Framework Plan For Fisheries Information Network

The Fisheries Information Network (FIN) establishes a state-federal cooperative program to collect, manage, and disseminate statistical data and information on the commercial and recreational fisheries of the Southeast Region. There are two separate programs under the FIN: the Commercial Fisheries Information Network (ComFIN) and the Southeast Recreational Fisheries InformationNetwork [RecFIN(SE)].

This Framework Plan is the result of combined efforts of program partners which include states and

territories of the Region, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, the National Park Service, the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Fishery Management

Councils, and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions. This plan presents the

FIN missions, goals, and objectives and broadly describes how these programs will be organized,

operated, managed, and funded. This Framework Plan will be implemented through detailed, annual

operations plans.