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    • Vessel Operating Units (Vessels)

    Metadata Updated: April 1, 2024

    This data set contains data for vessels that are greater than five net tons and have a current US Coast Guard documentation number. Beginning in1979, the NMFS initiated a system to conduct an annual survey to inventory all of the vessels that actively fished in commercial fisheries during the previous calendar year. The survey is conducted by port agents that are located at fishing port throughout the Southeast Region. They record the physical information about the vessels, e.g., length, age, horsepower, etc., as well as gathering information about the fishing characteristics of the vessels, e.g., type and amount of gear, number of crew, etc. Often the physical characteristics of the vessels are retrieved from the data maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as part of their vessel documentation program. In recent years, much of the fishing characteristics are retrieved from either trip ticket and/or logbook data

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update annually

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5380
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Vessel Operating Units (Vessels) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5380., Access Constraints: Waiver Needed
    Bbox East Long -40
    Bbox North Lat 35
    Bbox South Lat 28
    Bbox West Long -100
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update annually
    Harvest Object Id 392c94d2-e18b-41a8-95fa-fb1935db697b
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    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
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-100.0, 28.0], [-40.0, 28.0], [-40.0, 35.0], [-100.0, 35.0], [-100.0, 28.0]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1985

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