Table 11. Number and percentage of matching records between dealer weighout landings, Study Fleet, and Fishing Vessel Trip Report (FVTR) landings records by category and subcategory.

Category

Classification description

Records

Percent (%)

1. Dealer transaction records could be matched across all three databases

(a) dealer numbers from all three data sets match

2684

65.0

(b) dealer number from FVTR does not match

85

2.1

(c) dealer number from Study Fleet does not match

34

0.8

2. Dealer transactions records from only two of the three databases present

(a) Study Fleet and FVTR dealer numbers match, no match could be found in weighout

255

6.2

(b) Study Fleet and weighout database dealer numbers match, no match could be found in FVTR

165

4.0

(c) FVTR and weighout database dealer numbers match, no match found in Study Fleet

370

9.0

(d) Study Fleet and FVTR dealer numbers do not match, no match with either found in weighout

27

0.7

3. Nondealer transactions (dealer codes 99998, 00001, 00002, 00003, 00004)

(a) Study Fleet and FVTR dealer numbers agree

3

0.1

(b) FVTR indicates nondealer transaction, Study Fleet does not, no weighout match to confirm

105

2.5

(c) Study Fleet indicates nondealer transaction, FVTR does not, no weighout match to confirm

3

0.1

4. No confirmation possible because of insufficient match of dealer transaction records

(a) Study Fleet dealer transaction record could not be matched with either FVTR or weighout

208

5.0

(b) FVTR dealer transaction record could not be matched with either Study Fleet or weighout

165

4.0

(c) Study Fleet dealer transaction record missing dealer number, no matching possible

25

0.6

Total

4129

100.0