Data Contains info on Fishing Communities

This project measures social and cultural impacts of fishery management on the fishing industry and fishing communities. One key focus of this project is the catch share system for the Pacific Groundfish Trawl Fishery. Catch share management results in a variety of social impacts on West Coast fishing communities. This project documents and evaluates these social impacts in order to account for their effects during fishery management decision-making and meet regulatory requirements. A primary tool used for this has been the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Social Study. A second focus of this project is to collect oral histories from fishery participants (Voices of the West Coast) and a project to categorized and describe West Coast fishing communities by the gear and species used in commercial fisheries. A third focus of this project is to categorize and describe West Coast fishing communities by the fisheries they engage in and the gears used in those fisheries. A fourth initiative to begin in FY20 will collect information on fishing crew – a segment of the fishing industry for which very little information is currently available. Primary Quantitive/Qualitative Dataset.

This project measures social and cultural impacts of fishery management on the fishing industry and fishing communities. One key focus of this project is the catch share system for the Pacific Groundfish Trawl Fishery. Catch share management results in a variety of social impacts on West Coast fishing communities. This project documents and evaluates these social impacts in order to account for their effects during fishery management decision-making and meet regulatory requirements. A primary tool used for this has been the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Social Study. A second focus of this project is to collect oral histories from fishery participants (Voices of the West Coast) and a project to categorized and describe West Coast fishing communities by the gear and species used in commercial fisheries. A third focus of this project is to categorize and describe West Coast fishing communities by the fisheries they engage in and the gears used in those fisheries. A fourth initiative to begin in FY20 will collect information on fishing crew – a segment of the fishing industry for which very little information is currently available. Primary Quantitive/Qualitative Dataset.

This survey collected information to assess the economic value from an anglers perspective of saltwater charter and private boat fishing for selected species in south Atlantic states and to evaluate the economic effect of proposed management alternatives on these anglers. Respondents were anglers who were intercepted (by MRIP) and volunteered to receive a mail survey in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. Questions related to the respondents past experiences with saltwater fishing as well as questions concerning the opinions and attitudes of the respondent about saltwater fishing were asked. A stated preference choice experiment allows for the calculation of willingness to pay related to four important species.

The NOAA Fisheries Community Social Vulnerability Indicators (CSVIs) data series from 2009 to 2020 is comprised of a suite of indicators that describe and evaluate a coastal community's ability to respond to changing social, economic and environmental conditions. The CSVIs are a valuable educational tool for policy makers, fishery management practitioners, stakeholders and the public. The 14 indices measure facets of commercial and recreational fishing dependence, social and gentrification pressure vulnerability and climate change vulnerability. The indices enable the comparison of these conditions for over 4,800 coastal communities in 23 states. The indicators illustrate geographic and temporal variation in these conditions. The social indicators were developed with multiple so's American Community Survey 5-year estimates and NOAA Fisheries. The social and gentrification pressure vulnerability indices were calculated with U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) five year rolling average estimate data from 2005-2009 to 2016-2020. The commercial fisheries indicators were developed using NOAA Fisheries landings data from 2009 to 2020. The recreational fisheries indicators were developed from 2009 to 2020 with NOAA fisheries and/or state (Texas, Louisiana, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawai'i) data unique to each region. The social and gentrification pressure vulnerability indices data series were paired with commercial and recreational fisheries indicators from the final year in each data series. For example, the 2005 to 2009 social indicator data series are paired with 2009 fisheries indicators. The sea level rise risk indicator was initially developed in 2015 and updated in 2020 for all coastal states except Alaska due to the unavailability of data. The updated sea level rise risk indicator was paired with 2016-2020 social indicator data series and 2020 fisheries data. The storm surge risk indicator was developed in 2015 for Gulf Coast and Eastern U.S. communities due to hurricane risk. Storm surge risk indicator was introduced in 2015 and paired with 2011 to 2015 social indicator data series and 2015 fisheries data. Both sea level rise risk and storm surge risk indicators will be repeated annually until updated. The data are collected by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and compiled and processed by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. The indices are computed individually with 3 to 5 variables; thus each index represents a different concept. The data are placed in a principal components factor analysis to achieve a single factor solution. This produces a score that represents a community's standard deviation from the mean (x=0). The standard deviation scores are categorized from low to high: category 1-low = below 0 SD; category 2-medium = above 0 to .499 SD; category 3-medium high = .500 to .999 SD; category 4-high = at or above 1.00 SD. Category 0 = N/A indicates the data is not available.

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center's Social Sciences Branch (SSB) conducted a survey of vessel owners participating in commercial fisheries in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions. The survey was mailed to approximately 1,400 vessel owners holding federal fishing permits in New England and the Mid-Atlantic on September 13, 2013. As of January 13, 2014, 157 surveys were returned (138 by mail and 19 online).

To enable fisheries managers to comply with National Standard 8 (NS8), NMFS social scientists around the nation are preparing fishing community profiles that present the features and characteristics of such communities. PIFSC has published or is developing four such profiles: one each for Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.

This dataset contains information angler experiences and preferences for recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

This survey collected data to provide a current perspective on the for-hire fishing sectors of Florida (east coast), Georgia, South and North Carolina. One important segment of sportfishing demand is the recreational for-hire fleet, commonly called charter and head boats. A 13-page survey with 62 questions was developed to collect information on for-hire operators background and characteristics, boat description, species information, operating policies, boat operation, business operation characteristics, community ties, and opinions concerning current fisheries regulations. Letters, phone calls and intercepts at marinas were used to contact operators to explain the intent of the survey and encourage participation. Charter and head boat operators were surveyed at their home marina by trained interviewers. Respondents were asked to complete the survey with responses based on the 2009 calendar year.

This data set, in the table ALS.ALS_LANDINGS7278 contains annual and monthly quantities and values for all seafood products that are landed within the Southeast Region and sold by established seafood dealers and brokers. It complements the table ALS.ALS_LANDINGS. These types of fishery-dependent data, referred to as the general canvass landings statistics, have been collected by the NOAA Fisheries Service, National Marine Fisheries Service and its predecessor agency, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and more recently by our State partner agencies under the Cooperative Statistics Program. These data are available on computer since the early 1960's. The quantities and values that are reported in this data set include the annual and monthly landings that were initiated in 1972. Between 1962 and 1971, the data for were collected annually and not monthly. See the sections on Links for the reference to the annual general canvass landings. The general canvass landings from 1972-1976 include quantities and values for all marine commercial landings and are identified by species (usually the local or common name). These data are collected from or reported by every seafood dealer or broker that is licensed by each state in the Southeast Region (North Carolina through Texas). Information on the gear and area of capture is available for most of the landings statistics in the data set (please see Issues for exceptions); however, they are summary records and do not contain information on the quantities of fishing effort or identify the fishermen or vessels that caught the fish or shellfish. This table contains data from FL-TX for the years 1972-1976. The ALS.ALS_LANDINGS table contains data for GA-NC for the same period as well as all the more recent monthly data. In the early years, the data in this data set were collected by field agents employed by the Southeast Fisheries Science Center and assigned to local fishing ports. The field agents canvassed the seafood dealers and recorded the quantity and value for each species or species category from the dealer?s receipts. Based on interviews with dealers and fishermen as well as their own detailed knowledge of the fishing activity in the area, the agents would determine the type of fishing gear and area where the fishing occurred. In addition, summarized data are extracted from the NOAA-SEFSC Gulf Shrimp System for commercial landings of shrimp species that are landed at ports in the coastal area of the Gulf of Mexico.