Fisheries professionals always collected copious amounts of data, but we don’t always do all we can with those data.  Recently advances in technology have allowed improved collection and organization of data, and now many entities are also making profound changes in how they disseminate those data.  Researchers have the ability to access data collected over broad spatial and temporal scales, managers have increased ability to make data-based decisions, and anglers can now view and compare fish survey information on systems where they recreate.  Organizing a meeting of leaders in this field to present their work and discuss new advances will help everyone improve their respective systems.