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AFSC/REFM: Groundfish SAFE Economic Report

Data Set (DS)  |  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12672  |  Updated: March 4, 2026  |  Published / External 
Short Citation:
Full Citation Examples
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2026: AFSC/REFM: Groundfish SAFE Economic Report, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12672.

Item Identification

Title: AFSC/REFM: Groundfish SAFE Economic Report
Short Name: AFSC/REFM: Groundfish SAFE Economic Report
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2015-12
Abstract:

The Groundfish SAFE Economic Report, published annually as a supplement to the Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska groundfish, summarizes economic information about the federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska. The Economic Report includes a core set of tables summarizing catch, discards and bycatch; ex-vessel value and price; wholesale production, value, and price; fishery participation by small entities; and fishing effort.
Purpose:

Tabular data corresponding to core tables published in the most recent Economic Report are provided for download in CSV format. Time series for data generally span 1991 to the previous calendar year.
Notes:

Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 8133, 02-09-2016 15:06

The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export:

- Taxonomy (FGDC:taxonomy)
Supplemental Information:

Addtional metadata is available at http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/REFM/Socioeconomics/SAFE/groundfish.php

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
economy
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
ISO 19115 Topic Category
society
UNCONTROLLED
Economics Revenue
Fisheries Fishery-Dependent
Fisheries Fishing
Fisheries Seafood processing
Fisheries Tracked Asset

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
Alaska Aleutian Islands
Alaska Bering Sea
Alaska Gulf of Alaska
U.S. Alaska

Physical Location

Organization: Alaska Fisheries Science Center
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: Annually
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

see yearly Groundfish Ecomonic Status Report
Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/REFM/Socioeconomics/SAFE/groundfish.php

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1364302
Date Effective From: 2023-07-03
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Dame, Russel
Address:
Email Address: russel.a.dame@noaa.gov

Data Steward

CC ID: 233199
Date Effective From: 2015-10-15
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Lee, Jean
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Email Address: jean.lee@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 276017
Date Effective From: 2016-02-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4
Seattle, WA 98115
USA
ROR: https://ror.org/01h7fye62
Email Address: afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov
Phone: (206) 526-4000
Fax: (206) 526-4004
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 0700-1700 Pacific Time

Originator

CC ID: 276018
Date Effective From: 2016-02-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Economic and Social Science Research Program (ESSRP)
Address:

Originator

CC ID: 276019
Date Effective From: 2016-02-09
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4
Seattle, WA 98115
USA
ROR: https://ror.org/01h7fye62
Email Address: afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov
Phone: (206) 526-4000
Fax: (206) 526-4004
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 0700-1700 Pacific Time

Point of Contact

CC ID: 276016
Date Effective From: 2025
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Dame, Russel
Address:
Email Address: russel.a.dame@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: publication

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 276014
W° Bound: 170
E° Bound: -130
N° Bound: 75
S° Bound: 50
Description

Alaska

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 276013
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1999
End: 2015

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

na
Data Access Constraints:

There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed.
Data Use Constraints:

User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Acknowledgement

of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 276021
Download URL: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/REFM/Socioeconomics/SAFE/groundfish.php
Distributor:

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 276020
URL: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/REFM/Socioeconomics/SAFE/groundfish.php
URL Type:
Online Resource

Technical Environment

Description:

CSV

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

Not applicable.
Conceptual Consistency:

Not applicable.
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Peer reviewed.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: no
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 1 month
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

NA
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: To Be Determined
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

Archival site for pdf collections needed.
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions,

operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional

Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption.

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 276023
Description:

NA

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 12672
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12672
Metadata Record Created By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Created: 2012-07-19 15:18+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2026-03-04 19:17+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-05-05
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-05-05
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-05-05