This study will provide new and existing rhode island (RI) seafood dealers with technical support to maintain and improve dealer electronic reporting to the standard atlantic fisheries information…

This Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act program (CFDA 11.474), provides $189,162 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The funding will support technical assistance to Rhode Island seafood dealers to maintain electronic reporting to the Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information System, as required by state law. It will also fund analytical support for the state's fishery quota monitoring and dealer compliance programs, using commercial landings data. Data collection and enhancement of trip-level catch and effort information will be expanded through the commercial harvester logbook and electronic recreational logbook programs, with a continued transition to electronic trip reporting. Finally, Rhode Island supplemental fisheries data will be maintained in the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program data warehouse.

This study will provide new and existing rhode island (RI) seafood dealers with technical support to maintain and improve dealer electronic reporting to the standard atlantic fisheries information system (safis) pursuant to RI marine fisheries statutes and regulations; provide technical and analytical support to the RI marine fisheries quota monitoring program as well as maintain dealer compliance monitoring protocols for both quota and non-quota managed species by utilizing commercial landings data from safis; collect and enhance trip-level catch and effort data through the RI marine fisheries commercial harvester catch and effort logbook program and the RI electronic recreational logbook (elogbook) program and continue to transition commercial fishermen to electronic trip reporting; and maintain and improve the existing data feed of RI supplemental fisheries data to the accsp data warehouse.