Management information systems (MIS) and fisheries statistics

This report summarizes five years of work, from January 1, 2005 - December 31, 2009, accomplished by the Management Information Systems and Fisheries Statistics Project (MISFSP) within the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). MISFSP is responsible for collecting commercial fisheries dependent data, namely catch and effort data from harvesters, and landings data from dealers, about marine species which are both interjurisdictional and non-interjurisdictional in nature, and are considered of significant economic importance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MA). The Project is also responsible for managing the agency's information infrastructure, including network, hardware and software technology, web site maintenance, geographic information systems (GIS) and the agency's large relational database systems. Grant no. NA05NMF4071027