17224 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 Cross Reference Contains NOAA Form 370 information that can be used to cross reference documentation submitted by company under audit process. 12852 Data Set 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 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 1001 Public No No 2016-02-23 1 Year 2017-02-23