Our Purpose
The mission of the Net Gains Alliance is to improve the collection, management, and use of data and information to enhance the benefits obtained from sustainable management of fisheries and marine ecosystems.
In working to spur the critical effort of information modernization, NGA seeks to further improve overall management and enhance environmental, social, and economic fisheries performance.
OUR PRIORITIES
Net Gains Alliance has articulated four priorities to chart a course to sustainable fisheries management through modern data collection, management, and utilization.
WHAT WE DO
We work towards our vision of achieving healthy ocean ecosystems and resources managed with trusted, modern data systems by working tirelessly with the full array of stakeholders to identify, articulate and pursue common goals. By connecting with fishermen, policymakers, non profit organizations and scientists, we facilitate cross-sector dialogues, support collaboration, identify issues, and participate in strategy and solution development, and monitor and track progress.
Believing transparency is the best way to build trust, we make our findings public through published white papers, webinars, blogs, presentations and convenings to communicate steps forward and encourage the repurposing of our findings in service of more sustainable fisheries.
WHO WE ARE
We are fishermen, business leaders, scientists, natural resource managers, technologists, ocean experts, conservationists, philanthropists, and a broad and growing collective of people and organizations that care deeply about the future of our oceans and the communities that depend upon them for their well being.
We are bound together by an understanding that improving how we use information to plan and manage our vast ocean resources can have an outsized and immensely positive impact on their economic, social and ecological performance.
WHAT WE’VE ACCOMPLISHED
In 2017, Net Gains Alliance was formed to advocate for data modernization, better data collection, and improved data handling to facilitate the sustainable management of ocean resources. After seven years, the organization has raised awareness of these key issues, issued recommendations for future needs, and provided insight into the current state of fisheries data.
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Fishing for Data, a 2021 film by the Net Gains Alliance, explores how, and why, the modernization of data systems is critical to improving fisheries management in the US. As told by fishermen, resource managers, academics and data scientists, Fishing for Data provides an honest look at the current state, while showing how increased collaboration and better data are critical to delivering long-lasting benefits to people and nature alike.