Dealer Reporting

Dealers issued a federal permit are required to submit a report for each trip from which fish are purchased or received.

To capture commercial fisheries landings, including economic information, from federally permitted fish dealers in the northeast.

50 CFR 648.7

From 1994-2004, dealers were required to submit reports using NOAA Form 88-30; 0648-0229 Dealer Purchase Reports Family of Forms.

Fisheries Data Services Division (FDSD)

55 Great Republic Drive

Access to dealer data is governed by 50CFR600 - Confidentiality of Information. Access by state fishery management agency staff and Fisheries Management Council staff may be allowed through Memorandum of Understanding that are signed by the NE Regional Administrator and Directors of the State Agency or Councils that describe the need and uses of the data and list the individuals who will have access to the data. Contractors may be granted access provided they are working under contract to NOAA or a cooperating partner (state, Council, Commission) on a specific project under the oversight of a partner.

Contact POC to request access.

Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel. The APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms.

Access to individual reports is restricted to NOAA employees and our partners who have signed non-disclosure agreements. Summary data may be made available based on the "rule of 3", i.e., there must be at least three entities included in a summary for the summary information to be made publically available. Data may be made available if there is no information included that could uniquely link the information to an individual entity (person, vessel operating unit, business, etc.). Individually identifiable information may not be released without written authorization from the provider or by court order.

There are no constraints on the use of the metadata associated with this program.

Relational database. Source data comes from Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC).

Data is considered representative of the dealer reporting program.

Dealer data can be considered accurate. The data is audited on a regular basis, compared against other databases, and corrected as needed.

Dealer reported data can be considered complete. Dealers are able to edit their reports if necessary to add any fields that are missing. Dealer reporting is set up to ensure most fields are filled out at the time of reporting.