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    • AFSC/ABL: Origins of salmon seized from the F/V Petropavlovsk

    Metadata Updated: April 1, 2024

    On 25 July 2001, the Russian factory trawler Petropavlovsk was seized in the Bering Sea seven miles into the U. S. EEZ by the U. S. Coast Guard. There was approximately 75 metric tons of pink and chum salmon onboard that the captain claimed were purchased from the Russian coastal fishing fleet off the east coast of Kamchatka. Samples of both pink and chum salmon were analyzed using stock identification methods to determine whether they were of Asian or North American origin. The origins of the chum salmon samples were 92% Asian and 8% North American by the standard maximum likelihood (MLE) method, and 100% Asian by the Bayesian method. The origins of the pink salmon samples were 85% Asian and 15% North American by the MLE method, and 99% Asian and 1% North American by the Bayesian method. Results of the analysis do not refute the F/V Petropavlovsk captainb??s statement that he purchased the salmon in Russian waters.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) December 1, 2002 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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    Harvested from NMFS AFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) December 1, 2002 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17245
    Access Constraints Cite As: Alaska Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: AFSC/ABL: Origins of salmon seized from the F/V Petropavlovsk [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17245., Access Constraints: There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed., Use Constraints: User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Data should not be used beyond the limits of the source scale. Acknowledgement of NOAA, as the source from which these data were obtained, in any publications and/or other representations of these data is suggested.
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    Bbox North Lat 60.585
    Bbox South Lat 60.575
    Bbox West Long -178.7433
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    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
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    Harvest Source Id 26a29bb9-50b0-47fd-920b-edc74aa6ec76
    Harvest Source Title NMFS AFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Contact the dataset POC for full methodology
    Metadata Language eng
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
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