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Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips
DescriptionObserver Animal Length Data from standard observer trips
Entity Information
Entity Type
Data View
Data Attribute / Type | Description |
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PROGRAM
VARCHAR2 |
First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
YEAR
VARCHAR2 |
Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
MONTH
VARCHAR2 |
Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
TRIPID
VARCHAR2 |
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. |
HAULNUM
VARCHAR2 |
Ordinal number of haul within the trip; 4 characters beginning at position 16 of link3. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
LINK1
VARCHAR2 |
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. |
LINK3
VARCHAR2 |
Key field linking tables at the haul level; made up of: link1 plus (4-character) haulnum. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
QTR
NUMBER |
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. |
LATHBEG
VARCHAR2 |
Latitude location, (DDMMSS) where haul began. Pre 2001 : SS rounded to 30 where no loran. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
LONHBEG
VARCHAR2 |
Longitude location of where haul began, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
AREA
VARCHAR2 |
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. |
NEMAREA
VARCHAR2 |
Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area. |
NEGEAR
VARCHAR2 |
Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
ONEFFORT
VARCHAR2 |
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). |
OBGEARCAT
VARCHAR2 |
Gear Category used by observer program: OT = Otter trawl,GG = gillnet, PT = Pots and traps , LL = Longline and other line gear, BS = beach set, SD = Scallop Dredge, PR = pair trawl,PS = purse seine, ST = Scallop Trawl, TT Twin Trawl, NK =Not known, OB=Obsolete. |
NESPP4
VARCHAR2 |
Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
FISHDISP
VARCHAR2 |
Three digit code for disposition of each species (catdisp plus discreason). See OBFISHDISP table. IAL: discard reason not recorded previous to 5/1994; last two digits of fishdisp set to 00 (unknown discard reason); Collected for ASM where applicable. |
CATDISP
VARCHAR2 |
Code to indicate catch disposition. 0 = discarded, 1 = kept, 9 = unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
SEX
VARCHAR2 |
One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female. |
DREDGEPOS
VARCHAR2 |
Which dredge the sample was taken from : P=port, S=Starboard, A= Aft, U= Unknown. Not recorded before 5/1994; set to unknown; |
SAMPWEIGHT
NUMBER |
Collective Round, actual weight, of measured animals for species , sex, and market category of fish being sampled. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
AGESTRCT
VARCHAR2 |
Type of age structure collected for sample: 0 = none, 1 = scales, 2 = otoliths, 3 = shells, 4 = whole, 5 = vertebra, 6 = dorsal spines, 7 = scales and otoliths, 8 = head, 9 = other (see comments). |
NAGESTRCT
NUMBER |
Total number of animals from which age samples were collected. |
VOLMEATS
NUMBER |
Volumetric measure of scallop meats, to nearest 50 millileters. Not collected previous to 5/1994; set to unknown. |
LNHCOMMENTS
VARCHAR2 |
Comments on length record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable. |
LENANML
NUMBER |
Finfish and squid measured in whole centimeters. Shellfish measured in whole millimeters. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
NUMLEN
NUMBER |
Total number of animals measured at each centimeter or millimeter. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
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Item Identification
Title: | View: OBLEN |
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Short Name: | OBLEN |
Status: | Completed |
Abstract: |
Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips |
Notes: |
Loaded by batch 9053, 07-27-2016 19:10 |
Entity Information
Entity Type: | Data View |
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Active Version?: | Yes |
Schema Name: | OBDBS |
Description: |
Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
Name | Type | Description | ||
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100
|
PROGRAM | VARCHAR2 | First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
YEAR | VARCHAR2 | Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
MONTH | VARCHAR2 | Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
TRIPID | VARCHAR2 | 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. | |
100
|
HAULNUM | VARCHAR2 | Ordinal number of haul within the trip; 4 characters beginning at position 16 of link3. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
LINK1 | VARCHAR2 | 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. | |
100
|
LINK3 | VARCHAR2 | Key field linking tables at the haul level; made up of: link1 plus (4-character) haulnum. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
QTR | NUMBER | 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. | |
100
|
LATHBEG | VARCHAR2 | Latitude location, (DDMMSS) where haul began. Pre 2001 : SS rounded to 30 where no loran. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
LONHBEG | VARCHAR2 | Longitude location of where haul began, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
AREA | VARCHAR2 | 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. | |
100
|
NEMAREA | VARCHAR2 | Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area. | |
100
|
NEGEAR | VARCHAR2 | Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
ONEFFORT | VARCHAR2 | 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). | |
100
|
OBGEARCAT | VARCHAR2 | Gear Category used by observer program: OT = Otter trawl,GG = gillnet, PT = Pots and traps , LL = Longline and other line gear, BS = beach set, SD = Scallop Dredge, PR = pair trawl,PS = purse seine, ST = Scallop Trawl, TT Twin Trawl, NK =Not known, OB=Obsolete. | |
100
|
NESPP4 | VARCHAR2 | Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
FISHDISP | VARCHAR2 | Three digit code for disposition of each species (catdisp plus discreason). See OBFISHDISP table. IAL: discard reason not recorded previous to 5/1994; last two digits of fishdisp set to 00 (unknown discard reason); Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
CATDISP | VARCHAR2 | Code to indicate catch disposition. 0 = discarded, 1 = kept, 9 = unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
SEX | VARCHAR2 | One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female. | |
100
|
DREDGEPOS | VARCHAR2 | Which dredge the sample was taken from : P=port, S=Starboard, A= Aft, U= Unknown. Not recorded before 5/1994; set to unknown; | |
100
|
SAMPWEIGHT | NUMBER | Collective Round, actual weight, of measured animals for species , sex, and market category of fish being sampled. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
AGESTRCT | VARCHAR2 | Type of age structure collected for sample: 0 = none, 1 = scales, 2 = otoliths, 3 = shells, 4 = whole, 5 = vertebra, 6 = dorsal spines, 7 = scales and otoliths, 8 = head, 9 = other (see comments). | |
100
|
NAGESTRCT | NUMBER | Total number of animals from which age samples were collected. | |
100
|
VOLMEATS | NUMBER | Volumetric measure of scallop meats, to nearest 50 millileters. Not collected previous to 5/1994; set to unknown. | |
100
|
LNHCOMMENTS | VARCHAR2 | Comments on length record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
LENANML | NUMBER | Finfish and squid measured in whole centimeters. Shellfish measured in whole millimeters. Collected for ASM where applicable. | |
100
|
NUMLEN | NUMBER | Total number of animals measured at each centimeter or millimeter. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
Attribute Details
PROGRAM
Seq. Order: | 1 |
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Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
