The Fisheries Information System (FIS) within NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology is committed to supporting communities of practice, called professional specialty groups, which convene experts from multiple disciplines in order to address a specific need or issue that is identified by the program management team. The Quality Management and Continuous Improvement (QM/CI) Professional Specialty Group brings experts together from across NOAA Fisheries and our partner institutions to provide trainings; conduct workshops; promote timely, cost-effective management and policy-making; and foster a broad and enduring culture of quality throughout the fisheries data community. The tools that we employ can solve the everyday challenges faced by scientists, managers, and others who work with fisheries data. Whether it’s integrating complex and divergent information streams into a single, accessible data source, or creating a strategic plan to drive a good idea from the whiteboard to the field, we can help you promote integration, rationalize processes, and foster collaboration across agencies and disciplines—all with a focus on understanding and meeting the needs of end-users.
Funding
Each year, the Fisheries Information System, National Observer Program, and National Catch Shares Program fund projects that enhance science and management. A key area of interest for this funding stream’s Request for Proposals is support for initiatives that incorporate quality management and continuous improvement practices—such as strategic planning or process analysis workshops—into new or existing projects to improve fishery-dependent data collection, storage, and dissemination.
Learn how FIS supports innovative projects
Explore previously funded quality management and continuous improvement projects
Tools
A variety of exercises, tools, and best practices can help us understand and improve data, processes, and projects. Group members have provided descriptions, examples, and templates from completed projects to help understand the benefit of these tools.
Learn about quality management and continuous improvement tools
Read about quality management and continuous improvement success stories
Contact Us
Members of this group provide guidance and expertise to the NOAA Fisheries community and our partners. To learn more about quality management and continuous improvement or to request help applying these tools to a project you’re working on, email the group or reach out directly to the group member from your region or office.
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Glenn Campbell
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glenn.campbell@noaa.gov
206-526-4240
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Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division
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Stacy Katasse
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stacy.katasse@noaa.gov
907-586-7363
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Alaska Regional Office
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Julie Defilippi Simpson
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julie.simpson@accsp.org
703-842-0787
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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ACCSP)
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Donna Bellais
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dbellais@gsmfc.org
228-875-5912
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Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission GulfFIN
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Karen Sender
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karen.sender@noaa.gov
301-427-8192
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Headquarters Office of Science and Technology
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Lucas Johansen
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lucas.johansen@noaa.gov
301-427-8141
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Headquarters Office of Science and Technology
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Melissa Yencho
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melissa.yencho@noaa.gov
301-427-8193
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Headquarters Office of Science and Technology
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Debra Duarte
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debra.duarte@noaa.gov
508-495-2304
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Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Fisheries Monitoring and Research Division
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| Erin Kupcha |
erin.kupcha@noaa.gov
508-495-2031
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Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
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Jeff Cowen
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jeff.cowen@noaa.gov
206-860-3413
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Northwest Fisheries Science Center
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Dawn Golden
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dawn.golden@noaa.gov
808-725-5100
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Pacific Islands Regional Office
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Bob Ryznar
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robert_ryznar@psmfc.org
503-595-3234
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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
AKFIN/PacFIN
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Jenny Suter
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jsuter@psmfc.org
503-595-3148
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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission PacFIN
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Jason Edwards
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jedwards@psmfc.org
503-595-3109
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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission RecFIN
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Jennifer Cudney
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jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov
727-209-5980
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Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division (SE Branch); Southeast Regional Office
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Vivian Matter
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vivian.matter@noaa.gov
305-361-4571
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Southeast Fisheries Science Center
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Taylor Debevec
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taylor.debevec@noaa.gov
562-980-4066
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West Coast Region
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More Information
Carrie Selberg Robinson (center, black jacket) visiting the Southern Flow Corridor habitat restoration project in Tillamook Bay, Oregon in 2016 with NOAA staff and partners. Credit: NOAA
School of Sardines. Photo credit: iStock.
First U.S. Fish Commissioner Spencer Baird (on shore, at right) and colleagues seining in Little Harbor, Woods Hole, circa 1875. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC Historical Collection.
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.