Fisheries

Fish and Game Permitting Project Brief Fish and game permitting is essential to best manage and sustain fish and game stocks to ensure equitable use and access for multiple user groups for today and the future. Alaska's fisheries provide more than just food to residents and visitors -- they [...]

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 [...]

Vessel Energy Audit Database, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) Project Brief Alaska has the most prolific commercial fishing industry in the United States, harvesting more seafood than all other states combined. The seafood industry ranks 3rd in importance among Alaska’s industries. Each commercial fishing vessel, while underway and at [...]

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 [...]