Join us at 10:00 am (Pacific) on October 16th for the next meeting of the PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG). During the meeting, we will update participants on current tasks, hear a presentation about innovative fish monitoring, and provide you with opportunities to engage regional managers and experts. These meetings are an opportune time to discuss tasks and get input from members on where they see importance or could use facilitated support.

Tech Talk: WATCH RECORDING

Salmon Research and Monitoring Interest Group – Introduction to RDA and Working Group Development

Presenters: Lara Erikson​ (Program Manager, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission) and Tom Bird (Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

Summary:

The Salmon Research and Monitoring Interest Group (IG) within the Research Data Alliance (RDA) was formed to address the need for better data sharing and standardization in salmon research, building on the synthesis paper Salmon Data Mobilization from the International Year of the Salmon (IYS) closing symposium in 2023. The collaborative efforts from an informal group looking to address the challenges of salmon data mobilization gradually evolved and cohered into a more formal Interest Group within the RDA. Salmon data are broad, multi-disciplinary, and complex, encompassing data on salmon at various life stages (freshwater, sea, spawning), as well as related biological processes (prey, predators) and physical environments (oceans, rivers). A key recommendation from the IYS paper was establishing a peer support network to facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and skill development in the salmon research community. With several collaborators already being members, the RDA was chosen for its global community and existing infrastructure. Aims of the IG include expanding the current three chairs to eight across Atlantic and Pacific regions, serve as a social network to link ideas across time zones, learn from the existing RDA community’s tools and strategies, and develop and share their own tools and processes within open spaces such as Zenodo and GitHub. The IG is a larger overarching group of members and collaborators under which smaller more focused Working Groups (WG) are formed which focus on outputs with clear, short-term and specific goals. Thus far, proposed WG topics include; salmon ontology, salmon data paper synthesis, biochronology of otolith and scale samples, monitoring methods ontology, migration timing data, and long-term monitoring data. The salmon ontology WG in particular has made progress building upon a workshop held at the BC-WA Chapter AFS meeting in March 2025. The IG and the various WGs aim to foster a collaborative environment to tackle the complexities of salmon data for conservation and recovery efforts.

Agenda

• 10:00 – Welcome and Introductions
• 10:05 – Task Updates
• 10:20 – Tech Talk
• 11:10 – Q&A
• 11:30 – Adjourn

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The PNAMP Fish Monitoring Work Group (FMWG), meets quarterly to discuss task progress, share expertise through guest presentations, and support collaboration, communication, and coordination among fish monitoring practitioners for effective monitoring and efficient data sharing. The FMWG is also interested in your work; if you would like to present your innovative fish monitoring ideas or any recent publications at a future meeting please contact Meg Dethloff, mdethloff@psmfc.org