific items and by double clicking on a particular item can open up the corresponding data entry form showing the associated data For example Figure 50 shows the Data Explorer with two Surveys displayed one conducted on the vessel Frosti on April 12 2010 and one on the Viking Storm on July 7 2009 The Viking Storm survey has been expanded to show the fishing events which start at set 2 Set 4 has been expanded to show the catch for that set and the catch of Pacific cod has been expanded to reveal a sample with sample id 4285 Double clicking on the Sample 4285 item opens the Sample form with the associated sample data loaded f GFBio Field Database gt Frosti 4 12 2010 A Viking Storm 7 7 2009 H Set 002 SAMPLE catch of Pacific cod from set 4 1 jenn Sample Date IAE E deg Len dudes Sample Type 1 Total Catch EN Maturity Convention Pacific Cod my en Sampler 384 Mckay Matthew Sample Type Comment 066 S
5. A connected via a serial cable B to a bench top scale C and to a fish measuring board D via a USB cable E At the biological sampling station launch GFBioField if its not already running and open the Haul Card form by clicking on the Catch Processing and Biosampling button on the main menu On the Haul Card form locate the record for the species you are sampling and check that the sample indicator button contains a Yes to indicate that this species should be sampled and that the type of sample shown on the Haul Card matches the sample type written on the white plastic card Figure 35 Mou Rougheye Rockfish el 34 50 1 Sorted Ay a 10 15 Yes A Figure 35 An example Haul Card species record flagged for an age sample Click on the green sample indicator button to open the Sample form which consists of a header section that provides information about the sample and also some Summary information about the recorded fish a details section consisting of individual fish records and a footer section that provides several command buttons Figure 36 36 AGE SAMPLE Total catch of Rougheye Rockfish from set 2 Sample Date 02 25 2010 Sample Type 2 Random Maturity Convention Rockfish el Sampler 1068 Kronlund Rob Sample Type Comment Recorder 1067 Olsen Norm Sample Comment Sample _ Male 11 32 Female 7 9 Sampled Attributes Update Weights Unknown Total 1922 x Len v Sex v Wt M Mat v Age Specimen morphom
6. Reason for Fishing comments regarding various aspects of the fishing event Fishing Ground South Finger Heavy fog Miscellaneous The Trawl Specifications section provides a command button for Trawl Specifications Menon ro pass accessing the Trawl Specifications form The Environmental Data section provides a command button for Environmenta Data up Emvonmeni bts accessing the CTD and Environmental Data form The Bridge Log Report section provides a command button for Bridge Log Report BEE viewing and printing the Bridge Log report 00 19 00 The Timer section provides a timer used for timing the fishing Use Timer Stop se esc m m amp These buttons are used to open the Catch form delete the current ne Delete Save Exit fishing event save the current fishing event and exit the Bridge Log form respectively 2 The navigation buttons are used to navigate between fishing events and to add new events 13 Header Information Header Information Date 02 25 2010 Recorder Olsen Norm Set Number 2 Gear Bottom Trawl Data entry in the Bridge Log begins with the Header Information section which consists of the following four fields Date Enter the date that the fishing event occurs on This field defaults to the current date so normally you should not have to enter anything Recorder Enter your name by typing it last name followed by first name by select
7. Sablefish 80 34 1 Sorted Av BH Welw 405 Silvergray Rockfish 34 50 1 Sorted Av Dr ies w 394 Rougheye Rockfish w 34 50 1 Sorted A BR 15 Weal a 222 Pacific Cod w 24 34 1 Sorted Av N 5 NL 056 Big Skate 6 70 11 Sorted Av BH New XLA Red Rock Crab 0 30 11 Sorted _No i x 1 Sorted Ar No Setup Scale Used Scale 1 M2000 60 kg v Lab Boss Change Bn hls The Haul Card form consists of a header section at the top containing information about the current fishing event and general information about the catch a middle section that lists the individual species records and a bottom footer section that provides various command buttons and other controls laf 2 Figure 22 The Haul Card form The header section Figure 23 consists of 10 fields the first 7 of which are shown with gray backgrounds These 7 fields are derived from information entered into the Bridge Log by the Chief Scientist and cannot be modified The others Recorder General Comment and Sorting Comment can all be edited as required 26 Vessel Viking Storm Haul Number 2 Haul Date 2 25 2010 Haul Time 15 21 O Partial Sort Total Weight 275 Stratum Code 65 Recorder Norm General Comment Large amounts of clay Sorting Comment Over 1 000 kg but sub sampling was not necessary Figure 23 The Haul Card header section The details section Figure 24 Table 4 consists of the individual species records This
8. it does assume that certain hardware is being employed with the system In particular Marel platform and bench top scales as well as Scantrol FishMeter Fish Measuring Boards An Access project is an Access data file that provides native mode access to a SQL Server database to create a true client server application Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA is a programming environment designed to enable developers to build custom solutions using Visual Basic to automate and extend application functionality GFBIOFIELD DATABASE The GFBioField database is based on the Pacific Region groundfish biological database GFBio developed in the mid 1990s by Rick Stanley Gord Coulson Tony Lee and Kate Rutherford GFBio is an Oracle database designed to store groundfish biological data collected from surveys at sea observer samples and port samples The database follows a hierarchical structure that models the data collection process Figure 2 where e Each data collection activity begins with a trip which represents the activity of a vessel leaving port to conduct fishing operations e Each trip yields one or more fishing events which represent specific instances of fishing activity such as a trawl longline or trap set e Each fishing event results in some catch which is recorded as the amount weight and or numbers of each species caught e Biological samples are taken from selected fish species in the catch e Each
9. with a legend for the colour codes given on the top right hand corner of the form Below the legend is a button that allows you to view a summary report of the number of blocks that fall in each status category Figure 16 and below that a button for modifying and initializing the survey design The location of the mouse cursor as it is moved over the map is shown on the right side of this form in decimal degrees Finally the bottom of the form consists of a command toolbar that provides various functions for changing the map display and viewing and annotating fishing blocks Table 3 Block Status Report Print Close Completed Successfully fished on first attempt 5 SubTotal 5 Rejected Rejected after last attempt failed 12 Rejected based on on ground inspection 52 Rejected based on prior knowledge 2 Sub Total 66 Remaining Unfished Unknown 229 Sub Total 229 Grand Total 300 Figure 16 The Block Status report 21 In addition to showing the fishing blocks for the survey the Fishing Locations form also displays all completed fishing event tracks These are shown as simple straight lines that connect the track start point shown as a blue dot with the track end point shown as a red dot If the fishing event ended in failure e g with a hang up the end point is shown as a red triangle Table 3 Toolbar command buttons of the Survey Map form Toolbar Button Function Changes the mouse cursor mode to Zoom I
10. 2 7 Otoliths 1 A01 3940002 2135 499 1 Otoliths 1 A02 3940003 2633 57 2 7 Otoliths 1 A03 3940004 2790 541 1 7 Otoliths 1 A04 3840005 2179 543 1 7 Otoliths 1 A05 3940006 1690 463 1 7 Otoliths 1 A06 3940007 1926 479 7 Otoliths 1 A07 3940008 2845 551 2 7 Otoliths 1 A08 Figure 40 The Sample report Stratified Age Samples When setting up to conduct a stratified age sample you must check off the Length Stratified field on the Bio Sample Setup form and also select the stratification scheme to use Figure 41 Currently the Pacific Region is only conducting length stratified age samples on spiny dogfish and Pacific cod ll Bio sampie Setup X Bio Sample Setup Sex U Dorsal Spines Collected Weight L Pectoral Collected Maturity U Vertebrae Collected L Otoliths Collected L Stomachs Sampled L Genetic Samples Collected M Length Stratified Dorsal Fins Collected PCod first dorsal fin v LI Sarcotaces Noted Figure 41 The Bio Sample Setup form configured for a stratified age sample The steps required to conduct a stratified age sample are the same as those listed for a regular age sample However when the sex code for a given fish is entered GFBioField checks the length of that fish against the stratification protocol and lets you know if the fish should be sampled for age structures both by audibly telling you to sample fish and by lighting up the Sample indicator field Figure 42 Other than that diff
11. An example Haul Card species record flagged for an age sample 35 FOUESSO The Sample TOFLYI EE 36 Figure 37 The Bio Sample Entry form 37 Figure 38 After connecting a USB or Bluetooth fish measuring board the Connect Bluetooth FMB button and BT Port field a are replaced by the Setup FMB and tart EMB HUON S EE 37 Figure 39 The Bio Sample Setup form 38 Figure 40 The Sample report Re 40 Figure 41 The Bio Sample Setup form configured for a stratified age sample 40 Figure 42 For length stratified age samples fish from which age structures are to be collected are indicated by the Sample field 41 Figure 43 When conducting a length frequency or length sex frequency sample manually enter the sample weights into the sample header prior to starting 41 Figure 44 The Port Sample form showing the Offload Header screen 43 Figure 45 The Fishing Information screen of the Port Sample form 45 Figure 46 The Fishing Ground FOr lt 2 08 cm0 ets sonate site E eo on pecie eet 46 Figure 47 The Species Landed screen of the Port Sample form 48 Figure 48 The Samples and Specimens screen of the Port Sample form 49 Figure 49 The Port Sample Cover Page report includes summary information for the sample on page one a as well as graphical length by sex and maturity by sex frequency plots ON pa
12. Logbook form 23 Figure 19 The text formatting toolbox of the Survey Logbook 23 Figure 20 The Bio Sample Report Setup dialog 24 Figure 21 The Bio Sample Report n nnn0nnnnannnennnnnnnnennnrnnnsnrnnnnnrnnrrnnnrrnnersnrrennresnrrnne 24 FOUG 22 The PIauboc ako OR E E O 25 Figure 23 The Haul Card header section 26 Figure 24 The Haul Card details section To view hidden species records use the vertical scroll bar located on ferot 26 Figure 25 The Adadi Gad dootef SCO a aiai 27 Figure 26 A typical Haul Card station setup n nnunennnennnsennnennnnnrnnnnnnnnensnrnnnneesernnn 28 Figure 27 DIN 2 A standard Pacific Region catch basket sitting on top of a full catch sorting Terre 29 VII Figure 28 The Add Species helper form a After selecting species and clicking OK the species are inserted into the Haul Card bi 30 Figure 29 The Species reih tel EE 30 Figure 30 An example of an active species record 31 Figure 31 The Basket Weights form 31 Figure 32 The samples and specimens summary grid of the Basket Weights form 32 Figure 99 TNE Nall Cara TEDO osea ena vo pea T a atu uo Rute Rt ua 34 Figure 34 A typical biological sampling station consists of a ruggedized laptop computer A connected via a serial cable B to a bench top scale C and to a fish measuring board D via a USB cable E 35 Figure 35
13. Table 7 Basket utilization codes 33 Table 8 Command buttons on the footer section of the Port Sample form 44 Table 9 Controls of the Fishing Ground form sriinnrrdrsrerrrrenrsrstrerr atan 47 Table 10 Fish measuring board function keys as they are used in GFBioField 58 Figure 1 yi LIST OF FIGURES Locations of the modern synoptic groundfish trawl surveys on the coast of Bitsh Columbia e e E EE 1 Figure 2 A simplified entity relationship diagram for the GFBioField database Each box represents a table in the database The branching connectors indicate one to Many STAMOS MIS a a an eos ne ee ne ee 3 Figure 3 An example of a data entry form consisting of various controls used to enter edit and view e E ME 4 Figure 4 The main menu of GFBioField ccc ceeccceeeeceeceeeeeeceeeseeseseueeseeeseeeeseeeenees 6 Figure 5 The Groundfish Research Survey form 7 FIGUIE G TAG VESSE LOOKUP UII c EEEIEE 8 Figure 7 The Captain Lookup Utility 9 Figure 8 Command buttons of the Survey form 10 mie UNG Bdge LOO Oil TTE TT o TT 11 Figure 10 The Employee Lookup Utility 13 Figure 11 The Block Properties Tom 16 Figure 12 The Trawl Specifications form 17 Figure 13 The CTD and Environmental Data from 18 rFidure 14 hne Brage Log TeDO EE 19 Figure 15 The Fishing Locations Tomm 20 Fibre TE TRG BOCK oS DO 20 Figure 17 The Survey Design form 22 Figure 18 The Survey
14. Tide Flood Beaufort Scale 4 Luminescence Weather Comment Figure 14 The Bridge Log report Managing and Tracking Fishing Locations Conducting a groundfish survey involves visiting a number of pre selected fishing locations and one of the key tasks of the Chief Scientist is to keep track of these locations as the survey unfolds At any given time the Chief Scientist has to know exactly how many fishing locations have been visited which of these have been fished successfully which ones have not and the reason why and how many remain to be visited To help answer these questions GFBioField contains a Fishing Locations form that allows the Chief Scientist to track and manage survey activity as it relates to fishing locations Figure 15 To open this form click on the button labeled Fishing Locations on the main Groundfish Survey form Figure 5 20 Block Status Bl Not yet fished Rejected prior te visit af Latitude 48 60915 Longitude 127 08943 f E db a T a alalele Zeom In TRAN Fan Full Extent Block info Labels Postion 1 Figure 15 The Fishing Locations form p 5 RH ing Snapshot Refresh Exit The main window of the Fishing Locations form is taken up by a map of the survey area which shows all of the survey locations or blocks as well as the B C coastline and selected depth contours The fishing blocks are colour coded with respect to their current status
15. an on going survey you are asked twice to verify this operation before proceeding To add blocks to an existing sampling frame click on the button labeled Add Blocks This will randomly select a number of new blocks in each stratum as specified in the Allocated Blocks column without removing previous blocks This is useful if you wish to increase the number of blocks included in the survey To remove blocks from the existing sampling frame click on the button labeled Hemove Blocks This will randomly remove a number of existing blocks in each stratum as specified by the Allocated Blocks column Only blocks that have the status of unfished will be considered for removal This is useful if you wish to decrease the total number of blocks included in the survey Click the Close button to close the Sample Design form Using the Survey Logbook Over the course of a survey the Chief Scientist often has a requirement to record ad hoc comments that are relevant to the survey but that have no formal storage location in the database For example incidence reports or general remarks regarding survey operations The GFBioField Survey Logbook is designed to capture and store 23 these comments for future reference To open the Survey Logbook form Figure 18 click on the button labeled Logbook on the Groundfish Survey form Figure 5 Chief Scientist Log Book Employee 1067 Olsen Norm Category Equipment Entry at 3 10 201
16. and if applicable the bench top scale as discussed above 39 Age Samples 1 Open connections to the fish measuring board and bench top scale by clicking on the Start FMB and Start Scale buttons respectively Verify that all of the header information at the top of the Bio Sample Entry form is accurate including starting fish number fish prefix otolith tray and cell number and length and weight types and units Enter the Ids of the fish measuring board and scale used 4 Place the first fish on the bench top scale and when the ready light indicator lights up press the record button on the scale to record the fish weight Transfer the fish onto the fish measuring board and using the finger magnet swipe the magnetic strip at the appropriate spot on the fish s tail e g the fork of the tail when recording fork length Slide the fish forward off the measuring board and onto the attached cutting board Cut open the fish and record the sex and maturity code If you are Sampling on your own enter the sex and maturity code by placing the measuring board into function mode by swiping the F key and then swiping the appropriate sex and maturity code keys If you have an assistant have him or her enter the sex and maturity codes using the laptop s keyboard Extract the otoliths and hand them to your assistant for cleaning and storage into the otolith tray For every 5 pair of otoliths taken cross reference the ot
