Development of Electronic Fishery Information Systems for West Coast and National Fisheries: Proceedings of Two Workshops, May 3-4, 2011 Portland, OR, September 8-9, 2011 Seattle, WA, Final Report, June 2012

摘要

Fisheries nationwide are facing major challenges that require collection of real time (RT) andudnear real time (NRT) information. High-resolution RT and NRT data are critical for addressing audvariety of fishery needs including quota accounting, observer coverage, bycatch management,udelectronic logbook and fish ticket requirements, research and monitoring, spatial mapping, andudproduct tracking and marketing. But there are major questions about the development and use ofudthese electronic fishery information systems (eFIS): Who owns the data and how will they beudshared? Can data be used to improve the economic success of the industry while also meetingudregulatory requirements? How do we avoid costly and duplicative systems? And how do weudensure that systems designed to share data also protect individual privacy? The transition to RTudand NRT electronic systems poses potential benefits but also raises major questions.udThis document summarizes the proceedings of two workshops to discuss implementation of eFISudfor West Coast (May 3-4, 2011 in Portland, OR) and national (September 8-9, 2011 in Seattle,udWA) fisheries. At each workshop stakeholders discussed critical issues and developedudrecommendations for designing and implementing eFIS systems.udA number of important principles emerged about which there was general consensus within andudacross the two workshops. These principles form a set of findings and recommendations toudguide successful eFIS development