Information Portal (InPort)
The FIS InPort Metadata Catalog gives NOAA Fisheries and its state and regional partners the capability to share essential information about fisheries-dependent data. As envisioned in the NOAA and NOAA Fisheries 2003-2008 strategic plans, by 2008, NOAA Fisheries' six Regions will be expected to manage the nation's marine resources under an ecosystems-based regimen very different from what has been used in the past. By storing information about all NMFS data holdings, InPort will play a critical supporting role in fisheries management.
Benefits
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Promotes data management best practices
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Supports metadata needs of FIS portfolio projects
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Supports FIS architecture
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Supports fisheries data quality initiatives
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Tool for publishing FIS standards