17. configure the report to include samples with any combination of sampled attributes For example you might want to view a report including only samples where age structures were collected or one including all samples where length was recorded To view the Bio Sample Report click on the button labeled Bio Sample Report on the Groundfish Survey Research form Figure 5 This will open the Bio Sample Report Setup dialog where you can select various sample attributes to include in the report Figure 20 Each of the sample attribute types of Length Sex Weight Maturity and Age is represented by a triple state check box To include samples where an 24 attribute was recorded leave the attribute in the checked state To omit samples where an attribute was recorded leave the attribute in the un checked state Finally to include samples whether or not an attribute was recorded leave the attribute in the grayed out state For example consider the example shown in Figure 20 where Length Sex and Weight are checked Maturity is grayed out and Age is un checked This means that the report will include all samples in which length sex and weight were recorded regardless of whether or not maturity was recorded and will exclude all samples in which age structures were collected ll Sicsample Report Setup x Include samples with the following attributes Length Sex Weight E Maturity H Age Figure 20 The Bio Sample Report
18. for the set and click on the Catch button on the lower right of the form This will open the Catch form for the set ky Catch for set 6 Method of Estimating Catch Weight Total Sort And Weigh D Partial Catch Sort Total Catch Weight 2589 Total Catch Pieces Avg Weight Per Piece Weight Units Kilogra General Catch Comment Catch Sorting Comment CategorySpecies Species Weight Count Verification Comment Sample Code Code Name kg Code click to open gt 1 Unsc 602 Arrowtooth floun 3 61 2 Sub samplec A 1 Unsc 396 Pacific ocean perd 56 7 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsc 4J5 Abietinaria alexan 9 Count Only x 1 Unsq 14A Abalones 1 Sorted And V 1 Unsq 477 Abietinaria anguir 1 Sorted And V 1 Unsc 455 Sablefish 90 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsc 437 Canary rockfish el 168 2 Sub samplec 11 Unsc 003 All Unsorted Spedx 2589 18 Weighed Bu 1 Unsc 394 JRougheye rockfisl 125 23 2 Sub samplec 1Unsdx 1 Sorted And V Record 4 1of9 b DI bE L K Search us Exit Delete ay Save Extrapolate Sub Samples Click on the Extrapolate Sub Samples to extrapolate all catch weights recorded with a Verification Code of 2 Note after the extrapolation that these catch weights have increased and that their sum now equals the weight
19. grid that summarizes the number of samples and specimens already collected for this species in the current survey stratum Figure 32 In this grid each column represents a sample type L length frequency W weight A Age and each row represents the total number of samples S and the total number of specimens N collected This information will help you to determine whether or not to take a sample and if so what kind of sample to take If that sounds a bit vague it is a discussion of sampling protocols is beyond the scope of this manual Incidentally the header section of the Basket Weights form is not always shown in yellow Only species with an importance rank of 1 are shown with a yellow header This is to further remind the Lab Boss that an age sample of this species should be taken as long as there are enough individuals Figure 32 The samples and specimens summary grid of the Basket Weights form The details section of the Basket Weights form consists of 5 fields Table 6 The weight field as already discussed is automatically populated when the record button is pressed on the scale The count field should be manually updated whenever convenient but it is not mandatory Typically counts are only entered when the number of pieces in the basket is small enough to easily count without wasting too much time The Use field is used to indicate how the basket is used This is where you will indicate if the basket will be used for a bi
20. make that record active by clicking in any field in the record There can be only one active record at a time it s denoted by the presence of a small black pointer on the right side of the record on the record selection bar Figure 30 394 Rougheye Rockfish 34 50 1 Sorted A v Mo ESTA Figure 30 An example of an active species record With the active species record on the Haul Card matching the species in the catch basket on the scale wait for the ready indicator on the scale readout this is usually a green or red light that lights up to indicate that the scale has obtained a valid weight and push the record button on the scale This will send the basket weight directly to the Haul Card When the Haul Card receives the basket weight the Basket Weights form will automatically open and display the recorded weight in the weight field Figure 31 ri Basket Weights x 3 Age v 0 Discarded Use codes 0 Discarded 1 Length frequency 2 Weight 3 Age 4 Other sample type 5 Retained for sale 6 Retained for Id 7 Retained for food Current Basket Number 1 of 1 OK Press the End key to close this form or click on OK Figure 31 The Basket Weights form The Basket Weights form is a bit like the Haul Card itself in that it consists of a header section a details section and a footer section The header section shown in 32 yellow in Figure 31 shows the name of the species being weighed as well as a small
21. measurements 96 Figure 54 Measurements are recorded using a magnetic device attached to the operator s index finger When recording a length swipe the finger magnet over the magnetic sensor with the raised triangular region of the device aligned exactly at the length you want to record Do not use the tip of your finger to align the length as doing so will result in an incorrect measurement Figure 55 Example Measuring a 30 cm fish 30 30 mun w mut TTT A Correct B Incorrect c Fingertip Finger magnet BERGI Magnetic sensor array Figure 55 Measurements should always be taken using the raised triangular region of the finger magnet as the alignment guide Do not use your finger as a guide While in function mode activate a function key by swiping the finger magnet over the magnetic strip directly above the function key Each function key is marked with a light brown spot to help you target your swipe correctly Figure 56 57 mmm Fingertip SERRI Magnetic sensor array Finger sec magnet Function key 2 Figure 56 When activating function keys swipe the finger magnet over the magnetic strip directly above the brown target spot on the key USING THE FISH MEASURING BOARD WITH GFBIOFIELD In GFBioField the fish measuring board is used in conjunction with the Bio Sample Entry form Figure 37 during biological sampling At the bottom of this form are some indicator letters that
22. of the All Unsorted opecies record ke Catch for set 6 Method of Estimating Catch Weight Total Sort And Weigh Partial Catch Sort Total Catch Weight 2589 Total Catch Pieces Avg Weight Per Piece Weight Units Kilogra General Catch Comment Catch Sorting Comment CategorySpecies Species Weight Count Verification Comment Sample Code Code Name kg Code click to open gt 1 Unsq 602 Arrowtooth floun x 21 07 2 Sub sampled 1 Unsc 396 Padfic ocean perc 330 97 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsc 435 Abietinaria alexan 9 Count Only r 1 Unsq 14A Abalones 7 1 Sorted And V 1 Unscx 477 Abietinaria anguit 1 Sorted And x 1 Unsg 455 Sablefish el 525 34 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsg 437 Canary rockfish 980 64 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsc 003 All Unsorted Spedx 2589 18 Weighed Bu 1 Unsc 394 Rougheye rockfisl 730 98 2 Sub samplec 1 Unsdx el 1 Sorted And V Record M 1of9 gt amp o amp Search Extrapolate Sub Samples 3E kd is 70 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING Setting up a Sample setting up a sample is similar for all sample types and involves entering some header information into the Sample form and configuring the Bio Sample Entry form 1 Transfer the catch basket or baskets flagged for a sample to a bio sampling station 2 Open the H
23. required to create a pairing differ depending on the Bluetooth software that is running on the computer However the basic steps are the same In this example will discuss how to create a pairing between a Bluetooth fish measuring board and a Windows XP computer with a D Link Bluetooth adapter and WIDCOMM Bluetooth software version 5 1 First turn on the Bluetooth measuring board Next start the Bluetooth device manager on your computer by double clicking on the Bluetooth icon i which is normally found on the desktop or in the system tray or the control panel or all three From the device manager select Search for devices in range After a few moments you should see the Bluetooth fish measuring board show up in the list of devices in range Our current versions of the Bluetooth fish measuring boards show up as devices labeled SparkFun BT Next right click on the SparkFun BT device and select Pair Device from the context menu In the resulting dialog box enter default without quotes as the Bluetooth security code and then click OK to pair the device Figure 57 This could take several seconds wait for the dialog box to disappear before continuing Bluetooth Security Code Request rn Device Name SparkFun BT Before a connection can be established this computer and the device listed above must be paired Paired devices exchange a secret key each time they connect This key is unique for each pair of devic
24. sample yields measurements recorded from individual fish represented as specimens with associated recorded attributes To reiterate the data model hierarchy starting from the top level runs Trip Fishing Event Catch Sample Specimen and Specimen Attributes Understanding this hierarchy is important to understanding the data entry tasks of GFBioField Figure 2 A simplified entity relationship diagram for the GFBioField database Each box represents a table in the database The branching connectors indicate one to many relationships Some common synonyms for fishing event that are used in this document include set tow and haul DATA ENTRY FORMS Entering editing and viewing data in GFBioField is accomplished through the use of data entry forms Forms are programmable objects that can contain a variety of control elements also known simply as controls that provide data entry functionality Figure 3 Table 1 i Groundfish Su Survey West Coast Vancouver Island Synoptic Survey EN Hail In No Captain Roberts Chris Trip Type Research IOS Trip ID Start Date 06 04 2010 Catch Sold No EN End Date 06 29 2010 Offload Date Vessel Figure 3 An example of a data entry form consisting of various controls used to enter edit and view data Most of the forms in GFBioField are associated with an underlying table in the GFBioField database Such forms are referred to as bound forms because
25. set of available records In addition the add FES new button adds a new record to the set and navigates to the new record The central box F 54 _ indicates the currently active record of the total number of records You can enter a record number into this box to navigate to that record STARTING GFBIOFIELD Start GFBioField by launching the Microsoft Access Project file named GFBioFieldSQL adp On Pacific Region field computers a shortcut to this file is located on the desktop When the application opens the main menu or switchboard form automatically loads This form consists of two sets of command buttons three buttons are under the heading of Tasks while four buttons are under the heading of Tools Figure 4 The Task buttons are used to begin various data entry tasks while the Tools buttons provide supplementary functionality not directly related to data entry GFBioField Groundfish Trawl Surveys Data Acquisition AN xL Chief Scientist s Catch Processing Port Sampling Tasks and Biosampling E Species Port Sample Database Quit Explorer Lookup Upload Backup GFBioField INS E Eid Chief Scientist s Catch Processing Port Sampling Tasks and Biosampling CHIEF SCIENTIST S TASKS The button labeled Chief Scientist s Tasks is intended for use by the Chief scientist of a research survey The Chief Scientist is the individual who has overall responsibility for survey operations and typical
26. short do not forget to update the usability at the end of the event It s sometimes the only recorded indication you will have of whether or not the tow was successful and can be used in various analyses later on Block Information Its also important to update the information for the targeted fishing block To do this click on the button labeled View Update under the block designation id field of the Spatial Information section This will open up the Block Properties form Figure 11 16 gd Block Properties Current Block Status Block Centre Centre Depth Group Set Desig Lat Lon m Code Num Status 1900 48 391 125 298 2 Successfully fished on first attempt Block History Date Description of Activity 03 10 2010 11 17 40 Status code changed to 6 Successfully fished on first attempt 03 10 2010 11 17 40 Set number changed to 2 03 10 2010 11 24 10 Record A lof k Nk HL Search Click on Auto Update to change the block status gt based on the most recent fishing event information Auto Update At the top of the Block Properties form is a section labeled Current Block Status which shows the current status of the block as it relates to the current survey followed by a section labeled Block History that shows the entire history of the block as it relates to the current and all past surveys Click on the button labeled Auto Update to automatically update the current block status based on
27. t publi s titre de rapports techniques de l Office des recherches sur les p cheries du Canada Les num ros 457 714 sont parus titre de rapports techniques de la Direction g n rale de la recherche et du d veloppement Service des p ches et de la mer minist re de l Environnement Les num ros 715 924 ont t publi s titre de rapports techniques du Service des p ches et de la mer minist re des P ches et de l Environnement Le nom actuel de la s rie a t tabli lors de la parution du num ro 925 Les rapports techniques sont produits l chelon r gional mais num rot s l chelon national Les demandes de rapports seront satisfaites par l tablissement auteur dont le nom figure sur la couverture et la page du titre Les rapports puis s seront fournis contre r tribution par des agents commerciaux Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2887 2010 A USER S GUIDE TO GFBIOFIELD THE PACIFIC REGION AT SEA DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR GROUNDFISH TRAWL SURVEYS by N Olsen Fisheries and Oceans Canada Marine Ecosystem and Aquaculture Division Science Branch Pacific Region Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road Nanaimo BC V9T 6N7 E mail Norm Olsen dfo mpo gc ca Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2010 Cat No Fs 97 6 2887E ISSN 0706 6457 Correct citation for this publication Olsen N 2010 A user s guide to GFBioField The Pacific Region s at sea
28. the bridge log report also serves as a backup of bridge log information in the event of a system failure After printing the Bridge Log report you can close the Bridge Log form using the Exit button on the bottom right of the form 19 PRI NT CLOSE Monday January 25 2010 11 46 37 AM Bridge Log Header Vessel Viking Storm Recorder Norm Olsen Date 10 27 2009 Set Number 6 Block Designation 10103 Stratum 24 Reason Code Reason Comment Gear Deployment Times Begin Deploy 10 27 2009 3 34 24 PM Begin Retrieve 10 27 2009 4 01 48 PM End Deploy 10 27 2009 3 39 32 PM End Retrieve 10 27 2009 4 07 09 PM Gear Gear Code 1 Mouth Opening Net Code 1 Height 6 7 Sweep Length Usability Fully Usable Door Code 14 Width Codend Mesh Size 1 5 Sounder Comment Door Weight 1000 Warp Length 350 Sounder Code 5 Distance and Direction Distance Travelled 1 76 Vessel Speed 5 6 Direction of Set degrees 013 Units km Units km h Location Start Latitude 51 53 316 End Latitude 51 EXT Start Longitude 130 22614 End Longitude 130 20 952 Fishing Ground Se Cape St James Location Verification Code Oceanographic CTD Reference No Water Surface 12 Depth m 3 Surface Water Temp Tech Code 6 Temp Bottom 5 Depth m 250 CC Modal Depths Bottom Gear Target Capture Start 230 End 231 Minimum Maximum Modal Weather and Sea State Wind Direction 225 Swell Height 2 Sun Shining Yes Wind Speed 12 Cloud Cover 0
29. titled BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING on page 35 When you ve completed recording individual fish you can click on the Cover Page button to view a summary report of the sample that includes length frequency by sex and maturity frequency by sex Figure 49 The Cover Page report is a recreation of an historic paper cover sheet that was traditionally included by Pacific Region port samplers with their submitted samples 51 Sample Sheet Frequency plots for Arrowtooth flounder Male Female Avg Length 31 0 38 0 EE Length Frequency by Sex Hail inNo 7628 Senes No 602 1 4 Percent 250 75 0 Sampling Method Total No offish 4 Lengths Sexes Maturities Weights Otoliths Frequency a MIEL ZE SX V _ _ 38 Sampling Details Length cm N 4 Species Arrowto oth flounder Landing Date 12 Apr 10 Gn Catch Depth 50 to 100 fathoms Vess el Frosti round Male Female Est Total Catch 750 lbs Captain Mose Brian Sample Weight 6 6 lbs Gear Type Bottom Trawl Mean Weight 2 2 lbs Sampled Ar B c packers Statistical Area 04 25 02 Sample Date 12 Apr 10 g Area Nootka 3D H Sample Type Com Sample Comment Lots of parasitic copepods on eyes Sampled By Kristina Anderson 7 Remarks First of four mid trip offloads a de b Figure 49 The Port Sample Cover Page report includes summary information for the sample on page one a as well as graphical length by sex and maturity by sex frequency plots on page two b A button labeled Report
30. your Marel scale consult your Marel documentation The Timeout field indicates how many seconds GFBioField will wait to receive an incoming weight from the scale before aborting The Enabled field simply tells GFBioField whether or not to use the scale and should normally always be checked off On the right side of the form are fields that define the message output from the Marel scale The Record ID identifies what characters GFBioField should look for when receiving a weight from the scale to indicate that a valid weight has been received The Delimiter is a single character that is used to split up the scale message into component parts The default is the space character so if your scale message uses a space for a delimiter you can leave this field blank The Field Number tells GFBioField what field contains the weight value after the scale message has been split apart using the given delimiter Finally the Start Position and Length 62 fields tell GFBioField what part of the weight field to use in order to extract the weight If the entire field is used you can leave these fields blank For the information shown in Figure 59 a valid scale message might be 23 65 kg where kg identifies the message a space denotes the delimiter for splitting the message and field number 1 contains the weight value If you re not sure what your scale output message looks like you can use the Test button
