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    • VMS forms Output Tables

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2024

    These output tables contain parsed and format validated data from the various VMS forms that are sent from any given vessel, while at sea, from the VMS devices on their vessels. Forms included are:

    Catch reports for Herring, Multispecies, Scallop, Mackerel/Squid.

    Preland reports for Herring, Scallop, Mackerel.

    Monk overage reports - vessels can indicate if they've caught more monkfish than a trip allows, permitted under current regulations.

    Trip start and trip end hails for Sector trips, RSA/EFP trips.

    Gulf of Maine Cod trip limit exemption.

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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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2005 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update continual

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS GARFO

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2005 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22193
    Access Constraints Cite As: Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, [Date of Access]: VMS forms Output Tables [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/22193., Access Constraints: Access is restricted to personnel authorized in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. A signed non-disclosure agreement must be on file for all authorized personnel. The IRM help desk or APSD Data Request staff are the POC for non-disclosure forms.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update continual
    Harvest Object Id 319eac75-4259-430e-805e-b4d88b6f4862
    Harvest Source Id f35b4a24-7cc0-43d3-ad58-86b86c6a0d47
    Harvest Source Title NMFS GARFO
    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 This dataset is generated with the following steps: 1. Vessel enters fishing activity data into whatever specific VMS form(s) that his fishing activities require by regulation, and sends. 2. Data is transmitted via a satellite network directly to one of several data repositories, depending on the VMS equipment that the vessel is using. 3. GARFO and OLE have processes which work together to pull data securely and regularly from these repositories (of which there are several) into raw data tables. 4. A VMS parsing engine managed by GARFO pulls from these raw tables, validates each form for format and a few other validation types, then inserts validated data into production output tables. 5. These output tables can then be displayed in Fishtank, Fish Online, or used by a variety of data analysis processes.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2005

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