A MANUAL FOR THE TAGGING DATABASE SYSTEM OF THE REGIONAL TUNA TAGGING PROJECT

CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION, 1. OVERVIEW OF TAGGING DATABASE SYSTEM, 3. MAIN MENU, 4. ENTER RELEASES MENU, 4. TAG RELEASE RECORDS, 8. CRUISE DATA RECORDS, 9. SCHOOL DATA RECORDS, 11. TAGGER DATA RECORDS, 12. VERIFYING AND EDITING RELEASES, 13. ENTERING AND EDITING RECOVERIES, 15. DAILY POSITIONS AND SCHOOL SIGHTINGS, 16. ENTERING POSITIONS AND SCHOOL SIGHTINGS, 18. EDITING POSITIONS AND SCHOOL SIGHTINGS, 18. REPORTING POSITIONS AND SCHOOL SIGHTINGS, 19. PRODUCING REPORTS, 19. RELEASES, 19. RELEASE SCHOOL TYPE, 20. WEIGHTS OF RELEASES, 20. LIST RELEASES, 21. SUMMARISE RELEASES BY TAGGER, 21. LENGTH FREQUENCY OF RELEASES, 24. SUMMARISE RELEASES BY 5-DEGREE SQUARE, 24. TAGS USED LIST, 25. TALLY RELEASES BY GEAR TYPE, 25. RECOVERIES, 25. TAGGERS, 26. RETURNS BY GEAR, 26. TIME AT LARGE, 26. USABLE RECOVERIES, 26. DISTANCE TRAVELLED, 26 RECOVERIES BY CRUISE, 26. RECOVERIES VS RELEASES; NUMBERS BY SPECIES AND LENGTH INTERVAL, 26. RECOVERY AND RELEASE INFORMATION FOR TAG LETTER CREATION, 26. RECOVERIES TO DATE BY VESSEL FLAG AND GEAR, 27. RECOVERIES TO DATE BY COUNTRY AND PLACE RECOVERED, 27. DISTANCE TRAVELLED, BY ASSOCIATION, 27. MEAN DISPLACEMENT, 27. ERROR CHECKS AND POST-ENTRY PROCESSING, 28. TAG CODES, 28. ESTIMATE MISSING LENGTHS, 28. RE-INDEX DATA FILES, 28. CHECK RELEASE FILES FOR GARBAGE DATA AND DUPLICATES, 28. CHECK RELEASE TALLY BY SCHOOL, TAGGER AND SPECIES, 29. UPDATE SPECIES CODES IN RELEASE AND RECOVERY FILES, 29. UPDATE EEZs IN RECOVERY FILE, 30. UPDATE DOUBLE TAG RECOVERY FLAG, 30. HOUSEKEEPING, 31. BACKUP, 31. RESTORE, 31. CONSOLIDATE RELEASES, 33. DISTRIBUTE NEW RECOVERIES, 33. IMPORT NEW RECOVERIES, 33. ARCHIVE CRUISE, 34. LOAD CRUISE FROM ARCHIVE, 34. MAINTENANCE ARCHIVE, 34. TRANSFER TEXT FOR ORACLE, 34. TRANSFER RECOVERIES FOR ORACLES, 34. CHANGE TAG EXCLUSION RANGES, 35. EXTRACT DATA FOR RANGE OF CRUISES, 35. LIST CRUISE/SCHOOL INFORMATION, 35. PRODUCING MAPS, 35. CREATE MAP RECOVERIES, 36. MAP RECOVERIES, 36. CREATE MAP RELEASES, 36. MAP RELEASES, 36. PRINTING LARGER MAPS, 37. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 39. RTTP TAGGING DATABASE SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION, 47. QUICK REFERENCE TO RTTP TAGGING DATABASE SYSTEM CODES, 49. CHECKLIST OF AT-SEA COMPUTER-RELATED DUTIES.