31. 0 11 54 52 AM The cod end liner has become quite worn A replacement should be obtained prior to the next survey Contact CanTrawl 250 735 8765 Figure 18 The Survey Logbook form The Survey Logbook form automatically opens to the most recent entry made Add a new entry by clicking on the button labeled Add a New Entry Figure 18 The Employee Id and name default to the person who made the last entry so update these as required Next select an appropriate category for the entry from the available list of Biological Equipment Operational Personal or Uncategorized In the yellow entry field type in your comment and click the Save button when done To view a report of all the entries made for the current survey click on the button labeled View the Logbook Although logbook entries are restricted to text I e no images tables etc there are a number of text formatting options available To format text highlight the text with your mouse and then hover the cursor over the highlighted text to view the formatting toolbox from which you can set various formatting options Figure 19 You can also access these formatting options by clicking on the Home menu item on the main Access menu Calibri 12 z Ti SS j A Figure 19 The text formatting toolbox of the Survey Logbook Viewing the Bio Sample Report The Bio Sample Report allows you to view summary reports of all of the bio samples taken to date You can
32. 10 12 47 31 Status code changed to 6 Successfully fished on first attempt 07 08 2009 19 18 01 Status 6 Block successfully fished on first attempt 07 08 2009 19 17 58 Set number changed to 1 Record M 1 of 3 k Mk HL d Search Click on Auto Update to change the block status gt based onthe most recent fishing event information M Update EATA i Click on the Auto Update button to update the current block status Enter any additional comments regarding the fishing block into the Block History section in the Description of Activity field ili Click on the exit button to close this form 14 Click on the View Update Trawl Specifications button to open the Trawl opecifications form rz Trawl eMe l Trawl Specifications Trawl Type Standard B Mens Device Scanmar Net Type Atlantic We Net Sounder Scanmar Le Door Type Thyboron je Trawl Speed 5 7 Kilom Door Wt kg 1000 Net Dimensions metres Mouth Height 3 7 Warp Length Mouth Width Sweep Length Doorspread 70 5 Codend Mesh D 66 i Check the trawl specifications fields in the top half of the form and change as required li Enter the warp length in meters lii Click the exit button to close this form 15 Click on the View Update Environmental Data button to open the CTD and Environmental Data form Enter or edit fields at your discretion then click the exit button to close this form Ue CTD an
33. 15 No wl 1 Sorted Av No Dusky Rockfish Greenstriped Rockfish Harlequin Rockfish b Longspine Thornyhead Pacific Ocean Perch v a Figure 28 The Add Species helper form a After selecting species and clicking OK the species are inserted into the Haul Card b If you need to look up a species in order to find its code or common name you can use the Species Search form Figure 29 To access this form click the Lookup Species button At the top of the Species Search form enter a word or phrase to search on in the Search Phrase field Below that indicate whether to search on common name taxonomic name or species code by selecting the appropriate option If you want to limit the search results to a particular group of species select the species group from the Limit Results To section When you have defined your search parameters click on the Search button to perform the search Results are reported in a grid at the bottom of the search form B Species Search gt Search Phrase squid Search On Common Name Taxonomic Name O Code Limit Results To Al Species Fish CRockfish Hatfish Roundfish C Cartilaginous Fish Inverts Common Survey Fish D Common Survey Inverts Results Cde_ Common Name Taxonomic Name LJ 96A Boreal Clubhook Soir Onychoteuthis Barealijapc 95G Boreopacific Gonate E Gonatopsis Borealis 95N Clawed Armhook Squi Gonatus Onyx 951 Clubhook Squid
34. 9 Redstripe rockfish gt 450 Sharpchin rockfish 467 Lingcod 607 Petrale sole Re 610 Rex sole 4s 614 Pacific halibut Ss SDF Prawn E Set 006 Re 14A Abalones 396 Pacific ocean perch Re 437 Canary rockfish Ss 455 Sablefish Se 435 Abietinaria alexanderi Se 4J7 Abietinaria anguina l3 602 Arrowtooth flounder An Cat ANT D Refresh View Mat a c Figure 51 Use the Data Explorer to rearrange data by clicking and dragging an item from one level a and dropping it on another b after which it will appear at the new level c SPECIES LOOKUP The Species Lookup tool which can also be accessed from the Haul Card form allows you to search for different species based on their common or taxonomic names or their Pacific Region codes Figure 52 At the top of the form enter the phrase you want to search on in the Search Phrase field Below that in the Search On section indicate if you want to search on common name taxonomic name or species code by clicking on the appropriate item In the Limit Results To section below that you can further limit your search region by selecting only certain species groups such as rockfish or flatfish When you are ready to begin the search click on the Search button at the top of the form Note that partial matches are supported by default without the use of wildcards For example if you wanted
35. A User s Guide to GFBioField The Pacific Region At Sea Data Acquisition System for Groundfish Trawl Surveys N Olsen Fisheries and Oceans Canada Marine Ecosystem and Aquaculture Division Science Branch Pacific Region Pacific Biological Station 3190 Hammond Bay Road Nanaimo BC V9T 6N7 2010 Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2887 Bue Fisheries and Oceans P ches et Oc ans Canada Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature Technical reports are directed primarily toward a worldwide audience and have an international distribution No restriction is placed on subject matter and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans namely fisheries and aquatic sciences Technical reports may be cited as full publications The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report Each report is abstracted in Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts and indexed in the Department s annual index to scientific and technical publications Numbers 1 456 in this series were issued as Technical Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada Numbers 457 714 were issued as Department of the Environment Fisheries and Marine Service Research and Development Directorate Technical Report
36. Basket Number 6 of 6 OK Press the End key to close this form or click on OK VI i Enter the piece count if readily available i Enter the use code for the basket Refer to the codes listed at the bottom of the form ii Enter a comment for the catch basket as required iv Check that the scale id matches the scale used to weigh the basket v Use the samples and specimens grid at the top of the form to help determine when to flag a basket for sampling vi Click on the OK button to close the form or press the End key on the keyboard 11 Repeat steps 7 through 10 until the catch has been completely sorted and weighed and selected catch baskets have been flagged and set aside for biosampling 69 SUB SAMPLING DURING CATCH PROCESSING 1 2 Weigh or obtain an estimate of the weight all of the unsorted catch Enter a new species record into the Haul Card using species code 003 for All Unsorted Species Set the Verification to 18 Weighed But Not Sorted Code Species Name Weight Count Verification Comment R L A Sample 003 All Unsorted Species 2589 00 18 Weighe No For each species sub sampled and weighed from the unsorted catch enter the Verification as 2 Sub Sampled And Weighed 394 Rougheye rockfish xl 125 23 2 Sub san H No To be done by the Chief Scientist 4 After all sub sampling and catch processing for the set has been completed open the Bridge Log
37. Entry form You ll notice that the Setup scale and Start Scale buttons have disappeared from the bottom of the Bio Sample Entry form as they are not required for a length frequency sample Click on the Start FMB button to connect to the fish measuring board For length frequency samples the board starts off in function mode and in centimeter units as indicated by the F and CM on the bottom of the form length frequency samples are always recorded in centimeters In addition the Bio Sample Entry form is put into data entry mode indicated by the word ENTRY on the bottom of the form more on that later If you are recording sex start the sample by swiping the sex key appropriate for the first basket of fish Next switch the measuring board to length mode and proceed to measure each fish of the same sex As you measure each fish the record on the Bio sample Entry form is automatically incremented and the previous sex code is carried forward Thus all you have to do is continue measuring all fish of the same sex until done When you switch to the next sex place the board back into function mode swipe the appropriate sex function key place the board back into length mode and proceed to record fish lengths until finished Normally having the fish record automatically increment is very helpful as it saves you from having to manually increment the record between each fish However if you accidentally swipe an incorrect leng
38. Field to communicate with scales To begin recording individual fish click on the button labeled Setup on the top left of the Bio Sample Entry form This will open the Bio Sample Setup form shown in Figure 39 Use the Bio Sample Setup form to check off each of the attributes that you will be recording from the fish Notice that length is not included in the list of attributes This is because length is always recorded from every type of sample ll Bio Sample Setup Bio Sample Setup Number of fish leave blank if unknown Sex O Dorsal Spines Collected Weight L Pectoral Collected Maturity L Vertebrae Collected Otoliths Collected L Stomachs Sampled LI Genetic Samples Collected H Length Stratified LI Dorsal Fins Collected O Sarcotaces Noted Ok Figure 39 The Bio Sample Setup form After you have checked off the attributes to be recorded click on the Ok button to return to the Bio Sample Entry form You may notice that some of the fields that were previously shown in the form details section have disappeared while some others may have appeared The fields shown in the details section are specific to the attributes checked off in the Bio Sample Setup form and are automatically adjusted based on your selected sample attributes For example if you selected Otoliths Collected from the setup form the details section on the Bio Sample Entry form will contain the fields Otoliths Tray Cell and OtoCh
39. OM fournis par un tiers permettent de communiquer avec des dispositifs en s rie USB et en r seau notamment des planches de mesure des poissons de type Scantrol FishMeter des balances marines de type Marel des GPS etc Le syst me utilise des ordinateurs portables standards renforc s ainsi que des balances et des planches de mesure l preuve des intemp ries afin d offrir une solution complete d acquisition de donn es en mer Ce document est un manuel d utilisation de GFBioField qui met l accent sur les t ches d entr e de donn es g n r es par les relev s de poissons de fond vis s par la p che au chalut Il n est pas concu pour tre un outil de r f rence technique pour GFBioField et il ne d crit pas les configurations mat rielle ou logicielle INTRODUCTION In DFO s Pacific Region groundfish bottom trawl surveys constitute an important component of groundfish stock assessment activity providing biological data of selected species and fishery independent estimates of fish abundance Historically most groundfish trawl surveys focused on one or a few commercially important groundfish species such as Pacific ocean perch but largely ignored other species Starting in 2003 however four series of long term synoptic groundfish trawl surveys were initiated that are designed to provide estimates of all bottom dwelling species encountered in the trawl net Figure 1 see also Olsen et al 2007 Sinclair et al 2003 Workman et a
40. Port Samples 7 Sex Conv Internal Weights Sample 4 03 Female 3 29 Male 0 74 Unit Kilogram Sample Comment Lots of parasitic copepods on ey Sample Type Comment Prefix Fish No Tag No Sex Maturity Cond Morphometrics Collected Counted Existing Stomach Cor 602 1 2 7 d d 602 2 2 7 J J 602 3 1 7 J J 602 2 7 J J Record I4 1 of 4 gt pl be HL Search 4 Ill b IW E Add Fish Cover Page Report Previous d D Se Figure 48 The Samples and Specimens screen of the Port Sample form Samples and Specimens The Samples and Specimens screen consists of a header section that shows information for a sample and a details section that shows records for the individual sampled fish You should begin this screen by filling out the sample header which includes the following fields Sample Date Enter the date that the sample was conducted Sampler Enter your name last followed by first or select your name from the list provided Port Enter the name of the port where the fish were sampled or select it from the list provided Plant Enter the name of the processing plant where you sampled the fish or select it from the list provided Sample Type Enter the sample type which is the method you used to select fish for the sample This will usually be random Storage Method Enter the method used by the vessel to store the fish prior to offloa
41. Regular total sort no subsampling Code Species Name 222 602 228 424 626 612 059 245 066 625 2 Haul Date Stratum Code 2 18 4 Weight Count Verification RLA Sample Pacific cod 15 44 1 Sorted A Ri um Wee a Arrowtooth flounder 171 58 1 Sorted 4 24133 25 Yes A Walleye pollock H 17 72 1 Sorted Ay 3 m Yes L Quillback rockfish 1 02 1 1 Sorted A HB Dover sole 19 82 1 Sorted A 2 10 25 H Flathead sole 10 40 1 Sorted A Bio es Longnose skate H 2 29 1 Sorted Ay mM es w Blackbelly eelpout 8 04 1 Sorted A gt le Yes L Spotted ratfish 28 90 1 Sorted A Bios Des w Slender sole 2 46 1 Sorted A gt E 5 Yes L Rex sole 15 41 1 Sorted A 220 25 L Sidectrine shrimn IM nn 1 Sorted A Scale Used oes of 7 Check that the set number and stratum code are correct missing do not proceed until the Chief Scientist enters the correct stratum code on the Bridge Log form Enter your name into the Recorder field Setup Scale 7 8 2009 Haul Time 19 11 Kate 3 hal 1 M2000 60 kg Lab Boss change Se 4 Enter any relevant comments about the catch and sort If the stratum code is 5 Open a connection to the Marel platform scale by clicking on the Start Scale button Select the scale being used from the drop down list provided 7 When ready to begin weighing catch baskets enter new species records by Pressin
42. Setup dialog When you have configured the Bio Sample Report Setup dialog to include all of the samples you want to summarize click the OK button to view the report The report shows the number of specimens and samples collected by species and survey stratum from all the samples that meet the criteria you specified Figure 21 You can omit individual species or strata from the results by un checking them using the drop down menus labeled Species and Stratum E D E C LHHEL Greenstriped Rockfish 1 18 1 18 1 o Spotted Ratfish 1 24 1 54 2 78 20x 2 m 4 oF Figure 21 The Bio Sample Report 25 CATCH PROCESSING Once the Chief Scientist has completed the bridge log entry for a given fishing event you the Lab Boss can proceed with catch processing for that event Data generated from catch processing is entered into the Haul Card form the term haul card is the name given to the paper form historically used to enter catch records To open the Haul Card form Figure 22 click on the button labeled Catch Processing and Biosampling on the main menu Figure 4 Vessel Viking Storm Haul Number 2 Haul Date 2 25 2010 Haul Time 15 21 L Partial Sort Total Weight 275 Stratum Code 65 Recorder Norm General Comment Sorting Comment Code Species Name Weight Count Verification Comment R L A Sample 396 Pacific Ocean Perch 94 01 1 Sorted Av Bo ESTA 455
43. While the sorting crew is busy sorting the catch into baskets you might find it useful to begin entering the species records in preparation for recording the basket weights There are 3 methods for inserting new species records into the Haul Card 1 Press the Insert button on the computer keyboard This will take you to a new record in the species detail section of the Haul Card and place the insertion mark into the species code field You can enter the new species by either typing in the 3 character species code or by tabbing over to the species name field and typing in the common name i 2 Click on the Add Species button on the Haul Card footer section This will also take you to a new record as described above 3 Click on the Add Multi Species button on the Haul Card footer section This will open up the Add Species helper form Figure 28 From this form you can select one or more commonly encountered species from lists of different species groups After you have selected the desired species from the lists click on the OK button to insert them into the Haul Card 30 Add Species x Rockfish Flatfish Roundfish Catilaginous Fish Invertebrates Aurora Rockfish A Black Rockfish 1 Blue Rockfish Bocaccio Brown Rockfish Code Species Name Weight Count Verification Comment R L A Sample Chilipepper 435 Bocaccio Y 1 Sorted Av H vo i 57 Ge TO E LE Cowcod 410 Darkblotched Rockfish 1 Sorted Av
