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      <catalog-item-id>18293</catalog-item-id>
      <title>Table: SEALS</title>
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      <catalog-item-type>Entity</catalog-item-type>
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      <parent-catalog-item-id>5677</parent-catalog-item-id>
      <parent-title>HMSRP Hawaiian Monk Seal Master Identification Records (seal)</parent-title>
      <parent-catalog-item-type>Data Set</parent-catalog-item-type>
      <status>Completed</status>
      <abstract>Each Seal is significant as a Hawaiian monk seal which may be tracked for population studies. If an individual seal loses all of its tags, it may be retagged and re-recorded as another Seal. Pups are also recorded here.</abstract>
      <notes>Loaded by batch 4358, 02-12-2013 15:39</notes>
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         <keyword>hawaiian monk seal</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>hmsrp</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>pifsc</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>population assessment</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>protected species</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>psd</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Theme</keyword-type>
         <keyword>seal record</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>hawaiian archipelago</keyword>
      </keyword>
      <keyword controlled="No">
         <keyword-type>Spatial</keyword-type>
         <keyword>pacific region</keyword>
      </keyword>
   </keywords>
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      <organization>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</organization>
      <city>Honolulu</city>
      <state-province>HI</state-province>
      <country>USA</country>
      <location-description>1601 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI</location-description>
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      <entity-type>Data Table</entity-type>
      <active-version>Yes</active-version>
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      <description>Each Seal is significant as a Hawaiian monk seal which may be tracked for population studies. If an individual seal loses all of its tags, it may be retagged and re-recorded as another Seal. Pups are also recorded here.</description>
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         <required>Yes</required>
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         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Atoll Year where seal was first observed</description>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Geographic area (atoll, island, sector, or beach) in which the seal was weaned</description>
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         <name>WEANED_BY_SEAL</name>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Seal's weanmom</description>
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         <name>MOTHER_SEAL</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Seal's mother</description>
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         <name>NEW_GEO_ID</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>16</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Geographic area (atoll, island, sector, or beach) at which the seal was first assigned its primary id.</description>
         <general-data-type>RAW</general-data-type>
         <foreign-key-relations>MSEAL.MS_GEO_AREAS</foreign-key-relations>
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         <name>MOTHER_GEO_ID</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
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         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Geographic area for seal's mother</description>
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         <name>BIRTHPLACE_GEO_ID</name>
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         <max-length>16</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Birthplace (atoll, island, sector, or beach) of the seal</description>
         <general-data-type>RAW</general-data-type>
         <foreign-key-relations>MSEAL.MS_GEO_AREAS</foreign-key-relations>
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      <data-attribute cc-id="96141">
         <seq-order>10</seq-order>
         <name>PRIMARY_ID</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>8</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The Permanent or Pseudo-Permanent ID of the seal (a unique 8-character name assigned by PSD staff)</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96142">
         <seq-order>11</seq-order>
         <name>PRIOR_ID</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>50</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The Permanent or Pseudo-Permanent ID of the seal</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96143">
         <seq-order>12</seq-order>
         <name>NEWID_YEAR</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>4</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The Year (YYYY) in which this seal was first identified.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96144">
         <seq-order>13</seq-order>
         <name>MOTHER_YEAR</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>4</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The YEAR (YYYY) when this seal was born.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96145">
         <seq-order>14</seq-order>
         <name>BIRTHDATE_1</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>First possible birthdate of this seal. Logic attaches to this column.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96146">
         <seq-order>15</seq-order>
         <name>BIRTHDATE_2</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Last possible birthdate of this seal. Logic attaches to this column.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96147">
         <seq-order>16</seq-order>
         <name>SEX</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Sex (code) of this seal. LOV</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96148">
         <seq-order>17</seq-order>
         <name>WEANDATE_1</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>First possible wean date of this seal. Logic attaches to this column.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96149">
         <seq-order>18</seq-order>
         <name>WEANDATE_2</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Last possible wean date of this seal. Logic attaches to this column.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96150">
         <seq-order>19</seq-order>
         <name>NURSE_B_OR_N</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>This is "B" if the mother who nursed this seal was observed to have given birth to this seal, "N" if only nursing could be determined.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96151">
         <seq-order>20</seq-order>
         <name>PUP_SWITCH</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Did the mom(s) definitely switch or not? Y,N,U (LOV)</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96152">
         <seq-order>21</seq-order>
         <name>SURV_STATUS</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Last known status regarding survival of this seal LOV.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96153">
         <seq-order>22</seq-order>
         <name>GONE_DATE</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>If Status is dead, gone or disappeared, this is day after last date it was seen.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96154">
         <seq-order>23</seq-order>
