Developing a National Fisheries Data Exchange Standard

Monday, August 18, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:20 PM
207 (Centre des congrès de Québec // Québec City Convention Centre)
Many agencies and organizations conduct fisheries and aquatic ecology surveys that result in a wealth of data needed by research and management communities. These data could significantly advance the goals of national and regional scale initiatives if information was more readily exchanged.   Improving data exchange between the United States and our international neighbors would also improve our ability to manage fisheries resources along US borders and advance collaboration between fisheries and aquatic professionals throughout North America.  Efforts to justify the need for a fisheries data exchange standard have been made in the past, but the proposed solutions to derive and implement a standard have not been universally endorsed.  We have brought together aquatic biological data specialists to investigate and develop phase one of a national fisheries data exchange standard.  This collaboration included a preliminary review of methods and protocols currently employed by fisheries data and information managers; the identification of desirable measurements, metrics and indicators; the study of existing data warehouse schema; and the development of options for moving forward with a national scale data exchange initiative. Results of this work provide a foundation for developing a national data exchange standard that could lead to more effective management of our fisheries and aquatic resources.  This session will present the work of the data specialists over the last year and provide an opportunity for the AFS community to engage in the review process of the initial phase of the fisheries data exchange standard.
Moderators:
Andrew Loftus and Jennifer M. Bayer
Chairs:
Andrew Loftus , Thomas Litts and Andrea Ostroff
Organizers:
Andrew Loftus , Thomas Litts , Andrea Ostroff , Jennifer M. Bayer , Jeff Kopaska and Rebecca Krogman
Moderators:
Andrew Loftus
Email: aloftus@andrewloftus.com

Jennifer M. Bayer
Email: jbayer@usgs.gov

Chairs:
Andrew Loftus
Email: aloftus@andrewloftus.com

Thomas Litts
Email: thom.litts@dnr.state.ga.us

Andrea Ostroff
Email: aostroff@usgs.gov

Organizers:
Andrew Loftus
Email: aloftus@andrewloftus.com

Thomas Litts
Email: thom.litts@dnr.state.ga.us

Andrea Ostroff
Email: aostroff@usgs.gov

Jennifer M. Bayer
Email: jbayer@usgs.gov

Jeff Kopaska
Email: Jeff.Kopaska@dnr.iowa.gov

Rebecca Krogman
Email: rebecca.krogman@dnr.iowa.gov

1:30 PM
The Timing Is Right for Fisheries Data Exchange Standards
Douglas Austen, American Fisheries Society

1:50 PM
Fish Data Summits: A Look Back with an Eye to the Future
Thomas Litts, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

2:10 PM
Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained: Lessons Learned from the Development of a Flowing Waters Information Management System for the Great Lakes Basin
Les Stanfield, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Silvia Strobl, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; Doug Mulholland, University of Waterloo

2:30 PM
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program: Creating Data Standards and Partner Coordination
Julie M. Defilippi, Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program

2:50 PM
Columbia River Basin Coordinated Assessments Salmon and Steelhead Data Exchange
Jennifer M. Bayer, U.S. Geological Survey; P. Brodie Cox, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife; Tom Iverson, Tom K Iverson Natural Resource Consulting; Chris Wheaton, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

3:10 PM
Monday Afternoon Break


3:40 PM
4:00 PM
How Were Your Data Collected 5, 10, 15 Years Ago?
Jacquelyn Schei, Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership; Jennifer M. Bayer, U.S. Geological Survey; Keith Steele, Sitka Technology Group; Matt Deniston, Sitka Technology Group; Russell Scranton, Bonneville Power Administration

4:20 PM
Semantic Web Methodologies: Facilitating the Design of a National Fisheries Data Exchange Standard
Janice Gordon, U.S. Geological Survey; Andrea Ostroff, U.S. Geological Survey

4:40 PM
Are We Heading in the Right Direction for Exchanging Fisheries Data?
Andrea Ostroff, U.S. Geological Survey; Thomas Litts, Georgia Department of Natural Resources; Jennifer M. Bayer, U.S. Geological Survey; Andrew Loftus, Loftus Consulting

5:00 PM
Panel Discussion


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