AFSC/FMA/Observer Logistics System (OLS)
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
(DS)
| ID: 12269
| Published / External
Created: 2012-04-18
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Last Modified: 2025-03-07
Project (PRJ) | ID: 7290
ID: 12269
Data Set (DS)
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» Metadata Rubric
Item Identification
| * » Title | AFSC/FMA/Observer Logistics System (OLS) |
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| Short Name | AFSC/FMA/Observer Logistics System |
| * Status | In Work |
| Creation Date | |
| Revision Date | 2021 |
| • Publication Date | 2012 |
| * » Abstract |
Alaska groundfish fisheries observers have been monitoring domestic groundfish fishing activities in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska for over twenty years. The Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division staff has been responsible for training, briefing, debriefing and oversight of these observers. The Observer Logistics System, launched in December 2011, is the current computer tool used for observer logistics and contains data on individual observers back to 1990. |
| * Purpose |
The Observer Logistics System is used by AFSC staff to manage and track observer contracts, deployment, training and debriefing. The system allows the staff to add, update, and report on the observer logistics data as needed. The technology of Application Express (APEX 4.1) with JAVA script browser painting in an Oracle 11.2g instance replaced an Oracle Forms and Reports-based system, adding new functionality and tables to provide greater system flexibility and easier work flow. The Observer Logistics System is web-based and is started by the user client by navigating to the NORPAC main menu URL with a web browser. The observer deployment and sampling histories summarize individual observers experience and are used to determine observer pay and leadership qualifications. The main menu includes: 1. Observer Data 2. Cruise Data 3. Debriefing Data 4. Training Data 5. Debriefing Reports 6. At Sea Reports 7. Training Reports Individual staff members have computer access only to certain data and reports according to their assigned roles. In 2021 the application was updated to APEX version 18. Navigation was changed to be more intuitive and user friendly. Tools grouped into categories of observers, trainers, deploy, inseason, debriefers and OLS reports. All previous tools were retained. Added tool to pre process deployed observers for training. |
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Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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| Fisheries | Fishery-Dependent |
| Fisheries | Tracked Asset |
| None | atsea |
| None | badge |
| None | briefing |
| None | class |
| None | contractor |
| None | cruise |
| None | debriefing |
| None | decertification |
| None | deployment history |
| None | enrollment |
| None | evaluation |
| None | fma |
| None | grade |
| None | identification number |
| None | logistics |
| None | midcruise |
| None | npgop |
| None | observer |
| None | photograph |
| None | report |
| None | sampling history |
| None | schedule |
| None | seadays |
| None | seattle |
| None | staff |
| None | statistics |
| None | training |
Temporal Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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| None | briefing date |
| None | class date |
| None | debrief date |
| None | diembark date |
| None | embark date |
* Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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| None | afsc |
| None | alaska |
| None | anchorage |
| None | dutch harbor |
| None | kodiak |
| None | washington |
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Physical Location
| • » Organization | Alaska Fisheries Science Center |
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| • » City | Seattle |
| • » State/Province | WA |
| • Country | USA |
| • » Location Description |
Data Set Information
| * Data Set Scope Code | Data Set |
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| • Data Set Type | Database |
| • Maintenance Frequency | As Needed |
| Maintenance Note | |
| » Data Presentation Form | Table (digital) |
| • Entity Attribute Overview |
Modelled in Oracle Designer |
| Entity Attribute Detail Citation |
Paul Packer |
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| Distribution Liability | |
| Data Set Credit | N/A |
Support Roles
| * » Support Role | Data Steward |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2023 |
| Date Effective To | |
| Person | Moon, Michael |
| Email Address | michael.a.moon@noaa.gov |
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| Contact Instructions |
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| * » Support Role | Data Steward |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2010-01-01 |
| Date Effective To | 2022 |
| Person | Narita, Renold E |
| Email Address | ren.narita@noaa.gov |
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| Fax | |
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| URL | |
| Business Hours | |
| Contact Instructions |
206 526 6697 |
| * » Support Role | Distributor |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2025 |
| Date Effective To | |
| Person | Moon, Michael |
| Email Address | michael.a.moon@noaa.gov |
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| Contact Instructions |
| * » Support Role | Distributor |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2012 |
| Date Effective To | 2019 |
| Person | Blair, Julie A |
| Address |
7600 Sandpoint Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 USA |
| Email Address | julie.blair@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 206 526 4053 |
| Fax | (206)526-4066 |
| Mobile | |
| URL | |
| Business Hours | 0700-1630 |
| Contact Instructions |
FMA |
| * » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2023 |
| Date Effective To | |
| Person | Moon, Michael |
| Email Address | michael.a.moon@noaa.gov |
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| Contact Instructions |
| * » Support Role | Metadata Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2012 |
| Date Effective To | 2019 |
