24508 Observer Scanning Database (OBSCAN) Data Set Published / External 22550 Fishery Monitoring Operations Branch (FMOB) Project Completed Paper logs are the primary data collection tool used by observers of the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program deployed on commercial fishing vessels. After the data collected on the paper are entered into a database, the paper logs are scanned for each trip. After all trips for a calendar year are scanned, they are archived at the National Archives and Records Administration. Provide end users with scanned images of observer's data collected on paper logs. Theme at-sea monitor Theme bycatch Theme dredge Theme gillnet Theme longline Theme marine mammal Theme observer Theme pot Theme protected species Theme purse seine Theme sea turtle Theme seabird Theme trawl Spatial Georges Bank Spatial Gulf of Maine Spatial Mid-Atlantic Spatial NY Bight Spatial Northeast Spatial Northwest Atlantic Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole MA USA Data Set Oracle Database Continually Table (digital) Scanner, Spring scale, digital motion-compensated scale, measuring tape, pit tag scanner, digital camera, Android tablet Data that is scanned is collected on commercial fishing vessels Commercial fishing gear of the following types: trawl, gillnet, longline, purse seine, fish pot/trap, dredge, hydraulic dredge, handline and weir/pound net 33427 OBIMAGES Published / External Trip information for scanned image Data Table Yes Trip information for scanned image 1 DOCUMENTID NUMBER(11) 11 No Yes Active Document identifier NUMBER(11) 2 TRIPID VARCHAR2(7) 7 No No Active May 1994 - current: 6 - character trip id; first three characters are the observer id number (obsid) and the second are the ordinal number of trips the observer has taken for the current year. VARCHAR2(7) 3 MONTH VARCHAR2(2) 2 No No Active Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. VARCHAR2(2) 4 DAY VARCHAR2(2) 2 No No Active Day landed. VARCHAR2(2) 5 LINK1 VARCHAR2(15) 15 Yes No Active 15-character Key field linking tables at the trip level; made up of: program + year + month + tripid. Appears as first 15 characters in all 'LINK ' fields. VARCHAR2(15) 6 DOCTYPE VARCHAR2(40) 40 No No Active Observer Log for Scanned VARCHAR2(40) 7 BARCODE VARCHAR2(9) 9 No No Active Bar Code indetifier for scanned document. VARCHAR2(9) 8 DOE DATE 7 Yes No Active Date of Entry. DATE 9 UOE VARCHAR2(10) 10 Yes No Active User of Entry. VARCHAR2(10) 10 DOC DATE 7 Yes No Active Date of Last Change. DATE 11 UOC VARCHAR2(10) 10 Yes No Active User of Last Change. VARCHAR2(10) 12 PROGRAM VARCHAR2(3) 3 Yes No Active First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. VARCHAR2(3) 13 YEAR VARCHAR2(4) 4 No No Active Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. VARCHAR2(4) 14 GEARNUM VARCHAR2(30) 30 Yes No Active Sequential number assigned to gear number, unique by trip. VARCHAR2(30) 15 HAULNUM VARCHAR2(4) 4 Yes No Active Ordinal number of haul within the trip. VARCHAR2(4) 16 NEGEAR VARCHAR2(3) 3 Yes No Active Northeast gear code. See OBDBS OBGEAR table. VARCHAR2(3) 17 TRIPEXT VARCHAR2(1) 1 Yes No Active Level of sampling of discards in the gillnet fishery, or whether or not trip aborted. See OBDBS OBTRIPEXT table. VARCHAR2(1) 18 PRIMGEAR VARCHAR2(3) 3 Yes No Active Principal gear used on trip. VARCHAR2(3) 19 PAGENO NUMBER(2) 2 Yes No Active Page Number. NUMBER(2) 20 PAGETOT NUMBER(2) 2 Yes No Active Page Total. NUMBER(2) 21 PSID VARCHAR2(3) 3 Yes No Active Not Used VARCHAR2(3) 22 TAGNUM1 VARCHAR2(12) 12 Yes No Active Not Used VARCHAR2(12) 23 IMG_DATE DATE 7 Yes No Active Not Used DATE 24 RESCANREQ VARCHAR2(1) 1 Yes No Active Not Used VARCHAR2(1) 25 OLD_IMAGES VARCHAR2(250) 250 Yes No Active Not Used VARCHAR2(250) 26 LOG_NOT_ENTERED VARCHAR2(1) 1 Yes No Active Not Used VARCHAR2(1) 33428 OBSCAN_DOC Published / External Path Location and File Name of Scanned document Data Table Yes OBSCAN 1 DOCUMENTID NUMBER 11 Yes Yes Active Document identifier NUMBER 2 DOCUMENTPATH VARCHAR2 60 No No