gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5615 eng UTF8 dataset Database Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center 808-725-5300 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. resourceProvider Gough, Bradley M 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA bradley.gough@noaa.gov Contact via email pointOfContact 2025-11-11T22:28:20 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) American Samoa Commercial Purchases 2012-09-30 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 5615 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5615 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital In 1990 the local government made it mandatory for local vendors to participate in this monitoring program and it is continuing. The Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) issues numbered books of Fish and Shellfish Receipt forms to all wholesale buyers of fish who resell fish to the retail market, either whole or prepared. This receipt has evolved over time to include fish sales imported by local businesses from other islands such as Tonga or Western Samoa. Vendors are required to complete an invoice for each purchase and record the fisher (or boat) selling the fish, along with the species category, method used, weight, and price for the fish purchased. Invoices are submitted to DMWR staff who enter the data into the data processing system. Generally speaking the fishing activities occur fairly close to the island of Tutuila as most of the boats that sell fish locally are small. There are some local sales of longline caught fish and these catches could have been made hundreds of miles from Tutuila as the longline vessels have a greater range of operation. These data are considered highly confidential. Monitoring underDevelopment Suter, Jenny M 1845 Wasp Blvd Honolulu HI 96818 USA jenny.suter@noaa.gov Contact via email pointOfContact Gough, Bradley M 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA bradley.gough@noaa.gov pointOfContact Gough, Bradley M 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA bradley.gough@noaa.gov Contact via email custodian Suter, Jenny M 1845 Wasp Blvd Honolulu HI 96818 USA jenny.suter@noaa.gov custodian asNeeded DMWR FMB FRMD Fisheries IFMP PIFSC WPacFIN sales trip ticket theme American Samoa place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC > Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Western Pacific Fisheries Information Network (WPacFIN) project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: American Samoa Commercial Purchases [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5615. 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. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data and approval from the data owner. restricted NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 5615 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/5615.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans -174 -165 -20 -10 American Samoa EEZ and nearby open ocean 1990 false eng false Data View a_cl_flat_view 2021-01-21 publication dataset Data are submitted to and entered by the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.