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NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Dataset credits:
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC)

Purpose:
CCES = California Current Ecosystem Survey
Objective: Joint survey for coastal pelagic fish stock, cetaceans and seabirds, to update fish and cetacean stock assessments and study spatial predator-prey relationships.  
Vessel: NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker.  
Study area: waters off the west coasts of southern Canada (Vancouver Island), U.S., and northern Mexico (Baja California).
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