44. all calendar icon to the right of each field Depths Enter the minimum depth followed by the maximum depth over which the fishing events took place Units Select the depth units from the drop down list Fishing Gear select the fishing gear used from the drop down list Fishing Ground To enter the fishing ground you can type in the name of a known ground you can select the ground from the drop down list provided or you can click on the fishing ground map command button to the right of the field te which opens up the Fishing Ground form Figure 46 Table 9 You can use the Fishing Ground form to interactively select the fishing ground from a map showing all of the known grounds uot Sd 100 Em Esperanza West Esperanza East M Esperanza Canyon S Esperanza Canyon 5 Perez North Estevan BA da i Latitude 48 4 75 Selected Ground OK Cance al Longitude 12734 56 Nootka da Current View Boundaries Top 49 50 62 Bottom 49 4 38 Left 127 50 01 Right 126 35 55 Figure 46 The Fishing Ground form 47 Table 9 Controls of the Fishing Ground form Control Function Changes the mouse cursor to select mode In this mode you can click anywhere in a fishing ground to select that ground which then appears in the Selected Ground field Zooms in the map display by 10 gen Zooms out the map display by 10 d Changes the mouse cursor to pan m
45. ard copy 5 Close the Sample form to finish 15 Entering Length Frequency Samples 1 If applicable split the fish by sex into separate baskets and record the total weight of each sex 2 Follow the instructions given in Setting up a Sample on page 70 3 In the Bio Sample Entry form enter the sex code for the first basket of fish being recorded For all fish of the same sex in the sample place each fish on the measuring board and record its length 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the fish in each sex 6 If the length frequency is not being done by sex treat all fish in the sample as sex 0 sex not recorded At the end of the sample after all fish have been recorded click on the Process button to transfer the individual fish records from the Bio Sample form to the Sample form Back at the Sample form click on the Bio Sample Report button and when the report opens click on the PRINT button to print a hard copy Close the Sample form to finish 76 REFERENCES Sinclair A Schnute J Haigh R Starr P Stanley R D Fargo J and Workman G 2003 Feasibility of multispecies groundfish bottom trawl surveys on the BC coast Can Stock Assess Sec Res Doc 2003 049 Olsen N Workman G D and Stanley R D 2007 Queen Charlotte Sound groundfish bottom trawl survey July 3rd to August 10th 2003 Can Manuscr Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2782 vi 58 p Workman G D Ols
46. ator Yes take a sample No do not take a sample and the type of sample to take if Yes is indicated L length frequency W weight A age 2 The footer section consists of several command buttons and a drop down list Figure 25 Table 5 Mi t 2 D Start Setup Scale Used Add Species Add Multi Species Lookup Species Haul Card Report Scale Scale 1 M2000 60 kg v Lab Boss Change Be his le els e Figure 25 The Haul Card footer section Table 5 Controls of the Haul Card footer section Co Function ntrol Add a single species to the details section Add Species Opens the Add Species form for adding one or more species to the details Asid Mult speci section X Opens the Species Lookup form for searching for species Lookup Species Opens the Haul Card Report Haul Card Report Starts the platform scale opens a connection for automatically recording basket weights Setup Opens the Platform Scale Communications Configuration form for Scale configuring the platform scale communications parameters Drop down list for indicating which platform scale is being used to weigh Scale Used baskets 1 M2000 60kg x Lab Boss Opens the Lab Boss Logbook form Logbook Refreshes the records shown in the Haul Card Allows you to change trips if more than one trip is available in the database Saves the current records Exits the Haul Card form Allows you to navigate a
47. aul Card form by clicking on the Catch Processing and Biosampling button on the main menu 3 On the Haul Card locate the species to be sampled Its sample indicator field should be green and have a Yes value to indicate that a sample should be conducted on the species In addition the letter next to the sample indicator should indicate what kind of sample to conduct A age W weight L length frequency Code Species Name Weight Count Verification Comment R L A Sample 1396 Pacific ocean perch 88 12 1 Sorted A 2 10 25 BEST A Click on the green sample indicator button to continue on to the Sample form AGE SAMPLE Random catch of Pacific ocean perch from set 4 Sample Date 4 07 09 2009 Sample Type 5 2 Random Maturity Conventio Rockfish sl SamplerG 1067 Olsen Norm Sample Type Comment Recorder 1068 Kronlund Rob Sample Comment 3 Sample 10 Male Female Sampled Attributes Weights Unknown Total 7 Len 7 Sex 7 Wt E Mat E Age Specimen morphometrics and attributes Prefix Fish No Tag No Sex Maturity Cond Morphometrics Collected Counted Existing Stomach I E E E T Record M 1of1 Pt M in ss Verify the sample date Verify the sample type Enter the employee id or name last first of the person conducting the sample Enter the employee id or name last first of the person recording the sample ot ec cu pes If you will be recording maturities selec
48. button 7 Indicate if the catch will be sold or not 8 Select the sample protocol rules from the drop down list 9 Click on the Save button 64 ENTERING BRIDGE LOGS 1 A Op S sx Xs Start GFBioField and open the Survey form by clicking on the Chief Scientist s Tasks button on the main menu From the survey form click on the Bridge Logs button on the bottom left of the form to open the Bridge Log form ul Viking Storm Bridge Log Header Information Date 3 07 08 2009 Recorder A Olsen Nomi Set Number5 2Ger 6 Bottom Trawl Fishing 1 Start Gear Deployment 07 08 2009 18 45 26 2 Start Fishing 07 08 2009 18 51 57 3 End Fishing 07 08 2009 19 11 04 4 End Gear Retrieval 07 08 2009 19 16 34 Start and End Positions Start Latitude 51 9 0001 Loan Longitude 127 53 140 End Latitude 51 8 230 End Longitude 127 53 950 y Bottom Depth Depth Units Metres Beginning 119 Ending r Comments Reason for Fishing Fishing Ground Sounder Weather Miscellaneous Usability portant Record how the Usability 12 Fully Usable s TC Spatial Information Major Stat 05 Minor Stat 11 Distance Traveled 2 08 km Locality Direction of Set T 215 PFMA 11 Grouping Stratum 18 PFMA Sub 2 Block Designation 3889 Important Update block Information 4 eege wil Lee Verify the date Verify that your name is in the Recorder field View Update Environme
49. d Environmental Data Water Temperature Temp Depth Celcius metres Method Surface sl Bottom 5 7 1601s Sru 06 Sgm 15 Modal CTD Ref Number Wind Direction 180 BeaufortScale 2 Speed knts 5 Sea Swell Height 2 Tide Ebb Sky Sun shining Cloud Cover 50 1 Luminescence Comment 16 Click on the View Print the Bridge Log Report button to open the Bridge Log Report i PRINT CLOSE Monday April 26 2010 11 05 16 AM Bridge Log Header Vessel Viking Storm Recorder Norm Olsen Date 7 8 2009 Set Number 900 Block Designation 3138 Stratum 19 Reason Code 3 Reason Comment Gear Deployment Times Begin Deploy 7 8 2009 4 38 43 PM Begin Retrieve 7 8 2009 5 06 27 PM End Deploy 7 8 2009 4 47 08 PM End Retrieve 7 8 2009 5 15 13 PM Gear Gear Code 1 Mouth Opening Net Code 1 Height 3 7 Sweep Length Usability Fully Usable Door Code 14 Width Codend Mesh Size Sounder Comment Door Weight 1000 Warp Length 300 Sounder Code 5 i Click the PRINT button to print and close the report 17 Click on the save button 18 When starting the next set click on the new record button to start a new Bridge Log record ENTERING HAUL CARDS 1 67 Click on the Catch Processing and Biosampling button on the main menu to open the Haul Card form Vessel Viking Storm Partial Sort Total Weight Haul Number 295 General Comment Lots of mud in the catch Sorting Comment
50. d complete each field using the Tab or Enter key to move from field to field The fields on this form are as follows Survey select the series that the survey is part of If the survey you are conducting is not part of a long term series select Individual survey without a series from the drop down list Hail In No If available enter the hail in number assigned for offloading catch This only applies to surveys conducted on commercial vessels when the catch is being sold On other surveys leave this blank Trip Type select the type of research trip being conducted Typically this will be either Research for surveys conducted on DFO research vessels like the W E Ricker or Charter for surveys conducted using commercial vessels Start Date Enter the date that the vessel left home port to begin the survey You can select a date interactively from a calendar by clicking on the small calendar icon that appears to the right of this field 07 07 2009 33 End Date Leave this blank for now At the end of the survey you will enter the date that the vessel returned to home port As with the start date field you can click on the calendar icon to interactively select a date from a calendar Vessel Enter the name of the vessel used to conduct the survey You have three options to complete this field you can enter the vessel name by typing it into the field you can select a vessel from the available drop down list or you ca
51. d in the fields on this screen the Next command button at the bottom of the form remains grayed out and disabled This is because you must save the current screen first before moving on to the next by clicking on the save button at the bottom right of the form This is true for all of the screens you must save each before you can move to the next 45 The Export button and check box at the bottom of the screen are for exporting a completed port sample to an Excel workbook Use this feature only after you ve completed a sample The exported workbook provides a convenient format for transferring samples from remote sites back to centralized locations for storage and processing In the Pacific Region port samplers email their Excel workbooks to the GFBio data manager who then uploads them into a master Port Sample database before porting them to the GFBio database Once a sample has been exported to a workbook the check box next to the Export button will be in the checked state to indicate that the export has occurred After completing the Offload Header screen click on the save button and then click on Next to continue to the Fishing Information screen Figure 45 Previous Offload Header Next Species Landed gt Frosti Fishing Information Haul Number 900 Date Range 4 6 2010 to 4 10 2010 Depths Min 50Max 100 Units Fathoms Fishing Gear Bottom Trawl Fishing Ground Nootka Je Areas Major 3D N W Vancouver Island
52. d ratfish eg 222 T F Recorder 1067 Olsen Norm Sample Comment acific co oo HS Sample 4285 nat E Male 7 15 Female 6 87 Sampled Attributes Update V 2A0 Sponges Mis Unknown Total 1402 E gue Wi sex Be EI mat E Age Bis 396 Pacific ocean per ch Specimen morphometrics and attributes Current specimen id 37852 t 3G0 Jellyfish Prefix Fish No Tag No Sex Maturity Cond Morphometrics Collected Counted Existing Stoma 222 18 1 7 d d e 3L0 Anemone 222 19 2 7 E E 1 Fi 401 Redbanded rockfish 222 20 1 7 G 7 AR 405 Silvergray rockfish 222 21 2 7 E sz Pe 414 Greenstriped rockfish 222 22 1 7 v d Re 439 Redstripe rockfish 222 23 1 7 v d z Be 442 Yelloweye rockfish 222 24 1 7 Z Y e E 455 Sablefish S z z Re 519 Blackfin sculpin See A Hi kn x ul a er oe Record lt 1ofil gt ld Search al iu gt i Ba LF Entry H Se D Refresh View QE sit Record Biosample Report from paper forms Delete Save d a b Figure 50 The Data Explorer In addition to providing a convenient way to navigate through the data in GFBioField the Data Explorer also allows you to rearrange data by dragging and dropping from one level to another For example suppose that a catch of Arrowtooth flounder was inadvertently entered into set 5 but actually should have been entered into set 6 Using the Data Explorer you can click and drag the Arrowtooth flounder item under
53. data acquisition system for groundfish trawl surveys Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2887 x 76 p TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS sn in cn mi lii HST OP GABE ES m V HIST OF BK ET vi PF OA A IX RE UME iis eue UM E x INTRODUC TION m 1 GPBIOFIELD DATABASE EE 3 DATA ENTRY EORMS EE 4 STARTING GEBIORIELDD nue nn nn neue neo 6 TASKO e 6 GHIEF SCIENTIST S TASK adi edi ie dedito ns HOO eric 6 IBitrabziri GEBIOFIGIO doses Enoch edidi teen thet cent tener mee titu oed 7 ENENG BIdOC LOOS TERR PR 10 Managing and Tracking Fishing Locations 19 Usmo the Survey LOODOOK Nem eeaeeeeniui an 22 Viewing the Bio Sample Report 23 GAT CHIP ROGESSIN E 25 Catch Processing Step By Step ereire aneian aan Eaa iaaea 28 BIOLOGICAL SAME EIN Grzenia nn dinde 35 FXO E nie c PE 39 5tratified Ade odmbleSuissic o pe ob d dae 40 Length Frequency Samples 41 PORTSAMPEIN G 51 52 32 99 992 2992 1599 9289292 22 99 49 9 99 9 99 2 4 23 43 Port 5ample Olload Hedadet s 5 9 sn nn nn NN 44 FISMIMGAIMTON MALO VE 45 DDECIES AMOS cca RSS 48 Samples and SP CIMENS nur dite tt nine tente 49 OO C M M Mna 52 DATAE X PEOR ale i ccc cM 52 SPECIE SLOOKUP ege 53 PORT SAMPLE Ee REN 54 DATABASE BACKUP dmr
54. ding 50 Form Enter the physical form of the fish i e whether or not they were processed in any way such as heads cut off prior to you sampling them Round indicates that the fish have not been cut or modified in any way Mat Conv Enter the maturity convention code used for samples in which maturity stages are recorded Sex Conv Enter the sex convention code used when sexes are recorded Weights Sample Female and Male Enter the total sample weight and the weight of females and males in the sample If you are recording individual fish weights as part of your sample you can leave these fields blank for now After you have completed processing the sample you can click on the sum button gt to automatically populate these fields based on the individual fish weights Unit Enter the units used for the total female and male sample weights Sample Comment Enter any miscellaneous comment regarding the sample Sample Type Comment Enter any comment regarding the sample type i e comments about how you selected fish to be sampled Once you ve finished entering the sample header information you are ready to begin recording individual fish via the Bio Sample Entry form which you can open by clicking the Add Fish button at the bottom of the screen At this point the procedure is exactly the same as it is for a regular groundfish survey So rather than repeat the information here please refer back to the section
55. display the current operating mode of the board L for length mode and F for function mode as well as the measurement unit MM for millimeters and CM for centimeters These indicators update automatically as you change the board mode and measurement units In addition to these indicators all measuring board operations are accompanied by audible feedback using synthesized speech Function keys on the measuring board have been programmed specifically to operate with GFBioField and thus not all of the function keys are active nor do they all provide the functions they were originally intended for by the board manufacturer A complete list of the active keys and their functions is provided in Table 10 08 Table 10 Fish measuring board function keys as they are used in GFBioField Key Label Function Change the measurement units to millimeters Voice feedback is millimeters Change the measurement units to centimeters Voice feedback is centimeters Toggle the board between normal length and length plus 100 mode In length plus 100 mode the board measuring strip starts at 100 cm This allows you to measure fish that are over 100 cm Voice feedback is normal length and length plus 100 Move up one record to the previous fish in the set of sampled fish or down one record to the next fish in the set of sampled fish Voice feedback is up and down Move one
56. e As this functionality is very specific to protocols used at the Pacific Biological Station it won t be discussed here DATABASE BACKUP The Database Backup tool provides a convenient method for creating a backup of the GFBioField SQL Server database Simply click on the Database Backup button and enter a filename for the backup 55 APPENDIX A USING THE SCANTROL FISHMETER FISH MEASURING BOARD The Scantrol FishMeter fish measuring board is a waterproof to IP67 specifications electronic measuring board that consists of an array of magnetic sensors capable of recording lengths to a centimeter resolution The board is available in both USB and Bluetooth versions The USB version requires no external power supply as it obtains power from the USB port while the Bluetooth version requires 4 AA batteries that are housed in a water tight bulkhead at the base of the board The array of magnetic sensors is located in a single strip that runs the length of the board Figure 53 A This strip is used to both record fish lengths and to activate the function keys which lie directly below the strip Figure 53 B This dual mode functionality transforms the measuring board from a simple measuring device into a secondary input device much like a keyboard allowing a single operator to conduct a detailed biological sample and control the sampling software without having to switch between the measuring board and a keyboard or mouse To support
