FITS Excom Conference Call 12/10/2015 10:00am- 10:45am CST. Attendees: Julie Defilippi Thom Litts Rebecca Krogman Nick Sievert Jeff Ojala Discussion: 1: Website and Portal Update Julie- Update about website and membership portal Concern-Secure.fisheries.org none of it is working. Trying to arrange a way for ESAB folks can have a webinar to deal with... Read More
FITS Executive Committee Conference Call Notes: November 12, 2015 AFS Web Updates: Website needs role out – Doug Austin 22 Oct, has contract with IMIS Group (for portal work. 4-6 weeks from this date to online. Julie will follow up on launch date and reiterate that the ESAB should have the ability to review.... Read More
FITS Excom Conference Call 10/8/2015 10:00am-11:45am Attendees: Julie Defilippi Thom Litts Andrew Loftus Jeffrey Ojala Jeff Kopaska Rebecca Krogman Discussion: Website Update Rebecca provided an update, not much has changed since last call. New website is ready Still working on member portal IMS (sp?) has been contracted to work on the website This... Read More
Submitted by Dan Isaak KEY POINTS Massive amounts of water quality data, biological surveys, and habitat condition assessments have been collected by natural resource organizations throughout the U.S. The National Stream Internet (NSI) project developed an analytical infrastructure that can be used consistently anywhere with existing stream databases. Status and trend assessments for the nation’s... Read More
Submitted by Daniel Walker Fisheries managers, aquatic ecologists, and others interested in studying the habitat quality and availability for fish species in freshwater systems often face an uphill battle. Unlike our esteemed colleagues in the field of terrestrial ecology, we usually cannot rely on widely available satellite imagery and high resolution topographic maps to detail... Read More
FITS Excom Conference Call 9/10/2015 10:00am-11:15am Attendees: Julie Defilippi Andy Loftus Nick Sievert Rebecca Krogman Jeff Kopaska Thom Litts Jodi Whittier Agenda: Vacant positions (Newsletter, Webmaster, Communications)-Julie Jeff Ojala interested in taking over newsletter editing duties, Nick will work with him in determining roles going forward. Communications: Nicole Eiden has expressed interest and... Read More
For more than 10 years, AFS/FITS has coordinated the development of the Multistate Aquatic Resources Information System (MARIS). As we plan for the future of fisheries information sharing, it is productive to take a retrospective view of what has worked well, and what lessons we have learned, from the past experiences in developing MARIS. If... Read More
Submitted by Jeff Kopaska The AFS Fisheries Information & Technology Section (AFS-FITS) is in the process of reviewing some of the important pieces of software it has provided over the years. Recent changes in operating systems for PC computers have rendered older programs potentially unusable in current environments. These issues led AFS-FITS to work with... Read More
Submitted by Damon Hess and Katie Pierson November 18 (Portland, OR) – In a packed conference room of 109 participants from 35 organizations, Bill Bradbury challenged attendees at the “Emerging Technologies in Field Data Collection” workshop to become more efficient in their monitoring activities. As Northwest Power and Conservation Council Chair, Mr. Bradbury has been... Read More
Submitted by Pam Fuller The U.S. Geological Survey’s Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database (http://nas.er.usgs.gov) functions as a repository and clearinghouse for occurrence information on nonindigenous aquatic species from across the United States. The NAS database contains spatially referenced biogeographic information on more than 1,000 species introduced since 1800, including foreign species and North American native... Read More
