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# [AFSC RACE Groundfish and Shellfish Survey Metadata](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/metadata/) 

## !!!This repository has been **archived** and the code has been moved to the [GAP_PRODUCTS Repository](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/gap_products)!!!

## This code is primarily maintained by:

**Emily Markowitz** (Emily.Markowitz AT noaa.gov;
[@EmilyMarkowitz-NOAA](https://github.com/EmilyMarkowitz-NOAA))  
Research Fisheries Biologist  
*Bering Sea Groundfish Survey Team*

**Chris Anderson** (Christopher Anderson AT noaa.gov;
[@ChrisAnderson-NOAA](https://github.com/ChrisAnderson-NOAA))  
Fisheries Biologist  
*Bering Sea Groundfish Survey Team*

**Alex Dowlin** (Alexandra.Dowlin AT noaa.gov;
[@AlexandraDowlin-NOAA](https://github.com/AlexandraDowlin-NOAA))
Fisheries Biologist  
*Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands Groundfish Survey Team*

Alaska Fisheries Science Center,  
National Marine Fisheries Service,  
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,  
Seattle, WA 98195

> The code is in development. To make edits to the README, please
> instead edit the
> [README.rmd](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/metadata/%20blob/main/README.rmd)
> file.

## Table of contents

> - [*Table of contents*](#table-of-contents)
> - [*Metadata*](#metadata)
>   - [*User resources*](#user-resources)
>   - [*Relevant technical
>     memorandums*](#relevant-technical-memorandums)
>   - [*Table-level metadata*](#table-level-metadata)
>   - [*Column-level metadata*](#column-level-metadata)
> - [*Access in Oracle*](#access-in-oracle)
> - [*Suggestions and comments*](#suggestions-and-comments)
>   - [*R version metadata*](#r-version-metadata)
>   - [*NOAA README*](#noaa-readme)
>   - [*NOAA License*](#noaa-license)

# Metadata

These metadata were last updated on June 02, 2023.

## User resources

- [AFSCs Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering
  Division](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/resource-assessment-and-conservation-engineering-division).
- For more information about codes used in the tables, please refer to
  the survey code books.
- Find [past
  reports](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/RACE/surveys/cruise_results.htm)
  about these surveys.
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/metadata/).
- Learn more about other [Research Surveys conducted at
  AFSC](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/ecosystems/alaska-fish-research-surveys).

## Relevant technical memorandums

(Markowitz et al., 2022) (Von Szalay and Raring, 2018) (Von Szalay and
Raring, 2020)





Markowitz, E. H., Dawson, E. J., Charriere, N. E., Prohaska, B. K.,
Rohan, S. K., Stevenson, D. E., and Britt, L. L. (2022). *Results of the
2021 eastern and northern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl
survey of groundfish and invertebrate fauna* (NOAA Tech. Memo.
NMFS-AFSC-452; p. 227). U.S. Dep. Commer.






Von Szalay, P. G., and Raring, N. W. (2018). *Data report: 2017 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey* (NOAA Tech.
Memo. NMFS-AFSC-374). U.S. Dep. Commer.
https://doi.org/[http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-374
](http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/TM-AFSC-374 )





Von Szalay, P. G., and Raring, N. W. (2020). *Data report: 2018 Aleutian
Islands bottom trawl survey* (NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-409). U.S. Dep.
Commer. 





## Table-level metadata

Here are some stock sentence users can use to document their tables:

| Sentence Type       | Sentence                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|:--------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| survey_institution  | by the Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division (RACE) Groundfish Assessment Program (GAP) of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC).                                                               |
| legal_restrict      | There are legal restrictions on access to the data. These data are not intended for public dissemination and should not be shared without the explicit written consent of the data managers and owners (NOAA Fisheries). |
| legal_restrict_none | There are no legal restrictions on access to the data.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| foss                | The data from this dataset are shared on the Fisheries One Stop Stop (FOSS) platform ().                                                                                           |
| github              | The GitHub repository for the scripts that created this code can be found at INSERT_REPO.                                                                                                                                |
| last_updated        | These data were last updated INSERT_DATE.                                                                                                                                                                                |
| codebook            | For more information about codes used in the tables, please refer to the survey code books ().             |
| surveys             | the northern Bering Sea (NBS), eastern Bering Sea (EBS), Gulf of Alaska (GOA), Aleutian Islands (AI), Bering Sea Slope (BSS) Surveys                                                                                     |

