Map of fish density in the Gulf of Alaska

Cartoon school of fish. AFSC GAP for Python

Community contributed Python-based tools for working with public bottom trawl surveys data from the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Groundfish Assessment Program (NOAA AFSC GAP). In addition to visual analytics tools that do not require code, it provides Pythonic access to the official API service with automated pagination, convienent contextual documentation, memory efficient zero catch (absence data) inference, and easy query generation / emulation for data filtering.
Exploration Tool
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(Coming Soon) Get started right away with rich interactive in-browser visualizations all without writing any code.
Example Notebook
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Launch an editable fully in-browser practical example Jupyter notebook to try out code-based usage.
Technical Docs
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Use developer guides and API documentation to learn how to install, use, and extend the library.
Open Source
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Engage with the community on our GitHub: read the code, ask questions, report bugs, recommend features, and contribute patches.