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AFSC/FMA/Observer Declare and Deploy System (ODDS)

Data Set (DS)  |  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18871  |  Updated: March 31, 2025  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Access Info
Tech Environment
Data Quality
Data Management
Lineage
Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 2025: AFSC/FMA/Observer Declare and Deploy System (ODDS), https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/18871.
Full Citation Examples

Abstract

Groundfish vessels fishing in federal waters off Alaska are either in the "full coverage", "partial coverage", or "zero coverage" categories according to the monitoring specifications outlined each year in the Annual Deployment Plan. Vessels in the Partial Coverage (PC) category are subject to random selection for observer coverage or electronic monitoring on a trip-by-trip basis. PC vessels are typically catcher vessels using longline, pot, or trawl gear and are required to log each trip into the Observer Declare and Deploy System (ODDS) prior to departure to determine if the trip is "selected" for observer coverage or electronic monitoring. If a trip is selected vessels must comply with all monitoring requirements on that trip. Broadly speaking, the Observer Declare and Deploy System is the data system that houses all trip logging data and the associated monitoring rates, and provides a user interface for vessel owners to log trips and for the contracted observer provider(s) to assign observers to selected trips.

Distribution Information

No Distributions available.

Access Constraints:

Confidential data may not be published in raw form

Use Constraints:

Confidential data may only be used for approved research.

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Table: ODDS_LOV_SAMPLE_PLAN
Entity Table: ODDS_LOV_TRIP_OBS_STATUS
Entity Table: ODDS_LOV_TRIP_STATUS
Entity Table: ODDS_LOV_WAIVER_STATUS
Entity Table: ODDS_MONITOR
Entity Table: ODDS_PCT_TRIP_SELECT
Entity Table: ODDS_STRATA_INPT
Entity Table: ODDS_TRIP_PLAN_LOG
Entity Table: ODDS_TRIP_WAIVER
Entity Table: ODDS_USER_VESSEL
Entity Table: ODDS_VESSEL_SAMPLE_PLAN
Entity View: ODDS_CNT_PLANT_BILLABLE_DAY_V
Entity View: ODDS_CNT_TOTAL_DAY_V
Entity View: ODDS_CNT_VESSEL_BILLABLE_DAY_V
Entity View: ODDS_LOGGED_TRIP_SUMMARY_V
Entity View: ODDS_LOV_USER_TYPE_V
Entity View: ODDS_REGISTERED_USER_V
Entity View: ODDS_VESSEL_IMP_COMPARE_V

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Andy Kingham
andy.kingham@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact
Craig Faunce
craig.faunce@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

170° W, -129° E, 64° N, 50° S

Time Frame 1
2013-01-01 - Present

This data set in an ongoing program

Item Identification

Title: AFSC/FMA/Observer Declare and Deploy System (ODDS)
Short Name: AFSC/FMA/Observer Declare and Deploy
Status: On Going
Abstract:

Groundfish vessels fishing in federal waters off Alaska are either in the "full coverage", "partial coverage", or "zero coverage" categories according to the monitoring specifications outlined each year in the Annual Deployment Plan. Vessels in the Partial Coverage (PC) category are subject to random selection for observer coverage or electronic monitoring on a trip-by-trip basis. PC vessels are typically catcher vessels using longline, pot, or trawl gear and are required to log each trip into the Observer Declare and Deploy System (ODDS) prior to departure to determine if the trip is "selected" for observer coverage or electronic monitoring. If a trip is selected vessels must comply with all monitoring requirements on that trip. Broadly speaking, the Observer Declare and Deploy System is the data system that houses all trip logging data and the associated monitoring rates, and provides a user interface for vessel owners to log trips and for the contracted observer provider(s) to assign observers to selected trips.
Purpose:

Regulations governing how observers are deployed into the fisheries of Alaska became effective on 1 January 2013. Amendment 86 to the Fisheries Management Plan (FMP) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Amendment 76 to the FMP of the Gulf of Alaska establish the new North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Observer Program (Observer Program). The AFSC produces - with guidance from the North Pacific Fisheries Manamgent Council and its associated committees - an Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) each year that determines monitoring rates in each sector for the year. The ODDS is used by vessel owners to log trips which are randomly selected for observer or electronic monitoring coverage. Observer provider comany(s) then use ODDS to assign observers to selected trips. Data from ODDS logged trips are analyzed to compare predicted vs actual monitoring rates and for compliance monitoring.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
Fisheries Fishery-Dependent
Fisheries Tracked Asset
None electronic monitoring
None goa
None gulf of alaska
None observer
None odds
None restructure
None trip selection
None vessel selection

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None 2013

Stratum Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None partial coverage

Physical Location

Organization: Alaska Fisheries Science Center
City: Seattle
State/Province: WA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Database
Maintenance Frequency: As Needed
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Entity Attribute Overview:

Modeled in Oracle Designer
Entity Attribute Detail URL: https://sites.google.com/a/noaa.gov/afsc-home/it-services/data-management-and-metadata-1?pli=1
Data Set Credit: Craig Faunce

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1379469
Date Effective From: 2022
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Kingham, Andy
Email Address: andy.kingham@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 1379470
Date Effective From: 2013
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Campbell, Glenn
Email Address: glenn.campbell@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1379471
Date Effective From: 2019
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Faunce, Craig
Email Address: craig.faunce@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1379472
Date Effective From: 2024
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Kingham, Andy
Email Address: andy.kingham@noaa.gov
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 232953
W° Bound: 170
E° Bound: -129
N° Bound: 64
S° Bound: 50

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 232954
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2013-01-01
Description:

This data set in an ongoing program

Access Information

Security Class: Confidential
Security Classification System:

Confidential under Magnusson Stevens.
Data Access Policy:

Made available to OLE, NMFS Staff with valid confidentiality agreements
Data Access Procedure:

Made available to OLE, NMFS Staff with valid confidentiality agreements, requests must be made through Ren Narita.
Data Access Constraints:

Confidential data may not be published in raw form
Data Use Constraints:

Confidential data may only be used for approved research.
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Technical Environment

Description:

Oracle 11g database, APEX GUI

Data Quality

Representativeness:

Trip log data is entered by authorized fishers with a user account and password.
Accuracy:

The trip logging is validated against delivery reports
Bias:

Unknown
Completeness Measure:

100%
Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Daily review by inseason staff.

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?: Yes
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: N/A
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: N/A
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

N/A
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: No Archiving Intended
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

The dataset is never final and subject to ongoing review, archiving of completed data not possible.
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: N/A
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

RAID 1 Drives, Tape backup, Complete data histories maintained

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

Trips are logged by authorized fishers. A random number is generated which is compared to the desired coverage rate and applied to determine observer coverage

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18871
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18871
Metadata Record Created By: Doug Turnbull
Metadata Record Created: 2013-04-30 18:37+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Andy Kingham
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-03-31 21:34+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-05-18
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-05-18
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-05-18