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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission


Pacific Fisheries Information Network
The FIN newsletter is published periodically by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

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Editor for this issue:
Jason Edwards, RecFIN

FIN staff

Bob Ryznar, FIN Program Manager

Rob Ames, AKFIN/PacFIN/RecFIN 

Michael Fey, AKFIN

Yan Jiang, PacFIN

Jean Lee, AKFIN

Niels Leuthold, AKFIN/PacFIN

Craig Miller, RecFIN

Brad Stenberg, PacFIN

Jenny Suter, PacFIN

Other contributors for this issue

Camille Kohler, neXus Data Solutions

Rick Pannell, Resource Data, Inc.



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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Jenny Suter, Camille Kohler, and Jason Edwards
The West Coast FINs work closely with the NOAA Fisheries Information System (FIS) Program as regional partners supporting the FIS mission. The FIS program in collaboration with the National Observer Program and the National Catch Shares Program provide funding through an annual request for proposals (RFP) cycle that supports projects that improve fishery-dependent data. AKFIN, PacFIN, RecFIN and regional partners were funded for six separate projects during the FY2021 RFP process.

Alaska Fisheries Information Network
AKFIN recently rolled out a new APEX report that provides authenticated users with access to the Global Trade Atlas (GTA) data. The new source provides analysts with access to detailed import and export information for fisheries commodities around the world.

Pacific Fisheries Information Network
Brad Stenberg and Jenny Suter
The first entirely virtual presentation of the two-day PacFIN Annual Meeting was a big success.
Recreational Fisheries Information Network
Responding to the impacts of COVID, transitioning to new survey and data standards, and expanding data collection are among the Marine Recreational Information Program’s priorities for the coming year.

This article is reprinted by permission from NOAA Fisheries.
The standards will guide the design, improvement, and quality of information produced by recreational fishing surveys.

This article is reprinted by permission from NOAA Fisheries.
The RecFIN Technical Committee held its Fall meeting via webinar on October 7th, 2020. This meeting provides RecFIN the opportunity to meet with its partner agencies to discuss recent and ongoing RecFIN projects and future directions for the program.
A fisheries data project of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
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