Feb 132016
The NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, a partner of PacFIN, recently released a web based tool to help investigate the economic effects of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program (IFQ) on communities and vessels. The initial report examines vessel level data and uses data from PacFin as well as from surveys. There are plans for subsequent reports and tools to further explore the data. See their webpage (Link) for further detail and updates.