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TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database

TTVP Spot Check Audit Database

The data set contains information on retail market spot check audit purchases of tuna in airtight containers. Data are available from May 2001 to present with new data appended annually. Information includes the date, location, product type, store information where random spot check purchases were made throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Information on purchased product allows the manufacturer, distributor or importer to track the tuna back to harvest and verify the dolphin-safe status of the tuna product.
  • Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224.
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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
    Coverage Description United States and Puerto Rico
    Time Period 2001-05-01 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.
    • Tuna Product Brands Sampled (download)
      A list of the retail brands of the tuna product purchased as part of the Retail Market Spot Check Audit.
    • Retail Spot Check Audit Cities Visited (download)
      NOAA Fisheries regularly spot checks canned/pouched tuna products in retail stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. This web page lists the locations where tuna product has been randomly checked for dolphin-safe verification purposes.
    • TTVP Verification Components (download)
      The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) conducts regular and periodic audits and spot checks on domestic canners and importers to ensure compliance with TTVP regulations.
    Associated Resources
    • NOAA Form 370 Database
    • US Tuna Cannery Receipts
    • NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP)
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2001-05
    • publication:missing
    Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
    Dataset Progress Status Under development - data is currently in the process of being created
    Data Update Frequency Annually - The data is contained in a Microsoft Access database on a NMFS West Coast Region server. Data is appended after each spot check audit, which is usually conducted annually.
    Purpose Under the authority of the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385), the NMFS West Coast Region's Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) monitors the dolphin-safe status of frozen and/or processed tuna product. The TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit covers all 50 states and Puerto Rico. TTVP staff have traveled to retail markets throughout the country purchasing tuna product in airtight containers to verify the dolphin-safe label or to verify the legal importation of product . After purchase of the product, TTVP staff request from the importer, distributor or manufacturer for the documentation which verifies the dolphin-safe status.
    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]: TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224.
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords
    • Fisheries Certificate of Origin
    • NOAA Form 370
    • canned tuna
    • dolphin-safe verification
    • importer
    • lightmeat tuna
    • retail market
    • tuna
    • tuna canner
    • tuna pouch
    • white meat tuna
    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
    • Puerto Rico
    • United States
    Project keywords InPort
    • Dolphin Safe Program
    Use Constraints
    • Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224.
    • Use Constraints: All use of the data must be cleared with NMFS WCR TTVP lead.
    Access Constraints
    • Access Constraints: Use currently limited to NMFS Tuna Tracking & Verification Program Team members who must sign a non-disclosure agreement statement.
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Lineage information for:dataset
    Lineage Statement Tuna in airtight containers is purchased from various retail market locations in the United States by TTVP staff. TTVP staff then request documentation to substantiate the dolphin-safe label or for product not labeled as "dolphin safe" whether it was imported legally into the United States.
    Processing Environment The information is stored in a Microsoft Access format database.
    Source Datasets
    • Dolphin-safe verification components
      • Verification Components
        The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) conducts regular and periodic audits and spot checks on domestic canners and importers to ensure compliance with TTVP regulations.
      • Temporal extent used: 2001-05 to Present
    Last Modified: 2024-02-29T00:00:00
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