33316 OBSPP Entity Published / External 24111 Observer and At Sea Monitor Database (OBDBS) Data Set Completed Observer catch and discard data by species for each haul. from standard observer trips Loaded by batch 8949, 07-06-2016 08:23 Data View Yes OBDBS Observer catch and discard data by species for each haul. from standard observer trips 1 LINK3 VARCHAR2 19 No No Active Key field linking tables at the haul level; made up of: link1 plus (4-character) haulnum. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 2 LINK1 VARCHAR2 15 No 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. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 3 PROGRAM VARCHAR2 3 No No Active First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 4 YEAR VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 5 MONTH VARCHAR2 2 No No Active Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 6 TRIPID VARCHAR2 6 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. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 7 HAULNUM VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Ordinal number of haul within the trip; 4 characters beginning at position 16 of link3. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 8 AREA VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Statistical area code obtained from positions at beginning of haul for fixed gear and end of the haul for mobile gear or at sighting position. See LOC2AREAS table on sole. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 9 NEMAREA VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area. VARCHAR2 10 NEGEAR VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 11 OBSRFLAG VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Indicator of whether haul was observed for discards (all hauls are observed for catch except for offwatch (sdo, sto, cdo) hauls). 0=no; 1=yes. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 12 LATHBEG VARCHAR2 6 No No Active Latitude location, (DDMMSS) where haul began. Pre 2001 : SS rounded to 30 where no loran. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 13 LONHBEG VARCHAR2 6 No No Active Longitude location of where haul began, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 14 NESPP4 VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 15 HAILWT NUMBER 22 No No 7 1 Active The dressed or round, actual or estimated weight for each caught species. Actual weights recorded to the nearest tenth of a pound, estimated to nearest whole pound. SPP : Previous to 5/1994 the dressed /round and actual/estimated fields were recorded but not entered so both dressed and actual fields are unknown for those years. Collected for ASM where applicable. NUMBER 16 FISHDISP VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Three digit code for disposition of each species (catdisp plus discreason). See OBFISHDISP table. IAL: discard reason not recorded previous to 5/1994; last two digits of fishdisp set to 00 (unknown discard reason); Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 17 CATDISP VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Code to indicate catch disposition. 0 = discarded, 1 = kept, 9 = unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 18 DRFLAG VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Indicator of whether the species in the record was dressed =1 or round =2, unknown= 0; SPP: prior to 5/1994 data recorded but not entered; set to unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 19 WGTTYPE VARCHAR2 1 No No Active One digit code denoting type of weight of species. 1=actual; 2=estimated; 0=unknown. SPP: prior to 5/1994 data recorded but not entered; set to unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 20 SPPCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 250 No No Active Additional information regarding the species. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 21 HAUCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 250 No No Active Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 22 ONEFFORT VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Indicator whether the observer is intentionally present to witness the haulback 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011). VARCHAR2 23 ESTMETH VARCHAR2 2 No No Active Method used to estimate the catch weight of each species (including debris). See OBESTMETH table. Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011). Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33316 Patricia Jones 2016-07-06T08:23:44 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:12 2016-07-28 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 2016-07-28 1 Year 2017-07-28