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NEFSC Metadata Library > Fishery Monitoring & Research Division (FMRD) > Fisheries Sampling Branch (FSB) > Observer and At Sea Monitor Database (OBDBS) >

View: OBLLG

Entity (ENT)  |  Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33565  |  Updated: August 9, 2022  |  Published / External 

Item Identification

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

Observer LongLine Gear Characteristics
Notes:

Loaded by batch 9053, 07-27-2016 19:10

Entity Information

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

Observer LongLine Gear Characteristics

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 LINK4 VARCHAR2 Key field linking tables at the gear level; made up of: link1 + (2-character ) gearnum. Collected for ASM where applicable.
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
 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
 GEARNUM VARCHAR2 Sequential number assigned to gear number, unique by trip. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
 NEGEAR VARCHAR2 Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
 NHOOKS NUMBER Number of individual hooks set. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 NSECT NUMBER Number of sections in gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 SECTLEN NUMBER Length of section in tenths of nautical miles. Not collected before 2001; set to unknown.
100
 NSTRANDS NUMBER GILLNET: Number of strands of twine in the net webbing. Removed with obdbs Version 10.
100
 MLDIA NUMBER Diameter of mainline, to the nearest tenth of a millimeter.
100
 MLTEST NUMBER Test or dry breaking strength of mainline, in whole pounds. (999 indicates > 1000)
100
 MLMAT VARCHAR2 Material of mainline. 0=unknown; 1=monofilament nylon; 2=cotton; 3=steel wire; 4=multi-strand nylon; 9=other.
100
 MLCOLOR VARCHAR2 Code for color of mainline. see OBCOLOR table.
100
 GNGDISBT NUMBER Average distance along mainline between gangions, in whole feet.
100
 GNGDIA NUMBER Diameter of gangions, to nearest 10th of millimeter. POTS AND TRAPS: in fractional inches
100
 GNGTEST NUMBER Test or dry breaking strength of gangions, in whole pounds.
100
 GNGLN1 NUMBER Length of first sample gangion, to nearest foot.
100
 NGNG1 NUMBER Number of gangions for each length used. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 GNGLN2 NUMBER Length of second sampled gangion, to nearest foot.
100
 NGNG2 NUMBER Number of secondary gangions for each length used. Not collected prior to 2001.
100
 GNGMAT VARCHAR2 Material of gangion. 0=unknown; 1=monofilament nylon; 2=cotton; 3 = multi_strand nylon; 9=other.
100
 GNGCOLOR VARCHAR2 Code for color of gangions used in gear. See OBCOLOR table.
100
 FLOATUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether floats were used on gear. 0=no, 1=yes 9= unknown.
100
 FLUNKUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether floats of unknown type were used. 0=no ,1=yes, 9 = unknown.
100
 NFLUNK NUMBER Number of floats of unknown type. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 FLUNKNHKBT NUMBER Number of hooks between floats of unknown type. 0 if unknown floats are used and number is unknown. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
100
 FLPBUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether polyball used on gear. 0 = no 1 = yes 9 = unknown.
100
 NFLPB NUMBER Number of of polyball floats used on gear. If flpbusd = 0 then 0=n/a. Iif flpbusd = 1 then 0 = unknown.
100
 FLPBNHKBT NUMBER Average number of hooks between polyball floats. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
100
 FLBDUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether bulletdaub floats were used on gear. 0=no 1=yes 9=unknown. Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 NFLBD NUMBER Number of bulletdaub floats used on gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 FLBDNHKBT NUMBER Average number of hooks between bulletdaub floats. Not collected before 2001; set to unknown.
100
 FLOTHUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether other floats were used on gear. 0=no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
100
 NFLOTH NUMBER Number of other floats used on gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
100
 FLOTHNHKBT NUMBER Average number of hooks between 'other' floats. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
100
 LEADERUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether leaders were used on gear. 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown.
100
 LEADERLEN NUMBER Length of leaders used on gear, in whole feet.
100