## Column-level metadata

Here are stock metadata that users can use to document their table
columns:

| Column name from data     | Descriptive column Name                                           | Units                            | Oracle data type    | Column description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|:--------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------|:--------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ABUNDANCE_HAUL            | Design-based index approved haul                                  | logical                          | NA                  | Logical, describing if this haul was conducted in a standard manner and thus used for design-based index estimates (TRUE) or not (FALSE).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ACTIVE                    | Vessel Active/Inactive                                            | logical                          | NA                  | Logical, describing if a vessel is active (TRUE) or not (FALSE).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| AGE                       | Age bin of taxon                                                  | year                             | NUMBER(38,0)        | Age bin of a taxon in years estimated by the age comp estimate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| AGENCY_ACRONYM            | Acroynm of listed Agency                                          | text abbreviated                 | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Abbreviated agencies that are affiliated with the Alaska bottom trawl survey. The column agency_acronym is associated with the agency_short and agency_long columns.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| AGENCY_JOIN               | Agencys ID code                                                  | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Affiliated agency ID code.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| AGENCY_LONG               | Agencys Offical Name                                             | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Full official name of affiliated agencies to the Alaska bottom trawl survey. The column agency_long is associated with the agency_acronym and agency_short columns.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| AGENCY_SHORT              | Agencys Shorthand Name                                           | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | A sort version of the full official name of affiliated agencies to the Alaska bottom trawl survey. The column agency_short is associated with the agency_acronym and agency_long columns.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| AREA_ID                   | Area ID code                                                      | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Area ID code for each statistical area used to produce production estimates (e.g., biomass, population, age comps, length comps). Each area ID is unique within each survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| AREA_KM2                  | Area (km2)                                             | kilometers squared               | NUMBER(38,3)        | Area in thousands of square kilometers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| AREA_NAME                 | Area ID Name                                                      | text                             | VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE) | Descriptive name of each AREA_ID. These names often identify the region, depth ranges, or other regional information for the area ID.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| AREA_SWEPT_KM2            | Area Swept (km)                                                   | kilometers                       | NUMBER(38,6)        | The area the net covered while the net was fishing (kilometers squared), defined as the distance fished times the net width.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| AREA_TYPE                 | Area ID Type Description                                          | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | The type of stratum that AREA_ID represents. Types include: STRATUM, REGION, DEPTH, SUBAREA, INPFC BY DEPTH, INPFC, SUBAREA BY DEPTH, REGULATORY AREA, NMFS STATISTICAL AREA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| BIOMASS_CI_LOWER          | Estimated Biomass Lower Confidence Interval                       | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated biomass lower confidence interval caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| BIOMASS_CI_UPPER          | Estimated Biomass Upper Confidence Interval                       | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated biomass upper confidence interval caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| BIOMASS_DF                | Estimated Biomass Degrees of Freedom                              | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated biomass degrees of freedom caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| BIOMASS_MT                | Estimated Biomass                                                 | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated biomass caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| BIOMASS_VAR               | Estimated Biomass Variance                                        | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated biomass variance caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| BOTTOM_TEMPERATURE_C      | Bottom Temperature (Degrees Celsius)                              | degrees Celsius                  | NUMBER(38,1)        | Bottom temperature (tenths of a degree Celsius); NA indicates removed or missing values.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| BOTTOM_TYPE_CODE          | Seafloor bottom type code                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Bottom type on sea floor at haul location. For a complete list of bottom type ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| CLASS                     | Subphylum phylogenetic rank                                       | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of class of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| CLASSIFICATION            | Taxonomic classification rank group                               | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic classification group rank for a given species. )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| COMMENTS                  | Comments                                                          | text                             | VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE) | Comments regarding row observation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| COMMON_NAME               | Taxon Common