Computer Mapping and Analysis System for Analyzing Shrimp Harvest Data: Evolving Assessment Capabilities for Fisheries Management. Revised July 1989.

摘要

The report describes part of an evolving process that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Resources Conservation and Assessments (ORCA) is undertaking to develop desk-top information systems to improve the application of large NOAA data bases for decision-making. The Shrimp Harvest desk-top system, a special application of ORCA's Computer Mapping and Analysis System (Cmas), provides a rapid analytical tool to evaluate management decisions and alternatives through a series of maps, tables, and graphic outputs. The first use of this desk-top system augmented the evaluation of the Federal closure of the offshore brown shrimp fishery along the Texas coast. Distribution of the system to external users in state governments and academia began in 1989. The major objective of this system is to increase and expand the range of communication between scientists and managers of the shrimp fishery.