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ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF

FISHERIES INFORMATION IN

ALASKA

ELANDINGS for SALMON TENDERS

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Gail SmithAlaska Department of Fish and Game, JuneaueLandings Project Manager

Gail SmithAlaska Department of Fish and Game eLandings Project Manager

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eLandings – Project Goals

One-stop reporting of landings and production to multiple agencies electronically

Increases timeliness and accuracy of fisheries data entry

Creates an electronic record of landings and production that may be extracted by processors and agency staff

Designed to provide immediate access to electronically submitted fish ticket data.

Accommodates conventional paper fish tickets.

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eLandings – Project goals

Thin client technology accommodates remote areas with low bandwidth.

Processed fish tickets are uploaded into the fish ticket system of record every 15 minutes.

Internet platform allows greater access to authorized users:• Agency staffs• Processors• Alaska Wildlife Troopers• NMFS Enforcement

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InteragencyServer

NMFS RAM

NMFS Sustainable Fisheries

ADF&G CommercialFisheries Division

IPHC

Interagency Electronic Reporting System

Catch and Production Reporting

by Industry

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Interagency Electronic Reporting

Program Components

eLandings Web based reporting

seaLandings Desktop

reporting via email

Agency Interface for review and

editing submitted electronic data

eLandings 24/7 Server @ SOB

Initial and Final

submission tLandings Desktop

reporting via thumb drive

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Four eLandings Interfaces

WebInterfa

ce

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seaLandings

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tLandingsThe tLandings application is loaded onto the thumb drive with authorized users, the processors vessel list, species and price list.

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Identify and select the delivering vessel

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Agency Desktop

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eLandings Environments

• Production - web

• Training

• Test

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Creating a new operation

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Operation Types:• Plant

Receiver• At-Sea

Processor• Buying

Station• Catcher

Seller• Buyer

Exporter• Tender• Custom

Processing Owner

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User Account Maintenance How to edit users and user

permissions

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• User permissions

• Add new user

• Add existing user

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Registering a new user

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• Print• Sign• Fax or

scan & email

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Agency Interface Application

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Agency Interface Application

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Agency Interface ApplicationAgency Edits

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Agency Interface ApplicationEdited Fish Ticket copy

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Agency Interface Application Audit Trail

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tLandings

Demonstration

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tLandings Data FloweLandings - download

User access, species list (with pricing), vessel list, application

Processor Tender Interface – PTIConfigures the thumb drives

tLandingsRecords the landings

Processor Tender Interface – PTIUploads the data into eLandings

eLandings – updatesMixed salmon species update – data correction

Import of updated data into your data system

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tLandings Parent Operation and sub-operations

established in eLandings Thumb drives configured and landings

uploaded to eLandings from the Processor Tender Interface

tLandings application is loaded onto the thumb drive, with the catcher vessel list and the species list during the configuration process

Each thumb drive is configured for a specific tender sub-operation and the users associated with that sub-operation.

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tLandings Equipment

Tender Laptop Inexpensive Laser Printer – plain paper Magnetic Card Swipe Reader Thumb drives – provided by ADFG

Shoreside Processor Internet Connection Operation and User Accounts

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tLandingsBenefits to Processor: Improved data quality Automated overlimits documentation Automated updates on mixed salmon Legible paper fish tickets XML data interface facilitates one time data

entry Correct addition – tally, price, summaries Electronically generated summary and trip

log reports Automated reports to ADFG Ability to correct fish tickets within

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tLandingsBenefits for ADFG: Timely data Reduced data entry Improved data quality Consolidated reports to ADFG Integration with other reports

• Weekly catch reports• Finals season reports• COAR report

Paperless archives

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Comments from North Pacific Seafoods

Randy Swain – IT Administrator

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Questions