Name                                                 | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | The common name of the marine organism associated with the scientific_name and species_code columns. For a complete species list, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| COUNT                     | Taxon Count                                                       | count, whole number resolution   | NUMBER(38,0)        | Total number of individuals caught in haul by taxon, represented in whole numbers used in calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| N_WEIGHT                  | Hauls with catch                                                  | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Total number of hauls with positive catch/weighed taxon data used in calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| N_COUNT                   | Hauls with taxon counts                                           | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Total number of hauls with positive taxon counts used in calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| N_HAUL                    | Valid hauls                                                       | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Total number of valid hauls used in calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| N_LENGTH                  | Hauls with taxon lengths                                          | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Total number of hauls with taxon length data used in calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| COUNTRY_ID                | Vessel Name                                                       | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name of the vessel used to collect data for that haul. The column vessel_name is associated with the vessel_id column. Note that it is possible for a vessel to have a new name but the same vessel id number. For a complete list of vessel ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| CPUE_KGHA                 | Weight CPUE (kg/ha)                                               | kilograms per hectare            | NUMBER(38,6)        | Catch weight (kilograms) divided by area (hectares) swept by the net.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| CPUE_KGKM2                | Weight CPUE (kg/km2)                                   | kilograms per kilometers squared | NUMBER(38,6)        | Catch weight (kilograms) divided by area (squared kilometers) swept by the net.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| CPUE_KGKM2_MEAN           | Mean Weight CPUE                                                  | kilograms per kilometers squared | NUMBER(38,6)        | The mean of catch weight (kilograms) divided by area (squared kilometers) swept by the net used in design-based indicie calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| CPUE_KGKM2_VAR            | Variance of the Mean Weight CPUE                                  | kilograms per kilometers squared | NUMBER(38,6)        | The variance of mean of catch weight (kilograms) divided by area (squared kilometers) swept by the net used in design-based indicie calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| CPUE_NOHA                 | Number CPUE (no/ha)                                               | count per hectare                | NUMBER(38,6)        | Catch number (in number of organisms) per area (hectares) swept by the net.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| CPUE_NOKM2                | Number CPUE (no/km2)                                   | count per kilometers squared     | NUMBER(38,6)        | Catch number (in number of organisms) per area (squared kilometers) swept by the net.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| CPUE_NOKM2_MEAN           | Mean Numberic CPUE                                                | count per kilometers squared     | NUMBER(38,6)        | The mean of catch count (number) divided by area (squared kilometers) swept by the net used in design-based indicie calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| CPUE_NOKM2_VAR            | Variance of the Mean Numeric CPUE                                 | count per kilometers squared     | NUMBER(38,6)        | The variance of mMean of catch count (number) divided by area (squared kilometers) swept by the net used in design-based indicie calculation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| CRS                       | Coordinate Reference System                                       | ID code                          | VARCHAR2(5 BYTE)    | Coordinate reference system that areas (like AREA_KM2) are calculated in, as defined by  (e.g., +proj=longlat, EPSG:3338).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| CRUISE                    | Cruise ID                                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This is a six-digit number identifying the cruise number of the form: YYYY99 (where YYYY = year of the cruise; 99 = 2-digit number and is sequential; 01 denotes the first cruise that vessel made in this year, 02 is the second, etc.).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| CRUISEJOIN                | Cruise ID                                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This is a unique numeric identifier assigned to each survey, vessel, and year combination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| DATABASE                  | Genus phylogenetic rank                                           | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Taxonomic database source (e.g., ITIS, WORMS).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| DATABASE_ID               | Subfamily phylogenetic rank                                       | ID code                          | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Species ID code of a species in the taxonomic DATABASE source.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| DEPTH_M                   | Depth (m)                                                         | degrees Celsius                  | NUMBER(38,1)        | Bottom depth (tenths of a meter).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| DEPTH_MAX_M               | Area ID Maximum Depth (m)                                         | meters                           | NUMBER(38,3)        | Maximum depth (meters) of the area covered by AREA_ID.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| DEPTH_MIN_M               | Area ID Minimum Depth (m)                                         | meters                           | NUMBER(38,3)        | Minimum depth (meters) of the area covered by AREA_ID.