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Observer Marine Mammal Biological Samples from standard observer trips

Description

Observer Marine Mammal Biological Samples from standard observer trips

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data View

Data Attribute / Type Description
LINK1
VARCHAR2
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. Collected for ASM where applicable.
PSID
VARCHAR2
Consecutive identification number assigned each animal incidentally taken on board. Collected for ASM where applicable.
LINK6
VARCHAR2
Key field linking marine mammal and turtle biological sample tables (OBBMM, OBBTU) to the incidental take (OBINC) Collected for ASM where applicable.; link6 is made up of: link1 + PSID.
PROGRAM
VARCHAR2
First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
YEAR
VARCHAR2
Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable.
MONTH
VARCHAR2
Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable.
TRIPID
VARCHAR2
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. Collected for ASM where applicable.
NESPP4
VARCHAR2
Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
SEX
VARCHAR2
One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female.
BODYTEMP
NUMBER
Dorsal muscular temperature, to nearest 10th of degree Fahrenheit. Not collected prior to May 1994. Set to null = unknown.
BLUBTHCK
NUMBER
Thickness of blubber of cetacean or pinniped at point where blubber meets the muscle, to nearest 10th of centimeter. Not collected prior to 1990; set to null = unknown.
GIRTH
NUMBER
Cetacean: girth of animal just under the pectoral flippers at the axilla. Pinniped: girth of animal just under fore flippers at the axilla. measured and recorded in centimeters.
TOTLEN
NUMBER
Cetacean: straight line length from tip of jaw (top or bottom of jaw, whichever is longer) to the fluke notch, in centimeters. Pinniped: straight line measurement from snout to tip of tail, in centimeters.
FLIPLEN
NUMBER
Cetacean: straight line length of one flipper, from anterior edge to tip. Pinniped: (not recorded prior to 1994) straight line length of one rear flipper, from anterior edge at joint where flipper connects to the body, in centimeters.
FLIPWID
NUMBER
Cetacean : same flipper as length , straight line width, at widest part in centimeters. Pinniped: (recorded 1994 - 2000 only) Straight line of one rear flipper
DORSLHGT
NUMBER
Cetacean only: straight line height of dorsal fin from posterior tip of fin to insertion at body in centimeters.
FLUKEWID
NUMBER
Cetacean only: width of fluke, from one tip to the other, in centimeters.
WHOLE
VARCHAR2
Indicator of whether animal is retained by observer to be brought to shore. 0 = no, 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994 (set to 0 = false)
FINCLIP
NUMBER
Number of fin clip samples taken.
JAW
NUMBER
Number of jaw samples taken.
STOMACH
NUMBER
Number of stomach samples taken.
BLUBBER
NUMBER
Number of blubber samples taken.
MUSCLE
NUMBER
Number of muscle samples taken. Not collected prior to 1994
RPORGANS
NUMBER
Number of reproductive organ samples taken.
HEAD
NUMBER
Indicator of whether head or skull was kept. 0=no 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994
OTHSAMP
NUMBER
Number of other samples collected of types not accounted for in other categories.
SNOUTEYE
NUMBER
Snout to center of eye measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994(set to null = unknown)
SNOUTEAR
NUMBER
Snout to ear measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)
SNOUTBLW
NUMBER
Snout to center of blow hole measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins. Not collected prior to 1994; set to null = unknown.
SNOUTFLP
NUMBER
Snout to flipper anterior measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins., in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)
BMMCOMMENTS
VARCHAR2
Additional information regarding marine mammal incidental takes.Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0)

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Item Identification

Title: View: OBBMM
Short Name: OBBMM
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Observer Marine Mammal Biological Samples from standard observer trips

Notes:

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Entity Information

Entity Type: Data View
Active Version?: Yes
Schema Name: OBDBS
Description:

Observer Marine Mammal Biological Samples from standard observer trips

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
LINK1 VARCHAR2 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. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
PSID VARCHAR2 Consecutive identification number assigned each animal incidentally taken on board. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
LINK6 VARCHAR2 Key field linking marine mammal and turtle biological sample tables (OBBMM, OBBTU) to the incidental take (OBINC) Collected for ASM where applicable.; link6 is made up of: link1 + PSID.
100
PROGRAM VARCHAR2 First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
YEAR VARCHAR2 Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
MONTH VARCHAR2 Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
TRIPID VARCHAR2 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. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
NESPP4 VARCHAR2 Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
SEX VARCHAR2 One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female.
100
BODYTEMP NUMBER Dorsal muscular temperature, to nearest 10th of degree Fahrenheit. Not collected prior to May 1994. Set to null = unknown.
100
BLUBTHCK NUMBER Thickness of blubber of cetacean or pinniped at point where blubber meets the muscle, to nearest 10th of centimeter. Not collected prior to 1990; set to null = unknown.
100
GIRTH NUMBER Cetacean: girth of animal just under the pectoral flippers at the axilla. Pinniped: girth of animal just under fore flippers at the axilla. measured and recorded in centimeters.
100
TOTLEN NUMBER Cetacean: straight line length from tip of jaw (top or bottom of jaw, whichever is longer) to the fluke notch, in centimeters. Pinniped: straight line measurement from snout to tip of tail, in centimeters.
100
FLIPLEN NUMBER Cetacean: straight line length of one flipper, from anterior edge to tip. Pinniped: (not recorded prior to 1994) straight line length of one rear flipper, from anterior edge at joint where flipper connects to the body, in centimeters.
100
FLIPWID NUMBER Cetacean : same flipper as length , straight line width, at widest part in centimeters. Pinniped: (recorded 1994 - 2000 only) Straight line of one rear flipper
100
DORSLHGT NUMBER Cetacean only: straight line height of dorsal fin from posterior tip of fin to insertion at body in centimeters.
100
FLUKEWID NUMBER Cetacean only: width of fluke, from one tip to the other, in centimeters.
100
WHOLE VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether animal is retained by observer to be brought to shore. 0 = no, 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994 (set to 0 = false)
100
FINCLIP NUMBER Number of fin clip samples taken.
100
JAW NUMBER Number of jaw samples taken.
100
STOMACH NUMBER Number of stomach samples taken.
100
BLUBBER NUMBER Number of blubber samples taken.
100
MUSCLE NUMBER Number of muscle samples taken. Not collected prior to 1994
100
RPORGANS NUMBER Number of reproductive organ samples taken.
100
HEAD NUMBER Indicator of whether head or skull was kept. 0=no 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994
100
OTHSAMP NUMBER Number of other samples collected of types not accounted for in other categories.
100
SNOUTEYE NUMBER Snout to center of eye measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994(set to null = unknown)
100
SNOUTEAR NUMBER Snout to ear measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)
100
SNOUTBLW NUMBER Snout to center of blow hole measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins. Not collected prior to 1994; set to null = unknown.
100
SNOUTFLP NUMBER Snout to flipper anterior measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins., in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)
100
BMMCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 Additional information regarding marine mammal incidental takes.Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0)

