Project Information

Title: Herring Data and Information Portal 070822

Project Year and Number: 2007: 070822

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2009: 090822, 2008: 080822

Principal Investigator (PI): Steve Moffitt (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Rob Bochenek

Project Website: http://www.pwsherringportal.org

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract: This project will consolidate, document, and enter data sets, metadata, and other electronic resources into a web portal. The web portal will provide public assess to information, data, and GIS visualizations. Scientist and researchers will utilize the web portal as a resource to assist in consolidating, accessing and synthesizing herring data. This project will also develop an ArcPad application for collecting herring aerial survey data directly into a GIS format. The project was conceived during an EVOS sponsored workshop in April 2006 that was tasked to identify Prince William Sound herring data gaps and develop restoration or research projects to help herring recovery. Participants indicated that knowledge of the spatial and temporal aspects of herring related data sets, e.g., herring spawn, was necessary to understand how restoration activities might affect herring abundance trajectories. Currently there are many herring related data sets that are not easily accessible to restoration researchers and managers. Several restoration projects proposed at the April 2006 meeting would require spatial and temporal knowledge of herring data as input to a model or as a measure of the success of a restoration project. This project would provide easier access and visualization of selected herring data sets and other electronic resources.


Proposal: View (232 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY07: View (334 KB)
Final Report: See Project 090822

Publications from this Project: None Available