5 kina Tables

The following are listings of the tables in the kina database, including attribute names, data types (and any range restrictions), and comments.

5.1 Table 1: t_catch_site

Comment:

Catch and effort information by grid reference for each diver for each participant per fishing day.



Attributes

Data Type

Null?

Comment

participant

character(30,1)

No

Name of the participating fisher.

fishing_date

date(5)

No

Date the fishing took place.

divers_name

character(50,1)

No

Name of the diver.

fma

character(5,1)

No

Kina fishery management area code.

site_no

smallint

No

A sequential number for each different site dived on for the days catch.

site_catch_wt

integer


Total catch weight (kg) of kina for a site.

site_time_diving

decimal(4,2)


Total time (hours) spent diving for the catch at the site.

latitude

decimal(5,1)


Latitude (DDMM.m format) of the dive site.

longitude

decimal(6,1)


Longitude (DDDMM.m format) of the dive site.

grid_ref

character(3,1)


3 character grid reference, to link to any sample in t_sample.

site_name

character(20,1)


General diving site, i.e., common name of the given latitude and longitude.

stratum

smallint


Marine Research stratum number from which the catch was taken from.


Range 1 to 6



Creator:

dba



Indices:

UNIQUE catch_site_key ON (participant, fishing_date, divers_name, site_no)

NORMAL (2, 15) ON (grid_ref)

NORMAL (2, 15) ON (stratum)


5.2 Table 2: t_sample

Comment:

Details of each sample collected by both the SOP catch sampling and the Marine Research sampling programme.



Attributes

Data Type

Null?

Comment

sample_no

character(8,1)

No

8 character unique identifier for each sample.

participant

character(30,1)

No

Name of the participating fisher.

fishing_date

date(5)

No

Date the fishing took place.

observer

character(20,1)


Observer's name.

divers_names

character(50,1)


Name(s) of the diver(s) who caught the sample.

grid_ref

character(3,1)


3 character grid reference for the location where the kina was caught.

percent_samp

decimal(4,1)


Percentage of the whole catch that was sampled.


Range 0.1 to 100.0



stratum

smallint


Numeric code for the geographic division of the study area.


Range 1 to 8



site_no

smallint


A randomly selected study location from where kina were sampled, for Research samples only.

comments

text(240,240,240,1)


Any comments about the sample.

Creator:

dba



Indices:

UNIQUE sample_key ON (sample_no)

NORMAL (2, 15) ON (participant)

NORMAL (2, 15) ON (grid_ref)

NORMAL (2, 15) ON (stratum)


5.3 Table 3: t_test_dia

Comment:

Test diameter frequency data for a sample.



Attributes

Data Type

Null?

Comment

sample_no

character(8,1)

No

8 character unique identifier for each sample.

test_dia

integer

No

Diameter class (mm) of the kina test.

no_t

integer

No

Total number of kina in the diameter class.

Creator:

dba



Referential:

Sample no. not in t_sample (sample_no) INSERT t_sample (sample_no)

Indices:

UNIQUE freq_key ON (sample_no, test_dia)


5.4 Table 4: t_biological

Comment:

Kina biological data for a sub-sample of the test diameter sample.



Attributes

Data Type

Null?

Comment

sample_no

character(8,1)

No

8 character unique identifier for each sample.

fish_no

smallint

No

A sequential number for each fish sampled.

whole_weight

integer


Whole weight (gm) of the kina.

test_diameter

integer


Diameter (mm) of the kina test.

gonad_volume

integer


Volume (ml) of the kina gonad.

gonad_colour

decimal(2,1)


Decimal colour code for the kina gonad.


Range 1.0 to 5.0




match "*.[05]"



Creator:

dba



Referential:

Sample no. not in t_sample (sample_no) INSERT t_sample (sample_no)

Indices:

UNIQUE biol_key ON (sample_no, fish_no)


5.5 Table 5: t_grid_ref

Comment:

Comments for all possible grid references. An entry in the comment field means that any dive sites referencing this grid are in error.

The comment attribute is therefore the error message.



Attributes

Data Type

Null?

Comment

grid_ref

character(3,1)

No

3 character grid reference.

stratum

smallint


Marine Research stratum number which the grid reference is in.

comments

text(60,60,60,1)


Null if the grid reference is valid, else this field is an error message.

Creator:

dba



Indices:

UNIQUE grid_key ON (grid_ref) NORMAL (2, 15) ON (stratum)


Updated : 16 November 2007