5380 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 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 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 https://ror.org/0396y0w87 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 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. 5382 Entity 5386 Entity gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5380 Lee Weinberger 2007-10-12T05:58:20 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:18 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 1001 Public No No 2021-05-06 1 Year 2022-05-06