Comment EventFailure Definition Required None None or No Failure No Temporary - sea conditions Temporarily leave site due to sea (rough) Yes (comment req.) conditions Temporary - atmosphere Temporarily site due to atmosphere Yes (comment req.) (wind, lightning) conditions Temporary - mechanical Temporarily leave site due to vessel Yes (comment req.) mechanical issues Pre-abandoned (comment Site pre-abandoned prior to starting of Yes req.) survey Site plots on land from vessel navigation Site On Land (comment req.) Yes system or nautical charts Captain refuses to sample site because of Vessel safety (comment req.) vessel safety procedures (e.g., too close Yes to shore) No Access Allowed (comment An authority denies access to site for Yes req.) sampling (e.g., navy) a temporary visit, site remains Prolonged seas No unsamplable due to rough seas Bottom salinity < 25 psu/ppt at an Bottom salinity <25psu No/Yes estuary strata station Depth < 3 m at an estuary strata station Too Shallow (comment req.) or < 6 m at a embayment/inner shelf Yes strata station Too many Failures (a minimum of Too many Event Failures grab attempts or a minimum of 2 trawl Yes (comment req.) attempts needed before abandonment) A man-made obstacle (e.g., dock, Anthropogenic obstruction freighter, immovable large debris, etc.) Yes (comment req.) prevents sampling the site A natural obstacle (e.g., kelp bed, Natural hard bottom pinnacle, low relief rocky bottom, etc.) Yes obstructions (comment req.) prevents sampling the site Site unsuitable for trawling (e.g., Not trawlable - smooth, fluctuating or undulating bottom, sharp yes undulating bottom curve or turn) Not samplable - other - another reason not listed why site Yes (comment req.) was abandoned a temporary visit, site remains Sampling organization logistics unsamplable due to boat schedule No conflicts
EventFailure Definition Comment Required None None or No Failure No Temporary - sea conditions (comment req.) Temporarily leave site due to sea (rough) conditions Yes Temporary - atmosphere (comment req.) Temporarily site due to atmosphere (wind, lightning) conditions Yes Temporary - mechanical (comment req.) Temporarily leave site due to vessel mechanical issues Yes Pre-abandoned (comment req.) Site pre-abandoned prior to starting of survey Yes Site On Land (comment req.) Site plots on land from vessel navigation system or nautical charts Yes Vessel safety (comment req.) Captain refuses to sample site because of vessel safety procedures (e.g., too close to shore) Yes No Access Allowed (comment req.) An authority denies access to site for sampling (e.g., navy) Yes Prolonged seas a temporary visit, site remains unsamplable due to rough seas No Bottom salinity <25psu Bottom salinity < 25 psu/ppt at an estuary strata station No/Yes Too Shallow (comment req.) Depth < 3 m at an estuary strata station or < 6 m at a embayment/inner shelf strata station Yes Too many Event Failures (comment req.) Too many Failures (a minimum of grab attempts or a minimum of 2 trawl attempts needed before abandonment) Yes Anthropogenic obstruction (comment req.) A man-made obstacle (e.g., dock, freighter, immovable large debris, etc.) prevents sampling the site Yes Natural hard bottom obstructions (comment req.) A natural obstacle (e.g., kelp bed, pinnacle, low relief rocky bottom, etc.) prevents sampling the site Yes Not trawlable - smooth, undulating bottom Site unsuitable for trawling (e.g., fluctuating or undulating bottom, sharp curve or turn) yes Not samplable - other (comment req.) - another reason not listed why site was abandoned Yes Sampling organization logistics a temporary visit, site remains unsamplable due to boat schedule conflicts No