Port Commercial Fishing Activity Indicators

Product Overview:

** The Port Commercial Fishing Activity (PCFA) Indicators are a suites of indicators used to understand relative participation rates of commercial fishing ports over time. They are composed of commercial fishing landings and permit data from 2000 through 2024 summarized to indicate port-level activity in commercial fishing.*

• Unit: port-level information

• Summary Group(s): port, year

• Frequency: annual

• Time Series: 2000-2024

Point of Contact

Robert Murphy (robert.murphy@noaa.gov)

Data Outputs/Outlets

N/A

List of Metrics

• Port Overall Activity score (port_overall_score)

• Port Transaction Activity score (port_transaction_score)

• Port Volume Activity score (port_volume_score)

• Port Permit Activity score (port_permit_score)

Metric Descriptions

Column Name	Data Type	Description	Default / Missing
PORT_NAME	character	Port associated with permit or landing on record.	N/A
STATE_ABB	character	State associated with permit or landing on record.	N/A
place_id	character	A combined text string with port and state associated with the permit or landing on record.	N/A
year	character	Year (2000-2024) associated with the record.	N/A
port_overall_score	numeric	The Port Overall Activity score is a relative metric that reflects the overall activity of a port in the commercial fishing industry. It includes the number of dealers buying fish, the number of vessels selling fish, total pounds and value of fish landed, and the number of dealer and commercial permits registered in that location. Each variable is normalized using a min-max scaling approach (between 0 and 1), and an overall mean is calculated for each port and year combination.	NA
port_transaction_score	numeric	The Port Transaction Activity score is a relative metric that reflects the magnitude of fish sale transactions in each port from the perspective of dealers and commercial fishermen.	NA
port_volume_score	numeric	The Port Volume Activity score is a relative metric that reflects the physical volume of landings in each port. (Note: Fixed text duplication from transaction score)	NA
port_permit_score	numeric	The Port Permit Activity score is a relative metric that reflects the number of dealer permits and commercial fishing permits registered in each port.	NA

Additional Methods/Decision Rules

PCFA Creation

The PCFA indicator provides a relative metric of the activity of a specific port in commercial fishing and utilizes the following data; number of dealers buying fish, the number of vessels selling fish, total pounds and value of fish landed, and the number of dealer and commercial permits registered in that location. Each column of data is normalized (across all years) using a min-max scaling approach (range = 0 – 1) and then we take the mean of each column to create a composite average score for each port by year. Note, the value of landed fish data is first adjusted using a GDP deflator to account for inflation over time (i.e., all values are adjusted to 2024 dollars). The PCFA analysis is conducted for each region (MA and NE) separately such that scores are comparable within-region only

Data Sources and Code

Data Sources

• CAMS_GARFO.CFG_PORT, CAMS_GARFO.CAMS_LAND, CAMS_GARFO.CFG_ITIS, NEFSC_GARFO.permit_dealer, PERFORMANCE_MEASURES.PM_PORT_CORRECTIONS, PERFORMANCE_MEASURES.PM_PORT_TRANSFORMATIONS, NEFSC_GARFO.permit_vps_fishery_ner, NEFSC_GARFO.permit_vps_vessel, NEFSC_GARFO.CFDRS_AVG_PRICE_TST

Code

Metric Creation Code File Location: https://github.com/NEFSC/READ\_SSB\_Port\_Activity\_Indicators

NOAA Requirements

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License file

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