gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12853 eng UTF8 dataset Database West Coast Regional Office 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information resourceProvider Jacobson, William 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 bill.jacobson@noaa.gov Telephone (562) 980-4035 pointOfContact 2024-02-29T00:00:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database US Tuna Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database 1987 creation 2016-02-23 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12853 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12853 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information tableDigital Database is currently in Microsoft Access database format. 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. 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. completed Jacobson, William 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 bill.jacobson@noaa.gov Voice 562-980-4035 or email pointOfContact Jacobson, William 562-980-4035 562-980-4047 501 West Ocean Blvd Long Beach CA 90802-4213 bill.jacobson@noaa.gov Telephone (562) 980-4035 custodian notPlanned 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. baitboat carrying capacity reflag trip dates tuna purse seine vessel name change theme Atlantic Ocean american samoa california eastern tropical Pacific Ocean ecuador panama puerto rico western Pacific Ocean place DOC/NOAA/NMFS/WCRO > West Coast Regional Office, 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 Dolphin Safe Program project InPort Fleet composition information is public, while specific vessel fishing trip dates are technically Business Confidential (thus restricted dissemination). user otherRestrictions 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. 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: Secured network environment restricted The historic fleet data tracking fleet composition is public information, while the vessel specific data on fishing trip dates are considered Business Confidential data. US Tuna Cannery Receipts NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12852 crossReference NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 12853 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/12853.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 The database is currently in Microsoft Access database format on a NMFS West Coast Region server in Long Beach, CA. Historical fishing area of the US tuna cannery fleet was the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. A handful of fishing trips occurred in the Caribbean & Atlantic Ocean off Venezuela. 1927 The database may be transferred to an Oracle system and integrated with the NMFS ITDS database, sometime in 2020. dataset Representativeness Historic data that spans from 1927 to 2012. Accuracy Data collected from various sources: NMFS Southwest Region's Observer Program, NMFS American Samoa Office, IATTC La Jolla Office and tuna industry. Historical fleet composition information came from U.S. Coast Guard, IATTC, NMFS observer programs in California and American Samoa and the industry. otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: none | Use Constraints: none