5380
Vessel Operating Units (Vessels)
Vessel Operating Units Data Tables
Data Set
Published / External
1941
Vessel Operating Units
Project
In Work
This data set contains data for vessels that are greater than five net tons and have a current US Coast Guard documentation number. Beginning in1979, the NMFS initiated a system to conduct an annual survey to inventory all of the vessels that actively fished in commercial fisheries during the previous calendar year. The survey is conducted by port agents that are located at fishing port throughout the Southeast Region. They record the physical information about the vessels, e.g., length, age, horsepower, etc., as well as gathering information about the fishing characteristics of the vessels, e.g., type and amount of gear, number of crew, etc. Often the physical characteristics of the vessels are retrieved from the data maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as part of their vessel documentation program. In recent years, much of the fishing characteristics are retrieved from either trip ticket and/or logbook data
The primary purpose of this data set is to provide an annual inventory of the vessels that are documented by the US Coast Guard and actively fished during a calendar year.
Inventory of active vessels by year
Theme
PARR Exclusion
Non-Environmental Data
Theme
Crew Size
Theme
Effort
Theme
Gear
Theme
Vessel Counts
Theme
fishdep
Theme
fishery-dependent
Temporal
1979-present
Spatial
Alabama
Spatial
Atlantic
Spatial
Florida
Spatial
Georgia
Spatial
Gulf Of Mexico
Spatial
Louisana
Spatial
Mississippi
Spatial
North Carolina
Spatial
South Carolina
Spatial
Texas
Stratum
County
Stratum
State
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Miami
FL
USA
Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center
Data Set
Database
Annually
Table (digital)
N/A
N/A
N/A
5382
Table: VOU_CONSTRUCTION_CODES
VOU_CONSTRUCTION_CODES
Published / External
Completed
List Valid Codes For The Material Used For Vessel Construction
Loaded by batch 1685, 10-12-2007 07:37
Data Table
Yes
VOU
List Valid Codes For The Material Used For Vessel Construction
1
CONSTR
VARCHAR2
30
No
No
Active
Description of the construction
VARCHAR2
2
CONSTRUCTION_CODE
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Construction Code
VARCHAR2
5386
Table: VOU_VESOP
VOU_VESOP
Published / External
Completed
This master data table provides information on U.S. Coast Guard registered vessels that were identified as actively fishing commercially, as verified by a local port agent, or via one of the sales receipt systems.
Loaded by batch 1685, 10-12-2007 07:37
Data Table
Yes
VOU
This provides information on U.S. Coast Guard registered vessels that were identified as actively fishing commercially, as verified by a local port agent, or via one of the sales receipt systems.
1
VESSELNAME
VARCHAR2
20
No
No
Active
The name of the vessel.
VARCHAR2
2
PTCREW
NUMBER
22
No
No
2
0
Active
The number of part time crew members. They derive less than 50 percent of their gross income from fishing. The same crew members may be counted for different gears.
NUMBER
3
DUPPTCREW
NUMBER
22
No
No
2
0
Active
When a part time crew member fishes more than one gear, they are listed as a duplicate part time crew member for all gears except for one.
NUMBER
4
TYPEOFCONS
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Type of contruction of the hull 1 = Wood, 2 = Steel, 3 = Composite, 4 = Iron, 5 = Bronze, 6 = Concrete, 7 = Aluminum, 8 = Filberglass, 9 = Plastic
VARCHAR2
5
VESSELNUM
NUMBER
22
No
No
10
0
Active
The vessel number, the official identifier for a vessel.
NUMBER
6
RIG
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Propulsion system 1 = Steam, 2 = Gas, 3 = Oil screw 4 = Sail
VARCHAR2
7
GROSSTONS
NUMBER
22
No
No
4
0
Active
The registered gross tonnage of the vessel.
NUMBER
8
VESSELLEN
NUMBER
22
No
No
3
0
Active
The length of the vessel in feet.
NUMBER
9
YRBUILT
NUMBER
22
No
No
4
0
Active
The last three digits of the year the vessel was built as shown by the builder!s certificate.
NUMBER
10
HORSEPOWER
NUMBER
22
No
No
4
0
Active
The horsepower of the vessel!s engine(s). For multiple engine craft, the horsepower listed is the sum of the horsepower for each engine.
NUMBER
11
FTCREW
NUMBER
22
No
No
2
0
Active
The number of full time crew members. They derive 50 percent or more of their gross income from fishing. The same crew members may be counted for different gears.