57. e form text using the keyboard List Box red EF Displays lists of items You can select items by clicking on blue them yellow orange white Combo Box Similar to a list box but also allows you to enter items by i BackToBasics Ltd j or Drop Down List ne typing them Johnson Supplies Ltd L21 Development Services LineOne Telecoms Ltd LyleJohns Corp Office Emporium Office World Supplies Check Box Sampled Attributes Allows you to select or deselect options by checking or un checking them The checked state indicates true or yes v w e Len IV Sex LI wt while unchecked indicates false or no Radio Button ned Green Blue Similar to a check box but only allows you to select one of a mutually exclusive group of items Calendar 4 August 2009 Available for date time fields only calendar controls allow you D TT to interactively pick a date from a graphical calendar 43 oa 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Ke es Be ee Data Grid Prefix Fish No Tag No Sex Displays records as rows in a grid with column names 1 2 displayed at the top Depending on the configuration you can enter new records or view and edit existing ones Record Navigation M 4 30f54 Hk Foundon the bottom of many forms these buttons allow you B n uttons next E and last H to navigate to the first h previous records in the
58. e into the BT Port field and then click on the Connect Bluetooth FMB button The connection may take several seconds to complete but when it does you will hear a voice message stating fish measuring board connected and the Connect Bluetooth FMB button and BT Port field will disappear and be replace by two buttons labeled Setup FMB and Start FMB respectively From that point you can proceed with the sample as you normally would After you have successfully paired a specific Bluetooth fish measuring board with a specific computer the pairing will remain in place until such time as you un pair the devices Turning off the computer or the fish measuring board will not break the pairing Thus once you pair a given computer with a given fish measuring board you should continue to use the two together for the remainder of the survey Also GFBioField tracks the serial port number every time a successful connection is used and thereafter uses that number as the default for the connection Thus you need not worry about changing or remembering the serial port number after you have successfully used a board 61 APPENDIX B CONNECTING TO MAREL SCALES GFBioField communicates with Marel platform and bench top scales via a serial port connection To successfully communicate with a scale the communications parameters used on the GFBioField computer serial port must match those used on the Marel scale serial port In addition in o
59. e populated These are all based on the track created by the vessel during the fishing event and include what fisheries areas were occupied major and minor statistical areas locality and Pacific Fisheries Management Area PFMA and sub area the total distance traveled during the fishing event the overall direction of the track and the grouping or stratum code and block designation Id of the targeted fishing block Also the name of the fishing ground if available is appended to the Fishing Ground Comment field 4 When the trawl doors re emerge from the water click 4 End Gear Retrieval As with 1 Start Gear Deployment this enters the current date and time into the field to the right of the button After completing this sequence of button clicks the Bridge Log form is essentially complete In particular both the Start and End Positions and the Spatial Information sections should be fully populated However there are there are a few important tasks that remain Usability Usability Important Record how the Fully Usable set turned out Once the fishing event is complete it s extremely important to update the usability of the event In fact it s so important that usability occupies its very own section labeled Usability which consists of a single field called Usability As if that weren t enough there s even a message next to the field that indicates just how important this field is In
60. eady been automatically populated The Trawl Specifications section is not optional however as it includes one field Warp Length that can only be manually updated In addition several trawl specification fields that remain constant throughout the survey must nevertheless be initialized on the first tow To open the Trawl Specifications form Figure 12 click on the sole control in this section the button labeled View Update Trawl Specifications Ei Trawl Specifications x Trawl Specifications Trawl Type Standard D Mens Device Simrad Iti Net Type Atlantic Wew Net Sounder Simrad Fs 2 Door Type U s a Jet v Trawl Speed 5 4 Kilom Door Wt kg 900 Net Dimensions metres Mouth Height 6 7 Warp Length Mouth Width Sweep Length Doorspread 67 8 Codend Mesh LI Figure 12 The Trawl Specifications form The top of the Trawl Specifications form consists of several fields Trawl Type Net Type Door Type Door Wt Mens Device and Net Sounder that contain static information i e information that is unlikely to change throughout the survey Once you update these fields for a given set their values will propagate forward for all future sets until you change them again For the other fields Trawl Speed and Doorspread and usually Mouth Height are automatically populated when the button 3 End Fishing is clicked All other fields must be manually updated In practice this usually just entails u
61. easuring board FMB into an available USB port on the computer or if it s a Bluetooth board turn the board on enter the correct Bluetooth port into the field labeled BT Port on the Bio Sample Entry form and click on the Connect Bluetooth FMB button refer to Appendix A for instructions on using a Bluetooth fish measuring board Once a USB or Bluetooth fish measuring board is connected the Connect Bluetooth FMB button and the BT Port field will disappear and be replaced by two buttons labeled Setup FMB and Start FMB respectively Figure 38 Rougheye rockfish sample from set 2 Current Fish Number Starting Fish 1 Fish Prefix Otolith Tray Starting Cell Length Type 1 Fork Length v Length Unit 1 Centimetre FMB E Type 10 Round v 3 Gram v NW Fish Se Sex I Record 14 Loft bl HL Search BS cot Setup Scale Start Scale Figure 37 The Bio Sample Entry form Connect BI Port sm T Setup FMB Start FMB by Figure 38 After connecting a USB or Bluetooth fish measuring board the Connect Bluetooth FMB button and BT Port field a are replaced by the Setup FMB and Start FMB buttons b If you will be recording individual fish weights make sure the bench top scale is turned on and connected to the laptop computer via a serial cable and that the communications parameters are configured properly refer to Appendix B for instructions on setting up GFBio
62. en N and Rutherford K L 2007 West Coast Queen Charlotte Islands groundfish bottom trawl survey August 28th to September 25th 2006 Can Manuscr Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2804 vii 44 p Workman G D Olsen N Fargo J and Stanley R D 2008a West Coast Vancouver Island groundfish bottom trawl survey R V WE RICKER May 25th to June 10th 2004 Can Manuscr Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2826 viii 64 p Workman G D Rutherford K L and Olsen N 2008b Hecate Strait Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey May 25th to June 29th 2005 Can Manuscr Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2805 53p
63. er any miscellaneous comments regarding the survey Often a simple description of the survey is useful Survey Form Buttons At the bottom of the Groundfish Survey form are six command buttons Figure 8 The two buttons on the right allow you to save the current record and exit the form respectively The four buttons on the left provide access to the additional Chief ocientist s tasks Each of these is discussed in subsequent sections Save Fishing Figure 8 Command buttons of the Survey form Ra Bridge Logs Locations Logbook Report Entering Bridge Logs Entering bridge logs is probably the most important duty of the Chief Scientist The bridge log represents the where when how and why of each fishing event Accurate and complete bridge log records are vital for the analysis and interpretation of survey results To open the Bridge Log form click on the button labeled Bridge Logs at the bottom of the Survey Form Figure 8 The Bridge Log form is perhaps the most complex form in GFBioField this is a reflection of the level of detail that is captured at the fishing event level Figure 9 To make things a little less confusing the form is divided into two vertically oriented panels and the related controls within each panel are organized into sections Table 2 Despite its apparent complexity most of the fields on this form are automatically populated so the job of entering a Bridge Log is quite
64. erence you should proceed with a stratified age sample by following the steps given under Age Samples on page 39 41 Fish Weight Length Sex Mat Dorsal Fins Comment Sample 1 2345 345 2 3 Yes Figure 42 For length stratified age samples fish from which age structures are to be collected are indicated by the Sample field Length Frequency Samples Because length frequency samples do not include recording the weight of individual fish you must obtain a total weight for the sample prior to starting For simple length frequency samples that involves weighing all the baskets of fish to be sampled and summing them to obtain a total sample weight For length sex frequencies you must separate all the fish by sex into baskets and obtain separate total weights for each sex Enter these weights manually into the Sample Weights section of the Sample form header section prior to starting the sample Figure 43 If you are entering weights by sex you can click on the sum button to automatically obtain a total weight sample E Male 12 3 Female Weights Unknown Total Figure 43 When conducting a length frequency or length sex frequency sample manually enter the sample weights into the sample header prior to starting When configuring the Bio Sample Setup form all you need to do is check off whether or not sex will be recorded length is recorded by default for all samples and then click Ok to return to the Bio Sample
65. es it is used to verify identity and to encrypt the data that the devices exchange To pair with this device enter the device s security code and click OK Bluetooth security code eege Figure 57 The Bluetooth Security Code Request dialog box After the pairing has been established return to the Bluetooth device manager software right click on the SparkFun BT device again and this time select Connect COMO from the context menu You should then see a status dialog box indicating that the connection is taking place Once the connection has been established you should see a dialog box telling you what COM port is being used for the connection Figure 58 Make a note of this port as you will need it later on to configure GFBioField to connect to the board es The Bluetooth serial port COM4 is now configured to connect to the device YJ Spark Fun BT The Application that will use this connection must be configured to use COMA The application may be started at any time Do not display this message again Figure 58 Make a note of the serial port used for the Bluetooth connection Now when you are conducting a biological sample in GFBioField you can establish a connection to the Bluetooth measuring board via the Connect Bluetooth FMB button and BT Port field located at the bottom of the Bio Sample Entry form Figure 37 When you first open this form to begin recording fish enter the serial port number noted abov
66. etrics and attributes Current specimen id 70130 Prefix Fish No Tag No Sex Maturity Cond Morphometrics Collected Counted Existing Stomach 394 1 2 7 394 2 1 7 304 3 2 Fi 394 4 1 7 CI 394 3 1 7 394 6 1 7 304 7 1 7 C 394 8 2 7 C k Mk Record M 1of8 ed Delete Save At the very top of the sample form there is a label that indicates what kind of sample is being conducted whether it is a random or total sample what species is being sampled and from which set fishing event Check this information carefully and make sure it matches the sample you are about to do If it doesn t don t proceed with the sample consult with the Lab Boss to establish where the error is and how to correct it before proceeding Below that label is the sample date which defaults to the current date and below that is a field that indicates the sample type random total or other This field also has a default value that is based on the recorded catch baskets for the species You should confirm that this default value is accurate prior to continuing HL A LF Entry t from paper forms Figure 36 The Sample form If the label and default values are correct proceed by entering the names of the sampler and the recorder if applicable in the form header You can enter an employee id in the first field provided or a full name last name first name
67. field left F1 or right F2 on the current fish record Voice feedback is left and right Enter a sex code female 4 male Voice feedback is female and male Enter a sex code 1 male 2 female 3 unknown Voice feedback is male female and sex unknown For age and weight samples Start a new fish move to a new record Voice feedback is next fish For length frequency samples Switch between data entry and data edit modes Voice feedback is data entry mode and data edit mode Enter a maturity code from 1 to 20 Voice feedback is maturity the number selected Switch the board to function mode Voice feedback is function owitch the board to length mode Voice feedback is length Delete the current record remove the current fish Voice feedback is are you sure you want to delete the current fish accompanied by a confirmation dialog box 99 USING A BLUETOOTH FISH MEASURING BOARD Before you can use a Bluetooth fish measuring board with GFBioField the board must be paired with the computer it will be used with Bluetooth pairing refers to the process by which two Bluetooth devices establish a communications connection The devices in this case are the Bluetooth fish measuring board and the Bluetooth adapter of the computer running GFBioField The process of pairing involves the exchange of a password or passkey between the two devices The actual steps
68. fish trawl surveys Once you update this field the new value will serve as the default for all subsequent fishing events Conducting Fishing Operations Fishing 1 Start Gear Deployment 02 25 2010 14 52 45 2 Start Fishing 02 25 2010 15 02 04 3 End Fishing 02 25 2010 15 21 33 4 End Gear Retrieval 02 25 2010 15 40 17 The section labeled Fishing is where almost all the action takes place on the bridge log form The four buttons in this section numbered 1 to 4 represent the four most significant events that take place during a fishing event which are in order 1 Start Gear Deployment The start of gear deployment which occurs when the trawl doors enter the water 2 Start Fishing The start of fishing which occurs when the trawl net reaches the sea floor and begins to actively fish This moment is a bit trickier to determine as it depends in part on the geometry of the net as it settles to the sea floor In general you should let the vessel captain and or fishing master determine the moment when the net begins to fish 3 End Fishing The end of fishing which occurs when the net is pulled off the sea floor To mark this event use the moment when the winches engage and begin winding on the trawl warps this isn t really the exact moment when the net stops fishing but more on that a bit later 4 End Gear Retrieval The end of gear retrieval which occurs when the trawl doors exit the water As these events occu
69. g the Insert key on the keyboard and entering the species code or name Clicking on the Add Species button and entering the species code or name Clicking on the Add Multi Species button and selecting one or more species from lists of commonly encountered species 68 8 After inserting each new species refer to the fields labeled R L A on the right side of the species record which indicate the importance rank the minimum length frequency piece count and the minimum age sample piece count respectively Use the information from these fields to help you determine when to take a sample 9 As catch baskets are placed on the platform scale activate the associated species on the Haul Card by tapping anywhere on the species record Active species records are denoted with a yellow background 10 When the ready light on the platform scale indicates that the catch basket is ready to be weighed press the record button on the scale readout to send the weight to the Haul Card When the weight is recorded the Basket Weights form will automatically open with the newly recorded weight showing in the Weight field Kc Basket Weights SO Lodi _ oS 0 Discarded H 0 Discarded H 3 Age H 0 Discarded 0 Discarded H H D 0j Discarded iii 0 Discarded Use codes 0 Discarded 1 Length frequency 2 Weight 3 Age 4 Other sample type 5 Retained for sale 6 Retained for Id 7 Retained for food Current
70. ge two b RL 51 FIGUKe 50 TNE RENE mo dol 0 E 52 Figure 51 Use the Data Explorer to rearrange data by clicking and dragging an item from one level a and dropping it on another b after which it will appear at the new level C Figure 52 The Species Seal ch TONNES Sn ee en onde 54 viii Figure 53 A 100 cm Scantrol FishMeter fish measuring board A Magnetic activation strip B Function keys C Mode selection keys D Millimeter measuring strip 55 Figure 54 Measurements are recorded using a magnetic device attached to the operator s ge ades E m m T UT TM 56 Figure 55 Measurements should always be taken using the raised triangular region of the finger magnet as the alignment guide Do not use your finger as a guide 56 Figure 56 When activating function keys swipe the finger magnet over the magnetic Strip directly above the brown target spot on the key 57 Figure 57 The Bluetooth Security Code Request dialog box 59 Figure 58 Make a note of the serial port used for the Bluetooth connection 60 Figure 59 The Scale Communications Configuration Tomm 61 ABSTRACT Olsen N 2010 A user s guide to GFBioField The Pacific Region s at sea data acquisition system for groundfish trawl surveys Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2887 x 76 p GFBioField is a data acquisition system designed for the at sea collection of g
