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Abstract

Total groundfish catch information from the foreign and joint venture fishing operations in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Washington-Oregon-California Regions for the years 1977-90. Information is summed by week, nation, area, vessel class, and species (also by company for joint venture operations in the years 1987-90). Provided information includes number of vessels processing fish (for years 1978 and 1982-90), number of days the vessels were on the fishing grounds, number of days observers were monitoring catches, the percentage of the days that were monitored, the foreign estimate of the catch, the observer estimate of the catch expanded to the number of days the vessels were on the grounds), and the official estimate (blend estimate) of the catch.

Description

Total groundfish catch information from the foreign and joint venture fishing operations in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Washington-Oregon-California Regions for the years 1977-90. Information is summed by week, nation, area, vessel class, and species (also by company for joint venture operations in the years 1987-90). Provided information includes number of vessels processing fish (for years 1978 and 1982-90), number of days the vessels were on the fishing grounds, number of days observers were monitoring catches, the percentage of the days that were monitored, the foreign estimate of the catch, the observer estimate of the catch expanded to the number of days the vessels were on the grounds), and the official estimate (blend estimate) of the catch.

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Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
WEEKENDING_DATE
NUMBER
The foreign_blend data are a weekly summation of catch (except for 1977, when the data were summed on a monthly basis). The weekending_date is the date (YYMMDD) of the last day associated with the summation period.
NATION
VARCHAR2
The name of the nation(s) associated with each fishing operation. These nations are: BULGARIA, JAPAN, MEXICO, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PRC (People's Republic of China), ROK (Republic of Korea), TAIWAN, USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic), WEST GERMANY, US-BULGARIA, US-ICELAND, US-JAPAN, US-POLAND, US-PORTUGAL, US-PRC, US-ROK, US-SPAIN, US-TAIWAN, US-USSR, US-W.GERMANY. All nation names beginning with US- are joint venture operations between the United States and a foreign nation.
AREA_NAME
VARCHAR2
The name of the International North Pacific Fish Commission area in which the catch was made. These areas are: BERING SEA 1, BERING SEA 2, BERING SEA 3, ALEUTIANS, SHUMAGIN, CHIRIKOF, SHELIKOF STR. (1986 only), KODIAK, YAKUTAT, S. E. ALASKA, VANCOUVER, COLUMBIA, EUREKA, MONTEREY.
SPECIES_NAME
VARCHAR2
The name of the species group. In the Bering Sea/Aleutians, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS (1977 Japan only), ARROWTOOTH FL (1986-90), ATKA MACKEREL, FLOUNDER WO YFS, GREENLAND TURBOT (1986 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, POP, ROCKFISH WO POP, ROCK SOLE (1989-90), SABLEFISH, SNAILS, SQUID, TURBOTS, YELLOWFIN SOLE. In the Gulf of Alaska, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ATKA MACKEREL, DEMERSAL RF (1988 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, PELAGIC RF (1988 only), POLLOCK, POP, RATTAILS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SLOPE ROCKFISH (1988 only), SQUID, SS THORNYHEAD. In Washington-Oregon-California, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ALL ROCKFISH (1977-79), FLATFISH DISC, JACK DISCARD, JACK MACKEREL, OTHER DISCARD, OTHER FISH, OTHER RF DISC, PACIFIC WHITING, POP, POP DISCARDS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SABLEFISH DIS, SHORTBELLY RF (1982 only). Refer to NOAA TECH.MEM. NMFS F/NWC-99 for changes that occurred within the species groups for years 1977-84. After 1984, very few changes occurred and are all noted here.
VESSEL_CLASS
VARCHAR2
