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Inventory of NMFS Fishery Surveys and Observations
Inventory of NMFS Fishery-Independent Surveys and Observations
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Inventory Phase Two

Objectives

To support fisheries management decisions by developing a national metadata repository of fishery-independent data and provide the information online through the web interface to enable the effective discovery, access, and use of NMFS survey information.

  • Develop a Survey Inventory that shows the history and breadth of NMFS fishery-independent observations across regions;

  • Serve up trusted fishery-independent metadata in Oracle database and enable NMFS customers to find it easily on the web interface with GIS applications;

  • Respond to data calls and planning/budgeting scenarios;

  • Establish definitions and standards for fishery-independent metadata repository;

  • Develop policies and procedures for fishery-independent metadata collection, maintenance, updating and reporting in the national level database.

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