Dealer Database

The dealer reporting databases contain the primary data reported by federally permitted seafood dealers in the northeast. Electronic reporting was implemented May 1, 2004.

To monitor and track commercial fisheries landings and related economic information for the northeast region.

50 CFR 648.7

Beginning on May 1, 2004, any dealer issued a Federal permit for one or more of the following species must submit electronic, trip-level reports on a weekly basis to NMFS: Atlantic bluefish, northeast multispecies, Atlantic deep-sea red crab, ocean quahog, Atlantic hagfish, scup, Atlantic herring, skate, American lobster, spiny dogfish, Atlantic mackerel, Illex squid, Loligo squid, Atlantic sea scallop, summer flounder, black sea bass, surf clam, butterfish, golden tilefish or monkfish.

Fisheries Data Services Division (FDSD)

55 Great Republic Drive

The dealer reporting databases contain the primary data reported by federally permitted seafood dealers in the northeast.

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.

GARFO has established an "industry data investigation" (IDI) team whose responsibility is to investigate and correct data errors on GARFO's critical datasets including vessel trip reports, dealer reports, and various associated fishing activity reports. QC on these datasets is performed regularly since data is securely displayed on various web portals to its owners. JIRA is the tool used for tracking quality control.

Currently, the responsibility for protection of source dealer data falls to the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. They are the main source of collection and storage. GARFO staff are data distributors, owners, and stewards, but the source data is not physically located at GARFO.

For lineage details, contact the data steward or point of contact.