| Person | Blair, Julie A |
| Address |
7600 Sandpoint Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 USA |
| Email Address | julie.blair@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 206 526 4053 |
| Fax | (206)526-4066 |
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| URL | |
| Business Hours | 0700-1630 |
| Contact Instructions |
julie.blair@noaa.gov |
| * » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2012 |
| Date Effective To | 2023 |
| Person | Packer, Paul |
| Email Address | Paul.Packer@noaa.gov |
| Phone | 206 526 4730 |
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| URL | |
| Business Hours | |
| Contact Instructions |
paul.packer@noaa.gov |
| * » Support Role | Point of Contact |
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| * » Date Effective From | 2012 |
| Date Effective To | |
| Person | Campbell, Glenn |
| Email Address | glenn.campbell@noaa.gov |
| Phone | |
| Fax | |
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| Business Hours | |
| Contact Instructions |
glenn.campbell@noaa.gov |
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Extents
| Currentness Reference | Publication Date |
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Extent Group 1
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| * » W° Bound | 166.53333333333 |
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| * » E° Bound | -117.63333333333 |
| * » N° Bound | 65.85 |
| * » S° Bound | 31.61666666667 |
| * » Description |
Internal to the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Observer deployment to North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region, Gulf of Alaska region.Geographic data, however, is not part of the Observer Logistics System data system. The two main AFSC observer training centers were in Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska, with field stations in Kodiak and Dutch Harbor Alaska. |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| * » Time Frame Type | Continuing |
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| * » Start | 2012-01-01 |
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Access Information
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| * » Security Class | Confidential |
| * Security Classification System |
Confidential Proprietary data under Magnuson-Stevens |
| Security Handling Description | |
| • Data Access Policy |
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 requesting access to the data. |
| » Data Access Procedure |
Read and sign System Access Application. Contact distributor. |
| • » Data Access Constraints |
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 requesting access to the data. |
| • Data Use Constraints |
on aggregated data none |
| Metadata Access Constraints |
None |
| Metadata Use Constraints |
None |
Distribution Information
| Start Date | |
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| » Download URL | http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/default.htm |
| Distributor | Michael Moon (2025 - Present) |
| File Name | |
| Description |
These data are confidential and may only be accessed from FMA Division |
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| File Type (Deprecated) | N/A |
| Distribution Format | Not Applicable |
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Activity Log
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Technical Environment
| Description |
Oracle 11.2g Instance; Application interface was developed in APEX4.1 with Java Script browser painting. |
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Data Quality
| Representativeness |
N/A |
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| Accuracy |
N/A |
| Analytical Accuracy |
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| Quantitation Limits |
N/A |
| Bias |
None |
| Comparability |
N/A |
| Completeness Measure |
N/A |
| Precision |
N/A |
| Analytical Precision |
N/A |
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| » Quality Control Procedures Employed |
These are not biological data. Quality is assured by the accuracy required to deploy observers. |
Data Management
| » Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? | Yes |
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| » Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management | Unknown |
| » Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive? | No |
| » Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver? | Yes |
| » If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate | N/A |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination | N/A |
| » If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed |
Confidential under Magnuson Stevens. |
| » Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location | No Archiving Intended |
| » If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain |
These data have no meaning outside of the larger observer data collection system (NORPAC) and are subject to continuous change over time. |
| » Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving | N/A |
| » How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive? |
RAID 1 Drives, Tape backup, Complete data histories maintained |
Lineage
| » Lineage Statement |
These data are the logistics and training records of all observer deployments after 2011 |
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Acquisition Information
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Child Items
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Related Items
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID | 12269 |
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| Metadata Record Created By | Doug Turnbull |
| Metadata Record Created | 2012-04-18 19:15+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By | michael moon |
| » Metadata Record Last Modified | 2025-03-07 16:21+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published | 2018-09-26 |
| Owner Org | AFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish? | N |
| Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
| Metadata Last Review Date | 2018-09-26 |
| Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date | 2019-09-26 |
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