The Net Gains Alliance (NGA) is a global initiative committed to accelerating the modernization, implementation, and adaptation of robust information systems to support sustainable management of ocean resources.
NGA is working to spur modernization of America’s fisheries information system, an effort viewed as critical by industry and fisheries managers alike for further improving overall management and enhancing environmental, social and economic performance.
Our Mission
Improve the collection, management, and use of data and information to enhance the benefits obtained from sustainable management of fisheries and marine ecosystems.
Our Vision
Healthy ocean ecosystems and resources that are managed with trusted, modern data and information management systems to provide the best possible social, economic and environmental benefits to people and nature alike.
Problem & Solution
Like many complex marine resources, America’s fisheries rely on a robust, science-based process for comprehensive and effective management. As the diversity of information needs for fisheries management increase, so does the pace at which decisions should be made. Current information management systems should be enhanced to meet these evolving needs, thus ensuring that the economic and conservation benefits of our fisheries are sustained.
NGA is assembling a strong coalition of industry, managers and other stakeholders, and working with these partners to develop and implement a national modernization strategy. A key element to this effort is demonstrating the many benefits gained from a modernized, interoperable data backbone by helping catalyze numerous projects – at the state, regional and national level – that unlock the power of better fisheries data.
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.