Data Management Plan
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:65617 | Published / External
Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
This dataset includes qualitative interview data aggregated and entered into an excel csv file. We collected data primarily during two trips to Guam and the CNMI in September and November of 2019. Initial points of contact were identified through conversations with WPRFMC staff, and Guam and CNMI agencies and fishers with representation at WPRFMC meetings. These conversations aided the development of our interview guide and provided referrals to additional participants (as per the snowball sampling method). More than 100 fishers, managers, and researchers across Guam and the CNMI’s Saipan, Tinian, and Rota were engaged through semi-structured interviews, fisher-organized meetings, and unstructured discussions in the field. We also conducted participant observations at multi-stakeholder meetings in Honolulu, Guam, and Saipan hosted by the WPRFMC and its Advisory Panels (AP) whenever possible. Data from interviews and participant observations were coded to track themes that emerged from the data. The coding scheme closely followed that of human dimensions research on fisher-shark interactions in the West Hawai'i region (Iwane 2019). This resulted in umbrella themes that housed participant commentary on dimensions of the fisher-shark interaction problem and its potential solutions. Other themes included participants’ descriptions of sharks and shark interactions, perceptions of fisheries management and stakeholder engagement, and descriptions of power dynamics and knowledge types in fisheries. Finally, coding captured important contextual information about Marianas’ fishing practices, cultures, economies, and participants’ identities and fishing motives, which cannot be separated from participants’ experiences in the Guam and CNMI communities.
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
Mariana Archipelago
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
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Lineage Statement:
This dataset includes qualitative interview data aggregated and entered into an excel csv file. We conducted semi-structured interviews and participant observation during fisher- and Council-organized meetings in September and November of 2019 with more than 100 fishers, managers, and researchers across Guam and the CNMI’s Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. We used a mixture of key informant, purposive, and snowball sampling. Interviews were conducted in the English, the primary language of all interviewees.
Interview transcripts were thematically coded in NVivo using a coding scheme similar to that of human dimensions research on fisher-shark interactions in the West Hawai'i region (Iwane 2019).
Process Steps:
- Data were coded into a coding structure that has 16 umbrella nodes, with up to four generations of child nodes.
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6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 5.2. Quality control procedures employed
- 7.4. Approximate delay between data collection and dissemination
- 8.3. Approximate delay between data collection and submission to an archive facility
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7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
contact Point of Contact or Data Steward
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
contact Point of Contact or Data Steward
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
Main Hawaiian Islands
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
Data are currently stored on secured network drives at PIFSC, maintained by PIFSC IT services
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.