The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducts comprehensive surveys in all of
the eight large marine ecosystems within the U.S. EEZ. The surveys are a national resource and should be accessible to the public.

This inventory of NMFS surveys and observations enables the integration of related survey data and metadata on a national level.

The project is being carried out in phases. Phase 1 has been completed, and serves as a prototype “snapshot” of NMFS surveys that were conducted within a one-year time frame.

Click on the map for survey locations
in different region.