The vessel type used in the fishing operations. In 1977-79, larger trawlers were separated by size into MED TRAWLER and LG TRAWLER. From 1980 on, larger trawlers were separated based on their ability to make surimi. If they could make surimi, they were SURIMI TRAWL; if not, they were LG FRZ TRAWL. Longliners were all listed as LONGLINER in 1977-79. From 1980 on, they were separated by target into LONGLINE COD (targeting Pacific cod) and LONGLINE SAB (targeting sablefish). From 1977-79, all surimi motherships were combined into SURIMI MSHIP. From 1980 on, each surimi mothership was classified separately (SURIMI MSHIP1, SURIMI MSHIP2, SURIMI MSHIP3, SURIMI MSHIP4, SURIMI MSHIP5). From 1977-85, all joint venture motherships were listed as a single vessel type (JV MSHIP). From 1986 on, joint venture motherships were separated by target and surimi capability (OTHER FREEZER JV, OTHER SURIMI JV, YELL/FLAT FRZ JV, YELL/FLAT SUR JV, POLL-BOT FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-BOT SUR JV (1989 only), POLL-MID FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-MID SUR JV (1989 only) [No joint ventures targeted pollock in 1990]). Three additional vessel types, JV/LG FRZ TRAWL, JV/SURIMI TRAWL, AND LL COD/JV MSHIP identified the portion of fish caught by a fishing vessel itself, in the same week that it was processing another vessel's catch in a joint venture operation. The other vessel types were: FREEZER MSHIP (no surimi capability), SNAILPOT, SMALL TRAWL.
COMPANY
CHAR
A code initiated in 1987 to differentiate between the different companies involved in joint venture operations. The first two digits identified the nationality of the processing vessel, and the second two digits identified different companies within that nationality. IJ designated Iceland, JA designated Japan, KS designated the Republic of Korea (ROK), PC designated the People's Republic of China (PRC), PL designated Poland, and UR designated the USSR. A list associating company name with company code is not currently available.
AREA_NUMBER
NUMBER
The number associated with the International North Pacific Fish Commission area_name. From 1977-85, the numbers (and areas) were: 51 (BERING SEA 1), 52 (BERING SEA 2), 53 (BERING SEA 3), 54 (ALEUTIANS), 61 (SHUMAGIN), 62 (CHIRIKOF), 63 (KODIAK), 64 (YAKUTAT), 65 (S.E. ALASKA), 67 (VANCOUVER), 71 (COLUMBIA), 72 (EUREKA), 73 (MONTEREY). In 1986, the numbers (and areas) were: 510 (BERING SEA 1), 520 (BERING SEA 2), 530 (BERING SEA 3), 540 (ALEUTIANS), 610 (SHUMAGIN), 620 (CHIRIKOF), 621 (SHELIKOF STR.), 630 (KODIAK), 640 (YAKUTAT), 650 (S.E. ALASKA), 670 (VANCOUVER), 710 (COLUMBIA), 720 (EUREKA), 730 (MONTEREY). Also, in 1986, in BERING SEA 1, joint venture operations were recorded by sub-areas and had area_numbers of 511, 513 and 514. In 1987-90, all fishing operations in BERING SEA 1 and BERING SEA 2 were recorded by sub-areas. Within BERING SEA 1, the sub-areas were: 511, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517. Within BERING SEA 2, the sub-areas were: 521, 522. All other areas had the same area numbers as in 1986. SHELIKOF STR (621) was only listed as a separate area in 1986.
WEEK_NUMBER
NUMBER
The week number of the year (i.e., the first calendar week of each year [whether a full week or not] was week number 1, the second calendar week was week number 2, etc.).
NO_OF_VESSELS
NUMBER
The number of foreign vessels involved in fishing operations for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
NO_OF_FOREIGN_DAYS
NUMBER
The combined number of days that foreign vessels involved in fishing operations were on the grounds for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
NO_OF_OBSERVER_DAYS
NUMBER
The combined number of days that observers were available to sample aboard foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
PERCENT_COVERAGE
NUMBER
The no_of_observer_days divided by the no_of_foreign_days multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
FOREIGN_TONNAGE
NUMBER
The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as reported by the foreign nation.
OBSERVER_TONNAGE
NUMBER
The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as estimated and reported by the observers.
BLEND_TONNAGE
NUMBER
The best estimate of the number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable). This value is either the foreign_tonnage or the observer_tonnage and which value is selected depends on the following algorithm. If the percent coverage is less than 20.0% (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If the result of the foreign_tonnage divided by the observer_tonnage is between 0.9 and 1.1 (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If neither of these conditions are met, the observer_tonnage is selected.
YR
NUMBER
The four digits of the year in which fishing occurred.
WEEK_DATE
DATE
The week_date is the weekending_date converted into a date format (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS). Hours, minutes, and seconds are all 0.

