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    • U.S. Western Pacific Purse Seine

    Metadata Updated: March 16, 2024

    Since 1988, U.S. purse seine vessels have had access to fish in waters of some foreign Pacific Island countries under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). This fleet primarily targets skipjack and yellowfin tuna, but also incidentally catches bigeye tuna.

    U.S.A. purse-seine vessels fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have been monitored by NOAA Fisheries under the SPTT since 1988. Logbook and landings data must be submitted as a requirement of the SPTT with 100% logbook coverage. Most SPTT-licensed vessels e-report their daily logbook data through a software system called Industry Fisheries Information Management System (iFIMS), and also submit copies of their catch and effort logbooks, their offloading logbooks, and cannery receipts to PIRO field staff in American Samoa.

    The WCPO fleet operates mainly in areas between 10 degrees N and 10 degrees S latitude and 130 degrees E and 150 degrees W longitude, with the majority of the fishing effort occurring south of the equator.

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    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date September 29, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

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    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date September 29, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 16, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:70638
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: U.S. Western Pacific Purse Seine [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/70638., Access Constraints: Requires signing a PIFSC non-disclosure statement for fisheries confidential data., Distribution Liability: While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
    Bbox East Long -150
    Bbox North Lat 10
    Bbox South Lat -10
    Bbox West Long 130
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update continual
    Harvest Object Id f3863aaf-4ff5-4624-897d-f64e2e206fb6
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    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.
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[130.0, -10.0], [-150.0, -10.0], [-150.0, 10.0], [130.0, 10.0], [130.0, -10.0]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1988

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