Fish occurrence data have been collected within the North Slope study area, however most of these data are presently available only in non-digitized format (e.g., hardcopies, inventory reports, unpublished data, etc.). Due to the lack of spatial data available, Alaska Natural Heritage Program began collaboration with BLM fisheries biologists to assist with their efforts to enter these fish distribution datasets into the geodatabase RipFish that was developed and is maintained by BLM. Our contribution to this database serves as a final product for the Aquatic Fine-Filter CEs for the Rapid Ecoregional Assessment and will allow managers to readily have access to fish distribution data and conduct future spatial analyses. This dataset [...]