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Item Identification

Title: Table: FOREIGN_BLEND
Short Name: FOREIGN_BLEND
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Total groundfish catch information from the foreign and joint venture fishing operations in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Washington-Oregon-California Regions for the years 1977-90. Information is summed by week, nation, area, vessel class, and species (also by company for joint venture operations in the years 1987-90). Provided information includes number of vessels processing fish (for years 1978 and 1982-90), number of days the vessels were on the fishing grounds, number of days observers were monitoring catches, the percentage of the days that were monitored, the foreign estimate of the catch, the observer estimate of the catch expanded to the number of days the vessels were on the grounds), and the official estimate (blend estimate) of the catch.

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Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Schema Name: NORPAC
Description:

Total groundfish catch information from the foreign and joint venture fishing operations in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska, and Washington-Oregon-California Regions for the years 1977-90. Information is summed by week, nation, area, vessel class, and species (also by company for joint venture operations in the years 1987-90). Provided information includes number of vessels processing fish (for years 1978 and 1982-90), number of days the vessels were on the fishing grounds, number of days observers were monitoring catches, the percentage of the days that were monitored, the foreign estimate of the catch, the observer estimate of the catch expanded to the number of days the vessels were on the grounds), and the official estimate (blend estimate) of the catch.

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
WEEKENDING_DATE NUMBER The foreign_blend data are a weekly summation of catch (except for 1977, when the data were summed on a monthly basis). The weekending_date is the date (YYMMDD) of the last day associated with the summation period.
100
NATION VARCHAR2 The name of the nation(s) associated with each fishing operation. These nations are: BULGARIA, JAPAN, MEXICO, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PRC (People's Republic of China), ROK (Republic of Korea), TAIWAN, USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic), WEST GERMANY, US-BULGARIA, US-ICELAND, US-JAPAN, US-POLAND, US-PORTUGAL, US-PRC, US-ROK, US-SPAIN, US-TAIWAN, US-USSR, US-W.GERMANY. All nation names beginning with US- are joint venture operations between the United States and a foreign nation.
100
AREA_NAME VARCHAR2 The name of the International North Pacific Fish Commission area in which the catch was made. These areas are: BERING SEA 1, BERING SEA 2, BERING SEA 3, ALEUTIANS, SHUMAGIN, CHIRIKOF, SHELIKOF STR. (1986 only), KODIAK, YAKUTAT, S. E. ALASKA, VANCOUVER, COLUMBIA, EUREKA, MONTEREY.
100
SPECIES_NAME VARCHAR2 The name of the species group. In the Bering Sea/Aleutians, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS (1977 Japan only), ARROWTOOTH FL (1986-90), ATKA MACKEREL, FLOUNDER WO YFS, GREENLAND TURBOT (1986 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, POP, ROCKFISH WO POP, ROCK SOLE (1989-90), SABLEFISH, SNAILS, SQUID, TURBOTS, YELLOWFIN SOLE. In the Gulf of Alaska, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ATKA MACKEREL, DEMERSAL RF (1988 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, PELAGIC RF (1988 only), POLLOCK, POP, RATTAILS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SLOPE ROCKFISH (1988 only), SQUID, SS THORNYHEAD. In Washington-Oregon-California, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ALL ROCKFISH (1977-79), FLATFISH DISC, JACK DISCARD, JACK MACKEREL, OTHER DISCARD, OTHER FISH, OTHER RF DISC, PACIFIC WHITING, POP, POP DISCARDS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SABLEFISH DIS, SHORTBELLY RF (1982 only). Refer to NOAA TECH.MEM. NMFS F/NWC-99 for changes that occurred within the species groups for years 1977-84. After 1984, very few changes occurred and are all noted here.
100
