US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database

West Coast Regional Office
Data Set (DS) | ID: 12853 | Published / External
Created: 2012-08-21   |   Last Modified: 2022-08-09

Parent: Dolphin Safe Program
Project (PRJ) | ID: 30791

ID: 12853
Data Set (DS)

* Discovery
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» Metadata Rubric

Item Identification

* » Title US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database
Short Name US Tuna Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database
* Status Completed
Creation Date 1987
Revision Date  
• Publication Date 2016-02-23
* » Abstract

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.
* Purpose

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.
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Other Citation Details

Database is currently in Microsoft Access database format.
• Supplemental Information

The database may be transferred to an Oracle system and integrated with the NMFS ITDS database, sometime in 2020.
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Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
None baitboat
None carrying capacity
None reflag
None trip dates
None tuna purse seine
None vessel name change
   
   
   

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* Spatial Keywords

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None american samoa
None Atlantic Ocean
None california
None eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
None ecuador
None panama
None puerto rico
None western Pacific Ocean
   
   
   

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Physical Location

• » Organization West Coast Regional Office
• » City Long Beach
• » State/Province CA
• Country USA
• » Location Description

In Access database on Local Area Network at NMFS Long Beach.

Data Set Information

* Data Set Scope Code Data Set
• Data Set Type Database
• Maintenance Frequency None Planned
Maintenance Note

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.
» Data Presentation Form Table (digital)
• Entity Attribute Overview

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.
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Support Roles

» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
* » Support Role Data Steward
* » Date Effective From 2012-08-21
Date Effective To
Person Jacobson, William
Address 501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Email Address bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
Phone 562-980-4035
Fax 562-980-4047
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Contact Instructions

Telephone (562) 980-4035
* » Support Role Metadata Contact
* » Date Effective From 2020-01
Date Effective To
Person Jacobson, William
Address 501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Email Address bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
Phone 562-980-4035
Fax 562-980-4047
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URL  
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Contact Instructions

Telephone (562) 980-4035
* » Support Role Point of Contact
* » Date Effective From 2012-08-21
Date Effective To
Person Jacobson, William
Address 501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213
Email Address bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
Phone 562-980-4035
Fax 562-980-4047
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Voice 562-980-4035 or email
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Extents

Currentness Reference  

Extent Group 1

Extent Description

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

* » W° Bound
* » E° Bound
* » N° Bound
* » S° Bound
* » Description

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.

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* » Time Frame Type Continuing
* » Start 1927
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Spatial Information

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Level of Detail Description

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.

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Access Information

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Data License Statement
* » Security Class Sensitive
* Security Classification System

The historic fleet data tracking fleet composition is public information, while the vessel specific data on fishing trip dates are considered Business Confidential data.
Security Handling Description
• Data Access Policy

Varies based on the data classification
» Data Access Procedure

Contact WCR
• » Data Access Constraints

Secured network environment
• Data Use Constraints
Metadata Access Constraints

none
Metadata Use Constraints

none

Distribution Information

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» Download URL
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Archive Information

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Activity Log

Activity Time 2012-07
Activity Type Termination of data collection
Responsible Party William Jacobson
Description

Data collection was discontinued as the IATTC and the NMFS American Samoa office collect much of the same data.
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Fleet composition information is public, while specific vessel fishing trip dates are technically Business Confidential (thus restricted dissemination).
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Technical Environment

Description

The database is currently in Microsoft Access database format on a NMFS West Coast Region server in Long Beach, CA.

Data Quality

Representativeness

Historic data that spans from 1927 to 2012.
Accuracy

Data collected from various sources: NMFS Southwest Region's Observer Program, NMFS American Samoa Office, IATTC La Jolla Office and tuna industry.
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» Quality Control Procedures Employed

Data was reviewed pre and post entry

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? Yes
» If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate NCEI appropriate data distributer
» 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
» Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location To Be Determined
» If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain

NCEI location to be determined
» 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?

secured network environment

Lineage

» Lineage Statement

Historical fleet composition information came from U.S. Coast Guard, IATTC, NMFS observer programs in California and American Samoa and the industry.

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Acquisition Information

Instruments

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Instrument / Gear
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Related Items

Item Type Relationship Type Title
Data Set (DS) Cross Reference US Tuna Cannery Receipts

Applies to Cannery Receipts database information from 2012 and earlier.

     
     
     

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID 12853
Metadata Record Created By Janine Iles
Metadata Record Created 2012-08-21 14:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By SysAdmin InPortAdmin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published 2016-02-23
Owner Org WCRO
Metadata Publication Status Published Externally
Do Not Publish? N
Metadata Workflow State Published / External
Metadata Last Review Date 2016-02-23
Metadata Review Frequency 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date 2017-02-23
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