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National Marine Fisheries (NMFS) Project Brief Alaska is home to three of the top five busiest U.S. fishing ports and produces two-thirds of the nation’s seafood harvest in a typical year. The state is home to nine of the top 20 U.S. fishing ports by value, and eight of [...]

Alaska DOT&PF Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) and Weigh in Motion System (WIM) Project Brief The Federal Highway Administration has maintained the HPMS nationwide highway information system since 1978, upgrading to a new GIS-enabled version over the last decade. The data is used for reporting to Congress on the [...]

Alaska Land Mobile Radio Project Brief The Alaska Land Mobile Radio (ALMR) Communications System is an independent radio network for emergency responders in Alaska during critical emergencies like the November 30, 2018 earthquake near Anchorage. ALMR consists of 86 dedicated wireless radio communication sites along Alaska’s highways, marine highway, [...]

National Marine Fisheries, eFISH Permit and Quota Management System Project Brief Wostmann developed a public-facing website, called eFISH, for fishermen and processors in Alaska. Hundreds of commercial fish processors, quota-holding fisheries co-operative managers, and fishermen access eFISH, which provides more than 25 different web-enabled services to pay permit fees, [...]

Interagency Electronic Reporting System Project Brief Fishing. In Alaska, it has become a highly-regulated industry overseen by multiple agencies – National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Department of Fish & Game, and the International Halibut Commission. In the old days, catch data was painstakingly recorded by hand and just [...]