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PIFSC Metadata Library > PIFSC Fisheries Research and Monitoring Divisio... > Fisheries Monitoring > Western Pacific Purse Seine Fishery (SPTT) >

U.S. Western Pacific Purse Seine

Data Set (DS)  |  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:70638  |  Updated: December 3, 2025  |  Published / External 
Short Citation:
Full Citation Examples
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2026: U.S. Western Pacific Purse Seine, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/70638.

Item Identification

Title: U.S. Western Pacific Purse Seine
Status: On Going
Abstract:

Since 1988, U.S. purse seine vessels have had access to fish in waters of some foreign Pacific Island countries under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). This fleet primarily targets skipjack and yellowfin tuna, but also incidentally catches bigeye tuna.

U.S.A. purse-seine vessels fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have been monitored by NOAA Fisheries under the SPTT since 1988. Logbook and landings data must be submitted as a requirement of the SPTT with 100% logbook coverage. Most SPTT-licensed vessels e-report their daily logbook data through a software system called Industry Fisheries Information Management System (iFIMS), and also submit copies of their catch and effort logbooks, their offloading logbooks, and cannery receipts to PIRO field staff in American Samoa.

The WCPO fleet operates mainly in areas between 10 degrees N and 10 degrees S latitude and 130 degrees E and 150 degrees W longitude, with the majority of the fishing effort occurring south of the equator.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None FMP
None FRMD
None PIFSC
None purse seine
None skipjack
None yellowfin tuna

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Oracle Database
Maintenance Frequency: Continually
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)
Distribution Liability:

While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 1273802
Date Effective From: 2023-09-22
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Suter, Jenny M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: jenny.suter@noaa.gov
Contact Instructions:

Contact via email

Distributor

CC ID: 1273803
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
ROR: https://ror.org/02apffz65
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1454704
Date Effective From: 2025-11-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Tomita, Ashley S
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: ashley.tomita@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5693

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 1273804
Date Effective From: 2023-09-22
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Suter, Jenny M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: jenny.suter@noaa.gov
Contact Instructions:

Contact via email

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1454703
Date Effective From: 2025-11-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Tomita, Ashley S
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: ashley.tomita@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5693

Point of Contact

CC ID: 1273805
Date Effective From: 2023-09-22
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Suter, Jenny M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: jenny.suter@noaa.gov
Contact Instructions:

Contact via email

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 1268491
W° Bound: 130
E° Bound: -150
N° Bound: 10
S° Bound: -10
Description

Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 1268492
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1988

Access Information

Security Class: Sensitive
Data Access Procedure:

Send written request to PIFSC and requires approval by the PIFSC data owner.
Data Access Constraints:

Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data.
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 1268493
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/international-affairs/south-pacific-tuna-treaty
Name: South Pacific Tuna Treaty
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 1268496
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/bycatch/fishing-gear-purse-seines
Name: Fishing gear: Purse Seines
URL Type:
Online Resource

Technical Environment

Description:

Oracle

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: Unknown
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: Yes
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: Yes
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: One year
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: To Be Determined
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

NCEI does not accept fisheries confidential data at this time
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: Unknown
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

PIFSC ITS performs scheduled back-ups.

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Final Out-Turn
Entity Regional Purse Seine Logbook
Entity Unloading Logbook

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 70638
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:70638
Metadata Record Created By: Brent M Miyamoto
Metadata Record Created: 2023-08-25 02:16+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2025-12-03 01:00+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2023-09-22
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2023-09-22
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2024-09-22