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Summary

Short Citation
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 2024: Market News Price Dataset, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26732.
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Abstract

Real-time price data collected by the Boston Market News Reporter.

The NOAA Fisheries' "Fishery Market News" began operations in New York City on February 14, 1938. The primary function of this joint Federal/industry program is to provide accurate and unbiased reports depicting current conditions affecting the trade in fish and fishery products.

The Boston and New York Market News Reports are now hosted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Please navigate to the URL below for 2014 and newer data:

https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/marketNews.php

Distribution Information

  • NEFSC Social Sciences Branch Market News Fish Prices, webpage allows any user to look at pre-constructed reports, daily summaries of prices, and construct a customized data query.

    The Boston and New York Market News Reports are now hosted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Please navigate to the URL for 2014 and newer data.

Access Constraints:

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Table: FISH_PRICES

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Min-Yang A Lee
min-yang.lee@noaa.gov
508-495-4704

Metadata Contact
Min-Yang A Lee
min-yang.lee@noaa.gov
508-495-4704

Extents

Geographic Area 1

New England, New York

Time Frame 1
2012-07-01 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Market News Price Dataset
Short Name: Market News Price Dataset
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Real-time price data collected by the Boston Market News Reporter.

The NOAA Fisheries' "Fishery Market News" began operations in New York City on February 14, 1938. The primary function of this joint Federal/industry program is to provide accurate and unbiased reports depicting current conditions affecting the trade in fish and fishery products.

The Boston and New York Market News Reports are now hosted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Please navigate to the URL below for 2014 and newer data:

https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/marketNews.php

Purpose:

Fish prices for SSB Market News Website

Notes:

Market News takes the pulse of the market. Other services may try to diagnose the market, but Market News merely observes, records, and reports on current conditions. With offices located in Boston, Long Beach, New Orleans, New York, and Seattle the Market News service gathers and reports on a wealth of information.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None fish prices
None prices

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None continuous
None daily

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None Gloucester, MA
None New Bedford, MA
None Portland, ME

Physical Location

Organization: Northeast Fisheries Science Center
City: Woods Hole
State/Province: MA
Country: USA

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Set Type: Oracle Database
Maintenance Frequency: Daily
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 214952
Date Effective From: 2015-08-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Lee, Min-Yang A
Address: 15 Carlson Lane
Falmouth, MA 02540
USA
Email Address: min-yang.lee@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-4704

Distributor

CC ID: 214955
Date Effective From: 2015-08-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
Address: 166 Water Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026
USA
Phone: (508)495-2000
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 214953
Date Effective From: 2015-08-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Lee, Min-Yang A
Address: 15 Carlson Lane
Falmouth, MA 02540
USA
Email Address: min-yang.lee@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-4704

Originator

CC ID: 214954
Date Effective From: 2012-07-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
Address: 166 Water Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026
USA
Phone: (508)495-2000
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/northeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Point of Contact

CC ID: 214951
Date Effective From: 2015-08-17
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Lee, Min-Yang A
Address: 15 Carlson Lane
Falmouth, MA 02540
USA
Email Address: min-yang.lee@noaa.gov
Phone: 508-495-4704

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 214956
Description

New England, New York

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 214957
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2012-07-01

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Procedure:

NEFSC Data Access Procedure:

1. Formal request in writing usually to the data owner/contact or Center Director;

2. Requester is contacted by data owner to review and verify the request content and details for data delivery options.

3. If data is confidential then owner will determine if the data may be released to the requester;

4. If data can be released, the data is downloaded and packaged for delivery electronically; or the requester may be directed to where the data is available online.

Data Access Constraints:

NEFSC Data Access Constraint:

If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 235430
Download URL: https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/read/socialsci/marketNews.php
Distributor:
Description:

NEFSC Social Sciences Branch Market News Fish Prices, webpage allows any user to look at pre-constructed reports, daily summaries of prices, and construct a customized data query.

The Boston and New York Market News Reports are now hosted by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Please navigate to the URL for 2014 and newer data.

Technical Environment

Description:

Oracle Database, Centralized Data Management System

Data Quality

Accuracy:

Quantities under 100lbs are encoded as zero. The “average” price for BASE is the simple midpoint of high and low.

Completeness Report:

Cape Ann Seafood Exchange has stopped participating as of August 30, 2013.

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Data validation during data entry

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: Yes
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?: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 0
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: Other
If World Data Center or Other, Specify: oracle table on nefsc server
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: 0
How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?:

Archival of source data preserving unaltered collected data, Scheduled backups, Remote storage backups, Password protection

Lineage

Lineage Statement:

real time price data collected by agents in Boston and New York, and entered into excel spreadsheet

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Table: FISH_PRICES

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 26732
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26732
Metadata Record Created By: Patricia L Jones
Metadata Record Created: 2015-08-31 09:37+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-08-09 17:11+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2016-08-10
Owner Org: NEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2016-08-10
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2017-08-10