Vessel Permit System Data Set
Data Set (DS) | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:16840 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 2024: Vessel Permit System Data Set, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/16840.
Full Citation Examples
GARFO issues federal fishing permits annually to owners of fishing vessels who fish in the Greater Atlantic region, as required by federal regulation. These permits are required to be renewed annually. Intra-year applications are required if the vessel owner adds or drops permitted fisheries, changes the vessel's name or ownership. The dataset includes information on vessels, owners, permitted fisheries, and gear types. This dataset describes the back-end tables that store the VPS data. It tracks a vessel's permit status, including when a permit has been cancelled due to CPH (confirmation of permit history) issuance.
Distribution Information
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
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | Table: VALID_FISHERY |
| Entity | Table: VESCOMP |
| Entity | Table: VPS_FISHERY_NER |
| Entity | Table: VPS_GEAR |
| Entity | Table: VPS_OWNER |
| Entity | Table: VPS_VESSEL |
| Entity | Table: VPS_VESSEL |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Ethan J Hawes
ted.hawes@noaa.gov
978-281-9296
Metadata Contact
Stephen R Cohen
steve.cohen@noaa.gov
978-281-9281
Extents
This dataset includes information on vessels and their respective fishing permits that fish primariy in Northeast and MidAtlantic states, from ME to NC, or in fishing areas under the authority of the Greater Atlantic Region Fisheries Office.
1987 - Present
Vessel records date back to 1987.
Item Identification
| Title: | Vessel Permit System Data Set |
|---|---|
| Short Name: | Vessel Permits Data Set |
| Status: | Completed |
| Publication Date: | 1996-09-01 |
| Abstract: |
GARFO issues federal fishing permits annually to owners of fishing vessels who fish in the Greater Atlantic region, as required by federal regulation. These permits are required to be renewed annually. Intra-year applications are required if the vessel owner adds or drops permitted fisheries, changes the vessel's name or ownership. The dataset includes information on vessels, owners, permitted fisheries, and gear types. This dataset describes the back-end tables that store the VPS data. It tracks a vessel's permit status, including when a permit has been cancelled due to CPH (confirmation of permit history) issuance. |
| Purpose: |
GARFO issues federal fishing permits annually to owners of fishing vessels who fish in the Greater Atlantic region, as required by federal regulation. These permits are required to be renewed annually. Intra-year applications are required if the vessel owner adds or drops permitted fisheries, changes the vessel's name or ownership. The dataset includes information on vessels, owners, permitted fisheries, and gear types. This dataset describes the back-end tables that store the VPS data. It tracks a vessel's permit status, including when a permit has been cancelled due to CPH (confirmation of permit history) issuance. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | CPH |
| None | permit cancelation |
| None | vessel permit tracking |
| None | VPS |
Physical Location
| Organization: | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office |
|---|---|
| City: | Gloucester |
| State/Province: | MA |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
server room |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Data Set Type: | Database |
| Maintenance Frequency: | As Needed |
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| 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
| 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
| Date Effective From: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Cohen, Stephen R |
| Address: |
55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 USA |
| Email Address: | steve.cohen@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 978-281-9281 |
Point of Contact
| 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
| Description |
This dataset includes information on vessels and their respective fishing permits that fish primariy in Northeast and MidAtlantic states, from ME to NC, or in fishing areas under the authority of the Greater Atlantic Region Fisheries Office. |
|
|---|---|---|
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
|---|---|
| Start: | 1987 |
| Description: |
Vessel records date back to 1987. |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Sensitive |
|---|---|
| Security Classification System: |
All fishing industry related data managed by IRM is considered to be business confidential and may not be released without written consent of the data originator. |
| 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
| Download URL: | http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/permits/index.html |
|---|---|
| Distributor: | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) (2005 - Present) |
| File Name: | index.html |
| File Type (Deprecated): | Unknown |
Data Quality
| Representativeness: |
N/A |
|---|---|
| Accuracy: |
N/A |
| Analytical Accuracy: |
N/A |
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy: |
N/A |
| Vertical Positional Accuracy: |
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: |
Applicants submit paper applications, and data is entered by NOAA staff via an internal user interface. |
|---|
Sources
N/A
Process Steps
Process Step 1
| Description: |
N/A |
|---|---|
| Process Contact: | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) |
| Phone (Voice): | (978)281-9300 |
| Source: | N/A |
Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
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Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Table: VALID_FISHERY | |
| Entity | Table: VESCOMP | |
| Entity | Table: VPS_FISHERY_NER | |
| Entity | Table: VPS_GEAR | |
| Entity | Table: VPS_OWNER | |
| Entity | Table: VPS_VESSEL | |
| Entity | Table: VPS_VESSEL |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 16840 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:16840 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Stephen R Cohen |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2012-10-12 12:07+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2016-02-29 |
| Owner Org: | GARFO |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2016-02-29 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2017-02-28 |