Fishery-Independent Survey System (FINSS)
FINSS is a national system that characterizes NMFS ocean observation activities and data collection during fishery-independent surveys, and provides up-to-date information to fishery scientists, managers and the public through flexible digital mapping and tabular reporting applications (see the Public User's Manual).
Digital Mapping:
- Select search criteria;
- View surveys on Google map;
- View geographic locations of individual stations;
- Highlight surveys/stations of interest;
- Find detailed information about stations;
- Download KML files.
Tabular Reporting:
- Select search criteria;
- View detailed information about surveys in tabular format;
- Filter and sort search results;
- Develop chart;
- Download survey information.