The united states fish and wildlife service (service), on behalf of the department of the interior, was directed by congress to undertake additional activities in FY 1990 in support of the pacific…

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, awarded a $226,000 Project Grant to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) under the Fish and Aquatic Conservation - Aquatic Invasive Species (CFDA 15.608) federal grant program. The funding supports and maintains the PSMFC's Regional Mark Processing Center (RMPC), which serves state, federal, tribal, and private fisheries agencies across the Pacific Coast by processing and exchanging coded wire tag (CWT) release, recovery, and associated catch and sampling information. The RMPC has adopted new data formats and implemented software, hardware, and personnel enhancements to meet evolving CWT data needs of the Pacific Salmon Commission and other agencies. The award period is from July 2024 to July 2025.

The united states fish and wildlife service (service), on behalf of the department of the interior, was directed by congress to undertake additional activities in FY 1990 in support of the pacific salmon treaty (P.L. 99-5). The funding provides support and maintenance of the pacific states marine fisheries commissions regional mark processing center (rmpc). The rmpc has served state, federal, tribal, and private fisheries agencies of the entire pacific coast for years by processing and exchanging coded wire tag (CWT) release, recovery, and associated catch and sampling information. The rmpc has adopted new data formats, and has implemented software, hardware and personnel enhancements, in order to meet evolving CWT data informational needs by the pacific salmon commission and other agencies. Agency contributions and the pacific states marine fisheries commission (psmfc) provide these enhancement funds jointly. The pacific states marine fisheries commission operates the regional mark processing center. The rmpc provides essential services to international, state, federal, and tribal fisheries organizations involved in tagging and marking anadromous salmonids throughout the pacific region. These services include regional coordination of tagging and FIN marking programs, maintenance of databases for coded wire tag releases, recoveries, locations, and catch effort data, as well as the dissemination of reports of these data in electronic or printed form when requested. These databases are known collectively as the regional mark information system (rmis).