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
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 Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/dolphin-safe
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 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/17224
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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 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

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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