The Fishing Gear Data Working Group was tasked with developing recommendations to ROSA staff on where fisheries-related data should be published, how data should be organized to maximize discovery and reusability, and to describe what ROSA can do to support adoption of these recommendations.
Based on the advice of this group and with support from other regional partners, ROSA recommends fishing gear data be published to the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) structured using Darwin Core standards.
Meeting Summaries
- Fishing Gear Work Group Meeting Summary (April 4, 2025)
- Fishing Gear Work Group Meeting Summary (May 15, 2025)
ROSA and RWSC Darwin Core 101
This resource further explains what a data standard is and explains the recommended data standard (Darwin Core) by ROSA for fishing gear data (bottom trawl, gillnet, etc.).