NUMBER
12
GEAR
VARCHAR2
3
No
No
Active
The NMFS gear code for the gear that was fished by this vessel in thys state and county.
VARCHAR2
13
GEARNUM
NUMBER
22
No
No
4
0
Active
The greatest number of units of gear in use at one time. For example, 4 gillnets.
NUMBER
14
GEARQTY
NUMBER
22
No
No
7
0
Active
The greatest quantity of gear used at any one time. For example, 4,000 square yards gill nets or 10,000 hooks.
NUMBER
15
YEAR
NUMBER
22
No
No
4
0
Active
The year in which the vessel fished with these operating characteristics.
NUMBER
16
STATE
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
The NMFS state code for the state in which the vessel fished with these operating characteristics.
VARCHAR2
17
COUNTY
VARCHAR2
3
No
No
Active
NMFS County where the vessel operated.
VARCHAR2
18
REGION
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
A region code, 4 = South Atlantic States, 5 = Gulf States
VARCHAR2
19
MOTORS
NUMBER
22
No
No
1
0
Active
The number of motorized accessory boats. Usually only for the Menhaden Fleet
NUMBER
20
OTHER
NUMBER
22
No
No
1
0
Active
The number of non-motorized accessory boats.
NUMBER
21
TRANSFLD
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
This field is not used. There is only one non-null value out of about 250,000 records.
VARCHAR2
22
RESERVED
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
The first two character positions of the reserved field for change transactions indicate the field being changed.
VARCHAR2
23
DUPFTCREW
NUMBER
22
No
No
2
0
Active
When a full time crew member fishes more than one gear, they are listed as a duplicate full time crew member for all gears except for one.
NUMBER
24
TRANSCODE
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
A transaction code (A)dd, (C)hange, (D)elete
VARCHAR2
25
STATE_REG_NUMBER
VARCHAR2
10
No
No
Active
State Registration Number
VARCHAR2
Data Steward
2008-06-01
Person
Chau, Jade
jade.chau@noaa.gov
263 13th Avenue South Room 201
St Petersburg
FL
33701
727-824-5373
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT
Data Steward
1997-01-01
2008-06-01
Person
Davenport, Guy
No longer responsible For This system
Distributor
1985
Organization
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
About SEFSC
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
Metadata Contact
2011
Person
Chau, Jade
jade.chau@noaa.gov
263 13th Avenue South Room 201
St Petersburg
FL
33701
727-824-5373
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT
Contact by email preferred.
Point of Contact
2011
Person
Judge, Michael
Michael.Judge@noaa.gov
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
305-361-4235
305-361-4562
Contact by email preferred.
Process Contact
2004-02-02
2010-08-01
Person
Schaefer, Charles
Process For Florida Only
He has retired
-100
-40
35
28
Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean
Continuing
1985
Sensitive
Read and sign for NOAA Administrative Order 216 100 Read and sign System Access Application (see URLs)
Waiver Needed
2006
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/form/southeast-fisheries-electronic-reporting-system
Landing Page For Vessel Data
Not Chked
Oracle Tables
Data are quality controlled by state personnel and port agents. Values are compared against valid lists of values.
Yes
70
Yes
Yes
No
365
This data is currently wavered under the current NOAA guidelines for relational databases.
To Be Determined
365
The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access.
1
Data are extracted form existing trip ticket databases and merged with information on vessel characteristics supplied by the SERO permits office and USCG vessel database.
9265
Entity
Alabama State Motor Vehicle and Boat Registration
9263
Entity
Florida State Motor Vehicle And Vessel Registration Table
9264
Entity
Louisiana State Motor Vehicle and Boat Registration
9266
Entity
Mississippi State Motor Vehicle and Boat Registration
5381
Entity
Table: VOU_BATCH
5382
Entity
Table: VOU_CONSTRUCTION_CODES
5383
Entity
Table: VOU_TEMP_BATCH
5384
Entity
Table: VOU_TEMP_VESOP
5385
Entity
Table: VOU_VALID_ERRORS
5386
Entity
Table: VOU_VESOP
9267
Entity
Texas State Motor Vehicle and Boat Registration
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Lee Weinberger
2007-10-12T05:58:20
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2023-01-27T17:20:27
2021-05-06
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
SEFSC
75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami
FL
33149
USA
(305)361-5761
www.sefsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST
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Public
No
2021-05-06
1 Year
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