Posts Tagged ‘ACCSP news’
ACCSP Director comments on impacts of COVID-19 on fishery-dependent data collection
In an interview with Geoffrey White, Director of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP). The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) highlights the effects of COVID – 19 on the For-Hire Electronic Reporting and dockside data from fishermen. ACCSP is responsible for the commercial and recreational data collection for all the states from Maine…
Read MoreACCSP 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 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 MorePlanned ACCSP Maintenance
Users of ACCSP web applications and mobile APIs including SAFIS, eTrips online and mobile, the Data Warehouse, and APAIS ATA may experience a brief (15-30 minute) disruption of services on Thursday October 31 at 8pm EST. If you experience problems connecting to ACCSP, try refreshing your browser cache, or restart your PC or mobile device…
Read MoreNotice to users: Round 6 of Changes to Species Common Names
This batch of changes focuses on creating a new common name format for large species groupings. As part of our continual effort to improve user experience, we have been working with our Partners to standardize the display of species’ common names across our Data Warehouse and SAFIS applications. These changes will make our applications consistent…
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