SC/OQ Vessel Database
Data Set (DS) | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:1503 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 2024: SC/OQ Vessel Database, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/1503.
Full Citation Examples
Data tables holding information for the Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog vessel and dealer/processor logbooks (negative and positive), as well as individual tag information and ranges of tag numbers.
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel. The APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms.
Access to individual reports is restricted to NOAA employees and our partners who have signed non-disclosure agreements. Summary data may be made available based on the "rule of 3", i.e., there must be at least three entities included in a summary for the summary information to be made publically available. Data may be made available if there is no information included that could uniquely link the information to an individual entity (person, vessel operating unit, business, etc.). Individually identifiable information may not be released without written authorization from the provider or by court order.
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Entity | Table: PRTAGI |
Entity | Table: PRTAGR |
Entity | Table: SFOQNR |
Entity | Table: SFOQPR |
Entity | Table: SFOQVR |
Entity | Table: VRTAGI |
Entity | Table: VRTAGR |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Hannah F Goodale
hannah.f.goodale@noaa.gov
978-281-9101
Metadata Contact
Denise A Washick
denise.washick@noaa.gov
978-675-2197
Extents
Generally from the US/Canadian maritime boundary south to the Virginia/North Carolina maritime boundary, seaward to the perimeter of the EEZ (200 miles from shore).
1978 - Present
Beginning in 1978, participation in the surf clam fishery became conditional upon a set of requirements including detailed logbook reporting. In the early 1980's ocean quahog vessels became subject to the same detailed logbook reporting requirements.
Item Identification
Title: | SC/OQ Vessel Database |
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Short Name: | SC/OQ Vessel Database |
Status: | In Work |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Abstract: |
Data tables holding information for the Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog vessel and dealer/processor logbooks (negative and positive), as well as individual tag information and ranges of tag numbers. |
Purpose: |
To hold data for the commerical harvest, catch, and effort for the Surfclam & Ocean Quahog ITQ fisheries. |
Supplemental Information: |
Multi-year data sets for 2003 - present. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | individual transferable quota |
None | ITQ |
None | Ocean Quahog |
None | OQ |
None | Quota Monitoring |
None | SC |
None | SC/OQ |
None | Surf Clam |
None | Surfclam |
None | vessel logbook reporting |
None | Vessel Reporting |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | 1978-present |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Atlantic |
None | Connecticut |
None | CT |
None | DE |
None | Delaware |
None | Gloucester |
None | MA |
None | Maine |
None | Maryland |
None | Massachusetts |
None | MD |
None | ME |
None | NE |
None | NERO |
None | New England |
None | New Hampshire |
None | New Jersey |
None | New York |
None | NH |
None | NJ |
None | Northeast |
None | northeast atlantic |
None | northwest atlantic |
None | NY |
None | Rhode Island |
None | RI |
None | VA |
None | Virginia |
Stratum Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Area |
None | Gear |
None | Species |
Physical Location
Organization: | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office |
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City: | Gloucester |
State/Province: | MA |
Country: | USA |
Location Description: |
Fisheries Data Services Division (FDSD) 55 Great Republic Drive |
Data Set Information
Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
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Data Set Type: | Database |
Maintenance Frequency: | Weekly |
Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
Support Roles
Data Steward
Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | St Cyr, James R |
Address: |
55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 USA |
Email Address: | james.stcyr@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 978-281-9369 |
Distributor
Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Organization): | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) |
Address: |
55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 USA |
Phone: | (978)281-9300 |
Business Hours: | 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 EST |
Metadata Contact
Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Washick, Denise A |
Address: |
55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 USA |
Email Address: | denise.washick@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 978-675-2197 |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2010 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Goodale, Hannah F |
Address: |
55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930 USA |
Email Address: | hannah.f.goodale@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 978-281-9101 |
Extents
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
Description |
Generally from the US/Canadian maritime boundary south to the Virginia/North Carolina maritime boundary, seaward to the perimeter of the EEZ (200 miles from shore). |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
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Start: | 1978 |
Description: |
Beginning in 1978, participation in the surf clam fishery became conditional upon a set of requirements including detailed logbook reporting. In the early 1980's ocean quahog vessels became subject to the same detailed logbook reporting requirements. |
Access Information
Security Class: | Sensitive |