71. he correct stratification scheme from the drop down list 2 For each fish in the sample a f Place the fish on the scale and when the ready indicator lights up press record Place the fish on the measuring board and with the board in Length mode record the length Slide the fish forward onto the cutting board and make a longitudinal incision on the ventral side of the fish from near the pectoral fins through to the anus Note the sex and maturity stage and i Record the sex code and maturity state code with using the fish measuring board in Function mode or li Call out the sex and maturity stage code to the recorder who will enter them manually into GFBioField When the sex code is entered the sample indicator field will indicate either Yes with a green background or No indicating whether to take an age sample or not When Yes is indicated perform the next step otherwise skip to step f Keeping the fish on the cutting board extract the age structure e g dorsal fin or spine and hand it to the recorder for storage Hepeats steps a through e until all the fish are processed 3 Atthe end of the sample after all fish have been recorded click on the Process button to transfer the individual fish records from the Bio Sample form to the Sample form 4 Back at the Sample form click on the Bio Sample Report button and when the report opens click on the PRINT button to print a h
72. in the second field If maturities will be recorded enter the maturity convention code into the next field Finally enter any ad hoc comments about the type of sample being conducted into the sample Type Comment field and more generally about the sample itself into the Sample Comment field If you are conducting a length frequency sample during which individual fish weights are not recorded you should enter the total sample weights of the males and females and unknown if applicable into the Sample Weights header section If sex will not be recorded just enter the total sample weight After entering the sample weights of the males and females you can click on the sum button 2 to automatically calculate the total weight If you are conducting any other type of sample where individual fish weights will be recorded you can leave this section blank as the sample weights will be automatically calculated after the sample is completed When you are ready to begin measuring individual fish click on the button labeled Record Fish on the footer section of the Sample form which will open the Bio 3 oample Entry form As with most other forms in GFBioField this form consists of a header section containing several fields and some command buttons a details section where individual fish are recorded and a footer section containing more command buttons Figure 37 At this point if you haven t already done so plug in the Scantrol fish m
73. ing board and make a longitudinal incision on the ventral side of the fish from near the pectoral fins through to the anus Note the sex and maturity stage and i Record the sex code and maturity state code with using the fish measuring board in Function mode or li Call out the sex and maturity stage code to the recorder who will enter them manually into GFBioField Keeping the fish on the cutting board extract the age structure e g otoliths or dorsal fin and hand them to the recorder for cleaning and storage For every 5 fish verify that the otolith tray cell number on the Bio Sample Entry form matches the cell number used to store the otoliths If it does check off the OtoChk field If it doesn t match do not proceed with the sample until you resolve the discrepancy Repeats steps a through e until all the fish are processed 3 Atthe end of the sample after all fish have been recorded click on the Process button to transfer the individual fish records from the Bio Sample Entry form to the Sample form 4 Back at the Sample form click on the Bio Sample Report button and when the report opens click on the PRINT button to print a hard copy 5 Close the Sample form to finish 74 Entering Length Stratified Age Samples 1 Follow the instructions given in Setting up a Sample on page 70 When selecting attributes from the Bio Sample Setup form make sure to select Length Stratified and choose t
74. ing it from the drop down list or by using the Employee Lookup Utility Figure 10 which can be accessed by clicking on the question mark icon L to the left of the field Much like the Captain Lookup Utility the Employee Lookup Utility allows you to search for employee by first name last name or both Double click on an employee id to insert it back into the Bridge Log form The default value for the recorder is the name of the person who entered the bridge log for the previous fishing event Thus once you ve entered your name once it will continue to appear on the bridge log for subsequent fishing events T e Employee Lookup Utility Employees First Name Last Name ID First Name Last Name 0 Unknown Unknown Double click an ID to enter it into the current employee field 1 Mike Smith 2 Max Stocker 3 Claudia Hand 4 Jeff Fargo 5 Ian Perry 6 Graham Gillespie 7 Lynne Yamanaka 8 Greg Workman 9 Deb Record l4 Murie H i 10f1382 gt bM Figure 10 The Employee Lookup Utility Set Number The first fishing event has a default set number of 1 and is automatically incremented with each new fishing event so you should not have to manually enter or update this field for the duration of the survey 14 Gear Select the fishing gear used from the drop down list The default is Bottom Trawl which should be the correct gear type for all ground
75. k which are all related to the collection of otoliths At this point the discussion diverges depending on what kind of sample is being conducted The types of sample used in the Pacific Region are as follows 1 Age samples involve the collection of structures that can be used to determine the age of afish For flatfish and rockfish which comprise the majority of the fish Sampled on groundfish trawl surveys the collected structure is the otolith For other fish the structure may be a spine e g the dorsal spine of spiny dogfish or fin rays e g the dorsal fin rays of Pacific cod and lingcod In addition to ageing structures age samples also involve recording fish length weight sex and usually maturity stage 2 Stratified Age Samples are like regular age samples except that only a specific number of age structures are collected for each of a pre defined set of length ranges Often the stratification is also applied to sex as well For example you might collect 3 age structures per 10 centimeter length increment from female fish only 3 Length Frequency Samples are the simplest type of sample to conduct and involve recording only the length or the length and sex of each fish In the following step by step discussion of each type of sample imagine that you have already filled out the header information on the Sample form and have setup the Bio Sample Entry form using the Bio Sample Setup form and connected the fish measuring board
76. l 2007 2008a and 2008b WCHG West Coat Haida Gwaii HS Hecate Strait QCS Queen Charlotte Sound WCVI West Coast Vancouver Island Figure 1 Locations of the modern synoptic groundfish trawl surveys on the coast of British Columbia Canada Data collection during a trawl survey has historically been accomplished using pencil and waterproof paper only due to the harsh working environment However in recent years there have been advances made in ruggedized technology especially motion compensating balances waterproof electronic measuring boards and water resistant computers all of which can operate reliably at sea These new technologies along with advances in software in particular robust and reliable operating systems powerful relational databases and rapid development tools have made it possible to develop completely paperless at sea data acquisition Systems The Pacific Region s at sea data acquisition system also known as GFBioField is a client server application consisting of a Microsoft Access 2007 project front end connected to a SQL Server 2008 database Most of the business logic is implemented in the Access front end using Visual Basic for Applications VBA with the remainder being provided by SQL Server Transact SQL code This technical report is intended as a user s guide to the operation of GFBioField It does not cover installation or configuration of the system or hardware requirements However
77. ly in consultation with the fishing master and or vessel captain makes the decisions of where and when to fish With respect to GFBioField the Chief Scientist s main tasks are 1 Initializing GFBioField by entering top level information about the survey 2 Entering bridge log information for each fishing event conducted 3 Managing and tracking fishing locations 4 Adding entries to the survey logbook 5 Monitoring biosampling activities Initializing GFBioField The Chief Scientist s first task is to initialize GFBioField by entering some top level information about the survey being conducted To begin click on the button labeled Chief Scientist s Tasks from the main menu Figure 4 This will open the Groundfish Survey form shown in Figure 5 Survey West Coast Vancouver Island Synoptic Survey EN Hail In No Captain Roberts Chris v Trip Type Research IOS Trip ID Start Date 06 04 2010 Catch Sold No iv End Date 06 29 2010 Offload Date Vessel Viking Storr Sample Rules WCVI Synopti Ex Survey Comment Figure 5 The Groundfish Research Survey form The Groundfish Survey form represents the top trip level hierarchy of the GFBioField data model refer back to Figure 2 Think of this form as the starting place for the survey the anchor point to which all subsequent data will be attached To complete this form start at the top by entering the survey that is being conducted then continue on an
78. mong all fishing events in the current survey 28 Catch Processing Step By Step Its useful to describe a typical catch processing scenario in detail in order to illustrate the mechanics of catch processing and to explain the use of the haul card For this discussion imagine that you are the Lab Boss and that the trawl net has just been brought on deck and its contents have been dumped into a large sorting bin As Lab Boss your duties are to enter species records and basket weights into the Haul Card and to make biosampling decisions To perform these duties you will occupy the Haul Card station which consists of a ruggedized laptop computer running GFBioField connected via a serial cable to a large platform scale used to weigh the catch baskets Figure 26 Figure 26 A typical Haul Card station setup Step 1 Opening the Haul Card and Setting Up To begin open the Haul Card Figure 22 by clicking on the Catch Processing and Biosampling button on the main menu of GFBioField Figure 4 29 Step 2 Entering Species Records The first step in catch processing is to identify the species caught and sort them separately into baskets for weighing Figure 27 P M eL LES N T e ka Ma XL t 4 7 e ge Figure 27 standard Pacific Region catch basket sitting on top of a full catch sorting bin You will normally not take part in the sort which is performed by the rest of the catch processing crew the sorting crew
79. mples the concept of fishing event is defined not as a single event in space and time but as an aggregate event representing several fishing sets occurring in a general area depth range and time In addition port samplers are not privileged to the kind of detailed information that is collected on surveys Thus the bridge log and haul card fields that are populated during a port sample are limited to just the essential ones with the overall emphasis being the recording of biological attributes To begin a port sample click on the button labeled Port Sampling from the GFBioField main menu Figure 4 which opens the Port Sample form Figure 44 The Port Sample form is specifically designed to work on small screen notebooks and tablet computers Thus the form width and height are reduced compared to other GFBioField forms and the font used for labels and fields is larger to make it more readable on small screens o simplify data entry the form uses a familiar wizard like interface that allows the sampler to focus on a limited number of related fields at a time before moving on to the next set refer to these sets of related fields as screens At the top of each screen are labels on the left and right that indicate what the previous and next screens are respectively At the bottom of each screen is a record navigation bar that you can use to navigate among records and to add new records and below that on the footer section of the Por
80. n indicated by a magnifying glass 4 mouse pointer In this mode click and hold down the left mouse button to draw a box around the region you would like to view Release the mouse button to zoom into the selected region Alternatively you can simply click the left mouse button once on the map to zoom in by 10 with the new view centered on the mouse pointer In the same manner right clicking will zoom out by 10 Changes the mouse cursor mode to Zoom Out indicated by a a mouse pointer In this mode click the left mouse button to zoom out by 10 or the right mouse button to zoom in by 10 Changes the mouse cursor mode to Pan indicated by a X mouse pointer In this mode click and hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse in any direction to move the map display Zooms to the full extent of the survey region as defined by the extents of the fishing blocks Changes the map display to the previous view Changes the mouse cursor mode to Block Info Mode indicated by a Le mouse pointer In this mode click the left mouse button on any fishing block to open the Block Properties form Click to display labels for each fishing block The value of the label is the block designation id eed Click again to turn off the labels Shows the current location of the fishing vessel Click to turns on continuous tracking of the vessel position The position of the vessel is Vessel updated every 5 seconds Click again t
81. n Haul 900 Species Code 602 Species Name Arrowtooth flounder Landed Weight 750 bs Verification Sorted And Weighed g Record M Loi gt nt x v Filtered Search Previous Next gt i Figure 47 The Species Landed screen of the Port Sample form Species Landed The Species Landed screen shows information for the landed species that you are going to sample It includes the following fields Species Code Enter the three character Pacific Region code for the species When you enter a valid species code the species name is automatically updated Species Name Enter the common name of the species When you enter a valid species name the species code is automatically updated Landed Weight Enter the landed weight of the species in pounds This should represent the total landed weight of the species for the area not just the weight of fish that you are sampling Verification Enter the weight verification method used to determine the total landed weight Once you ve finished with the Species Landed screen click the save button to save the record and then the Next button to move on to the Samples and Specimens screen Figure 48 49 Frosti Arrowtooth flounder Sample From Haul 900 Previous Species Landed Sample Date 4 12 2010 Sampler Anderson Kristina Port Prince Ruper Plant B c packers Sample Type Random Storage Method Slush Form Round Mat Conv
82. n click on the question mark icon n to the right of the field to open the Vessel Lookup Utility Figure 6 8 Fa Vessel Lookup Utility Vessel Lookup Vessel Name use for wildcard searches Viking Add New ID Double click a code to enter itinto the current vessel id field Name Viking Leader 2 436 2 Viking Sky 460 3 Viking Storm 481 1 Viking Pride 509 1 Viking Moon 568 1 Viking Enterprise 570 1 Viking Cavalier 706 1 Viking Sunrise D Record I4 1 of 19 b Nk A Search ees Figure 6 The Vessel Lookup Utility To use the Vessel Lookup Utility type the name or partial name of the vessel into the Vessel Name field You may use the character as a wildcard For example to find all vessels that begin with Viking type Viking and then press the enter key or click on the Search button to return the list of all matching vessels To enter a matching vessel into the survey form simply double click on the vessel id Doing so will update the survey form and close the Vessel Lookup Utility Captain Enter the name of the captain of the survey vessel As with the vessel name you may type in a name last name followed by a comma a space and then first name you may select a name from the drop down list provided or you may use the Captain Lookup Utility Figure 7 by clicking on the question mark icon to the right of the field 2 The Captain Lookup U
83. n the footer section of the Haul Card Figure 33 Print Close Catch Composition Form Vessel Viking Storm Set Number Recorder Norm Species Pacific Ocean Perch Rougheye Rockfish Pacific Cod Big Skate Red Rock Crab Remarks Figure 33 The haul card report Total Catch 396 455 394 056 ALA 34 Wednesday March 10 2010 1 23 59 PM Page 1 of 1 2 Stratum 65 Date Time Feb 25 2010 3 21PM 94 01 24 00 43 23 26 78 80 34 26 78 26 78 26 78 34 50 34 50 34 50 34 50 24 34 2434 6 70 5 70 0 30 0 30 21469 Code Weight kg Count Wt Verification and Use 3 Age 0 Discarded 0 Discarded Sorted And Weighed 2 Weight 0 Discarded 0 Discarded Sorted And Weighed 2 Weight Sorted And Weighed 3 Age Sorted And Weighed 1 Lenath Sorted And Weighed 2 Weight D Discarded 35 BIOLOGICAL SAMPLING Biological sampling is conducted after the catch processing has been completed or while it s still ongoing as long as one or more catch baskets have been set aside for sampling To begin take the sample baskets to a biological sampling station Figure 34 Baskets tagged for sampling will contain a white plastic card lying on top of the fish that indicates what set the fish came from what kind of sample should be conducted and whether the sample is total catch or random Figure 34 A typical biological sampling station consists of a ruggedized laptop computer
