View: OBHAU

First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable.

May 1994 - current: 6 - character trip id; first three characters are the observer id number (obsid) and the second are the ordinal number of trips the observer has taken for the current year. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Ordinal number of haul within the trip; 4 characters beginning at position 16 of link3. Collected for ASM where applicable.

15-character Key field linking tables at the trip level; made up of: program + year + month + tripid. Appears as first 15 characters in all 'LINK ' fields. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Quarter of year landed: 1 = Jan, Feb, Mar; 2 = Apr,May,Jun 3=Jul, Aug, Sep, 4= Oct, Nov, Dec. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Key field linking tables at the haul level; made up of: link1 plus (4-character) haulnum. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Indicator of whether haul was observed for discards (all hauls are observed for catch except for offwatch (sdo, sto, cdo) hauls). 0=no; 1=yes. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Indicator of whether gear from haul holds any catch, kept or discarded. 0=no; 1=yes.

Indicator of whether Sea Turtle, Marine Mammal, or Sea Bird is caught by gear in haul. 0 = no 1 = yes. Collected for ASM where applicable.

HAUL: Code for weather at beginning of haul. EVENT: Code for weather at time event occurred. See support table OBWEATHER for codes. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Wind speed at beginning of haul, in whole knots.

Wind direction (compass direction) from which the wind is blowing at beginning of haul.

HAUL: Wave height at beginning of haul, in whole feet. EVENT: Wave height at beginning of event, in whole feet. Not collected prior to 5/1994; set to unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Water depth at beginning of haul, in whole fathoms.

Condition of gear at Haul. See OBGEARCOND table. Collected for ASM where applicable.

NESPP4 for any of the species named by captain as targeted for haul or trip; named before haul or trip, not after. Not necessarily same as majority of catch. May differ by haul or gear. Collected for ASM where applicable.

NESPP4 code for any of the species named by captain as targeted for haul or trip; named before haul or trip, not after. Not necessarily same as majority of catch. May differ by haul or gear. Collected for ASM where applicable.

NESPP4 code for any of the species named by captain as targeted for haul or trip; named before haul or trip, not after. Not necessarily same as majority of catch. May differ by haul or gear.

NESPP4 code for any one of the species named by captain as targeted for haul or trip; named before haul or trip, not after. Not necessarily same as majority of catch. May differ by haul or gear.

NESPP4 for any one of the species named by captain as targeted for haul or trip; named before haul or trip, not after. Not necessarily same as majority of catch. May differ by haul or gear.

Year set began, four digits.Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown.

Two digit month set began. Not collected 1989 - 4/1994;

Day set began, two digits.

Time set began, local time using 24 hour clock (0000-2359). Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown

Date the set began. Not recorded prior to 5/1994; set to unknown NOTE: if time is unknown it defaults to midnight in this field

Year set ended, four digits. Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown.

Two digit month the set ended.

Day set ended, two digits.Not recorded prior to 5/1994; set to unknown

Time set ended, local time using 24 hour clock (0000-2359). Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown

Date the set of the gear ended.Not recorded prior to 5/1994; set to unknown NOTE: if time is unknown it defaults to midnight in this field

Year haul began, four digits. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Month haul began, two digits. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Day haul began, two digits. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Time haul began, local time using 24 hour clock (0000-2359). Collected for ASM where applicable.

Date haul began. NOTE: if time is unknown it defaults to midnight in this field. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Year haul ended, four digits.Not collected before 5/1994; set to unknown.

Month haul ended, two digits. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Day haul ended, two digits.Not recorded prior to 5/1994; set to unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Time haul ended, local time using 24 hour clock (0000-2359). Collected for ASM where applicable.

Date the haul ended.Not recorded prior to 5/1994; set to unknown NOTE: if time is unknown it defaults to midnight in this field. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Year that the gear was fully deployed and actively fishing (3/2007)

Month that the gear was fully deployed and actively fishing (3/2007)

Day that the gear was fully deployed and actively fishing (3/2007)

Time (24 hour clock) that the gear was fully deployed and actively fishing (3/2007)

Date that the gear is fully deployed and actively fishing(3/2007) NOTE: if time fishing begins (TIMEFBEG) is unknown it defaults to midnight.

YEAR when all gear was out of the water. (3/2007)

Month (local time) that the gear from the haul is completely out of the water (3/2007)

Day (local time) that the gear form the haul is completely out of the water (3/2007)

4-digit local time (24-hour clock) when all gear was out of the water. (3/2007)

Local date and time that the gear form the haul is completely out of the water (3/2007)

Latitude where set began (DDMMSS). Not recorded 1989 - 5/1994 5/1994 - 12/2000: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans

Latitude (DDMMSS) where set ended. Not recorded 1989 - 5/1994 5/1994 - 12/2000: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans

Latitude location, (DDMMSS) where haul began. Pre 2001 : SS rounded to 30 where no loran. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Latitude (DDMMSS) where haul ended. Not recorded 1989 - 5/1994 5/1994 - 12/2000: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Longitude location of where set began, (DDMMSS). Not recorded 1989 - 5/1994 5/1994 - 12/2000: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans

Longitude where set ended, (DDMMSS). Not recorded 1989 - 5/1994 5/1994 - 12/2000: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans

Longitude location of where haul began, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Longitude location of where haul ended, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable.

GIS format (decimal degrees) for set begin latitude

GIS format (decimal degrees) for set end latitude

GIS format (decimal degrees) for haul begin latitude. Collected for ASM where applicable.

GIS format (decimal degrees) for haul end latitude. Collected for ASM where applicable.

GIS format (decimal degrees) for set begin longitude

GIS format (decimal degrees) for set end longitude

GIS format (decimal degrees) for haul begin longitude. Collected for ASM where applicable.

GIS format (decimal degrees) for haul end longitude. Collected for ASM where applicable.

The surface sea water Fahrenheit temperature, to the nearest tenth, when haul ended. Not entered before 5/1994

Fixed gear only. Amount of time that the gear for haul is in the water, to the nearest tenth of an hour (haul begin - set end). BEACH SEINE: estimated; Time from when the gear is secured to the beach until hauling of the warpline begins. Collected for ASM where applicable.

(fixed gears only) Time it takes to set out the gear; Time set end - time set begin;

GILLNET, LONGLINE, POTS: Length of time (hours) from beginning to haul the gear out until all the gear is out. (Haul end - Haul begin). BEACH SEINE: Length of time (hours)from the beginning of haul of warpline until last portion of net exits the surf zone. OTTER TRAWL, SCALLOP DREDGE: Length of time (hours) from when the net hits the water until hauling equipment put in gear . PAIR TRAWL: Length of time (hours) from when the net hits the water until legs retrieved and aboard both vessels. Calculated for ASM where applicable.

Quarter Degree Square, lookup in LOC2AREAS table.

Position in grid computed from lat/lon; relative minute position in a degree square 1-6 west to east for longitude and 1-6 north to south for latitude.

Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area.

Statistical area code obtained from positions at beginning of haul for fixed gear and end of the haul for mobile gear or at sighting position. See LOC2AREAS table on sole. Collected for ASM where applicable.

Indicator whether the observer is intentionally present to witness the haulback 1 = yes, 0 = no, 9 = unknown Collected beginning with obdbs Version 10 (01/01/2011).

Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable.