10841 Data Set Published / External 74893 Biosampling Project In Work Contains information collected such as: lengths, weights, sex, quantity, species, etc. from various bottomfish and pelagic species during frequent visits to the United Fishing Agency Fish Auction in Honolulu, Hawaii. To collect lengths and weights for size composition analysis and compare lengths of MHI vs. NWHI species that would otherwise be unattainable. The UFA fish auction provides an easily accessible, efficient means of collecting valuable life history data. Dataset was created for the information collected from bottomfish species but during seasonal and TAC closures the sampling focus shifted to pelagic species. Opah is strongly represented in this dataset due to the discovery of a cryptic species and the additional sampling associated with this discover. Its frequent occurrence within this dataset is not an indicator of abundance, but rather a result of species-specific sampling. Theme FRMD Theme LHP Theme PIFSC Theme UFA Theme bottomfish Theme fish auction Theme pelagic Spatial Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Spatial Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA The Life History Program has relocated to the Honolulu IRC facility on Ford Island hence; most data sets are stored there. Data Set Files As Needed Table (digital) Paper data forms containing lengths and weights of fish sampled located at the IRC. All data originally recorded on paper has been entered into an Excel Spreadsheet. In November 2010, a barcode scanning device was utilized at the auction, during the time the barcode scanner was in use, hand-written data forms were not recorded. Data is updated often and some of the data is accessible using an Oracle database. Referred to as UFA_Main in Oracle Database BF and longline fishing gear Hawaii longline and bottomfish fishing vessels BF and longline fishing gear 11001 Published / External In Work Explanation of what each column could include in the UFA Sampling Data. Data Table UFA Sampling Data. 1 UFA_MAIN_ID NUMBER 6 Yes Yes Active The unique sequential number recorded within the database (this number has no significance outside of the database) starting with 1 to uniquely identify each record. NO 2 VESSEL VARCHAR2 30 Yes No Active The name of the vessel that caught the fish. NO 3 NWHI_OR_MHI CHAR 4 No No Active The region where the bottomfish or pelagic species of fish originated from. This can be determined by the vessel name if its general fishing grounds are known. All bottomfish entries after January 2010 originated from the MHI; the NWHI was closed for bottomfishing. YES The fish was caught on a pelagic fishing vessel and the location of capture was not known. NWHI, MHI MHI 4 DATE_MEASURED DATE 6 Yes No Active Date that samplers measured the fish on location at the UFA Fish Auction. NO There should always be a date recorded. 5 SPECIES VARCHAR2 50 Yes No Active Species name of the fish sampled, scientific names are used. NO 6 DRESSED_YN CHAR 1 Yes No Active Whether or not the fish was eviscerated at sea. Most fish sampled are intact except for dolphinfish, wahoo, Smith's Escolar, and Oilfish; but they too are sometimes sold without being gutted. Bottomfish are never eviscerated at sea. NO Y, N N 7 NMFS_WT_KG NUMBER 5 No No Active Weight taken by NMFS staff using a bench scale. This measurement was no longer taken after June 2009. Weight measurements collected independently of the UFA were time consuming and got in the way of normal auction operations. From June 2010 and on, the UFA weight in pounds was collected. YES The weight was not taken by NMFS staff. After June 2009, all rows in this field will be null. 8 TL_EFL_FL CHAR 3 Yes No Active What type of length was recorded, total length (TL), fork length (FL), or eye to fork length (EFL) NO It can always be determined what type of length was/would have been recorded based on the species. TL, EFL, FL FL 9 NMFS_LENGTH_TAPE_CM NUMBER 4 No No Active The length of the fish in centimeters rounded up to the nearest 0.5 cm. YES The length was not taken. 10 UFA_WT_LBS NUMBER 4 No No Active The weight given by the UFA and put onto the fish's identifying barcode tag. Weight is measured in pounds to the 0.5 lb. YES The fish is grouped into a lot so the individual weight is unknown. 11 NMFS_LENGTH_BOARD_CM NUMBER 4 No No Active The length of the fish obtained using a fish board. Comparison of measuremnts obtained using a fish board versus a fabric measuring tape began in January 2012. YES Information was collected prior to 2012 when the fish board was not in use or fish board was too small to capture measurement of large-sized bottomfish specimens. 