Attribute Details

LINK1

CC ID: 329383
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PSID

CC ID: 329394
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Consecutive identification number assigned each animal incidentally taken on board. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

LINK6

CC ID: 329405
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 18
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Key field linking marine mammal and turtle biological sample tables (OBBMM, OBBTU) to the incidental take (OBINC) Collected for ASM where applicable.; link6 is made up of: link1 + PSID.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PROGRAM

CC ID: 329408
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

YEAR

CC ID: 329409
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

MONTH

CC ID: 329410
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

TRIPID

CC ID: 329411
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

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. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NESPP4

CC ID: 329412
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

SEX

CC ID: 329413
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

BODYTEMP

CC ID: 329384
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Dorsal muscular temperature, to nearest 10th of degree Fahrenheit. Not collected prior to May 1994. Set to null = unknown.

General Data Type: NUMBER

BLUBTHCK

CC ID: 329385
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Thickness of blubber of cetacean or pinniped at point where blubber meets the muscle, to nearest 10th of centimeter. Not collected prior to 1990; set to null = unknown.

General Data Type: NUMBER

GIRTH

CC ID: 329386
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean: girth of animal just under the pectoral flippers at the axilla. Pinniped: girth of animal just under fore flippers at the axilla. measured and recorded in centimeters.

General Data Type: NUMBER

TOTLEN

CC ID: 329387
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean: straight line length from tip of jaw (top or bottom of jaw, whichever is longer) to the fluke notch, in centimeters. Pinniped: straight line measurement from snout to tip of tail, in centimeters.

General Data Type: NUMBER

FLIPLEN

CC ID: 329388
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean: straight line length of one flipper, from anterior edge to tip. Pinniped: (not recorded prior to 1994) straight line length of one rear flipper, from anterior edge at joint where flipper connects to the body, in centimeters.

General Data Type: NUMBER

FLIPWID

CC ID: 329389
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean : same flipper as length , straight line width, at widest part in centimeters. Pinniped: (recorded 1994 - 2000 only) Straight line of one rear flipper

General Data Type: NUMBER

DORSLHGT

CC ID: 329390
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean only: straight line height of dorsal fin from posterior tip of fin to insertion at body in centimeters.

General Data Type: NUMBER

FLUKEWID

CC ID: 329391
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Cetacean only: width of fluke, from one tip to the other, in centimeters.

General Data Type: NUMBER

WHOLE

CC ID: 329392
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether animal is retained by observer to be brought to shore. 0 = no, 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994 (set to 0 = false)

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

FINCLIP

CC ID: 329393
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of fin clip samples taken.

General Data Type: NUMBER

JAW

CC ID: 329395
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of jaw samples taken.

General Data Type: NUMBER

STOMACH

CC ID: 329396
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of stomach samples taken.

General Data Type: NUMBER

BLUBBER

CC ID: 329397
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of blubber samples taken.

General Data Type: NUMBER

MUSCLE

CC ID: 329398
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of muscle samples taken. Not collected prior to 1994

General Data Type: NUMBER

RPORGANS

CC ID: 329399
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of reproductive organ samples taken.

General Data Type: NUMBER

HEAD

CC ID: 329400
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether head or skull was kept. 0=no 1 = yes. Not recorded prior to 1994

General Data Type: NUMBER

OTHSAMP

CC ID: 329401
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of other samples collected of types not accounted for in other categories.

General Data Type: NUMBER

SNOUTEYE

CC ID: 329402
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Snout to center of eye measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994(set to null = unknown)

General Data Type: NUMBER

SNOUTEAR

CC ID: 329403
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Snout to ear measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins, in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)

General Data Type: NUMBER

SNOUTBLW

CC ID: 329404
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Snout to center of blow hole measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins. Not collected prior to 1994; set to null = unknown.

General Data Type: NUMBER

SNOUTFLP

CC ID: 329406
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Snout to flipper anterior measurement, for Bottlenose Dolphins., in centimeters. Not collected prior to 1994 (set to null = unknown)

General Data Type: NUMBER

BMMCOMMENTS

CC ID: 329407
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1000
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Additional information regarding marine mammal incidental takes.Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0)

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 33283
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33283
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2016-07-06 08:23+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-07-28
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-07-28
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-07-28