Net Gains Alliance has submitted a letter to the leadership at NMFS and NOAA voicing our appreciation for the attention to the confidentiality issue and our concerns that the current approach is not as comprehensive as we believe it should be to achieve NMFS' stated goals.

Here are some key issues from our read on NMFS’ draft rule on confidential fisheries data and information for your consideration as you develop your own comments.

We write to bring your attention to NMFS’ recently released draft rule on confidential fisheries data and information. The rule will be open for comment for 45 days, until April 25, 2024.