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    • US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database

    Metadata Updated: February 7, 2026

    The NMFS SWR collected historical vessel information on the U.S. tuna cannery baitboat and purse seine fleets for many years. The database's first record of a baitboat entering the fleet dates back to 1927. Individual trip dates and locations for the purse seine fleet have been collected since July 1982. Fleet operations have been conducted primarily in the north eastern and western central Pacific Ocean. A quarterly fleet report was published between 1972 and 2004. Hard copies of the quarterly report are on file in the NMFS Long Beach office library. The database is historical with last updates in 2012.

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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 February 7, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2026
    Reference Date(s) 1987 (creation), February 23, 2016 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS WCRO

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date February 7, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2026
    Reference Date(s) 1987 (creation), February 23, 2016 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:12853
    Access Constraints Cite As: West Coast Regional Office, [Date of Access]: US Tune Purse Seine Fleet History & Activity Database [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/12853., Access Constraints: Secured network environment
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 34074679-60c9-468c-9c46-866900013a5e
    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 Historical fleet composition information came from U.S. Coast Guard, IATTC, NMFS observer programs in California and American Samoa and the industry.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1927

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