12 NUM_OF_INDVL NUMBER 3 Yes No Active Number of fish grouped into a lot. Could be 1 to 100+ NO Each fish is part of a lot. If more than one fish is in a lot, the total number of fish in that lot will be indicated here. All fish in the lot are not always measured. 13 ALL_FISH_MSRD CHAR 1 Yes No Active Were all the fish in the lot measured, yes (Y), no (N)? If there was only one fish in the lot and it was measured or both fish in a lot of 2 were measured, the answer would be Y. If 4 out of 6 fish in the lot were measured, the answer would be N. NO All fish in the lot either were or were not measured. 14 SEX CHAR 1 Yes No Active Sex of the fish, male (M), female (F), unknown (U). NO If the sex is unknown, which will be the case for most species, a U should be entered into the cell. M, F, U U 15 EYE_SIZE CHAR 2 No No Active This column pertains only to Lampris species, if it is a smalleye opah, SE will be recorded, bigeye-BE, and if it is unknown what species it is, then U. YES Will be blank for all species except Lampris spp. BE, SE, U 16 SPECIMEN_NOTES VARCHAR2 500 No No Active Any additional information associated with this fish. YES No additional information is available. 17 LESS_THAN_1_LB CHAR 1 Yes No Active Did the fish measured weigh less than 1 pound, yes (Y) or no (N)? UFA staff record a less than sign on the barcode tag of fish weighing less than one pound. NO The fish either did or did not weigh less than one pound. Y, N 18 GONAD_YN CHAR 1 Yes No Active Were the gonads from this fish extracted, yes (Y) or no (N)? Collection of gonads from the UFA fish auction specimens began in the summer of 2012; all entries prior to May 2012 will have an N in this row. NO Gonads either were or were not collected. Y, N 19 UFA_FISH_ID NUMBER 10 No No Active The number assigned to each fish by the UFA. There will be a value here if the toughbook scanning system was used for data collection. YES The toughbook was not in operation until November 2010, any entry prior will not have a value for this column. This column will be blank whenever the scanning system was not used. 20 USERNAME VARCHAR2 15 No No Active The name of the person operating the toughbook scanning system or person sampling on that specific date. YES The username was not recorded. Data Steward 2019-04-01 2023-05 Person O'Malley, Joseph M joseph.omalley@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5741 Contact via email Data Steward 2015 2019-03-31 Person Miyamoto, Brent M brent.miyamoto@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5340 8:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. HST Distributor 2015 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Metadata Contact 2019-04-01 2023-05 Person O'Malley, Joseph M joseph.omalley@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5741 Contact via email Metadata Contact 2015 2018-12-31 Person Tagami, Darryl T darryl.tagami@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5745 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Point of Contact 2023-08 Person Schemmel, Eva M eva.schemmel@noaa.gov Contact via email. Point of Contact 2019-04-01 2023-05 Person O'Malley, Joseph M joseph.omalley@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5741 Contact via email Point of Contact 2007-10-18 2015-12 Person Sundberg, Meagan A meagan.sundberg@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA (808)725-5379 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. M-F Email with questions and for permission to access. Ground Condition 165 -120 45 0 Exact locations are not known, it is impossible to match up each fish from the auction to corresponding fish caught aboard a specific vessel but a very generalized location can be found using the date and vessel name to searching information provided by the PIRO longline observer program and fishermen via the Longline Logbook data. Most species are within the vicinity of the Hawaiian Archipelago; it is noted if the fish has been imported. Continuing 2007-10-18 Sensitive Dataset contains confidential fisheries data. Send written request to PIFSC and get approval by the PIFSC data owner. Required Confidentiality forms must be submitted for review before access is granted. QC review prior to data entry. Further QC after data entry. Yes Unknown Yes Yes 1 Year NCEI-MD 1 Year PIFSC ITS performs regularly scheduled backups of shared drives. Data was collected in the field by PIFSC staff, and entered in table format into electronic spreadsheets. 11001 Entity 11629 Entity Cross Reference List of some (not all) bottomfish species encountered at the auction. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:10841 Meagan Sundberg 2011-02-16T18:32:56 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2025-12-03T01:00:28 2025-02-13 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No No 2019-07-23 1 Year 2020-07-23