Data Management Plan (Deprecated)
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This is an outdated version of the NOAA Data Management Plan template. InPort now supports a dedicated Data Management Plan Catalog Item type, which is up-to-date with the latest NOAA DMP template. The ability to generate Data Management Plans from Data Sets will be discontinued in a future release. Please see the Data Management Plan Help Guide to learn more.
Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
The Status Determination dataset within the Species Information System (SIS) contains information related to overfishing, overfished, and approaching overfished status determinations; FSSI score for FSSI stocks; management action required, based on stock status; and information related to rebuilding programs for overfished and rebuilding stocks.
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
U.S. Federal Waters
NOTE: For international stocks, status is reported at the stock level, which likely includes areas outside U.S. Federal Waters (International Waters).
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Lineage Statement:
The Secretary of Commerce is required to determine the status of a stock (Section 304 (e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), and the guidelines for National Standard 1.) This authority has been delegated to the Assistant Administrator (AA) for NOAA Fisheries. Stock Status Decision Memos (DM) are used to make stock status determinations whenever stock status changes, or when a negative status (e.g. overfished, subject to overfishing) continues. Stock Status DMs differ from the DMs used for most fishery management actions because the status determination is being made by the AA based on a recommendation from the Regional Administrator or SF Office Director.
1. If the stock status has remained unchanged from previous determination, a stock status DM is not needed and a status determination record can be entered in SIS by the Regional Office (or HMS) after the stock assessment has been finalized and entered in SIS.
2. If the stock status determination for overfishing and/or overfished is anticipated to change from previous determinations, the regional office (or HMS) and Office of Sustainable Fisheries prepare a Decision Memo (DM). The Assistant Administrator (AA) determines the stock’s status based on the Regional Administrator’s / OSF Director’s recommendation contained in the DM.
3. After the AA signs the DM determining the stock status:
- Office of Sustainable Fisheries (OSF) will provide a signed copy of the DM to the regional office.
- The Regional office sends the Council a signed notification letter with a cc to OSF for stocks that are subject to overfishing, overfished, or approaching an overfished condition.
- The Regional office (or HMS) enters status determination records in SIS.
4. The OSF publishes a notice in the Federal Register for stocks found to be subject to overfishing or overfished using information contained in the DM and Council notifications.
5. If a stock assessment does not include results that clearly indicate stock status, it may still contain sufficient information to reasonably make a determination. When an assessment does not provide adequate information for management advice (such as determining target fishing levels or rebuilding projections), but there is adequate data to support a status determination, the steps above are still followed.
(describe or provide URL of description):
All regional personnel submit a signed document in accordance with the Data Quality Act, that the stock status information has undergone a pre-dissemination review.
6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
(describe or provide URL of description):
7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
No Restrictions
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
Data for FSSI stocks can be accessed through the SIS Public Portal. Additional data can be obtained by sending a request to Stacey.Miller@noaa.gov.
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
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9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.