. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical The data from most of the resource surveys represented in the database (and particularly surveys conducted by the RACE Divi- sion) were collected by relatively standard procedures (see Dark et al. 1980; Gunderson and Sample 1980; Parks and Hughes 1981; and Smith and Bakkala 1982 for representative examples). Sam- pling stations were located within a study area in a prearranged pattern, usually a systematic grid. At each station a tr
. Atlas and zoogeography of common fishes in the Bering Sea and Northeastern Pacific / M. James Allen, Gary B. Smith. Fishes Bering Sea Geographical The data from most of the resource surveys represented in the database (and particularly surveys conducted by the RACE Divi- sion) were collected by relatively standard procedures (see Dark et al. 1980; Gunderson and Sample 1980; Parks and Hughes 1981; and Smith and Bakkala 1982 for representative examples). Sam- pling stations were located within a study area in a prearranged pattern, usually a systematic grid. At each station a trawl net was towed, or a fish trap was set, for a standard duration. Fish and in- vertebrates recovered in the sample were identified to the lowest reliable taxonomic level, weighed, and counted. Taxonomic iden- tifications of fishes have generally been made by fishery biologists using the best available field guides and keys, but also by specialists with particular expertise in fish systematics. The principal literature used to identify fishes in the various regions has been Wilimovsky (1958), Hitz (1981), Miller and Lea (1972), Hart (1973), and Eschmeyer and Herald (1983). In surveys conducted by the RACE Division, all standard data were edited and filed with all previous results in the NWAFC's com- puter database at the end of each cruise leg. Database retrievals and analyses The data resources in the NWAFC system are organized into three geographic databases: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Pacific Coast (Mintel and Smith 1981). The database for each area has five primary files that include the basic survey data. Two of them, haul and catch files, were used for this study. Haul file data describe the characteristics of each sampling site. At the time of this study, the haul file contained 24,881 records, distributed as follows: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 10,697; Gulf of Alaska 10,806; and Pacific Coast 3,378. Catch file data describe the catch infor
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