| Table name |
Definition |
| NORPAC.FOREIGN_SHELL_CONDITION |
This table contains the shell condition of crabs caught during 1988-1990. These are the original (corrected) observer data. No data have been extrapolated in this database. |
| Column name |
Type |
Definition |
| CRUISE |
number(4,0) |
A unique four-digit number to represent each occasion that an observer was aboard a different fishing vessel during deployment. Cruise number is associated with all of the data collected by the observer aboard the vessel. |
| VESSEL |
varchar2(4) |
A unique, four-digit, alpha-numeric code identifying each vessel that contracts for observer coverage. All vessel codes begin with the alpha code B, followed by a three-digit number. |
| DT |
date |
Similar to NORPAC.DOMESTIC_HAUL.HAUL_DATE, this is the date in Greenwich Mean Time. Format is stored in the database as DD-MON-YY format (i.e., 15-MAR-86), and displayed as MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI:SS (i.e., 3/15/86 00:00:00). |
| HAUL |
number(3,0) |
A unique number which identifies a specific occurrence of net, pot, or longline fishing effort. This table does not include “no fishing” days. |
| YEAR |
number(4,0) |
A four-digit number identifying the year in which the gear retrieval of the haul began. |
| SPECIES
|
number(3,0) |
A three-digit numeric code representing a marine species. This code is associated with species name in NORPAC.DOMESTIC_SPECIES (using the column name SPECIES_NO in place of SPECIES). |
| SEX |
varchar2(1) |
A one-digit alpha code indicating the sex of the organism. F = female, M = male, U = unknown.
|
| NUMBER_IN_SAMPLE |
number(3,0) |
The number (count) of the specified species which occurred within the sample.
|
| SHELL_CONDITION |
varchar2(1) |
H – hard. S – soft.
|
| FILENAME |
varchar2(8) |
The original filename on the Burroughs computer system from which this data record came. |
| HAUL_JOIN |
number(6,0) |
An assigned, unique number (up to 6 digits) used to link records in this table back to a single haul record in the NORPAC.FOREIGN_HAUL table. |
| PK_FSC |
number(6,0) |
For internal use only. |
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