gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5380 eng UTF8 dataset Database Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider Chau, Jade 727-824-5373 263 13th Avenue South Room 201 St Petersburg FL 33701 jade.chau@noaa.gov 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact 2026-03-04T19:17:18 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Vessel Operating Units (Vessels) Vessel Operating Units Data Tables publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 5380 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5380 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital This data set contains data for vessels that are greater than five net tons and have a current US Coast Guard documentation number. Beginning in1979, the NMFS initiated a system to conduct an annual survey to inventory all of the vessels that actively fished in commercial fisheries during the previous calendar year. The survey is conducted by port agents that are located at fishing port throughout the Southeast Region. They record the physical information about the vessels, e.g., length, age, horsepower, etc., as well as gathering information about the fishing characteristics of the vessels, e.g., type and amount of gear, number of crew, etc. Often the physical characteristics of the vessels are retrieved from the data maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as part of their vessel documentation program. In recent years, much of the fishing characteristics are retrieved from either trip ticket and/or logbook data The primary purpose of this data set is to provide an annual inventory of the vessels that are documented by the US Coast Guard and actively fished during a calendar year. underDevelopment Judge, Michael 305-361-4235 305-361-4562 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 Michael.Judge@noaa.gov Contact by email preferred. pointOfContact Chau, Jade 727-824-5373 263 13th Avenue South Room 201 St Petersburg FL 33701 jade.chau@noaa.gov 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST/EDT custodian annually Non-Environmental Data theme PARR Exclusion Crew Size Effort Gear Vessel Counts fishdep fishery-dependent theme 1979-present temporal Alabama Atlantic Florida Georgia Gulf Of Mexico Louisana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas place County State stratum DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast 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 Vessel Operating Units project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Vessel Operating Units (Vessels) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5380. 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: Waiver Needed restricted NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 5380 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/5380.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 Oracle Tables -100 -40 28 35 Gulf Of Mexico And South Atlantic Ocean 1985 false eng false Data Table Table: VOU_CONSTRUCTION_CODES 2021-05-06 publication Table: VOU_VESOP 2021-05-06 publication dataset Data are extracted form existing trip ticket databases and merged with information on vessel characteristics supplied by the SERO permits office and USCG vessel database.