The AKFIN Advisory Committee met on May 31, 2018 in Juneau, AK hosted by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.  This committee is a collaboration of state and federal agency members who work with AKFIN and help to guide development priorities and share data collection, processing, and reporting initiatives.  The meeting is an excellent opportunity for AKFIN and the fisheries agencies to share their progress and discuss upcoming work.

The data projects presented were:

• Alaska Department of Fish and Game
  • eTablet Data Collection
  • GIS and Mapping Services
  • Historical Commercial Operator’s Annual Report (COAR) Data
  • New Grant-funded Projects
  • Age Lab Overview
• NOAA Fisheries – Alaska Regional Office
  • Catch Accounting System (CAS) Discard Changes
  • CAS Electronic Monitoring Additions
  • CAS Data Model Changes
• NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC)
  • Pacific States E-Journal of Scientific Visualizations (PSESV)
• AKFIN
  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Application
  • AFSC Stock Assessment Support and AKFIN Answers
  • Application Express (APEX) Reporting and Data Management Initiatives
  • Communities Work Group
  • Data Issue Tracking in JIRA
  • North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Support

For a more detailed overview of the projects and work shared at the meeting, check out our AKFIN Advisory Committee Notes.

The AKFIN servers will be undergoing system maintenance and upgrades on December 27th. Servers will be taken offline around 3 AM PST and work is expected to be done by 2 PM PST. During this time our main webpage will be available, but the database, Answers and APEX will be unavailable. We will send out an email once the maintenance and upgrades have been completed.

After completion of the upgrades please inform us if you experience any unexpected behavior from any of the systems.

A link to a video doodle on fisheries management in the Northeast, but generally the same around the nation.

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