AKRO/SF: Landing Reports

The industry report submitted by processing facilities, including shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, catcher/processors and motherships, documenting catcher vessel groundfish, crab, and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) halibut and sablefish fishing activity. In particular, these reports provide information at the trip level, including the dates and duration of the trip, the gear used, the area fished, and the weight and condition of each species delivered. The weights and species of at-sea discards are also reported.

To document retained and discarded catch of groundfish, crab, and IFQ halibut and sablefish.

Access to sensitive data shall only be granted to an individual that meets certain criteria. Access can only be granted to an individual if a signed and effective Confidentiality Agreement, Data Access Sharing Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, Standard Statement of Nondisclosure, or similar agreement is in place. These signed agreements shall indicate that individuals have reviewed and understand the provisions in the manual governing the legal use of sensitive data. The signed agreements are maintained by the Alaska Regional Records office. The name of each individual that has signed a statement of nondisclosure for using sensitive data will be added to the Alaska Region list of authorized confidential data users.

Groundfish, crab, and IFQ landing reports are sensitive under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (2007) and can only be shared with authorized persons or in summary format for public dissemination.

Real time validation is performed during data entry in the eLandings and seaLandings components of the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS). Warnings and errors are flagged.

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Alaska Region in Juneau, Alaska, following a disruption.

Groundfish, crab, and IFQ landing reports are generated and submitted through the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) and uploaded into the NMFS Alaska Region database from the IERS repository database.

Prior to IERS industry submitted data to NMFS through electronic reporting systems called Shorelog and Vlog. IFQ landings were submitted to NMFS through an online legacy IFQ system.