Active Path Location and File Name for Scanned Document VARCHAR2 Data Steward 2025 Person Tholke, Chris chris.tholke@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 (508) 495-2024 Data Steward 2006-02 2024 Person Kupcha, Erin erin.kupcha@noaa.gov 25 Bernard East Saint Jean Drive East Falmouth MA 02536 508-495-2031 508-495-2124 Distributor 2006 Organization Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC https://ror.org/02nc0ck44 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center NEFSC Home Page Online Resource 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday Metadata Contact 2025 Person Tholke, Chris chris.tholke@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 (508) 495-2024 Metadata Contact 2015 2024 Person Kupcha, Erin erin.kupcha@noaa.gov 25 Bernard East Saint Jean Drive East Falmouth MA 02536 508-495-2031 508-495-2124 Originator 2006 Organization Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC https://ror.org/02nc0ck44 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center NEFSC Home Page Online Resource 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday Point of Contact 2025 Person Tholke, Chris chris.tholke@noaa.gov 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543 (508) 495-2024 Point of Contact 2007 2024 Person Martins, Amy amy.martins@noaa.gov 25 Bernard East Saint Jean Drive East Falmouth MA 02536 508-495-2266 -77 -67 45 34 federal and state waters from Maine to North Carolina Continuing 2006-02 Sensitive NEFSC Data Access Procedure: 1. Formal request in writing usually to the data owner/contact or Center Director; 2. Requester is contacted by data owner to review and verify the request content and details for data delivery options. 3. If data is confidential then owner will determine if the data may be released to the requester; 4. If data can be released, the data is downloaded and packaged for delivery electronically; or the requester may be directed to where the data is available online. NEFSC Data Access Constraint: If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/fisheries-observers/fisheries-monitoring-operations-northeast Online Resource HTML The Fisheries Monitoring Operations (FMO) Branch manages the Northeast Fishery Observer Program (NEFOP) and the At-Sea Monitoring Program (ASM) which collects, processes and manages data and biological samples obtained during commercial fishing trips. These data are collected by trained fishery observers for scientific and fisheries management purposes. Oracle Database on Centralized Database System and scanned pdf images After data is scanned, the information is checked against the data that was entered electronically to ensure complete trip scanning. Yes Unknown Yes Yes Paper logs that are scanned are available to end users approximately 6 months after the data is collected by observers. Other Unknown Archival of source data preserving unaltered collected data, Scheduled backups, Remote storage backups, Password protection Fishery observers and Industry funded scallop observers record trip, haul, catch and incidental take data on observed fishing trips using defined protocols. Preliminary observer data is entered electronically, complete observer data is entered on paper logs. Observers are debriefed by data editors. Data recorded manually is entered by the Training and Data Quality Branch. Entered data is verified and extensively audited by the Training and Data Quality Branch prior to database load. Data recorded manually is scanned into a database and available for view via website. 33427 Entity 33428 Entity 24111 Data Set Cross Reference OBSCAN is the scanned paper logs for the data in the Observer Database. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:24508 Patricia Jones 2015-04-20T18:48:42 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2016-07-06 Northeast Fisheries Science Center NEFSC 166 Water Street Woods Hole MA 02543-1026 USA (508)495-2000 https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday 1001 Public No No 2016-07-06 1 Year 2017-07-06