84. ned for food Basket contents were retained for consumption by the crew When you indicate via the Use field that a basket should be subject to a biological sample you should immediately tag the basket and set it aside for later sampling In the Pacific Region catch baskets are tagged using a white plastic card on which the Lab Boss writes down the set number the type of sample to take e g LS for length sex frequency and whether the sample is a total catch or random sample After writing down this information the Lab Boss places the card on top of the fish in the basket such that it is plainly visible and sets the basket to the side for later sampling Every time you complete a basket weight entry close the Basket Weights form by pressing the End key on the keyboard or by clicking on the OK button As the form closes the total weight of all baskets recorded for the species is automatically summed and shown in the Weight field of the Haul Card In fact it is not possible to enter or edit the weight shown on the Haul Card all additions or changes made to a species total weight must be made via the Basket Weights form If you need to open the Basket Weights form to make manual corrections press the F2 key while the Haul Card Weight field is active When you ve completed catch processing for the fishing event make sure you print a hard copy of the Haul Card report which can be accessed using the Haul Card Report button o
85. ntal Data Bridge Log Report Automatically Calculate These Values View Print the Bridge Log Report 00 19 00 Le W Use Timer sm sn m Catch im mm d El Verify the set number Verify the gear type When the trawl net is deployed and the trawl doors enter the water click the 1 Start Gear Deployment button When the fishing master or captain indicates that the trawl net is on the sea floor and fishing click the 2 Start Fishing button Verify that the start latitude and longitude fields populate Enter them manually if they do not 65 9 When the timer alarm sounds tell the fishing master or captain to retrieve the trawl net and click the 3 End Fishing button Verify that the end latitude and longitude fields populate Enter them manually if they do not 10 When the trawl doors exit the water click the 4 End Gear Retrieval button 11 Verify that that all eight start and end position fields have been populated 12 Select the usability of the set from the drop down list 13 Ensure that the Grouping Stratum and Block Designation fields are populated then click on the View Update button to open the Block Properties form Kc Block Properties i Current Block Status Block Centre Centre Depth Group Set Desig Lat Lon m Code Num Status Bm 51 054 127 916 150 19 1 Successfully fished on first attempt Block History Date Description of Activity kl 01 25 20
86. o turn off Tracking Take a snap shot of the current map view You can then copy the snap shot to the clipboard for pasting into other applications Refresh the map display 22 Modifying the Survey Design Modifying the survey design should only be done prior to conducting the survey In general you will rarely need to change the survey design once you have begun the survey However there are exceptions as discussed below To open the Survey Design form click on the button labeled Modify the Survey Design on the Fishing Locations form Figure 15 The Survey Design form is a simple form that displays the number of allocated blocks per survey grouping code or stratum Figure 17 rz survey Design Grouping Grouping Allocated Code Description Blocks South 50 m to 125 m 43 19 South 125 m to 200 m 75 20 South 200 m to 330 m 35 21 South 330 m to 500 m 10 22 North 50 m to 125 m 20 23 North 125 m to 200 m 61 24 North 200 m to 330 m 48 25 North 330 m to 500 m S Close New Add Remove Frame Blocks Blocks Figure 17 The Survey Design form To select an entirely new set of randomly selected survey locations known as a sampling frame click on the button labeled New Frame at the bottom of the form This will completely eliminate any existing blocks and randomly select a number of new blocks in each stratum as specified in the Allocated Blocks column Because of the disastrous potential to over write the blocks of
87. ode In this mode you can click and drag the map display in any direction Zooms to the full extent of the map m Turns on and off fishing ground labels Latitude 4923 36 Shows the current location of the mouse pointer in degrees and decimal minutes Longitude 127 1 61 selected Ground Indicates the selected fishing ground Nootka Shows the top boundary of the current map display in degrees and decimal minutes Bottom 49 2 92 Shows the bottom boundary of the current map display in degrees and decimal minutes Left 127 38 00 Shows the left boundary of the current map display in degrees and decimal minutes Right 126 23 53 Shows the right boundary of the current map display in degrees and decimal minutes Closes the Fishing Ground form and transfers the selected fishing ground to the fishing ground field of the Fishing Information screen Closes the Fishing Ground form without making any changes to the fishing ground field of the Fishing Information screen Areas Major Minor and Locality These three fields indicate the major and minor statistical fishing areas and the fishing locality They are automatically populated when you enter the fishing ground When you ve completed the Fishing Information screen click the save button and then the Next button to move to the Species Landed screen Figure 47 48 lt Previous Fishing Information Next Samples and Specimens gt Frosti Species Landed o
88. olith tray cell with the cell indicated on the Bio Sample Entry form and make sure they match If they do match indicate that you have performed the cross reference by checking off the OtoChk field If they don t match do not continue with the sample until you have resolved the discrepancy Move on to the next fish by swiping the E function key with the board in function mode or have your assistant manually move to the next record on the Bio Sample Entry form and repeat steps 4 7 until the sample is completed When you re finished recording all the fish in the sample press the Process button on the Bio Sample Entry form to process the recorded fish records back on to the Sample form 10 On the Sample form note that the sample weights for male female and total have been automatically populated as well as the sampled attributes To complete the sample click on the Sample Report button to view and print the sample report to create a paper copy of the sample Figure 40 40 E Thursday April 08 2010 Print Close 9 00 53 AM Rougheye Rockfish 394 degen Biological Sampling Report for Sample Id 7025 Date Feb 25 2010 Attributes Sampled LWSMA Tray No 1 Set No 2 Vessel Viking Storm Cruise ID Samp Wt 19 22 Depth 152 to 151 Gear Bottom Trawl Sampler Rob Kronlund Sample Type Random Num Fish 8 Recorder Norm Olsen Fish No Weight Length Sex Maturity Collected Cell No Remarks gram iest 1 2 cm 3840001 2423 nar
89. ological sample or some other use Table 7 The comment field can contain any relevant comment about the basket Finally the ocale ld is the Id number of the scale used to weigh the basket This defaults to the Id of the scale entered on the main Haul Card form so normally you can just ignore this field However there might be occasions when you need to use a different scale to weight the basket contents For example for very small catch amounts where the precision of the platform scale is not sufficient to record the weight In such cases you will need to change the scale Id to reflect the scale used to measure the basket contents Table 6 Fields of the Basket Weights form detail section Description The weight kg of the basket The number of pieces in the basket Use How the basket was used 0 Discarded 1 Length frequency sample 2 Weight sample 3 Age sample 4 Other sample 5 Retained for sale 6 Retained for identification 7 Retained for food Comment Any general comment about the basket Scale Id The sequential Id of the basket for the current species in this set starting at 1 33 Table 7 Basket utilization codes Code Description 4 Other Basket contents were used for some other kind of sample specify the sample type in the comments field 5 Retained for sale Basket contents were retained for sale 6 Retained for ID Basket contents were retained for species identification 7 Crew retai
90. on the configuration form to obtain an example message from your scale With the scale connected to the computer and providing the communications parameters have already been set correctly click on the Test button and then within the timeout period press the record button on the scale The message that appears in the field under the Test button represents an unprocessed message from the scale 63 APPENDIX C DATA ENTRY QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES STARTING A NEW SURVEY 1 Start GFBioField and from the main menu click on the Chief Scientists Tasks button which opens the Survey form W Groundfish Surve Survey 2 Queen Charlotte Sound Synoptic Survey D Hail In No Captain Roberts Chris Trip Tyf amp Research el IOS Trip ID Start Da 07 07 2009 Catch Soldf Yes D End Date Offload Date Survey Comment e EH Ki Fishing iosample Ke Locations Logbook Report 2 Select the survey that is being conducted from the Survey drop down list 3 Select the trip type normally Research or Charter from the Trip Type drop down list 4 Enter the start date or select it from the interactive calendar o Enter the vessel name or select it from the drop down list or use the Vessel Lookup utility by clicking on the question mark button 6 Enter the captain name last name first name or select it from the drop down list or use the Captain lookup utility by clicking on the question mark
91. pdating the Warp Length field as this value is fairly important and usually changes with each set CTD and Environmental Data The CTD and Environmental Data section consists of a single command button labeled View Update Environmental Data which you can click on to open up the CTD and Environmental Data form Figure 13 18 Ei CTD and Environmental Data Water Temperature Temp Depth Celcius metres Method Surface 12 3 3 hermosalinograph Bottom 8 150 1 Sru 06 Sgm 15 Modal CTD Ref Number Wind FA Direction 180 v BeaufortScale 2v Speed knts 5 Sea Swell Height 2 Tide Flood Sky Sun shining Cloud Cover Luminescence Comment Heavy fog Figure 13 The CTD and Environmental Data from CTD and environmental data entry is optional Fill these fields in at your discretion Bridge Log Report Bridge Log Report View Print the Bridge Log Report When you have finished entering information into the Bridge Log form you should create a paper copy of the information by printing a Bridge Log report Figure 14 To view the report click on the button labeled View Print the Bridge Log Report found in the Bridge Log Report section The Bridge Log report does not show all of the fields available on the Bridge Log form but it does include all of the important fields and effectively mimics the old bridge log paper forms that were historically filled out on groundfish surveys Printing
92. ples Collected Length Stratified Dorsal Fins Collected Sarcotaces Noted Ok Cancel Click on OK to return to the Bio Sample Entry form 14 Click on the Start FMB button to start the fish measuring board 15 For age and weight samples click on the Start Scale button to start the bench top scale Steps 16 through 19 apply to age samples only 16 Verify the starting fish number Fish numbers for age samples run sequentially throughout the survey 72 17 Verify fish prefix It should be the species code for the species this is a standard convention for age samples 18 Verify the otolith tray number 19 Verify the otolith cell number Valid cell numbers follow the format RCC where R the row label A to E and CC the column number 01 to 20 20 Verify the length type 21 Verify the length unit 22 Verify the weight type 23 Verify the weight unit 24 Enter the ID of the fish measuring board 25 f applicable enter the ID of the scale 26 Setup is now complete and you are ready to begin measuring individual fish 73 Entering Age Samples 1 Follow the instructions given in Setting up a Sample on page 70 2 For each fish in the sample a Place the fish on the scale and when the ready indicator lights up press b f record Place the fish on the measuring board and with the board in Length mode record the length olide the fish forward onto the cutt
93. r you simply click on the associated event buttons as follows 1 As the trawl doors enter the water click 1 Start Gear Deployment This inserts the current date and time into the field to the right of the button 2 Once the net is fishing on the bottom click 2 Start Fishing This starts the fishing event timer at the bottom right of the bridge log which counts down from 19 minutes or however long you ve set it to In addition a number of form fields are automatically populated using data obtained over the network At the very minimum this includes the start latitude and 15 longitude of the vessel but also usually includes the starting bottom depth Finally the current date and time are entered into the field to the right of the button 3 When the timer alarm sounds ask the vessel captain or fishing master to begin retrieving the trawl gear When that happens click 3 End Fishing As with the Start Fishing button this causes a number of form fields to be automatically populated but this time the number of fields involved is much more extensive First the end latitude and longitude of the vessel is populated and usually the end bottom depth Next the average vessel speed average trawl doorspread and average headrope height are calculated and populated into fields in the trawl specs form described later Finally a number of spatially derived fields located in the bridge log section labeled Spatial Information ar
94. rder for GFBioField to successfully interpret the weight that is output by the Marel scale you must provide GFBioField with specific information that describes the nature of the message output by the scale Both the serial port communications parameters and the scale message identification information can be configured independently for the platform scale used by the Haul Card form Figure 22 and for the bench top scale used by the Bio Sample Entry form Figure 37 To access the scale communications configuration form Figure 59 from either of these two forms click on the button labeled Scale Setup lal Platform Scale Communications Configuration Serial Port Settings Scale Record Description Port COM1 m Record ID kg Baud 4800 Delimiter Data Bits 8 w Field Number 1 Parity None Start Position Stop Bits 1 Iv Length Flow Control Hardware Timeout 5 Enabled Figure 59 The Scale Communications Configuration form On the left side of the scale communications configuration form are the fields used to configure the serial port parameters The Port field indicates the serial port on the computer that the Marel scale is plugged in to If you click on the combo box arrow for this field you can select the port from a list of the available ports on the computer only valid ports for that computer will be shown All of the other serial port parameters except Timeout should be set to match the values used on
95. roundfish trawl survey data It runs on Windows platforms XP Vista and 7 using a Microsoft Access 2007 project to provide user interfaces and business logic with a SQL Server 2008 database as the back end Various third party and custom ActiveX and COM components provide the ability to communicate with serial USB and networked devices including Scantrol FishMeter fish measuring boards Marel marine scales GPS and others The system utilizes off the shelf ruggedized laptops and weather proof marine scales and measuring boards to provide a complete at sea data acquisition solution This document is a guide to using GFBioField with a task oriented focus on entering the data generated by groundfish trawl surveys It is not intended as a technical reference to GFBioField and does not describe hardware or software configuration R SUM Olsen N 2010 A user s guide to GFBioField The Pacific Region s at sea data acquisition system for groundfish trawl surveys Can Tech Rep Fish Aquat Sci 2887 x 76 p GFBioField est un syst me d acquisition de donn es concu pour la collecte en mer de donn es relatives aux poissons de fonds vis s par la p che au chalut Il fonctionne sous les syst mes d exploitation Windows XP Vista et 7 ll utilise un projet Microsoft Access 2007 afin de fournir aux utilisateurs des interfaces et une logique m tier reposant sur une base de donn es SQL Server 2008 Divers l ments personnalis s ActiveX et C
96. s Numbers 715 924 were issued as Department of Fisheries and the Environment Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Reports The current series name was changed with report number 925 Technical reports are produced regionally but are numbered nationally Requests for individual reports will be filled by the establishment listed on the front cover and title page Out of stock reports will be supplied for a fee by commercial agents Rapport technique canadien des sciences halieutiques et aquatiques Les rapports techniques contiennent des renseignements scientifiques et techniques qui constituent une contribution aux connaissances actuelles mais qui ne sont pas normalement appropri s pour la publication dans un journal scientifique Les rapports techniques sont destin s essentiellement un public international et ils sont distribu s cet chelon Il n y a aucune restriction quant au sujet de fait la s rie refl te la vaste gamme des int r ts et des politiques du minist re des P ches et des Oc ans c est dire les sciences halieutiques et aquatiques Les rapports techniques peuvent tre cit s comme des publications completes Le titre exact parait au dessus du r sum de chaque rapport Les rapports techniques sont r sum s dans la revue R sum s des sciences aquatiques et halieutiques et ils sont class s dans lindex annuel des publications scientifiques et techniques du Ministere Les num ros 1 456 de cette s rie ont