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Security Classification System: |
Vessel trip reports are considered to be business confidential and may not be released without signed approval of the permit holder on record for the time period requested. |
Data Access Policy: |
Access to VTR data is governed by 50CFR600 - Confidentiality of Information. Access by state fishery management agency staff and Fisheries Management Council staff may be allowed through Memorandum of Understanding that are signed by the NE Regional Administrator and Directors of the State Agency or Councils that describe the need and uses of the data and list the individuals who will have access to the data. Contractors may be granted access provided they are working under contract to NOAA or a cooperating partner (state, Council, Commission) on a specific project under the oversight of a partner. |
Data Access Procedure: |
Contact POC to request access. |
Data Access Constraints: |
Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel. The APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms. |
Data Use Constraints: |
Access to individual reports is restricted to NOAA employees and our partners who have signed non-disclosure agreements. Summary data may be made available based on the "rule of 3", i.e., there must be at least three entities included in a summary for the summary information to be made publically available. Data may be made available if there is no information included that could uniquely link the information to an individual entity (person, vessel operating unit, business, etc.). Individually identifiable information may not be released without written authorization from the provider or by court order. |
Metadata Use Constraints: |
There are no constraints on the use of the metadata associated with this program. |
URLs
URL 1
URL: | http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/regs/infodocs/SCOQInfoSheet.pdf |
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URL Type: |
Other
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Description: |
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog overview. |
URL 2
URL: | http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/domes_fish/catchshare/docs/surfclam_oceanquahog.pdf |
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URL Type: |
Other
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Description: |
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog ITQ. |
URL 3
URL: | http://www.nero.noaa.gov/ro/fso/reports/SurfclamOceanQuahog/c.htm |
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URL Type: |
Other
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Description: |
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog/Maine Mahogany Quahog Annual Reports. |
Technical Environment
Description: |
Relational database. |
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Data Quality
Representativeness: |
Vessel logbook data can be considered representative of all self reported vessel data in the NERO. |
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Accuracy: |
The Vessel Trip Reports are submitted by vessel operators and thus contain self reported data. The information in these reports is compared against the information in other data systems. |
Completeness Report: |
Vessel reported data is routinely audited for completeness. Vessel reports missing obvious data fields are sent back to vessel owners. |
Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
GARFO has established an "industry data investigation" (IDI) team whose responsibility is to investigate and correct data errors on GARFO's critical datasets including vessel trip reports, dealer reports, and various associated fishing activity reports, including VMS reports. QC on these datasets is performed regularly since data is securely displayed on various web portals to its owners. JIRA is the tool used for tracking quality control. |
Data Management
Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
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Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | Yes |
If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | Not needed |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 1 week |
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | NCEI-MD |
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | 6 months |
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
Access to this data is tightly controlled. Most access is read-only. Write access is given only after data owners have authorized (accompanied by a signed NDA), and data is usually edited via an access controlled application. Data is QAQC'd on a regular basis by authorized personnel, and backed up both to disk and tape on a daily basis. |
Lineage
Lineage Statement: |
Paper logbooks are submitted to staff at GARFO and subsequent data entry is completed with a custom web application. Electronic submissions will soon be allowed. |
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Sources
N/A
Process Steps
Process Step 1
Description: |
N/A |
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Process Contact: | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) |
Phone (Voice): | (978)281-9300 |
Source: | N/A |
Child Items
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Type | Title |
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Entity | Table: PRTAGI | |
Entity | Table: PRTAGR | |
Entity | Table: SFOQNR | |
Entity | Table: SFOQPR | |
Entity | Table: SFOQVR | |
Entity | Table: VRTAGI | |
Entity | Table: VRTAGR |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 1503 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:1503 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Tom Fletcher |
Metadata Record Created: | 2006-05-15 10:17+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:10+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2016-02-25 |
Owner Org: | GARFO |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2016-02-25 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2017-02-25 |