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PELAGIC OBSERVER PROGRAM (POP). Catch/Effort data collected by observers on board U.S. commercial Pelagic Longline vessels

Data Set (DS)  |  Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30713  |  Updated: June 14, 2024  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Data Set Info
Support Roles
Extents
Access Info
Data Quality
Data Management
Lineage
Child Items
Catalog Details

Summary

Short Citation
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 2025: PELAGIC OBSERVER PROGRAM (POP). Catch/Effort data collected by observers on board U.S. commercial Pelagic Longline vessels, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/30713.
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Abstract

This data set contains data that are collected by trained observers aboard pelagic longline vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The fishery observers are deployed to collect catch and effort data and record information on the types and numbers of fish that are discarded and interactions with marine mammals or endangered species. Vessels that have Federal permits to fish for swordfish are required to take a fishery observer onboard for the duration of a trip if the vessel is selected. The data that are submitted to the mandatory pelagic longline logbook program are used as the population from which the vessels are randomly selected. A 5 to 8 percent sample of vessels is selected to carry an observer for at least one trip during a calendar quarter.

Distribution Information

No Distributions available.

Access Constraints:

Waiver Needed

Use Constraints:

Please cite data. Please be cognizant of meta data

Child Items

Type Title
Entity Table: POP_ANIMAL_LOG
Entity Table: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_EXP
Entity Table: POP_BAITS_USED
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_CONDITION
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_KIND
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_BOARDING_STATUS
Entity Table: POP_COVERAGE_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_DAMAGE_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_DELETE_REASON
Entity Table: POP_DROPLINES_USED
Entity Table: POP_EXPERIMENTAL_TREATMENT
Entity Table: POP_FISHING_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_GANGIONS_USED
Entity Table: POP_GANGION_COLOR
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_CONDITION
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_LOG
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_MATERIAL
Entity Table: POP_HAUL_LOG
Entity Table: POP_HOOKS_DEFINED
Entity Table: POP_HOOKS_USED
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_BRANDS
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_DEPTH
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_SIZE
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_HOW_HOOKED
Entity Table: POP_INT_CODE_TABLES
Entity Table: POP_LENGTH_CODE
Entity Table: POP_LENGTH_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_LIGHT_STICK_COLOR
Entity Table: POP_NMFS_SPECIES_CODE
Entity Table: POP_OBSERVERS
Entity Table: POP_OBSERVER_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_SEX
Entity Table: POP_SPECIES_CODE
Entity Table: POP_SPECIES_GROUP
Entity Table: POP_TAG_ACTION
Entity Table: POP_TREATMENT
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_COVERAGE_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_LOG
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_LOG_DELETE
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_USER_PROFILE
Entity Table: POP_VESSEL_CODES
Entity Table: POP_WEATHER
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_V

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Larry Beerkircher
lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov
305-361-4290

Metadata Contact
Larry Beerkircher
lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov
305-361-4290

Extents

Geographic Area 1

-96° W, -37° E, 51° N, 1° S

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Time Frame 1
1992 - Present

Item Identification

Title: PELAGIC OBSERVER PROGRAM (POP). Catch/Effort data collected by observers on board U.S. commercial Pelagic Longline vessels
Status: In Work
Abstract:

This data set contains data that are collected by trained observers aboard pelagic longline vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. The fishery observers are deployed to collect catch and effort data and record information on the types and numbers of fish that are discarded and interactions with marine mammals or endangered species. Vessels that have Federal permits to fish for swordfish are required to take a fishery observer onboard for the duration of a trip if the vessel is selected. The data that are submitted to the mandatory pelagic longline logbook program are used as the population from which the vessels are randomly selected. A 5 to 8 percent sample of vessels is selected to carry an observer for at least one trip during a calendar quarter.
Purpose:

Monitor catch and effort

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None fishdep
None fishery-dependent

Physical Location

Organization: Southeast Fisheries Science Center
City: Miami
State/Province: FL
Country: USA
Location Description:

