12853 US Tuna Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database Data Set Published / External 30791 Dolphin Safe Program Project Completed 1987 2016-02-23 The NMFS SWR collected historical vessel information on the U.S. tuna cannery baitboat and purse seine fleets for many years. The database's first record of a baitboat entering the fleet dates back to 1927. Individual trip dates and locations for the purse seine fleet have been collected since July 1982. Fleet operations have been conducted primarily in the north eastern and western central Pacific Ocean. A quarterly fleet report was published between 1972 and 2004. Hard copies of the quarterly report are on file in the NMFS Long Beach office library. The database is historical with last updates in 2012. The database chronologies the develpment of the domestic U.S. tuna cannery fleet from primarily baitboats to its present day composition of mostly purse seiners. Early trip activity data aided tuna/dolphin observer placements while later trip information helped the Tuna Tracking & Verification Program monitoring. Database is currently in Microsoft Access database format. The database may be transferred to an Oracle system and integrated with the NMFS ITDS database, sometime in 2020. Theme baitboat Theme carrying capacity Theme reflag Theme trip dates Theme tuna purse seine Theme vessel name change Spatial Atlantic Ocean Spatial american samoa Spatial california Spatial eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Spatial ecuador Spatial panama Spatial puerto rico Spatial western Pacific Ocean West Coast Regional Office Long Beach CA USA In Access database on Local Area Network at NMFS Long Beach. Data Set Database None Planned Data collected terminated since the IATTC keeps track of purse seine vessel trips in the ETP and the NMFS American Samoa Observer Program keeps track of purse seine activity in the western Pacific. Table (digital) Historical vessel tracking includes the date the vessel entered the cannery tuna fleet, the date of any gear type changes, the date when the vessel sunk, reflagged or left the fleet. Vessel carrying capacity was also tracked in short tons. The time frame for this aspect covers 1927 - 2012. The other main component of the database was the tracking of fishing vessel trip dates and the associated ports. This occurred from 1982 - July 2012. N/A N/A N/A Data Steward 2012-08-21 Person Jacobson, William bill.jacobson@noaa.gov 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 Telephone (562) 980-4035 Metadata Contact 2020-01 Person Jacobson, William bill.jacobson@noaa.gov 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 Telephone (562) 980-4035 Point of Contact 2012-08-21 Person Jacobson, William bill.jacobson@noaa.gov 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 Voice 562-980-4035 or email Historical fishing area of the US tuna cannery fleet was the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. A handful of fishing trips occurred in the Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean off Venezuela. Continuing 1927 U.S. tuna fleet operated mostly in the eastern and western Pacific, and to a very small degree, the Atlantic/Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela. Sensitive The historic fleet data tracking fleet composition is public information, while the vessel specific data on fishing trip dates are considered Business Confidential data. Varies based on the data classification Contact WCR Secured network environment none none 2012-06 Termination of data collection Jacobson, William Data collection was discontinued as the IATTC and the NMFS American Samoa office collect much of the same data. Fleet composition information is public, while specific vessel fishing trip dates are technically Business Confidential (thus restricted dissemination). The database is currently in Microsoft Access database format on a NMFS West Coast Region server in Long Beach, CA. Historic data that spans from 1927 to 2012. Data collected from various sources: NMFS Southwest Region's Observer Program, NMFS American Samoa Office, IATTC La Jolla Office and tuna industry. Data was reviewed pre and post entry No Unknown Yes Yes NCEI appropriate data distributer n/a To Be Determined n/a secured network environment Historical fleet composition information came from U.S. Coast Guard, IATTC, NMFS observer programs in California and American Samoa and the industry. 12852 Data Set Cross Reference Applies to Cannery Receipts database information from 2012 and earlier. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12853 Janine Iles 2012-08-21T14:53:08 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:04 2016-02-23 West Coast Regional Office WCRO 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 1001 Public No No 2016-02-23 1 Year 2017-02-23