TTVP Retail Market Spot Check Audit Database

Description

The data set contains information on retail market spot check audit purchases of tuna in airtight containers. Data are available from May 2001 to present with new data appended annually. Information includes the date, location, product type, store information where random spot check purchases were made throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Information on purchased product allows the manufacturer, distributor or importer to track the tuna back to harvest and verify the dolphin-safe status of the tuna product.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224
0 A list of the retail brands of the tuna product purchased as part of the Retail Market Spot Check Audit. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/brands-sampled
0 The Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) conducts regular and periodic audits and spot checks on domestic canners and importers to ensure compliance with TTVP regulations. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/verification-components
0 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/dolphin-safe
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/wcro/dmp/pdf/17224.pdf
0 NOAA Fisheries regularly spot checks canned/pouched tuna products in retail stores throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. This web page lists the locations where tuna product has been randomly checked for dolphin-safe verification purposes. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-mammal-protection/retail-spot-check-audits-tuna-products
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • fisheries certificate of origin
  • importer
  • west coast regional office
  • tuna
  • united states
  • noaa
  • noaa form 370
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • national marine fisheries service
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro
  • tuna pouch
  • lightmeat tuna
  • retail market
  • white meat tuna
  • dolphin safe program
  • puerto rico
  • tuna canner
  • canned tuna
  • dolphin-safe verification

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