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| DESCRIPTION               | Description                                                       | text                             | VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE) | Description of row observation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| DESIGN_YEAR               | Design year                                                       | year                             | NUMBER(10,0)        | The year the survey area stratum (e.g., statistical stratum, summary area, region) was implimented in.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| DISTANCE_FISHED_KM        | Distance Fished (km)                                              | degrees Celsius                  | NUMBER(38,3)        | Distance the net fished (thousandths of kilometers).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| DUMMY                     | dummy                                                             | dummy                            | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | dummy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| DURATION_HR               | Tow Duration (decimal hr)                                         | hours                            | NUMBER(38,1)        | This is the elapsed time between start and end of a haul (decimal hours).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| FAMILY                    | Suborder phylogenetic rank                                        | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of family of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| GEAR_DEPTH_M              | Gear depth                                                        | meters                           | NUMBER(38,1)        | Depth gear was deployed at (tenths of a meter). Gear depth plus net height equals bottom depth.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| GEAR_ID                   | Gear ID code                                                      | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Type of trawl or gear deployed. For a complete list of vessel gear type ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| GENUS                     | Family phylogenetic rank                                          | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of genus of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| HAUL                      | Haul Number                                                       | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This number uniquely identifies a sampling event (haul) within a cruise. It is a sequential number, in chronological order of occurrence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| HAUL_TYPE                 | Haul Sampling Type                                                | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Type of haul sampling method. For a complete list of haul type ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| HAULJOIN                  | Haul ID                                                           | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This is a unique numeric identifier assigned to each (vessel, cruise, and haul) combination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ID_RANK                   | Lowest taxonomic rank                                             | ID code                          | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Lowest taxonomic rank of a given species entry.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ITIS                      | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number                                      | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Species code as identified in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System ().                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| KINGDOM                   | kingdom phylogenetic rank                                         | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of kingdom of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| LATITUDE_DD               | Latitude (decimal degrees)                                        | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Latitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| LATITUDE_DD_END           | End Latitude (decimal degrees)                                    | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Latitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree) of the end of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| LATITUDE_DD_START         | Start Latitude (decimal degrees)                                  | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Latitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree) of the start of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| LENGTH_MM                 | Length of a specimen                                              | millimeters                      | NUMBER(10,0)        | Length of a specimen in millimeters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| LENGTH_MM_MEAN            | Mean length at age weighted by numbers at length                  | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,3)        | Mean length estimated in age comp estimate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| LENGTH_MM_SD              | standard deviation of length at age weighted by numbers at length | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,3)        | Variance of mean length estimated in age comp estimate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| LONGITUDE_DD              | Longitude (decimal degrees)                                       | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Longitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| LONGITUDE_DD_END          | End Longitude (decimal degrees)                                   | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Longitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree) of the end of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| LONGITUDE_DD_START        | Start Longitude (decimal degrees)                                 | decimal degrees                  | NUMBER(38,6)        | Longitude (one hundred thousandth of a decimal degree) of the start of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| METADATA_COLNAME          | Column name                                                       | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name of the column in a table.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| METADATA_COLNAME_DESC     | column description                                                | text                             | VARCHAR2(4000 BYTE) | Descritpion of the column.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| METADATA_COLNAME_LONG     | Column name spelled out                                           | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Long name for the column.