 LEADERTEST NUMBER Test or dry breaking strength of leaders, in whole pounds.
100
 LEADERMAT VARCHAR2 Code for material of leaders used. 0-unknown, 1 = monofiliament nylon, 3 = steel wire, 9 = other.
100
 SWVUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether swivels were used on gangions. 0 = no, 1 = yes. 9 = unknown. Not collected 1994 - 2000
100
 NSWV NUMBER Number of swivels used per gangion. If swivels used and this = 0 then unknown. If swivels not used, this = 0 means n/a. Not collected 1994 - 2000; set to unknown.
100
 LTSTKUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether light sticks were used on gear. 0=no. 1=yes ,9=unknown.
100
 LTSTKCOL VARCHAR2 Color of light sticks if used; references OBCOLOR table.
100
 NLTSTK NUMBER Number of light sticks used on gear. 0 if not used or if used and number unknown. Not collected prior to 5/1994
100
 ANCHUSD VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether an anchor was used. 0 = no 1 = yes 9 = unknown.
100
 ANCHWGT NUMBER Total weight of anchor(s) used to hold gear in place, in whole pounds.
100
 ANCHWGTYP VARCHAR2 Indicator of whether anchor weight was an actual or estimated weight. 0 = unknown, 1 = actual 2 = estimated. Not collected prior to 1994; all set to unknown
100
 HOOK1COD VARCHAR2 Hook code. See OBHOOKINFO table for brand, size and pattern. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
 HOOK2COD VARCHAR2 Hook code. See OBHOOKINFO table for brand, size and pattern. Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
 DLLEN NUMBER Average length of droplines used in gear in whole feet.
100
 DLDSBT NUMBER Distance between droplines, to nearest foot.
100
 NBEAC NUMBER Number of radio beacons used on gear. Not collected prior to 2000; set to unknown.
100
 NREFL NUMBER Number of radar reflectors used on gear. Not recorded prior to 2001; set to unknown
100
 LLGCOMMENTS VARCHAR2 Commentes on line gear record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable.
100
 GNGLNAVG NUMBER Average length of Gangion. Computed from number at length of two characteristic lengths.
100
 SURFGEARMARK VARCHAR2 Indicator if the surface system buoy(s) were marked to identify the vessel or fishery 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown. Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011).
100
 NHIFLYERS NUMBER Number of High Fliers (3/2007 -- null unknowns and before)
100
 NBUOYS NUMBER Total number of surface (tide) buoys on this gear connected to the buoyline
100
 SURFLINLEN NUMBER Distance of line between Hi Flyer and Buoy (avg) in feet (3/2007)
100
 SURFLINTYP VARCHAR2 Line type betwen high flyers and buoys (3/2007). See OBLINTYP table. (all pre 3/2007 unknown)
100
 SURFLINDIA NUMBER Diameter of line between high flyers and buoys in decimal inches (3/2007)
100
 SURFWLUSD VARCHAR2 If any weak links are used on the surface system of this: 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown (3/2007)
100
 NSURFWL NUMBER Total number of surface system weak lnks on this gear. (3/2007)
100
 SURFWLTYP VARCHAR2 Type of weak links used on the surface system. (3/2007) See OBWLTYP table.
100
 STRWLUSD VARCHAR2 Weak links used on the stron g( net pandls) of gear: 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown( 3/2007)
100
 NSTRWL NUMBER Number weak links used on string. null if unknown or not used (3/2007)
100
 STRWLTYP VARCHAR2 0 = unknown, 1 = rope of appropriate breaking strength, 2= off the shelf 3 = overhand knot, 4 = hog rings 8 = combo (see comments) 9 = other (see comments) (3/2007)
100
 BUOYLINMARK VARCHAR2 Indicator if the buoyline has on 4" colored mark mid-way on the buoyline. 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown. Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011).
100
 NBUOYLINE NUMBER Number of buoylines on this gear (begun 3/2007)
100
 BUOYLINLEN NUMBER Average length of the buoyline(s) in whole feet used on this gear.(3/2007)
100
 BUOYLINTYP VARCHAR2 Type of buoyline(s) used on this gear. (3/2007) See OBLINTYP table.
100
 PCTSINKLINE NUMBER Average percent of sink line used on this gear.(3/2007)
100
 PCTFLTLINE NUMBER Average percent of float line used on gear (3/2007)
100
 BUOYLINDIA NUMBER Average fractional diameter of buoyline(s) in inches or fractions of inches
100
 GRNDLINUSD VARCHAR2 Ground Line Used: 1 = true, 0 = false 9 = unknown (3/2007)
100
 GRNDLINLEN NUMBER Total length of ground line on this gear in whole feet null if unknown or not used(3/2007)
100
 GRNDLINTYP VARCHAR2 Type of ground line used on this gear. (3/2007) See OBLINTYP table.
100
 GRNDLINDIA NUMBER Average diameter of groundline in decimal inches (3/2007)

