NPRB Project 1020 Beringwatch/Island Sentinel Online Community-Based Monitoring Program in the Pribilof Islands

The current dataset represents data collection Online Community Based Ecological Monitoring in the Bering Sea. The online BeringWatch
database is a system developed to facilitate community based ecological monitoring efforts in Bering Sea villages. It is an online database
tool for non-scientists in remote locations to record and communicate environmental and ecological events. The system utilizes a database
structure developed and refined over the past 10 years by the Tanam Amgig^naan (Island Sentinel) Programs of St. Paul
and St. George Islands, Alaska. The online system has been successfully operating for several years (initial implementation phase) in a small
selection of remote Aleutian Island and Bering Sea communities.The system was designed to be flexible and expandable in order to accommodate
the diverse needs of multiple communities and the potential for more detailed data formats and languages. Recent upgrades to the system include
quality control mechanisms that are integrated directly into the system, data collection protocols, and a formalized external expert review panel.
The refinement of the system is also intended to facilitate usage by a broader user group within each community through the creation of a “Citizen Sentinel”
program. In order to accomplish this we have refined our data output mechanism to allow maximal exposure of data collection efforts, especially for the
purpose of community education and interaction with external scientists. An integral component of this effort is the consolidation and conversion of data
collected by the the Aleut Community of St. Paul-Tribal Government-Ecosystem Conservation Office (ECO) and the St. George Traditional Council Kayumixtax
Eco-Office from 2000 to 2011 into the new online database format. These datasets were archived as part of the North Pacific Research Board legacy project recovery effort undertaken by Axiom Data Science and NPRB in 2025. The goal of the recovery effort was to assess the NPRB-funded data projects from 2002 to 2014 and archive final data packages that were ready for publication to increase long-term accessibility and discoverability. Data packages were archived as is given limited funding and resources.

本数据集涵盖白令海基于在线社区的生态监测数据采集成果。在线白令观察（BeringWatch）数据库是为助力白令海村落开展社区式生态监测工作而开发的系统，是面向偏远地区非专业人员的在线数据库工具，用于记录并共享环境与生态事件相关信息。本系统采用的数据库架构，由阿拉斯加圣保罗岛与圣乔治岛的塔纳姆·阿姆吉格纳（Island Sentinel，岛屿哨兵）项目团队历经十余年开发并优化。该在线系统已在少量偏远阿留申群岛及白令海社区顺利运行多年（处于初步实施阶段）。系统设计兼具灵活性与可扩展性，可适配多社区的多样化需求，同时支持后续拓展更细致的数据格式与多语言功能。系统近期的升级内容包括：内置集成的质量控制机制、数据采集规范，以及正式设立的外部专家评审委员会。本次系统优化还旨在通过推出“公民哨兵”项目，扩大各社区内的用户群体使用范围。为达成这一目标，我们优化了数据输出机制，以最大化展现数据采集工作成果，尤其服务于社区教育以及与外部科研人员的交流互动。本次工作的核心环节之一，是将2000年至2011年间，由阿留申圣保罗部落政府生态保护办公室（ECO）以及圣乔治传统委员会凯米克斯塔克斯（Kayumixtax）生态办公室采集的数据，整合并转换至新的在线数据库格式。2025年，由公理数据科学（Axiom Data Science）与北太平洋研究委员会（NPRB）共同开展的北太平洋研究委员会遗留项目复苏工作中，这些数据集被纳入归档范围。本次复苏工作的目标为：评估2002年至2014年间由NPRB资助的数据项目，并归档已具备出版条件的最终数据集包，以提升数据的长期可访问性与可发现性。鉴于资金与资源有限，数据集包将按原始状态完成归档。