Description of the Allocation Procedure Applied to the 1994 to 2007 Commercial Landings Data

摘要

The purpose of this document is to describe the multi-tier trip-based allocation designed to combine each mandatory reporting dealer (Dealer) trip with a vessel trip report (VTR) trip (or a group of VTR trips with similar characteristics) to obtain area fished and effort associated with the Dealer trip. The document describes: (1) allocation design; (2) the qualitative approach used to evaluate if the VTR data set is a representative subset of the Dealer data set; (3) the results of matching within the allocation; (4) an evaluation of the random component of the allocation; and (5) the changes to statistical area previously assigned to biological samples. A detailed technical in-house manual documenting the computer programs has been created.