17224
TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database
TTVP Spot Check Audit Database
Data Set
Published / External
30791
Dolphin Safe Program
Project
In Work
2001-05
The data set contains information on retail market spot check audit purchases of tuna in airtight containers. Data are available from May 2001 to present with new data appended annually. Information includes the date, location, product type, store information where random spot check purchases were made throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Information on purchased product allows the manufacturer, distributor or importer to track the tuna back to harvest and verify the dolphin-safe status of the tuna product.
Under the authority of the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385), the NMFS West Coast Region's Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) monitors the dolphin-safe status of frozen and/or processed tuna product. The TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit covers all 50 states and Puerto Rico. TTVP staff have traveled to retail markets throughout the country purchasing tuna product in airtight containers to verify the dolphin-safe label or to verify the legal importation of product . After purchase of the product, TTVP staff request from the importer, distributor or manufacturer for the documentation which verifies the dolphin-safe status.
Some retail market tuna purchases have been collected by NOAA's National Weather Service employees and by State of Texas middle school students during pilot projects. While the TTVP's jurisdiction includes American Samoa, retail market spot check audits are not conducted in American Samoa as the territory is outside of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's reporting area.
Theme
Fisheries Certificate of Origin
Theme
NOAA Form 370
Theme
canned tuna
Theme
dolphin-safe verification
Theme
importer
Theme
lightmeat tuna
Theme
retail market
Theme
tuna
Theme
tuna canner
Theme
tuna pouch
Theme
white meat tuna
Spatial
Puerto Rico
Spatial
United States
West Coast Regional Office
Long Beach
CA
USA
West Coast Region, Long Beach, California office, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Tuna Tracking and Verification Program
Data Set
Database
Annually
The data is contained in a Microsoft Access database on a NMFS West Coast Region server. Data is appended after each spot check audit, which is usually conducted annually.
Table (digital)
Attributes include whether the purchased product bears a dolphin-safe label, retail market (store) information, canner or importer contact information, document submission compliance, product type, purchased price, can codes and tuna product brand name.
N/A
N/A
N/A
Data Steward
2001-05
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
2001-05
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Voice Preferred (562) 980-4035
United States and Puerto Rico
United States and Puerto Rico
Continuing
2001-05
Retail market spot check audits are usually conducted annually by the TTVP.
Retail stores within the 50 states and Puerto Rico
Sensitive
Data collected on the actual spot check audit purchase is public information. Proprietary information related to the verification of the dolphin-safe label on the tuna product or whether the tuna product was legally imported into the United States is considered business confidential and is protected by law.
Data is stored in files on government computers with all of the proper U.S. government security measures in place.
None. The information is stored in a Microsoft Access database. No access is allowed, other than by TTVP staff.
Contact NMFS West Coast Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Tuna Tracking and Verification Program: William Jacobson at 562-980-4035 or at bill.jacobson@noaa.gov.
Use currently limited to NMFS Tuna Tracking & Verification Program Team members who must sign a non-disclosure agreement statement.
All use of the data must be cleared with NMFS WCR TTVP lead.
None
None
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/dolphin-safe
Tuna Tracking and Verification Program home page
Online Resource
HTML
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/brands-sampled
Tuna Product Brands Sampled
Online Resource
HTML
A list of the retail brands of the tuna product purchased as part of the Retail Market Spot Check Audit.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/retail-spot-check-audits-tuna-products
Retail Spot Check Audit Cities Visited
Online Resource
HTML
NOAA Fisheries regularly spot checks canned/pouched tuna products in retail stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. This web page lists the locations where tuna product has been randomly checked for dolphin-safe verification purposes.
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/verification-components
TTVP Verification Components
Online Resource
HTML
The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) conducts regular and periodic audits and spot checks on domestic canners and importers to ensure compliance with TTVP regulations.
The information is stored in a Microsoft Access format database.
Spot check product purchases span many tuna brands sold in the United States. Some brands are national while others are only found regionally or locally.
Accuracy of the alpha-numeric production code is substantiated by the importer or manufacturer.
Estimated to be at 100%.
Tuna product samples are purchased by the TTVP, in the event enforcement evidence is required, should there be a NMFS regulatory compliance issue.
Yes
Unknown
Yes
Yes
NCEI will be used
To Be Determined
2 years
Secured agency network server.
Tuna in airtight containers is purchased from various retail market locations in the United States by TTVP staff. TTVP staff then request documentation to substantiate the dolphin-safe label or for product not labeled as "dolphin safe" whether it was imported legally into the United States.
Dolphin-safe verification components
Person
William Jacobson
Originator
Continuing
2001-05
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/verification-components
Verification Components
The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) conducts regular and periodic audits and spot checks on domestic canners and importers to ensure compliance with TTVP regulations.
1
TTVP staff travel to a predetermined area within the 50 states and Puerto Rico and randomly purchase tuna product in airtight containers.
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Dolphin-safe verification components
2
TTVP staff return purchased tuna product to the NMFS Long Beach office, where pertinent information about the purchase location and the product itself is entered into the database.
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Dolphin-safe verification components
3
An official request is made by the Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, to the importer, distributor or manufacturer of the purchased tuna product, asking for the documentation that substantiates the dolphin-safe label. If no label is present, then documentation is requested that substantiates the legal importation or production.
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Dolphin-safe verification components
4
Documentation received back from the importer, distributor or manufacturer is reviewed to validate the dolphin-safe claim shown on the purchased product or whether the purchase product meets other NMFS TTVP-related regulatory requirements.
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Dolphin-safe verification components
5
Pertinent updates are made to TTVP web pages.
Person
Jacobson, William
bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
562-980-4035
562-980-4047
Dolphin-safe verification components
17220
Data Set
NOAA Form 370 Database
Cross Reference
Contains NOAA Form 370 information that can be used to cross reference documentation submitted by company under audit process.
12852
Data Set
US Tuna Cannery Receipts
Cross Reference
This database can be used to cross reference U.S. canner information submitted as part of the Retail Market Spot Check Audit process.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17224
Janine Iles
2012-12-17T17:46:52
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2022-08-09T17:11:07
2016-02-23
West Coast Regional Office
WCRO
501 West Ocean Blvd
Long Beach
CA
90802-4213
http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
1001
Public
No
2016-02-23
1 Year
2017-02-23