Attribute Details

LINK4

CC ID: 334507
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 17
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Key field linking tables at the gear level; made up of: link1 + (2-character ) gearnum. Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PROGRAM

CC ID: 334518
Seq. Order: 2
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: 334529
Seq. Order: 3
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: 334540
Seq. Order: 4
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: 334551
Seq. Order: 5
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

LINK1

CC ID: 334562
Seq. Order: 6
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

GEARNUM

CC ID: 334573
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Sequential number assigned to gear number, unique by trip. Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NEGEAR

CC ID: 334584
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NHOOKS

CC ID: 334587
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of individual hooks set. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NSECT

CC ID: 334508
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of sections in gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

SECTLEN

CC ID: 334509
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Length of section in tenths of nautical miles. Not collected before 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NSTRANDS

CC ID: 334510
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

GILLNET: Number of strands of twine in the net webbing. Removed with obdbs Version 10.
General Data Type: NUMBER

MLDIA

CC ID: 334511
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Diameter of mainline, to the nearest tenth of a millimeter.
General Data Type: NUMBER

MLTEST

CC ID: 334512
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Test or dry breaking strength of mainline, in whole pounds. (999 indicates > 1000)
General Data Type: NUMBER

MLMAT

CC ID: 334513
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Material of mainline. 0=unknown; 1=monofilament nylon; 2=cotton; 3=steel wire; 4=multi-strand nylon; 9=other.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

MLCOLOR

CC ID: 334514
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for color of mainline. see OBCOLOR table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

GNGDISBT

CC ID: 334515
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average distance along mainline between gangions, in whole feet.
General Data Type: NUMBER

GNGDIA

CC ID: 334516
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 1
Status: Active
Description:

Diameter of gangions, to nearest 10th of millimeter. POTS AND TRAPS: in fractional inches
General Data Type: NUMBER

GNGTEST

CC ID: 334517
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Test or dry breaking strength of gangions, in whole pounds.
General Data Type: NUMBER

GNGLN1

CC ID: 334519
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Length of first sample gangion, to nearest foot.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NGNG1

CC ID: 334520
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of gangions for each length used. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

GNGLN2

CC ID: 334521
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Length of second sampled gangion, to nearest foot.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NGNG2

CC ID: 334522
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of secondary gangions for each length used. Not collected prior to 2001.
General Data Type: NUMBER

GNGMAT

CC ID: 334523
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Material of gangion. 0=unknown; 1=monofilament nylon; 2=cotton; 3 = multi_strand nylon; 9=other.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

GNGCOLOR

CC ID: 334524
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for color of gangions used in gear. See OBCOLOR table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

FLOATUSD

CC ID: 334525
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether floats were used on gear. 0=no, 1=yes 9= unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

FLUNKUSD

CC ID: 334526
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether floats of unknown type were used. 0=no ,1=yes, 9 = unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NFLUNK

CC ID: 334527
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of floats of unknown type. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLUNKNHKBT

CC ID: 334528
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of hooks between floats of unknown type. 0 if unknown floats are used and number is unknown. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLPBUSD

