Documented Vessels Information
Project (PRJ) | NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:20701 | Updated: May 7, 2025 | Published / External
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Summary
ST maintains a copy of the US Coast Guard's vessel database and provides a query system that permits the extraction of vessel characteristics, documentation and ownership. This database is updated on a monthly basis. Our query program only retrieves data about vessels which are 5 net tons or larger and are documented by the USCG. Craft less than 5 net tons or smaller are numbered by individual states.
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Contact Information
Point of Contact
Michael T Lewis
michael.t.lewis@noaa.gov
301-427-8146
Item Identification
| Title: | Documented Vessels Information |
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| Short Name: | Documented Vessels Information |
| Status: | In Work |
| Abstract: |
ST maintains a copy of the US Coast Guard's vessel database and provides a query system that permits the extraction of vessel characteristics, documentation and ownership. This database is updated on a monthly basis. Our query program only retrieves data about vessels which are 5 net tons or larger and are documented by the USCG. Craft less than 5 net tons or smaller are numbered by individual states. |
| Purpose: |
To make information on USCG documneted vessels readily available to the public through an online database query system. |
Physical Location
| Organization: | NMFS Office of Science and Technology |
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| City: | Silver Spring |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
Currently hosted in Oracle Cloud |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2025-05-06 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Lewis, Michael T |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | michael.t.lewis@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8146 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Publisher
| Date Effective From: | 2005-01-01 |
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| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Van Voorhees, David A |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | dave.van.voorhees@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8189 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Distribution Information
Distribution 1
| Start Date: | 2025-05-06 |
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| End Date: | Present |
| Download URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/foss/f?p=215:4 |
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URLs
URL 1
| URL: | https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/foss/f?p=215:4 |
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| Description: |
Provides access to the NOAA Fisheries copy of the USCG vessel database. |
Data Quality
| Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
We provide a copy of the existing Coast Guard documented vessels dataset. We do not perform additional quality control measures nor do we change the data provided by the Coast Guard. |
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 20701 |
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| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:20701 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Lauren M Dolinger Few |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2013-10-22 13:47+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | Michael Chang |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2025-05-07 20:17+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2014-04-01 |
| Owner Org: | OST |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2014-04-01 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2015-04-01 |