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Summary

Description

NORPAC is the generic user who owns the layers of information compiled by observers over more than twenty years. The observer program is administered by the Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division (FMA) which is responsible for monitoring groundfish fishing activities in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska and conducts research associated with sampling commercial fishery catches, estimation of catch and bycatch mortality, and analysis of fishery-dependent data. The Division is responsible for training, briefing, debriefing and oversight of observers who collect catch data onboard fishing vessels and at onshore processing plants and for quality control/quality assurance of the data provided by these observers. Division staff process data and make it available to the Sustainable Fisheries Division of the Alaska Regional Office for quota monitoring and to scientists in other AFSC divisions for stock assessment, ecosystem investigations, and an array of research investigations.

Project Information

Project Type
Data System

Mandated By
NMFS/NOPAT/AFSC/AKRO

Collection Type
Observer

Collection Method
Electronic and Paper

Contact Information

Data Steward
Renold E Narita
ren.narita@noaa.gov

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-180° W, -130° E, 71° N, 50° S

BERING SEA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, GULF OF ALASKA

Time Frame 1
2007-12 - Present

The re-engineering project for observer data collection became operational in December 2007 and is ongoing.

Item Identification

Title: North Pacific (NORPAC) Groundfish and Halibut Observer Data Dictionary December 2007 - Present
Short Name: North Pacific Observer Data Dictionary
Status: In Work
Abstract:

NORPAC is the generic user who owns the layers of information compiled by observers over more than twenty years. The observer program is administered by the Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division (FMA) which is responsible for monitoring groundfish fishing activities in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska and conducts research associated with sampling commercial fishery catches, estimation of catch and bycatch mortality, and analysis of fishery-dependent data. The Division is responsible for training, briefing, debriefing and oversight of observers who collect catch data onboard fishing vessels and at onshore processing plants and for quality control/quality assurance of the data provided by these observers. Division staff process data and make it available to the Sustainable Fisheries Division of the Alaska Regional Office for quota monitoring and to scientists in other AFSC divisions for stock assessment, ecosystem investigations, and an array of research investigations.

Purpose:

The schema NORPAC contains the collected observer data from the inception of the program, to the current date. The principal uses of these data include inseason management of fisheries in the North Pacific EEZ, and the assessment of fish stocks for conservation management.

Other Citation Details:

Data sets in the NORPAC projects are:

North Pacific Groundfish Observer dataset

Observer Logistics System dataset

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None afsc
None commercial fisheries
None FIS
None fisheries
None FMP
None GROUNDFISH
None NMFS
None NORPAC
None OBSERVER
None processing plant
None vessel

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None A SEASON
None B SEASON

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None alaska (ak)
None aleutian islands (ai)
None bering sea (bsa)
None exclusive economic zone (eez)
None FMA
None gulf of alaska (goa)
None REP

Stratum Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None abyssal
None AREA
None BENTHIC
None DEMERSAL
None GEAR
None PELAGIC

Project Information

Project Type: Data System
Is Mandated?: Yes
Mandated By: NMFS/NOPAT/AFSC/AKRO
Collection Type: Observer
Collection Authority: Federal
Collection Method: Electronic and Paper

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 42888
Date Effective From: 2010-01-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Narita, Renold E
Email Address: ren.narita@noaa.gov
Contact Instructions:

206 526 6697

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 37498
W° Bound: -180
E° Bound: -130
N° Bound: 71
S° Bound: 50
Description

BERING SEA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, GULF OF ALASKA

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 37499
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2007-12
Description:

The re-engineering project for observer data collection became operational in December 2007 and is ongoing.

Access Information

Security Class: Confidential
Security Classification System:

Confidential

Data Access Policy:

Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel requesting access to the data.

Data Access Procedure:

Read and sign System Access Application. Contact Ren Narita at :Ren.Narita@noaa.gov for more information.

Data Access Constraints:

Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel requesting access to the data.

Metadata Access Constraints:

None

Metadata Use Constraints:

NOne

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 39056
URL: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/PDF_DOCS/ATLAS_SYSTEM_DIAGRAM.pdf
Name: At_Sea System Diagram
Description:

At-Sea production entity relationship diagram. This is a PDF file 28KB

URL 2

CC ID: 39057
URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/PDF_DOCS/Norpac_Table_and_column_comments.pdf
Name: NORPAC Production Table and Column Comments
Description:

NORPAC production Table and column definitions. This is an PDF Document 57KB

URL 3

CC ID: 42889
URL: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/default.htm
Description:

Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis (Observer Program)

URL 4

CC ID: 782820
URL: https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/PDF_DOCS/Atlas_Table_And_Column_Comments.pdf
Name: Atlas_Table_And_Column_Comments (At Sea Table and Column Comments)
Description:

Atlas production Table and column definitions. This is an PDF Document 57KB

Technical Environment

Description:

Oracle 11g Enterprise Edition RDBMS,

Oracle Forms, Reports, APEX GUI; PL/SLQ and JAVA custom software. The principal developers are Ed Dunn 206 526 4415, Paul Packer (206) 526 4730, Doug Turnbull 206 526 4053, and Gary Zhou (206) 526 4652.

Acronyms

NPGOP North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 7290
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:7290
Metadata Record Created By: Doug Turnbull
Metadata Record Created: 2008-03-26 15:33+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-09-26
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-09-26
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-09-26