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| METADATA_SENTENCE         | Sentence                                                          | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Table metadata sentence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| METADATA_SENTENCE_NAME    | Metadata sentence name                                            | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name of table metadata sentence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| METADATA_SENTENCE_TYPE    | Sentence type                                                     | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Type of sentence to have in table metadata.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| METADATA_UNITS            | Units                                                             | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Units of the column.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| NET_HEIGHT_M              | Net Height (m)                                                    | meters                           | NUMBER(38,1)        | Measured or estimated distance (meters) between footrope and headrope of the trawl.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| NET_MEASURED              | Net measured during haul                                          | logical                          | NA                  | Logical, describing if the net was measured (TRUE) or not (FALSE) by wheelhouse and marport programs during the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| NET_WIDTH_M               | Net Width (m)                                                     | meters                           | NUMBER(38,1)        | Measured or estimated distance (meters) between wingtips of the trawl.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ORDER                     | Subclass phylogenetic rank                                        | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of order of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| PERFORMANCE               | Haul Performance Code                                             | category                         | NUMBER(38,0)        | This denotes what, if any, issues arose during the haul. For more information, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| PHYLUM                    | phylum phylogenetic rank                                          | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of phylum of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| POPULATION_CI_LOWER       | Estimated Population Lower Confidence Interval                    | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated population lower confidence interval caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| POPULATION_CI_UPPER       | Estimated Population Upper Confidence Interval                    | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated population upper confidence interval caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| POPULATION_COUNT          | Estimated Population                                              | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated population caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| POPULATION_DF             | Estimated Population Degrees of Freedom                           | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated population degrees of freedom caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| POPULATION_VAR            | Estimated Population Variance                                     | numeric                          | NUMBER(38,6)        | The estimated population variance caught in the survey for a species, group, or total for a given survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR    | Principle Investigator                                            | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | First and last name of principle investigator for a project.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| PROJECT_TITLE             | Title of Special Project                                          | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Special project title.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PROJECT_TITLE_SHORT       | Short Title of Special Project                                    | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Special project short title (short version of PROJECT_TITLE).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| REASON                    | Naming status for species                                         | text                             | VARCHAR2(5 BYTE)    | Description of species naming status (e.g., synonym, preoccupied,misspelling )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| SCIENTIFIC_NAME           | Taxon Scientific Name                                             | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | The scientific name of the organism associated with the common_name and species_code columns. For a complete taxon list, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| SEX                       | Sex of a specimen                                                 | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Sex of a specimen where 1 = Male, 2 = Female, 3 = Unsexed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| SPECIES_CODE              | Taxon Code                                                        | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | The species code of the organism associated with the common_name and scientific_name columns. For a complete species list, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| SPECIES_NAME_ACCEPTED     | Scientific name used in taxonomic database                        | text                             | VARCHAR2(5 BYTE)    | Scientific name of species used in taxonomic DATABASE column.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| SPECIES_NAME_SURVEY       | Scientific name used in survey data                               | text                             | VARCHAR2(5 BYTE)    | Scientific name of species historically or currently used in the survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| SRVY                      | Survey                                                            | text abbreviated                 | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Abbreviated survey names. The column srvy is associated with the survey and survey_id columns. Northern Bering Sea (NBS), Southeastern Bering Sea (EBS), Bering Sea Slope (BSS), Gulf of Alaska (GOA), Aleutian Islands (AI).