Codes Used in the Newfoundland Commercial and Recreational Fisheries
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Environment Canada Environnement Canada •• Fisheries Service des peches and Marine Service et des sciences de la mer 1 DFO ll ll i ~ ~~ll[lflll ~i~ 1 \11 1f1i! l1[1li eque 07003336 Codes Used in the Newfoundland Commercial and Recreational Fisheries by Don E. Waldron Data Record Series No. NEW/D-74-2 Resource Development Branch Newtoundland Region ) CODES USED IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES by D.E. Waldron Resource Development Branch Newfoundland Region Fisheries & Marine Service Department of the Environment St. John's, N'fld. February, 1974 GULF FlSHERIES LIBRARY FISHERIES & OCEANS gwt.IV HEOUE DES PECHES GOLFE' PECHES ET OCEANS ABSTRACT Data Processing is used by most agencies involved in monitoring the recreational and commercial fisheries of Newfoundland. There are three Branches of the Department of the Environment directly involved in Data Collection and Processing. The first two are the Inspection and the Conservation and Protection Branches (the collectors) and the Economics and Intelligence Branch (the processors)-is the third. To facilitate computer processing, an alpha-numeric coding system has been developed. There are many varieties of codes in use; however, only species, gear, ICNAF area codes, Economic and Intelligence Branch codes, and stream codes will be dealt with. Figures and Appendices are supplied to help describe these codes. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ........... .. ... .... ... ........... ................ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST .or FIGURES ....... .................................... v LIST OF TABLES ............................................ vi INTRODUCTION l Description of Data Coding .............. ~ .. .... ... 3 {A) Coding Varieties ••••••••••••••• 3 (I) Species Codes 3 ( II ) Gear Codes 3 (III) Area Codes 3 (i) ICNKF 4 (ii) Statistical Codes 7 (a) Statistical Areas 7 (b) Statistical Sections 7 (c) Community (Settlement) Codes 17 (iii) Comparison of ICNAF AND D.O.E. Coding systems 17 (iv) Conservation and Protection Areas 17 (IV) Stream Codes 17 CONCLUSIONS 22 REFERENCES ................................................ 23 APPENDICES 24 I Group Species Codes ..... .. ..... ...... .... .... 25 II Codes for Size and Condition 27 III Species Codes ............................. 28 IV Gear Codes 34 v Community Codes Arranged By Section 35 VI Community Codes Arranged Alphabetically 54 VII Stream Codes Arranged by Section 75 VIII Stream Codes Arranged Alphabetically 105 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Mr. D.A. Tilley, E.B. Dunne, T.M. Donahue and the staff of the Economic and Intelligence Branch, D.O.E. Also the help of Mr. A. Savoury in preparing the maps and Miss C. Colford and Mrs. I. Lewis for doing such an excellent job of typing this report. iv LIST or FIGURES __Page.. _ I. Map showing the Divisions (lF - 5Z) of the ICNAF Area as they relate to the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and New England •.••••••••••••••••.••...•.••. 5 II. Map depicting the Divisions and Unit Areas (223 - 501) of the ICNAF Area as they relate to the Atlantic Provinces, Quebec and New England .•••••••••.•.••.•• 6 III. Map showing the Statistical Areas for Newfoundland and Labrador .......................................... 8 IV. Map showing the Statistical Sections for Newfoundland 10 v. Map showing the Statistical Sections for Labrador •.• 11 VI. Map showing the relationship between the Statistical Areas (dotted lines) and Sections (solid lines) for Newfoundland •.................•..•................. 12 VII. Map showing the relationship between the Statistical Areas (dotted lines) and Sections (solid lines) for Labrador ...........•...........••.................. 13 VIII. Map showing the relationships between the Statistical Areas (dotted lines), Sections (solid lines) and the ICNAF Subareas (double solid lines and blocked in letters) .......................................... 18 IX. Map showing the Conservation and Protection Branch's Protection Areas for the Province of Newfoundland 19 v LIST or TABLES I. Community Boundaries for the Statistical Areas 9 II. Conmnmity Boundaries for the Statistical Sections 14 III. Comparison of C & P Protection AI'eas to the Economics and Intelligence (E & I) Statistical Areas and Sections ........................................... 20 vi INTRODUCTION In 1968, the now Economics and Intelligence Branch (E.