VESSEL_CLASS VARCHAR2 The vessel type used in the fishing operations. In 1977-79, larger trawlers were separated by size into MED TRAWLER and LG TRAWLER. From 1980 on, larger trawlers were separated based on their ability to make surimi. If they could make surimi, they were SURIMI TRAWL; if not, they were LG FRZ TRAWL. Longliners were all listed as LONGLINER in 1977-79. From 1980 on, they were separated by target into LONGLINE COD (targeting Pacific cod) and LONGLINE SAB (targeting sablefish). From 1977-79, all surimi motherships were combined into SURIMI MSHIP. From 1980 on, each surimi mothership was classified separately (SURIMI MSHIP1, SURIMI MSHIP2, SURIMI MSHIP3, SURIMI MSHIP4, SURIMI MSHIP5). From 1977-85, all joint venture motherships were listed as a single vessel type (JV MSHIP). From 1986 on, joint venture motherships were separated by target and surimi capability (OTHER FREEZER JV, OTHER SURIMI JV, YELL/FLAT FRZ JV, YELL/FLAT SUR JV, POLL-BOT FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-BOT SUR JV (1989 only), POLL-MID FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-MID SUR JV (1989 only) [No joint ventures targeted pollock in 1990]). Three additional vessel types, JV/LG FRZ TRAWL, JV/SURIMI TRAWL, AND LL COD/JV MSHIP identified the portion of fish caught by a fishing vessel itself, in the same week that it was processing another vessel's catch in a joint venture operation. The other vessel types were: FREEZER MSHIP (no surimi capability), SNAILPOT, SMALL TRAWL.
100
COMPANY CHAR A code initiated in 1987 to differentiate between the different companies involved in joint venture operations. The first two digits identified the nationality of the processing vessel, and the second two digits identified different companies within that nationality. IJ designated Iceland, JA designated Japan, KS designated the Republic of Korea (ROK), PC designated the People's Republic of China (PRC), PL designated Poland, and UR designated the USSR. A list associating company name with company code is not currently available.
100
AREA_NUMBER NUMBER The number associated with the International North Pacific Fish Commission area_name. From 1977-85, the numbers (and areas) were: 51 (BERING SEA 1), 52 (BERING SEA 2), 53 (BERING SEA 3), 54 (ALEUTIANS), 61 (SHUMAGIN), 62 (CHIRIKOF), 63 (KODIAK), 64 (YAKUTAT), 65 (S.E. ALASKA), 67 (VANCOUVER), 71 (COLUMBIA), 72 (EUREKA), 73 (MONTEREY). In 1986, the numbers (and areas) were: 510 (BERING SEA 1), 520 (BERING SEA 2), 530 (BERING SEA 3), 540 (ALEUTIANS), 610 (SHUMAGIN), 620 (CHIRIKOF), 621 (SHELIKOF STR.), 630 (KODIAK), 640 (YAKUTAT), 650 (S.E. ALASKA), 670 (VANCOUVER), 710 (COLUMBIA), 720 (EUREKA), 730 (MONTEREY). Also, in 1986, in BERING SEA 1, joint venture operations were recorded by sub-areas and had area_numbers of 511, 513 and 514. In 1987-90, all fishing operations in BERING SEA 1 and BERING SEA 2 were recorded by sub-areas. Within BERING SEA 1, the sub-areas were: 511, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517. Within BERING SEA 2, the sub-areas were: 521, 522. All other areas had the same area numbers as in 1986. SHELIKOF STR (621) was only listed as a separate area in 1986.
100
WEEK_NUMBER NUMBER The week number of the year (i.e., the first calendar week of each year [whether a full week or not] was week number 1, the second calendar week was week number 2, etc.).
100
NO_OF_VESSELS NUMBER The number of foreign vessels involved in fishing operations for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
100
NO_OF_FOREIGN_DAYS NUMBER The combined number of days that foreign vessels involved in fishing operations were on the grounds for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
100
NO_OF_OBSERVER_DAYS NUMBER The combined number of days that observers were available to sample aboard foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).
100
PERCENT_COVERAGE NUMBER The no_of_observer_days divided by the no_of_foreign_days multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
100
FOREIGN_TONNAGE NUMBER The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as reported by the foreign nation.
100
OBSERVER_TONNAGE NUMBER The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as estimated and reported by the observers.
100
BLEND_TONNAGE NUMBER The best estimate of the number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable). This value is either the foreign_tonnage or the observer_tonnage and which value is selected depends on the following algorithm. If the percent coverage is less than 20.0% (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If the result of the foreign_tonnage divided by the observer_tonnage is between 0.9 and 1.1 (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If neither of these conditions are met, the observer_tonnage is selected.
100
YR NUMBER The four digits of the year in which fishing occurred.
100
WEEK_DATE DATE The week_date is the weekending_date converted into a date format (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS). Hours, minutes, and seconds are all 0.

Attribute Details

WEEKENDING_DATE

CC ID: 37144
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 8
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The foreign_blend data are a weekly summation of catch (except for 1977, when the data were summed on a monthly basis). The weekending_date is the date (YYMMDD) of the last day associated with the summation period.

