Peer Nodes

FishBox is an open-source code repository maintained by the Mathematical Biology Program at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle WA. The public may use and download public projects, but registration, access to node-only projects, and creation of new projects is restricted to NOAA scientists. Any NOAA scientist may register directly. Privacy controls on projects can be used to limit access to project members only, node members only (meaning registered FishBox users), or the public. However as FishBox is NOAA controlled, all posted documents and code are subject to FOIA.

FishBox is a simple version control system for working on and collaborating on code. FishBox is intended to be used for the kinds of modeling and statistical code that would later become part of the public domain via publication in academic journals or tech memos. FishBox should not be used for collaboration on projects that are sensitive in nature. All projects are viewable by the FishBox administrators (in the MathBio program) who monitor the site activity to ensure that the site is being used in a manner consistent with the purpose of the site and NOAA rules regarding professional internet usage.