First three digits of links. Code that identifies program, see OBPROGRAM table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
YEAR
Seq. Order: | 2 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 4 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Year Landed; characters 4 - 7 of link1 - link6. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
MONTH
Seq. Order: | 3 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 2 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Month landed, the 8 - 9 characters in all link fields. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
TRIPID
Seq. Order: | 4 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 6 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
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. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
HAULNUM
Seq. Order: | 5 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 4 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Ordinal number of haul within the trip; 4 characters beginning at position 16 of link3. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
LINK1
Seq. Order: | 6 |
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Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 15 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
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. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
LINK3
Seq. Order: | 7 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 19 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Key field linking tables at the haul level; made up of: link1 plus (4-character) haulnum. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
QTR
Seq. Order: | 8 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 38 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
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. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
LATHBEG
Seq. Order: | 9 |
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Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 6 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Latitude location, (DDMMSS) where haul began. Pre 2001 : SS rounded to 30 where no loran. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
LONHBEG
Seq. Order: | 10 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 6 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Longitude location of where haul began, (DDMMSS). Pre 2001: SS rounded to 30 where no lorans. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
AREA
Seq. Order: | 11 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
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. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
NEMAREA
Seq. Order: | 12 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Inshore area codes. See Loc2areas table. Not collected before 5/1994; set to statistical area. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
NEGEAR
Seq. Order: | 13 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Northeast gear code. See OBGEAR table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
ONEFFORT
Seq. Order: | 14 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
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). |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
OBGEARCAT
Seq. Order: | 15 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 2 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Gear Category used by observer program: OT = Otter trawl,GG = gillnet, PT = Pots and traps , LL = Longline and other line gear, BS = beach set, SD = Scallop Dredge, PR = pair trawl,PS = purse seine, ST = Scallop Trawl, TT Twin Trawl, NK =Not known, OB=Obsolete. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
NESPP4
Seq. Order: | 16 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 4 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Northeast commercial fish species code enhanced to accommodate protected and other non-commercial species. See OBSPEC Table. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
FISHDISP
Seq. Order: | 17 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 3 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Three digit code for disposition of each species (catdisp plus discreason). See OBFISHDISP table. IAL: discard reason not recorded previous to 5/1994; last two digits of fishdisp set to 00 (unknown discard reason); Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
CATDISP
Seq. Order: | 18 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Code to indicate catch disposition. 0 = discarded, 1 = kept, 9 = unknown. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
SEX
Seq. Order: | 19 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
One digit code for sex of each animal whether it is brought on board or not. 0=unknown; 1=male; 2=female. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
DREDGEPOS
Seq. Order: | 20 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 1 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Which dredge the sample was taken from : P=port, S=Starboard, A= Aft, U= Unknown. Not recorded before 5/1994; set to unknown; |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
SAMPWEIGHT
Seq. Order: | 21 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 6 |
Scale: | 1 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Collective Round, actual weight, of measured animals for species , sex, and market category of fish being sampled. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
AGESTRCT
Seq. Order: | 22 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 2 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Type of age structure collected for sample: 0 = none, 1 = scales, 2 = otoliths, 3 = shells, 4 = whole, 5 = vertebra, 6 = dorsal spines, 7 = scales and otoliths, 8 = head, 9 = other (see comments). |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
NAGESTRCT
Seq. Order: | 23 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 3 |
Scale: | 0 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Total number of animals from which age samples were collected. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
VOLMEATS
Seq. Order: | 24 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 5 |
Scale: | 0 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Volumetric measure of scallop meats, to nearest 50 millileters. Not collected previous to 5/1994; set to unknown. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
LNHCOMMENTS
Seq. Order: | 25 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | VARCHAR2 |
Max Length: | 250 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Comments on length record. Prior to 2001 only true (1), false (0). Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | VARCHAR2 |
LENANML
Seq. Order: | 26 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 4 |
Scale: | 0 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Finfish and squid measured in whole centimeters. Shellfish measured in whole millimeters. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
NUMLEN
Seq. Order: | 27 |
---|---|
Data Storage Type: | NUMBER |
Max Length: | 22 |
Required: | No |
Primary Key: | No |
Precision: | 4 |
Scale: | 0 |
Status: | Active |
Description: |
Total number of animals measured at each centimeter or millimeter. Collected for ASM where applicable. |
General Data Type: | NUMBER |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 33564 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33564 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Patricia L Jones |
Metadata Record Created: | 2016-07-27 19:10+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2016-07-28 |
Owner Org: | NEFSC |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2016-07-28 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2017-07-28 |