Shoreside production reports are mandatory reports submitted by shoreside and stationary floating processors that receive groundfish from federally permitted catcher vessels. These reports document groundfish production in post-processed product weight by species, product type, and FMP region (i.e., GOA or BSAI). The weight of each species of fish is reported by product code (e.g., fillets, minced fish, surimi, etc.). The product weights can be converted to a pre-processed (round) weight of fish by expanding the product weight using product recovery rates (PRR). Standardized PRRs are published in Federal regulations for product types and species combinations (50 CFR 679 Table 3).

These reports document groundfish production in Alaska.

Shoreside production reports do not contain information on species that were discarded at sea.

Access to sensitive data shall only be granted to an individual that meets certain criteria. Access can only be granted to an individual if a signed and effective Confidentiality Agreement, Data Access Sharing Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, Standard Statement of Nondisclosure, or similar agreement is in place. These signed agreements shall indicate that individuals have reviewed and understand the provisions in the manual governing the legal use of sensitive data. The signed agreements are maintained by the Alaska Regional Records office. The name of each individual that has signed a statement of nondisclosure for using sensitive data will be added to the Alaska Region list of authorized confidential data users.

Shoreside production reports are sensitive under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (2007) and can only be shared with authorized persons or in summary format for public dissemination.

Real time validation is performed during data entry in the eLandings component of the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS). Warnings and errors are flagged.

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Alaska Region in Juneau, Alaska, following a disruption.

Shoreside production reports are generated and submitted through the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) and uploaded into the NMFS Alaska Region database from the IERS repository database.