CC ID: 334530
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether polyball used on gear. 0 = no 1 = yes 9 = unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NFLPB

CC ID: 334531
Seq. Order: 31
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of of polyball floats used on gear. If flpbusd = 0 then 0=n/a. Iif flpbusd = 1 then 0 = unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLPBNHKBT

CC ID: 334532
Seq. Order: 32
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average number of hooks between polyball floats. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLBDUSD

CC ID: 334533
Seq. Order: 33
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether bulletdaub floats were used on gear. 0=no 1=yes 9=unknown. Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NFLBD

CC ID: 334534
Seq. Order: 34
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of bulletdaub floats used on gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLBDNHKBT

CC ID: 334535
Seq. Order: 35
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average number of hooks between bulletdaub floats. Not collected before 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLOTHUSD

CC ID: 334536
Seq. Order: 36
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether other floats were used on gear. 0=no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NFLOTH

CC ID: 334537
Seq. Order: 37
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of other floats used on gear. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

FLOTHNHKBT

CC ID: 334538
Seq. Order: 38
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average number of hooks between 'other' floats. Not collected prior to 2001; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

LEADERUSD

CC ID: 334539
Seq. Order: 39
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether leaders were used on gear. 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

LEADERLEN

CC ID: 334541
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Length of leaders used on gear, in whole feet.
General Data Type: NUMBER

LEADERTEST

CC ID: 334542
Seq. Order: 41
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Test or dry breaking strength of leaders, in whole pounds.
General Data Type: NUMBER

LEADERMAT

CC ID: 334543
Seq. Order: 42
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Code for material of leaders used. 0-unknown, 1 = monofiliament nylon, 3 = steel wire, 9 = other.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

SWVUSD

CC ID: 334544
Seq. Order: 43
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether swivels were used on gangions. 0 = no, 1 = yes. 9 = unknown. Not collected 1994 - 2000
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NSWV

CC ID: 334545
Seq. Order: 44
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 1
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of swivels used per gangion. If swivels used and this = 0 then unknown. If swivels not used, this = 0 means n/a. Not collected 1994 - 2000; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

LTSTKUSD

CC ID: 334546
Seq. Order: 45
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether light sticks were used on gear. 0=no. 1=yes ,9=unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

LTSTKCOL

CC ID: 334547
Seq. Order: 46
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Color of light sticks if used; references OBCOLOR table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NLTSTK

CC ID: 334548
Seq. Order: 47
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of light sticks used on gear. 0 if not used or if used and number unknown. Not collected prior to 5/1994
General Data Type: NUMBER

ANCHUSD

CC ID: 334549
Seq. Order: 48
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether an anchor was used. 0 = no 1 = yes 9 = unknown.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

ANCHWGT

CC ID: 334550
Seq. Order: 49
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Total weight of anchor(s) used to hold gear in place, in whole pounds.
General Data Type: NUMBER

ANCHWGTYP

CC ID: 334552
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator of whether anchor weight was an actual or estimated weight. 0 = unknown, 1 = actual 2 = estimated. Not collected prior to 1994; all set to unknown
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

HOOK1COD

CC ID: 334553
Seq. Order: 51
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Hook code. See OBHOOKINFO table for brand, size and pattern. Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

HOOK2COD

CC ID: 334554
Seq. Order: 52
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 3
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Hook code. See OBHOOKINFO table for brand, size and pattern. Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

DLLEN

CC ID: 334555
Seq. Order: 53
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average length of droplines used in gear in whole feet.
General Data Type: NUMBER

DLDSBT

CC ID: 334556
Seq. Order: 54
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Distance between droplines, to nearest foot.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NBEAC

CC ID: 334557
Seq. Order: 55
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of radio beacons used on gear. Not collected prior to 2000; set to unknown.
General Data Type: NUMBER

NREFL

CC ID: 334558
Seq. Order: 56
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Number of radar reflectors used on gear. Not recorded prior to 2001; set to unknown
General Data Type: NUMBER