         <name>NAME_1</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>30</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>If seal has been named, it is recorded here. 2 potential.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96155">
         <seq-order>24</seq-order>
         <name>NAME_2</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>30</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>If seal has been named, it is recorded here. 2 potential.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96156">
         <seq-order>25</seq-order>
         <name>COHORT_TAGGED</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Was this seal tagged as a cohort member?</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96159">
         <seq-order>28</seq-order>
         <name>MEMO_TEXT</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>2000</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Free-form text entry field for recording information about this seal which applies mainly to it's entire life.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96160">
         <seq-order>29</seq-order>
         <name>CREATED_BY</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>30</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Username that created the record</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96161">
         <seq-order>30</seq-order>
         <name>CREATE_DTM</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>System date/time of record creation</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96162">
         <seq-order>31</seq-order>
         <name>LAST_MOD_BY</name>
         <data-storage-type>TEXT</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>30</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Username that last modified the record</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="96163">
         <seq-order>32</seq-order>
         <name>LAST_MOD_DTM</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>System date/time of last modification of the record</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
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         <support-role-type>Data Steward</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2007-06-13</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Johanos, Thea C</contact-name>
         <contact-email>thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5709</contact-phone-number>
      </support-role>
      <support-role cc-id="102752" in-effect="Yes">
         <support-role-type>Originator</support-role-type>
         <from-date>2007-06-13</from-date>
         <contact-type>Organization</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</contact-name>
         <contact-noaa-acronym>PIFSC</contact-noaa-acronym>
         <contact-email>pifsc.info@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-ror>https://ror.org/02apffz65</contact-ror>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>808-725-5360</contact-phone-number>
         <contact-url>https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov</contact-url>
         <contact-url-description>Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
</contact-url-description>
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         <contact-business-hours>8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.</contact-business-hours>
      </support-role>
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         <from-date>2007-06-13</from-date>
         <contact-type>Person</contact-type>
         <contact-name>Johanos, Thea C</contact-name>
         <contact-email>thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov</contact-email>
         <contact-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</contact-address>
         <contact-address-city>Honolulu</contact-address-city>
         <contact-address-state>HI</contact-address-state>
         <contact-address-zip>96818</contact-address-zip>
         <contact-address-country>USA</contact-address-country>
         <contact-phone-number>(808)725-5709</contact-phone-number>
      </support-role>
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            <time-frame cc-id="102753">
               <time-frame-type>Continuing</time-frame-type>
               <start-date-time>1962-12-31</start-date-time>
            </time-frame>
         </time-frames>
      </extent>
   </extents>
   <access-information>
      <security-class>Restricted</security-class>
      <data-access-policy>NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program Data Access, Sharing, and Dissemination Guidelines</data-access-policy>
      <data-access-procedure>Requestor will be asked to submit a request to Thea Johanos (thea.johanos-kam@noaa.gov)</data-access-procedure>
      <data-access-constraints>NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division, Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program Data Access, Sharing, and Dissemination Guidelines</data-access-constraints>
      <data-use-constraints>Use of the data set must be cleared with NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division.  These data are PRELIMINARY and have not be completely screened for accuracy.  NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary data.  The developers of these data are concerned with assuring its proper use.  Before data are used to draw specific scientific conclusions, potential users are requested to contact NMFS/PIFSC, Protected Species Division for background on the data. Acknowledgement of the data should be cited.  Different versions of the dataset may exist.  The user must be sure to use the appropriate data set for the time period of interest.  While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable, NOAA cannot assume liablility for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers.</data-use-constraints>
      <metadata-access-constraints/>
      <metadata-use-constraints/>
   </access-information>
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      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="6935">Vikram Khurana</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2013-02-12T15:39:36</metadata-record-created>
      <metadata-record-last-modified-by pers-id="0">SysAdmin InPortAdmin</metadata-record-last-modified-by>
      <metadata-record-last-modified>2025-12-03T01:00:28</metadata-record-last-modified>
      <record-published>2019-05-30</record-published>
      <owner-organization>Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center</owner-organization>
      <owner-organization-acronym>PIFSC</owner-organization-acronym>
      <owner-organization-address>1845 Wasp Blvd.</owner-organization-address>
      <owner-organization-address-city>Honolulu</owner-organization-address-city>
      <owner-organization-address-state>HI</owner-organization-address-state>
      <owner-organization-address-zip>96818</owner-organization-address-zip>
      <owner-organization-address-country>USA</owner-organization-address-country>
      <owner-organization-phone>808-725-5300</owner-organization-phone>
      <owner-organization-url>https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov</owner-organization-url>
      <owner-organization-business-hours>8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.</owner-organization-business-hours>
      <owner-organization-group-id>1001</owner-organization-group-id>
      <publication-status>Public</publication-status>
      <is-do-not-publish>No</is-do-not-publish>
      <metadata-last-review-date>2019-05-30</metadata-last-review-date>
      <metadata-review-frequency>1 Year</metadata-review-frequency>
      <metadata-next-review-date>2020-05-30</metadata-next-review-date>
   </catalog-details>
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