Commercial Landings Data monthly summaries (Dealers)

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The Southern US Atlantic coastal waters from North Carolina to the Florida Keys (Monroe County) out to 200 nautical miles and the US Gulf of Mexico coastal waters from Monroe County, FL through Texas out to 200 nautical miles. The 200 mile limit is the outer boundary of the US Exclusive Economic Zone.

1972-present for NC, SC, and GA. 1977-present for rest of SE US.

Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean

Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean

Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean

South East Data Assessment and Review homepage. The SEDAR documents may be found here.

Changed width of DEALER column from 9 to 10. This was to accommodate new 10 digit codes from South Carolina. Changes were made to all ALS tables for uniformity.

A change was made to the waterbody coding in Grid 2 - Dry Tortugas area. This change affects GULF(region 5) vs SOUTH ATLANTIC(region 4) jurisdiction. FL State Water code '0022' (Grid 2, Florida State Waters, South Atlantic) had been translating to water code '0020' (Grid 2 all waters). This situation was corrected today by updating the records to reflect the incoming code of '0022'. Updates mainly affect 2011-2012 data.

Edit inland freshwater body codes for Texas: code 7133 > 9182 (894 rows from 1994-98 for old_waterbody='0601'), 7133 > 9181 (146 rows for old_waterbody ='0702'). Edited Shellfish Harvesting area codes for FL West Coast: code 1601 > 0071 (2 records) and code 2232 > 0073 (2 records).

Data were reloaded from GSMFC-FIN for Alabama 2002-2012 over the last 2 days as there was an improper truncation of dealer codes for 2012 and 2006 had place holder '999...' data in the dealer fields. Program was fixed so improper truncation could not take place. Reload showed proper data for both years. Other years from 2002-2012 were reloaded as they may have updates.

CAVEATS for GEAR (NMFSGEAR) and CATCH AREA (WATERBODY) data: Landings by gear and water body do not reside in the monthly landings data set for Florida non-shrimp species for the years 1977-1996, nor for Louisiana non-shrimp species 1990-1999. Texas landings for non-shrimp species lack gear information from 1993 ¿ 2006. Annual landings by gear and water body are available in the Annual General Canvass data for Florida.

CAVEATS for POUNDS: All landed quantities are converted to live or whole weight with the exceptions of oysters and clams, which are converted to pounds of meat. Florida data are reported and stored in landed weight until the end of 1985, after which they are converted to whole weight. Conversion factors are used by the data suppliers to convert landings to whole weight pounds. Generally, these follow standards established in a NMFS Memo `Conversion Factors¿ issued January 12, 1987; however, conversion factors from Texas and North Carolina may vary from the official NMFS factors. The Texas and North Carolina conversion factors for are available from the states. Care must be used when converting these data back to landed weight. If the original conversion factors are not employed the weight will vary from that of the data supplier. The State of Florida uses the NMFS standard set of factors but applies them according to the typical landed condition of the for most fish species. Florida collects a landed condition for shellfish and for some baitfish.

NOTES on DATA Completeness: All data in the ALS rely on landings reported by industry. Batches of data are submitted in regular intervals as the reports are processed by the partner agencies. In many cases the data are incomplete for recent months since most agencies do not hold their data until the entire month is complete.

CAVEATS for SPECIES (NMFS_CODE): Some records are identified by generic categories, e.g., snappers, groupers, sharks, etc. and not by individual species. This is especially true for data collected in the earlier years. When long-term trends are required for individual species, adjustments or allocations of the landings for the generic categories need to be made. Examples of these types of analyses can be found in the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) reports. See the address provided in the URLs section.

NOTES on Catch Area (WATERBODY): 4. Please remember that catch area information is not present in this table for all states and years (see issue 1). Fishing area information is located in the `WATERBODY' column and is recorded as statistical grids (sometime referred as stat zones). The grids in the Atlantic are formed by the degrees of latitude and longitude. Thus, the statistical grids are approximately 60 miles by 60 miles or about 3,600 square miles. In the Gulf of Mexico the grids are more irregular, bordered by one or several degrees of latitude and longitude. Within the coastal grids there are usually many specific catch areas. Numeric codes of 4 digits are assigned to all catch areas. In the Atlantic the grid or stat zone indicator occupies the first 3 digits of the code while in the Gulf of Mexico the grid indicator occupies the 2 middle digits. Catch areas that occur within the grids are coded with the grid code along with additional coding in the 1st and 4th digit (Gulf) and in the 4th digit (Atlantic). There are also records with general catch areas such as `Gulf of Mexico¿, `Atlantic Ocean¿, `Unknown¿, and a few others. Users must be careful to query for the catch areas accordingly. There is a REGION code that identifies the catch area as Atlantic (4), Gulf (5), or Caribbean (9). These are useful in data retrieval of catch area data. Use the ALSSTATE and NMFSCOUNTY fields to retrieve landings for the area landed, and use the `REGION¿ and `WATERBODY' fields to retrieve landings by catch area. The validation table for water body codes contains the conversions and definition for each species. The table name is ALS.ALS_WATERBODY_OLD_NEW_XREF. Information on that table, maps, and historical documentation are provided under `Related Items'.

CAVEATS FOR SPECIES#2: Aquarium species and live rock landings are not included in the general canvass data. These data are available from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Institute of Marine Resources, St. Petersburg, Florida. **Plans are being made to include these in the future.**

NOTES on DATA SOURCES: 1.Shrimp: The NOAA-SEFSC Gulf Shrimp System (GSS) is the source of all food shrimp landings from the Gulf of Mexico States. The NOAA South Atlantic Shrimp System (SASS) supplied the food shrimp data from 1981-1992 for the Florida East Coast (after 1992 the the FLEC shrimp data were supplied by FMRI while the Florida West Coast shrimp data continued to be supplied by the GSS). The SASS also supplied the food shrimp data from 1978-2000 for Georgia, from 1979 to present for South Carolina, and from 1978-1992 for North Carolina. 2.Non-shrimp species: As stated previously, NOAA is the source for data prior to 1986 for Florida. For 1986 to-date, the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) of the FWC is the source. Data from other states in the SE Region were supplied by the Cooperative Statistics Program state agency partners. Data are present for GA-NC from 1972 on. FL-TX data are present for 1977 on. For year 2000 and more recent, the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision (GSMFC) has supplied the non-shrimp data for Louisiana from the Fisheries Information Network database (FIN). The FIN is also the source of the non-shrimp data Alabama for the years 2002 and more recent. In the Atlantic, the Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) currently supplies the data for Georgia and the Carolinas.

Data are summarized trip level data data. Data are presented at the dealer and month level. Data are collected by states and made available to this system through the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission or through the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. Data are summarized and loaded to the Accumulated Landings System at SEFSC.