97. s Onychoteuthidae 95 Common Clubhook Sc Onychoteuthis Banksii 92R Giant Squid Architeuthis Martensi QRA nnate Gide Ennatilas v close Figure 29 The Species Search form After you insert a new species take note of the numbers listed in the fields R L and A on the right side of the species record on the Haul Card form The R field denotes the age sampling importance rank of the species which can range in order of importance from 1 to 3 The meaning of these ranks in terms of actual sampling activity can vary by survey and year as the sampling protocols are adjusted The L field 31 indicates the minimum number of fish that are required to conduct a length frequency sample and the A field gives the minimum number required for an age sample Together these three fields R L and A are used by the Lab Boss to make biological sampling decisions within the guidelines set out by the sampling protocol for the survey Step 3 Weighing Baskets Prior to weighing any baskets ensure that the scale is properly calibrated and tared with an empty catch basket Open the connection between the GFBioField and the scale by clicking on the Start Scale button on the Haul Card While the catch sorting is ongoing the sorting crew will transport full catch baskets to the haul card station and place them on the platform scale If you haven t done so already enter a species record for the species in the basket and
98. section grows as more species records are added until when no more records can fit on the form they become hidden When that happens you can use the vertical scroll bar located on the right side of the section to scroll up and down through the record set Code Species Name Weight Count Verification Comment R L A Sample 396 Pacific Ocean Perch w 94 01 1 Sorted Av He MESA 455 Sablefish w 80 34 1 Sorted Ax B 5 Nw 405 Silvergray Rockfish w 34 50 1 Sorted Av Bl 5 wes w 394 Rougheye Rockfish w 34 50 1 Sorted A 10 15 Weel A 222 Pacific Cod w 24 34 1 Sorted A N gt p 056 Big Skate 6 70 1 1 Sorted A H w XLA Red Rock Crab 0 30 1 1 Sorted Ax 557 Blackfin Poacher w 2 30 1 Sorted A 3S6 Bubble Gum Coral w 1 20 1 Sorted A 245 Blackbelly Eelpout Et 1 Sorted A Ms No 059 Longnose Skate 8 70 1 1 Sorted Av B 5 New 2115 Gea Pen vii nn 411 Sorted Av I Figure 24 The Haul Card details section To view hidden species records use the vertical scroll bar located on the right Table 4 Fields of the Haul Card form species detail section Field Description Verification The method used to verify the weight of the species Comment General comment for the catch record R The sample importance rank of the species L The minimum number of pieces required to conduct a length frequency sample A The minimum number of pieces required to conduct an age sample Sample The sample indic
99. set 5 Figure 51 a and drag it onto the set 6 label Figure 51 b to relocate it there Figure 51 c d Set 004 d Set 005 o fe 059 Longnose skate 066 Spotted ratfish 4 222 Pacific cod he 228 Walleye pollock Be 396 Pacific ocean perch Re 3G0 Jellyfish 414 Greenstriped rockfish he 439 Redstripe rockfish ANE V 450 Sharpchin rockfish 467 Lingcod K Arrowtooth flounder 607 Petrale sole he 610 Rex sole R 614 Pacific halibut V SDF Prawn Gd Set 006 Se 14A Abalones 396 Pacific ocean perch Se 437 Canary rockfish Vx ASS Cahlafich amp 3 Refresh View Mat a a 53 Hef Set 004 2 d Set 005 059 Longnose skate mz B 066 Spotted ratfish 222 Pacific cod he 228 Walleye pollock Ee 396 Pacific ocean perch gt 3G0 Jellyfish 414 Greenstriped rockfish H 439 Redstripe rockfish V 450 Sharpchin rockfish P 467 Lingcod 607 Petrale sole he 610 Rex sole 614 Pacific halibut V SDF Prawn a d Set 006N I 14A dalones 396 Pacific ocean perch s 437 Canary rockfish Kx ASK Cahlafich 3 Refresh View b Qs Exit 066 Spotted ratfish 222 Pacific cod H 228 Walleye pollock Re 396 Pacific ocean perch 3G0 Jellyfish 414 Greenstriped rockfish H 43
100. simple in practice 11 Viking Storm Bridge Log Header Information Date 02 25 2010 Recorder Olsen Norm Set Number 2 Gear Bottom Trawl 1 Start Gear Deployment 02 25 2010 14 52 45 2 Start Fishing 02 25 2010 15 02 04 3 End Fishing 02 25 2010 15 21 33 Sounder 4 End Gear Retrieval 02 25 2010 15 40 17 Weather Heavy fog Start and End Positions Miscellaneous Start Latitude 48 23 409 Start Longitude 125 22 912 End Latitude 48 23 452 End Longitude 125 22 851 Bottom Depth Depth Units Metres Beginning 152 Ending Comments Reason for Fishing Fishing Ground South Finger mportant Record how the Fully Usable v set turned out Spatial Information Major Stat 03 Minor Stat 21 Distance Traveled 1 8 km e Locality 7 Direction of Set T 41 PFMA 121 Grouping Stratum 65 Important Update block Information View Update n M Automatically Calculate These Values eL bL Figure 9 The Bridge Log form 12 Table 2 The data entry sections of the Bridge Log form Section Description Header Information The Header Information section provides fields for the date and Date 02 25 2010 Recorder Olsen Norm number of the fishing event as well as the recorder s name and Set Number 2 Gear Bottom Trawl the gear type n The Fishing section contains the four command buttons that MIL si Pe 02 25 2010 14 52 45 represent the four key e
101. t Sample form are a number of command buttons that are available on every screen Table 8 Next Fishing Information Port Sample Offload Header Captain Vessel g Hail In Offload Date Remarks Export Record 4 4 2 of 2 gt Pl ok Search Figure 44 The Port Sample form showing the Offload Header screen 44 Table 8 Command buttons on the footer section of the Port Sample form Command Button Function Navigate to the previous data entry screen MS Navigate to the next data entry screen Open the Data Explorer used to quickly navigate through the available data in GFBioField Delete the current record and all attached information Save the current record Exit the Port Sample form Each of the Port Sample Port Sample data entry screens is discussed in the following sections Port Sample Offload Header The Port Sample Offload Header screen Figure 44 represents the trip level information of the port sample and includes the following fields Captain Enter the name of the vessel captain last name followed by first or select the captain from the drop down list Vessel Enter the name of the vessel or select it from the drop down list Hail In Enter the hail in number assigned to the vessel prior to offloading Offload Date Enter the date that the fish were offloaded Remarks Enter any remarks you d like to make regarding the offload Notice that even after you ve fille
102. t the maturity convention from the drop down list 9 Enter any comments for the sample and sample type 71 10 If you are conducting a length frequency sample enter the total sample weight of each sex into the Sample Weights section and click the sum button to calculate a total sample weight 11 When you are ready to begin recording individual fish click on the Record Fish button on the lower left of the Sample form to open the Bio Sample Entry form Pacific ocean perch sample from set 4 Current Fish Number Starting Fish 4846 Fish Prefix 3967 Otolith Tray 1 48 Starting Cell C0819 Length Type 1 Fork Length2 Length Unit 13 Millime amp r t FMB 1 USB 1 10001 94 Weight Type 10 Round 22 Weight Unit 3 Gram 93 Scale 4 M2000 6 kg 25 EIE aii Options Fish Weight Length Sex Mat Otoliths Tray Cell OtoCk Genen E E E i Load file Record M lofi Search e No Filt 4 Setup FMB Start FMB 14 Setup Scale Start Scale 15 12 Verify that the caption at the top of the Bio Sample Entry form is correct 13 Click on the Setup button to open the Bio Sample Setup form Check off all the attributes that you will be recording during the sample KZ Bio Sample Setup c5 Bio Sample Setup H Sex 7 Weight 7 Maturity Dorsal Spines Collected Pectoral Collected Vertebrae Collected 7 Otoliths Collected Stomachs Sampled Genetic Sam
103. th this feature makes it more difficult to make a correction For that reason the Bio Sample form operates in both data entry and data edit modes that you can switch between using the E function key In data entry mode the auto record increment feature is turned on but in data edit mode it s turned off So 42 if you swipe an incorrect length place the form in data edit mode by placing the measuring board into function mode and swiping the E key Next move up to the record with the incorrect length by using the up arrow function key then switch the board back to length mode and swipe the correct length Next switch the board back to function mode and swipe the E key again to return to data entry mode which will automatically position you on a new fish record ready to accept the next fish in the sample When yourre finished recording all fish in the sample click on the Process button to process the records back to the Sample form From there click on the Sample Report button to view and print a paper copy of the sample Figure 40 43 PORT SAMPLING Port samples are normally conducted by an individual sampler during vessel offloads at fish processing plants Because port samples are taken at the end of a fishing trip or sometimes from mid trip offloads from catch that was caught from multiple fishing events the standard GFBioField data model employed during research surveys has to be modified somewhat In particular for port sa
104. the set number and the usability of the fishing event that you just completed which is another example of why updating the usability of the event is so important Figure 11 The Block Properties form Any time the current status is updated either by using the Auto Update button or by manually updating a record is automatically inserted into the Block History section This allows you to keep track of everything that happens to a fishing block over the course of many surveys You can also enter ad hoc records into the Block History section Just click in the field titled Description of Activity in a new record denoted by the in the record selector bar to the left of the record and begin typing The current date and time will be automatically inserted into the Date column On the bottom left of the Block Properties form is a small diagram of the current fishing block showing the block designation id in the center of the block and a representation of the vessel track showing the start S and finish F locations joined by a straight line When you are finished updating the block properties click on the save button and then the exit button to close the form and return to the Bridge Log form 17 Trawl Specifications Trawl Specifications View Update Trawl Specifications l ve skipped over the Bottom Depth and Comments sections which are both optional especially given that the start and end bottom depths should have alr
105. they are bound to a specific table and the controls on them are associated with specific fields from that table For example the form shown in Figure 3 is bound to the TRIP table of the GFBioField database and the text box control labeled Start Date is associated with the field TRIP START DATE Thus changing the value of the Start Date control also changes the value of the TRIP START DATE field in the TRIP table Controls that are associated with database fields in this way are often simply referred to as fields to reflect this relationship and will use this terminology throughout this document Only certain control types can be associated with table fields including the text box list box combo box check box and radio button controls As you enter or edit data in a form you can navigate between controls using a variety of methods With the keyboard you can use the Tab or Enter key to move to the next control or the Shift Tab key combination to move to the previous control Using the mouse you can simply click on a given control to give it the focus I e make it the active control However keep in mind that clicking on command buttons will cause them to immediately perform the action for which they were programmed The controls on a form are arranged in a logical sequence that models the data entry task For example a form might contain start time and end time fields where the start time field is logically prior to the
106. this dual mode capability the measuring board has mode switching keys located at the end of the board to the far right of the measurement scale Figure 53 C Activating the L key puts the board into length mode while activating the F key puts it into function mode dsl A Qui ul i M i M V E IRE LER ITI i BS eebe mer mm Te r n2 XE ih a m T T ld OUT EB Te OA Figure 53 A 100 cm Scantrol FishMeter fish measuring board A Magnetic activation strip B Function keys C Mode selection keys D Millimeter measuring strip i i Lt ds 40 4s 50 de 60 65 70 CH alt n i DA 7 Fan Willi 1 Lr Ti During operation measurements are recorded using a plastic magnetic device that attaches to the operators index finger Figure 54 l Il refer to this device as the finger magnet The finger magnet contains a small magnet that when swiped or tapped against the fish measuring board s array of magnetic sensors activates the sensor directly under the magnet which results in a measurement at that point Due to the alignment of the magnetic array and the location of the magnet in the tip of the finger magnet the finger magnet has to be worn in a specific way such that the small raised triangle highlighted in Figure 54 is on the left side of the operator s index finger Wearing the finger magnet in any other configuration will result in inaccurate
107. tility operates in the same manner as the Vessel Lookup Utility except that you can search on either first name or last name or both gt Captain Lookup Utility Captain First Name Last Name Olse j Double click an ID to enter it into the Add New captain id field on the trip form ID First Name M Last Name i Erling Olsen 353 Jason Olsen Record H4 1 of 2 gt Nk HL Search Close Figure 7 The Captain Lookup Utility IOS Trip ID If available enter the identification number for the survey as provided by the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Victoria British Columbia In practice this field is rarely used and can normally be left blank Catch Sold For charters using commercial vessels where the catch will be sold indicate this by selecting Yes from the drop down list otherwise leave the default value of No Offload Date When the catch is being sold enter the date of the last offload As with the other date fields you may interactively select a date from a calendar by clicking on the small calendar icon to the right of this field Sample Rules From the drop down list select the sampling protocol rules to be used during catch processing to select species for biological sampling The value of this field determines what rules will be applied during catch processing so ensure that this field is updated appropriately 10 Survey Comment Ent
108. to find all species with squid in the common name you would enter squid into the search phrase field select Common Name and All Species or Inverts from the Search On and Limit Results To sections and then click on the Search button T 54 x gi Species Search Search Phrase squid Search On Common Name Taxonomic Name O Code Limit Results To All Species C Fish Rockfish Flatfish Roundfish Cartilaginous Fish Inverts Common Survey Fish Common Survey Inverts Results Cdd Common Name Taxonomic Name L E Hoen Boreal Clubhook Sou Onychoteuthis Borealijapc 95G Boreopacific Gonate Gonatopsis Borealis 95N Clawed Armhook Squi Gonatus Onyx 95 Clubhook Squids Onychoteuthidae 95 Common Clubhook Sc Onychoteuthis Banksii 92R Giant Squid Architeuthis Martensi QSA Ganate Sanide Gonaticdae w Figure 52 The Species Search form Search results appear in the data grid on the bottom half of the form When your search results consist of multiple species you can sort the results in ascending or descending order by code common name or taxonomic name by clicking the small button located to the right of each column header Click a button once to sort the results into ascending order click it again to sort in descending order PORT SAMPLE UPLOAD The Port Sample Upload tool is used to upload biological samples collected by port samplers into a master port sample databas
109. vents that occur during a fishing event 2 Start Fishing 02 25 2010 15 02 04 Clicking on these buttons triggers the automated data collection 3 End Fishing ___ 02 25 2010 15 21 33 actions associated with these events 4 End Gear Retrieval 02 25 2010 15 40 17 Start and End Positions The Start and End Positions section lists the start and end position Start Latitude 48 23 220 Start Longitude 125 19 020 of the fishing event in degrees and decimal minutes of latitude and End Latitude 48 23 580 End Longitude 125 17 400 longitude These fields are automatically populated BESSE Rec The Usability section provides a single field for updating the Usability Fail No Usable Data set turned out usability of the fishing event The Spatial Information section lists several fields that are automatically populated from the recorded start and end positions Distance Traveled 18km of the fishing event In addition a command button is provided for 7 Direction of Set T 1 access to the fishing block properties form Grouping Stratum 65 3 Block Designation 1 Important Update block Information gt View Update PX The Bottom Depth section provides fields for the beginning and Depth Units Metres ending bottom depth plus units A command button is also Beginning 152 Ending 151 provided for access to a form containing additional depth fields Keng The Comments section provides five fields for recording ad hoc

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