Location Of The Main Office Of The South East Fisheries Science Center

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Data Presentation Form: Table (digital)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 284707
Date Effective From: 1992
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Beerkircher, Larry
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
Email Address: lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov
Phone: 305-361-4290
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 284708
Date Effective From: 1992
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
USA
Phone: (305)361-5761
URL: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 277094
Date Effective From: 1992
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Beerkircher, Larry
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
Email Address: lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov
Phone: 305-361-4290
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 284710
Date Effective From: 1992
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Beerkircher, Larry
Address: 75 Virginia Beach Drive
Miami, FL 33149
Email Address: lawrence.r.beerkircher@noaa.gov
Phone: 305-361-4290
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 277098
W° Bound: -96
E° Bound: -37
N° Bound: 51
S° Bound: 1
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 277097
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1992

Extent Group 2

Extent Group 2 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 281903
W° Bound: -96
E° Bound: -37
N° Bound: 51
S° Bound: 1
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 2 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 281902
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1992

Extent Group 3

Extent Group 3 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 284713
W° Bound: -96
E° Bound: -37
N° Bound: 51
S° Bound: 1
Description

Gulf Of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, And U.S. South Atlantic Ocean

Extent Group 3 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 284712
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 1992

Access Information

Security Class: Sensitive
Data Access Policy:

Contact Data steward
Data Access Procedure:

Read and sign for NOAA Administrative Order 216 100 Read and sign System Access Application (see URLs) Contact DBA Daniel Leon at daniel.leon noaa.gov for userid password.
Data Access Constraints:

Waiver Needed
Data Use Constraints:

Please cite data. Please be cognizant of meta data
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Data Quality

Quality Control Procedures Employed:

Original data examined by SME, collector debriefed, data entry system has validation constraints.

Data Management

Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: No
Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: 0
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: No
Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: 45
If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed:

This data is currently wavered under the current NOAA guidelines for relational databases.
Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: To Be Determined
If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain:

None
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?:

The data resides on a secure database server only accessible through the NMFS network requiring separate multi-factor authentication for both network and database access.

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 284714
Description:

Collection on board commercial fishing vessels by trained observers on paper forms. Paper forms submitted to Miami Laboratory Pelagic Observer Program for review and editing. Data entered into oracle tables via a web-based data entry application that employs validation processes.

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity Table: POP_ANIMAL_LOG
Entity Table: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_EXP
Entity Table: POP_BAITS_USED
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_CONDITION
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_KIND
Entity Table: POP_BAIT_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_BOARDING_STATUS
Entity Table: POP_COVERAGE_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_DAMAGE_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_DELETE_REASON
Entity Table: POP_DROPLINES_USED
Entity Table: POP_EXPERIMENTAL_TREATMENT
Entity Table: POP_FISHING_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_GANGIONS_USED
Entity Table: POP_GANGION_COLOR
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_CONDITION
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_LOG
Entity Table: POP_GEAR_MATERIAL
Entity Table: POP_HAUL_LOG
Entity Table: POP_HOOKS_DEFINED
Entity Table: POP_HOOKS_USED
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_BRANDS
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_DEPTH
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_SIZE
Entity Table: POP_HOOK_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_HOW_HOOKED
Entity Table: POP_INT_CODE_TABLES
Entity Table: POP_LENGTH_CODE
Entity Table: POP_LENGTH_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_LIGHT_STICK_COLOR
Entity Table: POP_NMFS_SPECIES_CODE
Entity Table: POP_OBSERVERS
Entity Table: POP_OBSERVER_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_SEX
Entity Table: POP_SPECIES_CODE
Entity Table: POP_SPECIES_GROUP
Entity Table: POP_TAG_ACTION
Entity Table: POP_TREATMENT
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_COVERAGE_AREAS
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_LOG
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_LOG_DELETE
Entity Table: POP_TRIP_TYPE
Entity Table: POP_USER_PROFILE
Entity Table: POP_VESSEL_CODES
Entity Table: POP_WEATHER
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_ANIMAL_LOG_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_GEAR_LOG_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_NON_EXP_V
Entity View: POP_HAUL_LOG_V

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 30713
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:30713
Metadata Record Created By: Carlos Rivero
Metadata Record Created: 2016-02-11 06:54+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-06-14 13:53+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2024-06-14
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-05-06
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-05-06