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| STATION                   | Station ID                                                        | ID code                          | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Alpha-numeric designation for the station established in the design of a survey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| STRATUM                   | Stratum ID                                                        | ID code                          | NUMBER(10,0)        | RACE database statistical area for analyzing data. Strata were designed using bathymetry and other geographic and habitat-related elements. The strata are unique to each survey series. Stratum of value 0 indicates experimental tows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| SUBCLASS                  | Superclass phylogenetic rank                                      | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of subclass of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| SUBFAMILY                 | Superfamily phylogenetic rank                                     | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of subfamily of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| SUBMISSION_DATE           | Date                                                              | YYYY-MM-DD                       | TIMESTAMP           | Date special projects were due to be submitted for the upcoming survey season.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| SUBORDER                  | Superorder phylogenetic rank                                      | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of suborder of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| SUBPHYLUM                 | Kingdom phylogenetic rank                                         | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of subphylum of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| SUPERCLASS                | Phylum phylogenetic rank                                          | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of superclass of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| SUPERFAMILY               | Order phylogenetic rank                                           | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of superfamily of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| SUPERORDER                | Class phylogenetic rank                                           | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Phylogenetic latin rank of superorder of a given species.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| SURFACE_TEMPERATURE_C     | Surface Temperature (Degrees Celsius)                             | degrees Celsius                  | NUMBER(38,1)        | Surface temperature (tenths of a degree Celsius); NA indicates removed or missing values.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| SURVEY                    | Survey Name                                                       | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name and description of survey. The column survey is associated with the srvy and survey_id columns.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| SURVEY_DEFINITION_ID      | Survey ID                                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This number uniquely identifies a survey. Name and description of survey. The column survey_id is associated with the srvy and survey columns. For a complete list of surveys, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| SURVEY_ID                 | Survey ID                                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | This number uniquely identifies a survey. Name and description of survey. The column survey_id is associated with the srvy and survey columns. For a complete list of surveys, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| TAWLABLE                  | Trawlable stations                                                | logical                          | NA                  | Logical, describing if stations are trawlable (TRUE) or not (FALSE).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| TAXON_CONFIDENCE          | Taxon Confidence Rating                                           | category                         | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Confidence in the ability of the survey team to correctly identify the taxon to the specified level, based solely on identification skill (e.g., not likelihood of a taxon being caught at that station on a location-by-location basis). Quality codes follow: **High**: High confidence and consistency. Taxonomy is stable and reliable at this level, and field identification characteristics are well known and reliable. **Moderate**: Moderate confidence. Taxonomy may be questionable at this level, or field identification characteristics may be variable and difficult to assess consistently. **Low**: Low confidence. Taxonomy is incompletely known, or reliable field identification characteristics are unknown. Documentation: [Species identification confidence in the eastern Bering Sea shelf survey (1982-2008)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2009-04.pdf), [Species identification confidence in the eastern Bering Sea slope survey (1976-2010)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2014-05.pdf), and [Species identification confidence in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands surveys (1980-2011)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2014-01.pdf). |
| TAXON_CONFIDENCE_CODE     | Taxon Confidence Rating                                           | category                         | NUMBER(38,0)        | Confidence in the ability of the survey team to correctly identify the taxon to the specified level, based solely on identification skill (e.g., not likelihood of a taxon being caught at that station on a location-by-location basis). Quality codes follow: **High**: High confidence and consistency. Taxonomy is stable and reliable at this level, and field identification characteristics are well known and reliable. **Moderate**: Moderate confidence. Taxonomy may be questionable at this level, or field identification characteristics may be variable and difficult to assess consistently. **Low**: Low confidence. Taxonomy is incompletely known, or reliable field identification characteristics are unknown. Documentation: [Species identification confidence in the eastern Bering Sea shelf survey (1982-2008)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2009-04.pdf), [Species identification confidence in the eastern Bering Sea slope survey (1976-2010)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2014-05.pdf), and [Species identification confidence in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands surveys (1980-2011)](http://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR2014-01.pdf). |
