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GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:33564 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External

Item Identification

Title:	View: OBLEN
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
Active Version?:	Yes
Schema Name:	OBDBS
Description:	Observer Animal Length Data from standard observer trips

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

	Name	Type	Description
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.

Name

Type

Description

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

CC ID: 334480

Seq. Order:	1
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

CC ID: 334491

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

CC ID: 334500

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

CC ID: 334501

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

CC ID: 334502

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

CC ID: 334503

Seq. Order:	6
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

CC ID: 334504

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

CC ID: 334505

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

CC ID: 334506

Seq. Order:	9
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

CC ID: 334481

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

CC ID: 334482

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

CC ID: 334483

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

CC ID: 334484

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

CC ID: 334485

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

CC ID: 334486

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

CC ID: 334487

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

CC ID: 334488

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

CC ID: 334489

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

CC ID: 334490

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

CC ID: 334492

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

CC ID: 334493

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

CC ID: 334494

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

CC ID: 334495

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

CC ID: 334496

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

CC ID: 334497

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

CC ID: 334498

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

CC ID: 334499

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
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