Updated proposal of a template for collecting scientific observer data from NPFC bottom fisheries

We propose a template for submitting scientific observer data from NPFC bottom fisheries. To create the template, list of items, structure of each data sheet and relationship among data sheets have to be specified. The list of items in our proposed template is virtually identical to that specified in NPFC CMM. In terms of the structure of data sheets, we followed the principles of “tidy data” to make statistical analyses easy. The relationship among data sheets is represented by ID keys to connect different types of observation and to avoid redundancy. We request Members to examine and discuss those topics to follow the work plan which says that the data collection template will be completed in 2019.