5619
American Samoa Commercial Fisheries BioSampling (CFBS)
Data Set
Published / External
15256
Commercial Fisheries Biosampling Program Metadata Portfolio
Project
In Work
There was a fairly short-lived market sampling program created by the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) staff back in the mid to late 1990s which focused on obtaining species ID, length and weights primarily from the spearfishing reef fish fishery. There is no known database for this information. In October 2010, with new funding from Congress, FMB established a far more robust commercial fisheries biosampling program at DMWR that focuses on obtaining life length and weight frequencies for whole commercial catches and detailed life history samples for 4-6 selected species annually, plus fishing location and effort (hours fished) data from local primarily spear and bottomfish fishers. The biosampling program is on-going and will continue as resources permit. In addition to obtaining census samples for entire catches from a sample of the fishing trips landing on Tutuila, it also obtains otolith and gonad samples from a few species that are being submitted for life history work (e.g. size, age at maturity, etc.). These data include individual identifiers and are considered confidential.
Provide monitoring support for commercial fisheries life history and fisheries assessment under the revised Magnuson Stevens Act.
Theme
DNA
Theme
FRMD
Theme
LHP
Theme
PIFSC
Theme
biosampling
Theme
commercial
Theme
gonads
Theme
life history
Theme
otoliths
Theme
size
Theme
weight
Spatial
American Samoa
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu
HI
USA
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Bldg. #176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
Honolulu, HI 96814
Data Set
Database
Daily
Table (digital)
NA
NA
Market Survey
Data Steward
2019-03-29
2023-05
Person
O'Malley, Joseph M
joseph.omalley@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5741
Data Steward
2010-12-01
2019-03-29
Person
Tomita, Ashley S
ashley.tomita@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5693
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Bldg. #176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
Please contact via email
Distributor
2019
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
pifsc.info@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5360
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Distributor
2015
2019
Organization
Western Pacific Fishery Information Network
WPacFIN
NMFS/PIFSC/FRMD/IFMP, 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176
Honolulu
HI
96818
(808) 725-5660
8:00am-4:30pm (HST)
Metadata Contact
2019-03-29
2023-05
Person
O'Malley, Joseph M
joseph.omalley@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5741
Metadata Contact
2015
2019-03-29
Person
Dukes, Stefanie NS
stefanie.dukes@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5615
(808)725-5475
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Bldg. #176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
Point of Contact
2023-08
Person
Schemmel, Eva M
eva.schemmel@noaa.gov
Contact via email.
Point of Contact
2019-03-29
2023-05
Person
O'Malley, Joseph M
joseph.omalley@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5741
Point of Contact
2010-10-01
2018
Person
Lowe, Kimberly
kimberly.lowe@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5660
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. HST M-F
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Bldg. #176, Honolulu, Hawaii 96818
-175
-165
0
-15
American Samoa EEZ
Continuing
2010-10
DMWR Staff underwent training in Oct 2010 to conduct biosampling in market and coastal settings and began collecting data in Dec 2010
Sensitive
Data belong to the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR). Data sharing is by cooperative WPacFIN agreement. Other access can be granted only by DMWR.
Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data and approval from the data owner.
QC review prior to data entry, some automated QC during data entry, and further QC after data entry.
Yes
Unknown
No
Yes
No
1 year
To Be Determined
Unknown
PIFSC ITS performs scheduled back-ups.
Data are collected and entered by the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5619
Christopher Tokita
2007-10-18T15:52:58
Brent Miyamoto
2023-08-25T18:49:17
2019-07-23
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1001
Public
No
2019-07-23
1 Year
2020-07-23