Vision, Mission and Goals

The Fisheries Information System (FIS) provides a context for the design, development, and implementation of data collection and data management for fishery-dependent statistics nationwide to improve the timeliness and accuracy of data. FIS is a portal that identifies the existing federal and state fisheries information systems or databases (data collections) and provides integrated business solutions for effective information sharing. FIS supports fisheries management decisions by developing a virtual application environment and providing integrated business solutions and data sources in a web browser interface.


Our Vision Our Mission Our Goals

Comprehensive, continuously updated time series of well documented, high quality, easily accessible information on the nation's fisheries that supports living marine resource stewardship

 

NOAA's FIS Program delivers fisheries information collection, management, and dissemination solutions to improve accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and accessibility. The Program leverages state-federal partnerships and investments to provide the information needed to help understand the effects of fishing on living marine resources, and to improve the quality of resource management decisions
  • Consistent with the other FIS goals, expand and adapt data collection to meet current and future needs.
  • Build and Integrate information management systems within and across regions.
  • Establish regional and national standards (minimum guidelines) for data collection, management and dissemination to ensure, high quality, completeness, timeliness and accessibility.
  • Implement and maintain effective partnerships to support collaboration among stakeholders, and to leverage investments across regions and the nation.