December 20, 2013 โ The following was released by NOAA:
NOAA Fisheries today announced that it is undertaking a coordinated effort to improve the quality, usefulness, timeliness, and delivery of data collected from the fishing industry used in its science and management. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, in partnership with the School for Marine Science and Technology, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, will help NOAA Fisheries by conducting a survey of external data users and others interested in contributing to improving our data systems.
Read the release from NOAA