LLGCOMMENTS

CC ID: 334559
Seq. Order: 57
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 250
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Commentes on line gear record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

GNGLNAVG

CC ID: 334560
Seq. Order: 58
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

Average length of Gangion. Computed from number at length of two characteristic lengths.
General Data Type: NUMBER

SURFGEARMARK

CC ID: 334561
Seq. Order: 59
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator if the surface system buoy(s) were marked to identify the vessel or fishery 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown. Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011).
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NHIFLYERS

CC ID: 334563
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Number of High Fliers (3/2007 -- null unknowns and before)
General Data Type: NUMBER

NBUOYS

CC ID: 334564
Seq. Order: 61
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of surface (tide) buoys on this gear connected to the buoyline
General Data Type: NUMBER

SURFLINLEN

CC ID: 334565
Seq. Order: 62
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Distance of line between Hi Flyer and Buoy (avg) in feet (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

SURFLINTYP

CC ID: 334566
Seq. Order: 63
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Line type betwen high flyers and buoys (3/2007). See OBLINTYP table. (all pre 3/2007 unknown)
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

SURFLINDIA

CC ID: 334567
Seq. Order: 64
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Diameter of line between high flyers and buoys in decimal inches (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

SURFWLUSD

CC ID: 334568
Seq. Order: 65
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

If any weak links are used on the surface system of this: 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown (3/2007)
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NSURFWL

CC ID: 334569
Seq. Order: 66
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Total number of surface system weak lnks on this gear. (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

SURFWLTYP

CC ID: 334570
Seq. Order: 67
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of weak links used on the surface system. (3/2007) See OBWLTYP table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

STRWLUSD

CC ID: 334571
Seq. Order: 68
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Weak links used on the stron g( net pandls) of gear: 0 = no, 1 = yes, 9 = unknown( 3/2007)
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NSTRWL

CC ID: 334572
Seq. Order: 69
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Number weak links used on string. null if unknown or not used (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

STRWLTYP

CC ID: 334574
Seq. Order: 70
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

0 = unknown, 1 = rope of appropriate breaking strength, 2= off the shelf 3 = overhand knot, 4 = hog rings 8 = combo (see comments) 9 = other (see comments) (3/2007)
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

BUOYLINMARK

CC ID: 334575
Seq. Order: 71
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicator if the buoyline has on 4" colored mark mid-way on the buoyline. 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown. Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011).
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

NBUOYLINE

CC ID: 334576
Seq. Order: 72
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Number of buoylines on this gear (begun 3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

BUOYLINLEN

CC ID: 334577
Seq. Order: 73
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Average length of the buoyline(s) in whole feet used on this gear.(3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

BUOYLINTYP

CC ID: 334578
Seq. Order: 74
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of buoyline(s) used on this gear. (3/2007) See OBLINTYP table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

PCTSINKLINE

CC ID: 334579
Seq. Order: 75
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Average percent of sink line used on this gear.(3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

PCTFLTLINE

CC ID: 334580
Seq. Order: 76
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Average percent of float line used on gear (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

BUOYLINDIA

CC ID: 334581
Seq. Order: 77
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Average fractional diameter of buoyline(s) in inches or fractions of inches
General Data Type: NUMBER

GRNDLINUSD

CC ID: 334582
Seq. Order: 78
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Ground Line Used: 1 = true, 0 = false 9 = unknown (3/2007)
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

GRNDLINLEN

CC ID: 334583
Seq. Order: 79
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Total length of ground line on this gear in whole feet null if unknown or not used(3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

GRNDLINTYP

CC ID: 334585
Seq. Order: 80
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 1
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Type of ground line used on this gear. (3/2007) See OBLINTYP table.
General Data Type: VARCHAR2

GRNDLINDIA

CC ID: 334586
Seq. Order: 81
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 38
Status: Active
Description:

Average diameter of groundline in decimal inches (3/2007)
General Data Type: NUMBER

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 33565
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33565
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2016-07-27 19:10+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
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Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-07-28
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-07-28