Developing a Great Lakes-wide database of coregonine stocking
Contributing Authors
James McKenna, Jr. (USGS, jemckenna@usgs.gov), Cory Brant (USGS), Wendylee Stott (DFO), Travis Taylor (USGS), Elise Grabda (USGS), Gary Whalen (MIDNR), Lisa Holst (NYSDEC), Amanda Ackiss (USGS), Fred Henson (NYSDEC)
Executive Summary
This dataset is the result of coordinated efforts to compile data associated with stocking events for whitefishes and ciscoes (members of the Coregoninae subfamily) of Great Lakes origin. The dataset includes more than 4,700 records associated with coregonine stocking, from over 150 information sources, spanning the years 1870 - 2022. The compiled information includes species, quantities, dates, source location, and stocked location when present. Records were georeferenced using evidence from the original sources and were quality checked in ArcGIS Pro (datum: WGS84) to ensure concordance between coordinates and cited locations.
Outcomes
Completed data mining, resulting in 4,734 stocking records
Data records quality control and assurance checked and metadata developed
Microsoft Access (v16) database designed and populated with complied data
Great Lakes-Wide Dataset of Historical Coregonine Stocking Events | U.S. Geological Survey data release