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    • TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    The data set contains information on retail market spot check audit purchases of tuna in airtight containers. Data are available from May 2001 to present with new data appended annually. Information includes the date, location, product type, store information where random spot check purchases were made throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Information on purchased product allows the manufacturer, distributor or importer to track the tuna back to harvest and verify the dolphin-safe status of the tuna product.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2001-05 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS WCRO

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2001-05 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:17224
    Access Constraints Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224., Access Constraints: Use currently limited to NMFS Tuna Tracking & Verification Program Team members who must sign a non-disclosure agreement statement., Use Constraints: All use of the data must be cleared with NMFS WCR TTVP lead.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Harvest Object Id 1e83f5ef-c4f4-473b-987c-bae9cf7f9e82
    Harvest Source Id d16be56f-1eb7-428b-94cb-0d45c55dd2ed
    Harvest Source Title NMFS WCRO
    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 Tuna in airtight containers is purchased from various retail market locations in the United States by TTVP staff. TTVP staff then request documentation to substantiate the dolphin-safe label or for product not labeled as "dolphin safe" whether it was imported legally into the United States.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2001-05-01

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