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Summary

Short Citation
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 2024: Vessel Operator System, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/1463.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Operator cards are required for any operator of a charter/party boat and or a commercial vessel (including carrier and processor vessels) issued a vessel permit from the Greater Atlantic Region and possessing or fishing for Atlantic Sea Scallops, Northeast Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish, Monkfish, American Lobster, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Maine Mahogany Quahog, Atlantic Mackerel, Loligo Squid, Illex Squid, Butterfish, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Golden Tilefish, Skates, Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, or Atlantic Bluefish, in or from the EEZ.

Distribution Information

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. The IRM help desk or APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms.

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Ethan J Hawes
ted.hawes@noaa.gov
978-281-9296

Metadata Contact
Ethan J Hawes
ted.hawes@noaa.gov
978-281-9296

Extents

Geographic Area 1

Operator cards are required for any operator of a charter/party boat and or a commercial vessel (including carrier and processor vessels) issued a vessel permit from the Greater Atlantic Region and possessing or fishing for Atlantic Sea Scallops, Northeast Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish, Monkfish, American Lobster, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Maine Mahogany Quahog, Atlantic Mackerel, Loligo Squid, Illex Squid, Butterfish, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Golden Tilefish, Skates, Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, or Atlantic Bluefish, in or from the EEZ.

Time Frame 1
1994 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Vessel Operator System
Short Name: Data Set
Status: In Work
Creation Date: 1994
Abstract:

Operator cards are required for any operator of a charter/party boat and or a commercial vessel (including carrier and processor vessels) issued a vessel permit from the Greater Atlantic Region and possessing or fishing for Atlantic Sea Scallops, Northeast Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish, Monkfish, American Lobster, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Maine Mahogany Quahog, Atlantic Mackerel, Loligo Squid, Illex Squid, Butterfish, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Golden Tilefish, Skates, Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, or Atlantic Bluefish, in or from the EEZ.

Purpose:

To enforce the regulatory requirements referred to in the abstract, and maintain a history of vessel operator permits.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None VESSEL OPERATOR

Physical Location

Organization: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
City: Gloucester
State/Province: MA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Database
Maintenance Frequency: Continually
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 269518
Date Effective From: 2005
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hawes, Ethan J
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: ted.hawes@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-281-9296
Fax: 978-281-9161

Distributor

CC ID: 269516
Date Effective From: 2005
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Phone: (978)281-9300
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 EST

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 269519
Date Effective From: 2005
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hawes, Ethan J
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: ted.hawes@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-281-9296
Fax: 978-281-9161

Point of Contact

CC ID: 269517
Date Effective From: 2005
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hawes, Ethan J
Address: 55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
USA
Email Address: ted.hawes@noaa.gov
Phone: 978-281-9296
Fax: 978-281-9161

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 271879
Description

Operator cards are required for any operator of a charter/party boat and or a commercial vessel (including carrier and processor vessels) issued a vessel permit from the Greater Atlantic Region and possessing or fishing for Atlantic Sea Scallops, Northeast Multispecies, Spiny Dogfish, Monkfish, American Lobster, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Maine Mahogany Quahog, Atlantic Mackerel, Loligo Squid, Illex Squid, Butterfish, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Golden Tilefish, Skates, Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, or Atlantic Bluefish, in or from the EEZ.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 271878
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1994

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Security Classification System:

Current year data is publicly accessible.

Data Access Procedure:

Access to 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 Greater Atlantic 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.

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. The IRM help desk or APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 579728
Download URL: https://noaa-fisheries-garfo.data.socrata.com/Unclassified/Vessel-Operator-System-Data-Set/7aw7-m2i4
Distributor: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) (2005 - Present)
Description:

This data set is published in socrata for general public access.

File Type (Deprecated): .xls
Distribution Format: XLS - Microsoft Excel

Distribution 2

CC ID: 269520
Download URL: https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/permits/index.html
Distributor: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) (2005 - Present)
Description:

Current year data is publicly accessible.

File Type (Deprecated): xls
Distribution Format: XLS - Microsoft Excel

Data Quality

Representativeness:

N/A

Accuracy:

N/A

Analytical Accuracy:

N/A

Horizontal Positional Accuracy:

N/A

Vertical Positional Accuracy:

N/A

Quantitation Limits:

N/A

Completeness Measure:

100%

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

QAQC on permit issuance systems is performed regularly by a staff of permit specialists whose responsibility it is to enter and manage this data.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
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?: No
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: Not needed
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 24 hours
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: NCEI-MD
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: None
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Access to this data is tightly controlled. Most access is read-only. Write access is given only after data owners have authorized (accompanied by a signed NDA), and data is usually edited via an access controlled application. Data is QAQC'd on a regular basis by authorized personnel, and backed up both to disk and tape on a daily basis.

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Paper Vessel operator applications are submitted, and NOAA staff input these data via an internal user interface.

Sources

N/A

CC ID: 835556

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 835557
Description:

N/A

Process Contact: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
Phone (Voice): (978)281-9300
Source: N/A

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 1463
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:1463
Metadata Record Created By: Doug Christel
Metadata Record Created: 2006-05-15 07:25+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-02-25
Owner Org: GARFO
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-02-25
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-02-25