A forum for coordinating state, federal, and tribal

aquatic monitoring programs in the Pacific

Northwest

Pacific NorthwestPacific NorthwestAquatic Aquatic

Monitoring Monitoring PartnershipPartnership(PNAMP)(PNAMP)

Primary PNAMP goalPrimary PNAMP goal

Facilitate information Facilitate information sharingsharing and improve improve qualityquality of aquatic data through adoption of standardized sampling designs, methods, and data protocols.

Management Questions Management Questions need to drive the processneed to drive the process

• MQ’s must be defined first first by each entity in order to identify information needs

• Agreement on metrics & indicatorsmetrics & indicators and the appropriate temporal and spatial scales

• PNAMP to play a role in design & design & methodsmethods for collecting data

• Ultimately allow higher quality, more more robust data & informationrobust data & information that can be used for multiple purposes

Management Questions Management Questions

• PNAMP Management Question survey• Federal RME MQ/Info Needs table• CSMEP survey • NOAA Fisheries MQ/Info Needs list

All lists lead to manyAll lists lead to many

common information needs!common information needs!

What can PNAMP What can PNAMP

contribute?contribute? Survey DesignSurvey Design: develop an integrated

design for status & trends monitoring (using GRTS, “master sample”)

ProtocolsProtocols (methods) for data collection

•Tools:Tools: data dictionary/protocol catalogue, method manual template

•Specific MethodsMethods

PNAMP Protocols WorkPNAMP Protocols Work• Habitat: Watershed

Protocol Comparison Test

• Fish population monitoring techniques

• Effectiveness monitoring techniques

• Macroinvertebrate sampling (with NBAW)

PNAMP NeedsPNAMP Needs

Technical helpTechnical help to: Document and develop specific data

needs; identify and communicate data issues.

Assist with current PNAMP tasks, such as: Protocol Manager (data dictionary) assessment, Monitoring Inventory, demonstration projects, protocol comparison projects.

PNAMP NeedsPNAMP Needs

Strong communication and communication and collaborationcollaboration with regional data management entities to develop data management solutions.

Assistance with implementationimplementation of PNAMP recommendations with PNAMP partners to ensure sharing of monitoring data.

Can StreamNet help Can StreamNet help meet these needs?meet these needs?

PNAMP is interested in investigating options for StreamNet to directly support specific PNAMP needs.

More InformationMore Information

www.PNAMP.org