General Data Type: NUMBER

NATION

CC ID: 37136
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 13
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the nation(s) associated with each fishing operation. These nations are: BULGARIA, JAPAN, MEXICO, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PRC (People's Republic of China), ROK (Republic of Korea), TAIWAN, USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic), WEST GERMANY, US-BULGARIA, US-ICELAND, US-JAPAN, US-POLAND, US-PORTUGAL, US-PRC, US-ROK, US-SPAIN, US-TAIWAN, US-USSR, US-W.GERMANY. All nation names beginning with US- are joint venture operations between the United States and a foreign nation.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

AREA_NAME

CC ID: 37131
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 14
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the International North Pacific Fish Commission area in which the catch was made. These areas are: BERING SEA 1, BERING SEA 2, BERING SEA 3, ALEUTIANS, SHUMAGIN, CHIRIKOF, SHELIKOF STR. (1986 only), KODIAK, YAKUTAT, S. E. ALASKA, VANCOUVER, COLUMBIA, EUREKA, MONTEREY.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

SPECIES_NAME

CC ID: 37142
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 16
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The name of the species group. In the Bering Sea/Aleutians, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS (1977 Japan only), ARROWTOOTH FL (1986-90), ATKA MACKEREL, FLOUNDER WO YFS, GREENLAND TURBOT (1986 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, POLLOCK, POP, ROCKFISH WO POP, ROCK SOLE (1989-90), SABLEFISH, SNAILS, SQUID, TURBOTS, YELLOWFIN SOLE. In the Gulf of Alaska, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ATKA MACKEREL, DEMERSAL RF (1988 only), HERRING, OTHER FISH, PACIFIC COD, PELAGIC RF (1988 only), POLLOCK, POP, RATTAILS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SLOPE ROCKFISH (1988 only), SQUID, SS THORNYHEAD. In Washington-Oregon-California, the species groups are: ALL FLOUNDERS, ALL ROCKFISH (1977-79), FLATFISH DISC, JACK DISCARD, JACK MACKEREL, OTHER DISCARD, OTHER FISH, OTHER RF DISC, PACIFIC WHITING, POP, POP DISCARDS, ROCKFISH WO POP, SABLEFISH, SABLEFISH DIS, SHORTBELLY RF (1982 only). Refer to NOAA TECH.MEM. NMFS F/NWC-99 for changes that occurred within the species groups for years 1977-84. After 1984, very few changes occurred and are all noted here.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

VESSEL_CLASS

CC ID: 37143
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: VARCHAR2
Max Length: 16
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The vessel type used in the fishing operations. In 1977-79, larger trawlers were separated by size into MED TRAWLER and LG TRAWLER. From 1980 on, larger trawlers were separated based on their ability to make surimi. If they could make surimi, they were SURIMI TRAWL; if not, they were LG FRZ TRAWL. Longliners were all listed as LONGLINER in 1977-79. From 1980 on, they were separated by target into LONGLINE COD (targeting Pacific cod) and LONGLINE SAB (targeting sablefish). From 1977-79, all surimi motherships were combined into SURIMI MSHIP. From 1980 on, each surimi mothership was classified separately (SURIMI MSHIP1, SURIMI MSHIP2, SURIMI MSHIP3, SURIMI MSHIP4, SURIMI MSHIP5). From 1977-85, all joint venture motherships were listed as a single vessel type (JV MSHIP). From 1986 on, joint venture motherships were separated by target and surimi capability (OTHER FREEZER JV, OTHER SURIMI JV, YELL/FLAT FRZ JV, YELL/FLAT SUR JV, POLL-BOT FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-BOT SUR JV (1989 only), POLL-MID FRZ JV (1989 only), POLL-MID SUR JV (1989 only) [No joint ventures targeted pollock in 1990]). Three additional vessel types, JV/LG FRZ TRAWL, JV/SURIMI TRAWL, AND LL COD/JV MSHIP identified the portion of fish caught by a fishing vessel itself, in the same week that it was processing another vessel's catch in a joint venture operation. The other vessel types were: FREEZER MSHIP (no surimi capability), SNAILPOT, SMALL TRAWL.

