The Columbia Basin PIT Tag Information System (PTAGIS) is a coordination and data management project of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC). PSMFC is an organization established by Congress in 1947 to help resource agencies and the fishing industry sustainably manage Pacific Ocean resources in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and California.

PTAGIS is funded by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program under project 1990-080-00. This program is developed by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council to help protect and enhance fish and wildlife affected by the federal hydropower dams.

The PIT Tag Steering Committee (PTSC) was established to provide technical guidance and facilitate coordination between PTAGIS and its users. 

More than 40 different state, federal, tribal, county, private, non-profit, and academic fisheries management and research organizations have submitted data to the regional PTAGIS database.

PTAGIS staff are located in two offices: Portland, OR, where the data tools are developed and maintained, and in Kennewick, WA, where the field operations staff are headquartered.