The pacific states marine fisheries commission (PSMFC), established in 1947 by consent of congress, is an interstate compact agency that helps resource agencies and the fishing industries…

The pacific states marine fisheries commission (PSMFC), established in 1947 by consent of congress, is an interstate compact agency that helps resource agencies and the fishing industries sustainably manage fisheries resources of the pacific ocean in a five-state region. Member states include california, oregon, washington, idaho, and alaska. The mission of the PSMFC as defined in the governing compact, is to promote the better utilization of fisheries marine, shell, and anadromous, which are of mutual concern, and to develop a joint program of protection and prevention of physical waste of such fisheries in all of those areas of the pacific ocean over which the compacting states jointly or separately now have or may hereafter acquire jurisdiction. The PSMFC helps resource agencies sustainably manage these shared fish species and their habitat, spanning from inland freshwater ecosystems to the pacific ocean. PSMFC is one of only three interstate commissions in the united states today. Psmfcs primary goal for this multi-year program is to promote access to data and related products that inform, and are an outcome of, species status assessments, management process and decisions and critical uncertainties research questions that contribute to conserving, developing, and managing our fish, habitat, and fishery resources in california, oregon, washington and alaska. This work focuses on improving access to a wide diversity of salmon information that spans all habitats and life-cycle, from freshwater ecosystems to the pacific ocean. This is being accomplished by working collaboratively with our member agencies and their partners in developing a web-based tool that facilitates discovery, documentation and reproducibility of data and related products by managers and researchers.