Registration Tracking System

describe the data structure as a diagram (inputs outputs)

The registration tracking module is designed to track individual vessels, fishermen, and dealers through geographic location and time. This allows for the association of specific landings to specific vessels, fishermen, or dealers regardless of where or when those vessels, fishermen, or dealers participate in the commercial fishery. This tracking will be accomplished through a unique identifier for vessels, fishermen, and dealers. For vessels, the unique ID is the Hull Identification Number (HIN). For dealers and fishermen, the unique ID consists of the following elements:

Birth Month

First letter of Last Name

Last letter of Last Name

First Letter of First Name

Birth Year

Birth Day

Sequential number - allows for entries with same individual codes but number will make it unique

It is critical that date of birth and name be collected by the licensing agency to ensure the unique ID can be created. A list of minimum data elements for vessels, fishermen, and dealers.

For the FIN and ACCSP, the NMFS will be responsible for maintaining the master fishermen/dealers data base (which will contain the unique ID) and matching up fishermen/dealers from the partners data bases with the ones in the master data set. The states will be responsible for providing data feeds to the system and the FIN and ACCSP will provide these data sets to NMFS who will run quality control measures to ensure duplicate records are not entered into the system. This will be accomplished by comparing vessel name, vessel number, fishermen name, dealer number, birth date, address, telephone number(s) etc. from the partner data bases and the master database.

Ref: Table 14 - 16 on pg.41 thru 43 of the Program Design Document for Minimum Data Elements

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