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ACCSP Issues Request for FY2021 Proposals
The Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (Program or ACCSP) is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to Program Partners and Committees for FY21 funding. ACCSP’s Funding Decision Document (FDD) provides an overview of the funding decision process, guidance for preparing and submitting proposals, and information on funding recipients’ post-award responsibilities. Projects in areas not specifically…
Read MoreChanges to Gear Codes and Grade Codes
The Standard Codes committee has reviewed and approved several requests for changes to the ACCSP codes. The first is the addition of a new bivalve “viscera” grade code, to accommodate dealers purchasing scallop skirts (everything except the adductor muscle). The second is to clarify two of the existing gill net gear codes by changing their…
Read More2019 Fisheries Commercial Data are Now Available in the ACCSP Data Warehouse
The Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program is pleased to announce that the commercial data for 2019 are now available in the Data Warehouse.
Read MorePlanned ACCSP Updates
Users of SAFIS applications and mobile APIs including eDR online and mobile and eTrips online and mobile, will experience a brief (30-60 minute) disruption of services on Thursday April 9 at 5:30pm EST. If you experience problems during this time, please wait a little while and try again. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you.– ACCSP…
Read MoreACCSP Announces FY20 Funding Recipients
ACCSP is pleased to announce the recipients of its FY20 funding awards. Thanks to NOAA Fisheries, ACCSP is able to fund 13 new and ongoing projects submitted by our state and federal partners to improve fisheries data collection and processing on the Atlantic coast. This year’s awards total approximately $3.5 million. ACCSP’s annual funding process…
Read MoreNotice to Users: Change to Gear Codes
The Standard Codes committee has reviewed and approved several requests for changes to the ACCSP Gear codes. The first is the addition of a new electrofishing gear code, to accommodate regulations for a new commercial fishing gear license in Virginia. The second is to reclassify several of the existing trawl gear codes into two new…
Read MoreGARFO Planned Downtime Tonight
Tonight, Friday, February 21, 2020 – 9PM-11PM GARFO systems will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours to allow for a scheduled system updates. All GARFO federal reports submitted via SAFIS eTRIPS (mobile and online) will fail during this time. State reports in SAFIS eTRIPS will process fine. Additionally, there will be no impact on SAFIS…
Read MoreGARFO Planned Maintenance
9PM on Feb 14 through 9AM on Feb 17 GARFO systems will experience intermittent outages and potentially degraded performance during this time. Work will be completed by Monday morning. GARFO federal reports submitted via SAFIS eTRIPS (mobile and online) MAY fail. Please wait and try resubmitting a few hours later. Your original submission date will be maintained.…
Read MoreNOAA Fisheries Gets Fisherman’s Perspective on Electronic Reporting
In a two-part interview with Rick Bellavance, a NEFMC member and charter fisherman, NOAA fisheries highlights the benefits of electronic reporting and monitoring and the need for integrated reporting. ACCSP is currently working on integrated reporting with our partners through the SAFIS Redesign, which will increase the flexibility of the SAFIS applications, a One Stop…
Read MoreGARFO Planned Downtime
Sunday, January 19, 2020 – 9PM-11PM GARFO systems will be unavailable for approximately 2 hours to allow for a scheduled system updates. All GARFO federal reports submitted via SAFIS eTRIPS (mobile and online) will fail during this time. State reports in SAFIS eTRIPS will process fine. Additionally, there will be no impact on SAFIS eDR…
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