33564 OBLEN Entity Published / External 24111 Observer and At Sea Monitor Database (OBDBS) Data Set Completed Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips Loaded by batch 9053, 07-27-2016 19:10 Data View Yes OBDBS Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips 1 PROGRAM VARCHAR2 3 No No Active First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 2 YEAR VARCHAR2 4 No No Active Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 3 MONTH VARCHAR2 2 No No Active Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 4 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 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 QTR NUMBER 22 No No 38 Active Quarter of year landed: 1 = Jan, Feb, Mar; 2 = Apr,May,Jun 3=Jul, Aug, Sep, 4= Oct, Nov, Dec. Collected for ASM where applicable. NUMBER 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 NEMAREA VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area. VARCHAR2 13 NEGEAR VARCHAR2 3 No No Active Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 14 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 15 OBGEARCAT VARCHAR2 2 No No Active Gear Category used by observer program: OT = Otter trawl,GG = gillnet, PT = Pots and traps , LL = Longline and other line gear, BS = beach set, SD = Scallop Dredge, PR = pair trawl,PS = purse seine, ST = Scallop Trawl, TT Twin Trawl, NK =Not known, OB=Obsolete. VARCHAR2 16 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 17 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 18 CATDISP VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Code to indicate catch disposition. 0 = discarded, 1 = kept, 9 = unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 19 SEX VARCHAR2 1 No No Active One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female. VARCHAR2 20 DREDGEPOS VARCHAR2 1 No No Active Which dredge the sample was taken from : P=port, S=Starboard, A= Aft, U= Unknown. Not recorded before 5/1994; set to unknown; VARCHAR2 21 SAMPWEIGHT NUMBER 22 No No 6 1 Active Collective Round, actual weight, of measured animals for species , sex, and market category of fish being sampled. Collected for ASM where applicable. NUMBER 22 AGESTRCT VARCHAR2 2 No No Active Type of age structure collected for sample: 0 = none, 1 = scales, 2 = otoliths, 3 = shells, 4 = whole, 5 = vertebra, 6 = dorsal spines, 7 = scales and otoliths, 8 = head, 9 = other (see comments). VARCHAR2 23 NAGESTRCT NUMBER 22 No No 3 0 Active Total number of animals from which age samples were collected. NUMBER 24 VOLMEATS NUMBER 22 No No 5 0 Active Volumetric measure of scallop meats, to nearest 50 millileters. Not collected previous to 5/1994; set to unknown. NUMBER 25 LNHCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 250 No No Active Comments on length record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable. VARCHAR2 26 LENANML NUMBER 22 No No 4 0 Active Finfish and squid measured in whole centimeters. Shellfish measured in whole millimeters. Collected for ASM where applicable. NUMBER 27 NUMLEN NUMBER 22 No No 4 0 Active Total number of animals measured at each centimeter or millimeter. Collected for ASM where applicable. NUMBER gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33564 Patricia Jones 2016-07-27T19:10:30 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