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US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database

US Tuna Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database

The NMFS SWR collected historical vessel information on the U.S. tuna cannery baitboat and purse seine fleets for many years. The database's first record of a baitboat entering the fleet dates back to 1927. Individual trip dates and locations for the purse seine fleet have been collected since July 1982. Fleet operations have been conducted primarily in the north eastern and western central Pacific Ocean. A quarterly fleet report was published between 1972 and 2004. Hard copies of the quarterly report are on file in the NMFS Long Beach office library. The database is historical with last updates in 2012.
  • Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12853.
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Other Access Online access information not available.
Distribution Formats Format not available
    Distributor Distributor information not available
    Dataset Point of Contact Jacobson, William
    562-980-4035
    bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
    Dataset custodian Jacobson, William
    562-980-4035
    bill.jacobson@noaa.gov
    Time Period 1927 to Present
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates Bounding coordinates not available
    Dataset Information
    • Full Metadata Record
      View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset.
    Associated Resources
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 1987
    • publication: 2016-02-23
    Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Not planned - Data collected terminated since the IATTC keeps track of purse seine vessel trips in the ETP and the NMFS American Samoa Observer Program keeps track of purse seine activity in the western Pacific.
    Supplemental Information
    The database may be transferred to an Oracle system and integrated with the NMFS ITDS database, sometime in 2020.
    Purpose The database chronologies the develpment of the domestic U.S. tuna cannery fleet from primarily baitboats to its present day composition of mostly purse seiners. Early trip activity data aided tuna/dolphin observer placements while later trip information helped the Tuna Tracking & Verification Program monitoring.
    Use Limitations
    • NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Dataset Citation
    • Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12853.
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords
    • baitboat
    • carrying capacity
    • reflag
    • trip dates
    • tuna purse seine
    • vessel name change
    Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    • DOC/NOAA/NMFS/WCRO > West Coast Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
    Place keywords
    • Atlantic Ocean
    • american samoa
    • california
    • eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
    • ecuador
    • panama
    • puerto rico
    • western Pacific Ocean
    Project keywords InPort
    • Dolphin Safe Program
    Use Constraints
    • Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12853.
    Access Constraints
    • Access Constraints: Secured network environment
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Lineage information for:dataset
    Lineage Statement Historical fleet composition information came from U.S. Coast Guard, IATTC, NMFS observer programs in California and American Samoa and the industry.
    Processing Environment The database is currently in Microsoft Access database format on a NMFS West Coast Region server in Long Beach, CA.
    Last Modified: 2024-02-29T00:00:00
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