Mar 132020
 

Thank you for visiting the website.

The Pacific Fisheries Information Network (PacFIN) is a collaboration between member state and federal fishery agencies that supply the information needed to effectively manage fish stocks on the west coast of the United States. The data is stored, processed and disseminated by members of PacFIN staff. The member agencies include the Californian Department of Fish & Wildlife, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), and Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC). More…

 

Apr 242025
 

Our IT team has restored the network connectivity for the PacFIN and RecFIN databases and APEX reporting services. There may be some lingering issues, so please inform PacFIN/RecFIN staff if you have any issues connecting to the services you normally use.

Apr 222025
 

PSMFC’s IT department continues to work through network issues at our new location.  They have made good progress, but we do not have a firm timeline for when our systems will be fully functional.

Users who are on an agency network should be able to access the databases normally. Users who use the PSMFC VPN are not able to access the database but can still access data through the APEX Reporting system.

Apr 162025
 

For your information, the PSMFC HQ office is moving to a new location! Due to the move you may experience an interruption in service with the PacFIN and RecFIN Databases and reporting services beginning Friday, 4/18. The goal is to have all systems fully operational by Monday 4/21. We will follow up with updates as needed.

Thanks for your patience during the move..

May 312023
 

Due to technical issue the PacFIN/RecFIN upgrade was paused this morning. The upgrade will now be applied 6/1/2023 from 6am to 8am. The upgrades will also take the Answers and APEX reporting systems offline. There may be some delays in returning all services to full functionality.

May 252023
 


Starting 5/31/2023 at 6 am the PacFIN and RecFIN databases will be unavailable due to software upgrades. Service is expected to back by 8 am. The upgrades will also take the Answers and APEX reporting systems offline. There may be some delays in returning all services to full functionality.

Mar 232023
 

Section 4.6 in the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS FMP) describes the production of an annual stock assessment and fishery evaluation report, or SAFE. It provides the Council with a summary of information about the condition of HMS stocks and their marine ecosystems, and the social and economic condition of recreational and commercial fisheries and fishing communities. Much of this information may be found in the online SAFE on the Pacific Council’s website. This HMS SAFE Portal, developed and maintained by the Pacific Fisheries Information Network, provides another point of public access to HMS fisheries landings, revenue, and participation data.

PacFIN recently worked with the Council and NOAA Fisheries to implement this new data portal within the PacFIN APEX to provide access to these data. This Portal is organized in three tabs.

  1. The About landing tab provides high-level metrics for the most recent reporting year in the HMS fisheries
  2. The SAFE Highlights tab provides fishery specific information, including a brief description of the fishery; catch, revenue, and participation trends; and average landings composition by species.
  3. The Available Data tab provides access to ten detailed data reports.  These reports present landings, revenue, and participation data by species, fisheries, port, and time of year. Users may filter the data and download it for further processing and use.

The HMS SAFE Portal is available via link from the main PacFIN APEX reports page and all reports are searchable through the Reports menu tree.