eLandings An Interagency Electronic Landing Reporting System

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eLandingsAn Interagency Electronic Landing
Reporting System

• Christopher Keller
• Chief Technology Officer
• Wostmann Associates, Inc.
• October 27, 2005 Tampa, FL

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eLandings Project Goals

• Provide fishery managers with more timely and
  accurate catch statistics
• Improve efficiency of reporting for industry
• Reduce redundant reporting
• One time data entry
• Immediate data validation and feedback
• Reduce data entry burden on agencies
• Reduced data entry volume
• One time data entry for paper reports
• Reduced corrections
• Facilitate quota management
• Provide documentation of reporting lifecycle
• Signed paper documents
• Change tracking across reporting lifecycle

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Multi-agency Team

• Line Agencies
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• International Pacific Halibut Commission
• NMFS Sustainable Fisheries
• NMFS Restricted Access Management
• Contracting Agency
• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
• Software Development Contractor
• Wostmann Associates, Inc. of Juneau

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eLandings Overview
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Seafood Processing Industry Data Reporting

• Web Application
• Online data entry
• XML File Import
• Processor Workstation
• Disconnected operations
• Email data transmission
• Web Services
• Direct Internet connection to Processor inhouse
  systems
• Data validation at point of entry, with graceful
  degradation for disconnected clients

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Data

• Vessel, Landing Location, Dates, and Buyer
• Permits
• Permit stacking
• Harvest Location and Effort
• ADFG 1 deg x ½ deg Statistical Areas
• Mapped to NMFS and IPHC reporting areas
• Itemized Catch
• Weight
• Condition (for PRR)
• Disposition
• Grading and Pricing

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Data Transforms

• eLandings is a full landing oriented system
• Fish Ticket allocation by Permit
• IFQ Landing Report by IFQ Permit, Species,
  Statistical Area

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Repository Features

• Version Tracking Database
• All versions of landing report components are
  retained
• All changes are marked with user identification
• Repository Stores Agency Enhanced Data
• Statistical Area
• Effort

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Agency Data Maintenance

• Agency Desktop software
• User management
• Paper report data entry
• Report review and status update
• Report data enhancement
• Report change history

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FanoutPropagation of data to Agency Systems of
Record

• NMFS RAM Realtime IFQ debiting
• User/Repository push
• NMFS SF
• Daily pull
• ADFG Fish Ticket Database
• Weekly pull
• IPHC
• Monthly pull
• All updates in time window

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Technologies

• XML files throughout
• Import of Processor produced files
• Clients to Server
• Email data exchange
• Repository to agency system of record
• XML allows disparate technologies at different
  agencies and processors to interoperate
• Web Services
• Java Desktop, Servlets, backend Server
• Open Source Tools
• JBoss, IText, Axis, JAXB, JUnit

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Milestones

• 1999 Interagency MOA and beginning of code
  alignment
• 2002 Needs Assessment
• 2003 Technology Demonstrator
• 2004 July Development begins
• 2005 Rollout
• Aug 15 AI Golden King Crab IFQ Fishery
• Oct 15 BSAI Red King Crab IFQ Fishery
• Oct Kodiak Tanner and Dungeness Fishery
• 2006 Alaska Groundfish and Halibut

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Challenges

• 24x7 support
• Processor Quotashares
• Testing resources
• Staffing and development effort on joint project
• Coordination with Industry (HQ and Field)
• Project Management

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Demo

• http//elandingst.alaska.gov
• Userid fgogh Password F_gogh

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Wrap Up

• Q A