| VESSEL_CALLSIGN           | Vessel Call Sign                                                  | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | A call sign is a designated sequence of letters and numbers that are assigned when a vessel, whether it be a sailing yacht, motor yacht, rib or commercial vessel, receives its Ship Radio Licence. The vessel also receives its MMSI number, so that each vessel is uniquely identified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| VESSEL_COAST_GUARD_NUMBER | Vessel Coast Guard Number                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Official Identification number as defined by www.dco.uscg.mil. The Official Number (O/N) is the 6 or 7 digit number awarded to the vessel at the time it is first documented with the US Coast Guard. This number remains with the vessel indefinitely and should be marked in accordance with 46 CFR 67.121.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| VESSEL_ID                 | Vessel ID                                                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | ID number of the vessel used to collect data for that haul. The column vessel_id is associated with the vessel_name column. Note that it is possible for a vessel to have a new name but the same vessel id number. For a complete list of vessel ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| VESSEL_IMO                | Vessel International Maritime Organization Number                 | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | The International Maritime Organization (IMO) number consists of the letters IMO followed by a unique, seven-digit number: the pattern is NNNNNNN, where N is a single-digit number, e.g., 1234567                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| VESSEL_LENGTH_M           | Vessel Length                                                     | meters                           | NUMBER(38,0)        | The length of vessel in meters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| VESSEL_MMSI               | Vessel Maritime Mobile Service Identities                         | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Maritime Mobile Service Identities (MMSIs) are nine-digit numbers used by maritime digital selective calling (DSC), automatic identification systems (AIS) and certain other equipment to uniquely identify a ship or a coast radio station.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| VESSEL_NAME               | Vessel Name                                                       | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name of the vessel used to collect data for that haul. The column vessel_name is associated with the vessel_id column. Note that it is possible for a vessel to have a new name but the same vessel id number. For a complete list of vessel ID codes, review the [code books](https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/groundfish-survey-species-code-manual-and-data-codes-manual).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| VESSEL_OWNER              | Vessel Owner                                                      | text                             | VARCHAR2(255 BYTE)  | Name of vessel owner or company.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| VESSEL_TONNAGE            | Vessel Tonnage                                                    | metric tons                      | NUMBER(38,0)        | The tonnage of vessel in metric tons.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| WEIGHT_KG                 | Taxon Weight (kg)                                                 | kilograms                        | NUMBER(38,3)        | Weight (thousandths of a kilogram) of individuals in a haul by taxon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| WIRE_LENGTH_M             | Trawl wire length                                                 | meters                           | NUMBER(38,0)        | Length of wire deployed during a given haul in meters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| WORMS                     | World Register of Marine Species Taxonomic Serial Number          | ID code                          | NUMBER(38,0)        | Species code as identified in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) ().                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| YEAR                      | Year                                                              | year                             | NUMBER(10,0)        | Year the survey was conducted in.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| DATE_TIME_START           | Start Date and Time                                               | MM/DD/YYYY HH::MM                | DATE                | The date (MM/DD/YYYY) and time (HH:MM) of the beginning of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| DATE_TIME_END             | End Date and Time                                                 | MM/DD/YYYY HH::MM                | DATE                | The date (MM/DD/YYYY) and time (HH:MM) of the end of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| DATE_TIME                 | Date and Time                                                     | MM/DD/YYYY HH::MM                | DATE                | The date (MM/DD/YYYY) and time (HH:MM) of the haul.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| DATE_START                | Start Date                                                        | YYYY-MM-DD                       | DATE                | The date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the beginning of the event (e.g., cruise).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| DATE_END                  | End Date                                                          | YYYY-MM-DD                       | DATE                | The date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the end of the event (e.g., cruise).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| DATE                      | Date                                                              | YYYY-MM-DD                       | DATE                | The date (YYYY-MM-DD) of the event (e.g., cruise).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

# Access in Oracle

For internal use only. Find the `GAP_PRODUCTS.METADATA_COLUMN` and
`GAP_PRODUCTS.METADATA_TABLE` in oracle for the tables above. Check out
the `functions_oracle.R` script for functions for downloading or
uploading data to oracle.

# Suggestions and comments

If the data or metadata can be improved, please create a pull request,
[submit an issue to the GitHub
organization](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/data-requests/issues)
or [submit an issue to the codes
repository](https://github.com/afsc-gap-products/metadata//issues).

## R version metadata

This data was compiled using the below `R` environment and `R` packages:

``` r
sessionInfo()
```

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