VARIABLE	LEGAL_VALUES	DESCRIPTION
COMMENT		
INDEX_NCCA15		"Index visit for NCCA 2015 survey - applies to both estuary and Great Lakes sites that are part of NCCA; Y = Yes. N, NA or [blank] = No"
LAT_DD		"Latitude in decimal degrees of first fish activity if different from coordinates of other sample collection. If blank, fish collection coordinates are the same as other samples. See Sitedata file for coordinates."
LON_DD		"Longitude in decimal degrees of first fish activity if different from coordinates of other sample collection. If blank, fish collection coordinates are the same as other samples. See Sitedata file for coordinates."
ACTUAL_DATE		Actual date of fish sample collection. Fish specimen collection date may vary from collection date other samples
NAME_SCI		Genus and Species of specimen
NOT_COLLECTED	|Y|N	Sample was NOT taken at this site (Y= samples was not taken)
SAMPLE_ID		Sample ID
LENGTH		Length of fish specimen (mm) from the anterior-most part of the fish to the tip of the longest caudal fin ray (when the lobes of the caudal fin are depressed dorsoventrally)
PSTL_CODE		State (US) or Province (Canada) abbreviation
STUDY		Study name. Legal Values for Great Lakes is NearShorePlusBays
DATE_COL	|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12	"Date samples were collected at the site. Fish specimen collection date may differ. See ""ACTUAL_DATE"" column for fish speciment collection date."
SITE_ID		Site id
VISIT_NO	|1|2	Visit: 1/2
YEAR		Year site visited
NCCA_REG	Northeast|Southeast|Gulf|West|Great Lakes|	"National Coastal Condition Assessment Region.  Northeast includes states ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, MD, DE, and VA.  Southeast includes NC, SC, GA, and east coast of FL.  Gulf Coast  includes the west coast of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. West coast includes Washington, Oregon and California. Great Lakes includes Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario. No missing values allowed."
PUBLICATION_DATE		Date the dataset was published to the NARS site
UID		Unique identifier for the site/visit
SAMPLE_TYPE		Code identifying sample type. FTIS = Ecological (whole fish) sample for ecological fish tissue contaminant index.
SPECIMEN_ID		Concatenation of SAMPLE_ID and LINE; identifies individual specimens in a sample.