& I.) of the Department of the Environment (D.O.E.) developed and implemented methods to computerize the data collected from both the inshore and offshore fishery of Newfoundland. Basically, it is a system which relies upon cooperation from the Provincial Dept. of Fisheries, Federal Dept. of Fisheries, fish processing plants and fishermen throughout the Province of Newfoundland. The fish plants throughout the Province are encouraged to use specially designed forms supplied by the D.O.E. However, there are many plants which still use their own purchase slips. It would create more uniformity in data collection if all processors were to use the one type of form. These used forms are collected from the fish processors by members of the C.& P., and Inspection Branches. The completed forms are then forwarded to the main office of the E.& I. Branch, in St. John's. The main office is divided into three distinct working units; the data preparation unit, data transformation unit (keypunching) and the data processing unit. The various forms collected in the field operation are processed by the data preparation unit. This unit is responsible for separating the different types of forms and then preparing them for the keypunchin~ or data transformation unit. The actual method of preparation may be divided into two phases. The first is the coding of the species, the area caught, the place landed, the landed form of the fish and type of gear used. The second phase is the summation and recording of the dollar value and the amount (lbs.) of fish caught in one area per vessel for l 2 one month. At present the month of purchase is recorded for all species. One exception is that the actual day of purchase is recorded for the Atlantic salmon. Once the data has been prepared, it is sent to the data transform ation unit where it is punched onto computer cards according to a prescribed format. The data processing unit consists of an IBM OS 370/155 on which time is leased. A series of tape files has been created and all data mani pulations are conducted using COBOL. The system produces predetermined types of information bimonthly, monthly and yearly. It is not a true information retrieval system, but with variations to the specific data processing programs it can become a very flexible retrieval system. The purpose of this report is to define some of the codes used during the data preparation phase. A series of maps, tables and appendices is provided to assist in the understanding of the system. DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA CODING A. Coding Varieties Most of the codes used in the system are numeric. There are two basic types used. One is descriptive of the type of fishery; assigning codes to the species cuaght (Species Codes) and the type of gear used (Gear Codes). The second type gives the code of the area where the fish was purchased (Statistical Codes). I. Species Codes The Species Code is a five digit number defining the species, size and landed form of the fish (Appendices I, II and III). The first three digits define the species, the next digit the arbitrary size of the fish and the last digit defines the landed form. As an example, the Species . Code for small, dressed cod (heads on) would be 100-1-2 (see Appendix III). II. Gear Codes The type of gear used is important especially when comparin~ the effort required to catch a fish (catch effort). These codes are two digit numbers representing the many varieties of gear used (Appendix IV.) III. Area Codes The Area Codes are u:,;ed both to define the general (or specific) area where the fish were caught and/or purchased. In the offshore fishery, the area of capture and landing is recorded, the area of capture being most important. The community where the fish were landed is recorded for the inshore fishery. Because of the distribution of fish buyers, the place where the fish were purchased usually specifies the general area of capture. 3 4 The area codes are divided into two main categories; those defined by the International Commission for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF) and those defined by the Economics and Intelligence Branch (E.& I.) of the Department of the Environment (D.O.E.). (i) ICNAF Codes The ICNAF Codes were developed by the member nations between 1949 and 1967. The Commission has established its responsibility over an area encompassing the Atlantic Coastal Waters of Greenland, Canada and northern United States. This area is referred to as the ICNAF Convention Area. The Convention Area is divided into five (5) Sub-Areas (1-5). Each Sub-Area is further divided into Divisions (lA, lB, 2A etc.)(Figure I). The Divisions are then divided into Unit Areas. The Unit Areas consist J of three digits, the first represents the Sub-Area and the next two the actual Unit Areas. 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