General Data Type: VARCHAR2

COMPANY

CC ID: 37134
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: CHAR
Max Length: 4
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

A code initiated in 1987 to differentiate between the different companies involved in joint venture operations. The first two digits identified the nationality of the processing vessel, and the second two digits identified different companies within that nationality. IJ designated Iceland, JA designated Japan, KS designated the Republic of Korea (ROK), PC designated the People's Republic of China (PRC), PL designated Poland, and UR designated the USSR. A list associating company name with company code is not currently available.

General Data Type: CHAR

AREA_NUMBER

CC ID: 37132
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The number associated with the International North Pacific Fish Commission area_name. From 1977-85, the numbers (and areas) were: 51 (BERING SEA 1), 52 (BERING SEA 2), 53 (BERING SEA 3), 54 (ALEUTIANS), 61 (SHUMAGIN), 62 (CHIRIKOF), 63 (KODIAK), 64 (YAKUTAT), 65 (S.E. ALASKA), 67 (VANCOUVER), 71 (COLUMBIA), 72 (EUREKA), 73 (MONTEREY). In 1986, the numbers (and areas) were: 510 (BERING SEA 1), 520 (BERING SEA 2), 530 (BERING SEA 3), 540 (ALEUTIANS), 610 (SHUMAGIN), 620 (CHIRIKOF), 621 (SHELIKOF STR.), 630 (KODIAK), 640 (YAKUTAT), 650 (S.E. ALASKA), 670 (VANCOUVER), 710 (COLUMBIA), 720 (EUREKA), 730 (MONTEREY). Also, in 1986, in BERING SEA 1, joint venture operations were recorded by sub-areas and had area_numbers of 511, 513 and 514. In 1987-90, all fishing operations in BERING SEA 1 and BERING SEA 2 were recorded by sub-areas. Within BERING SEA 1, the sub-areas were: 511, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517. Within BERING SEA 2, the sub-areas were: 521, 522. All other areas had the same area numbers as in 1986. SHELIKOF STR (621) was only listed as a separate area in 1986.

General Data Type: NUMBER

WEEK_NUMBER

CC ID: 37146
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 2
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The week number of the year (i.e., the first calendar week of each year [whether a full week or not] was week number 1, the second calendar week was week number 2, etc.).

General Data Type: NUMBER

NO_OF_VESSELS

CC ID: 37139
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The number of foreign vessels involved in fishing operations for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).

General Data Type: NUMBER

NO_OF_FOREIGN_DAYS

CC ID: 37137
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The combined number of days that foreign vessels involved in fishing operations were on the grounds for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).

General Data Type: NUMBER

NO_OF_OBSERVER_DAYS

CC ID: 37138
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The combined number of days that observers were available to sample aboard foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable).

General Data Type: NUMBER

PERCENT_COVERAGE

CC ID: 37141
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 3
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The no_of_observer_days divided by the no_of_foreign_days multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.

General Data Type: NUMBER

FOREIGN_TONNAGE

CC ID: 37135
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 10
Scale: 3
Status: Active
Description:

The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as reported by the foreign nation.

General Data Type: NUMBER

OBSERVER_TONNAGE

CC ID: 37140
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 10
Scale: 3
Status: Active
Description:

The number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable) as estimated and reported by the observers.

General Data Type: NUMBER

BLEND_TONNAGE

CC ID: 37133
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 10
Scale: 3
Status: Active
Description:

The best estimate of the number of tons of the species group caught by the foreign vessels for the weekending_date, nation, area_number, vessel_class, and company (where applicable). This value is either the foreign_tonnage or the observer_tonnage and which value is selected depends on the following algorithm. If the percent coverage is less than 20.0% (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If the result of the foreign_tonnage divided by the observer_tonnage is between 0.9 and 1.1 (not rounded), the foreign_tonnage is selected. If neither of these conditions are met, the observer_tonnage is selected.

General Data Type: NUMBER

YR

CC ID: 37147
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: NUMBER
Max Length: 22
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 4
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The four digits of the year in which fishing occurred.

General Data Type: NUMBER

WEEK_DATE

CC ID: 37145
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: DATE
Max Length: 7
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The week_date is the weekending_date converted into a date format (MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS). Hours, minutes, and seconds are all 0.

General Data Type: DATE

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 9559
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:9559
Metadata Record Created By: Doug Turnbull
Metadata Record Created: 2009-06-29 18:15+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-05-18
Owner Org: AFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-05-18
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-05-18