Part II:Observer Program Descriptions

CANADA/U. S. OBSERVER PROGRAM WORKSHOP

UNITED STATES OBSERVER PROGRAMSUMMARIESNORTH PACIFIC & BERING SEA GROUNDFISH, TRAWL & FIXED GEAR FISHERY .........................................OFFSHORE PACIFIC WHITING FISHERY ...............................................................................................................,... 70ALEUTIAN ISLANDS KING CRAB POT FISHERY......................................................................................................BERING SEA KOREAN HORSEHAIR CRAB POT FISHERY......................................................................................BERING SEA KING CRAB AND TANNER CRAB POT FISHERIES...........................................................................STATEWIDE SCALLOPS DREDGE FISHERY (EXCEPT COOK INLET)...................................................................ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOP DREDGE FISHERY...........................................................................................................GIANT ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA PURSE SEINE FISHERY ..................................................................................LARGE PELAGIC DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY .............................................................................................................LOBSTER POT FISHERY.... .....

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NEW ENGLAND AND MID-ATLANTIC GILLNET FISHERIES ................................................................................. 76NORTHWEST ATLANTIC TRAWL FISHERIES ...........................................................................................................NORTH PUGET SOUND NON-TREATY SOCKEYE AND CHUM GILLNET FISHERIES .......................................WEST COAST LIMITED ENTRY GROUNDFISH TRA WL FISHERY.........................................................................SHORESIDE LANDINGS OF PACIFIC WHITING """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""..........................................SOUTHEASTERN SHRIMP OTTER TRAWL FISHERY ...............................................................................................SEFSC PELAGIC LONGLINE OBSERVER PROGRAM ..................................,............................................................CALIFORNIA/OREGON DRIFT GILLNET FISHERY..................................... ........

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HAWAII PELAGIC LONGLINE FISHERY .....................................................................................................................NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LOBSTER FISHERY ................................................................................

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A G

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WL

& F

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R F

ISH

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k L

eade

r , A

lask

a Fi

sher

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Scie

nce

Cen

ter,

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San

d Po

int W

ay, S

eattl

e, W

9811

5

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

dat

a on

cat

ch a

nd b

ycat

ch q

uant

ity, c

ompo

si-

tion,

and

bio

logi

cal c

hara

cter

istic

s , d

ocum

ent f

ishe

ry in

tera

ctio

ns w

ithm

arin

e m

amm

als

and

seab

irds

, mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

fede

ral f

ish-

erie

s re

gula

tions

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

lAuthority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Man

agem

ent A

ct (

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Gul

f of

Ala

ska

Gro

undf

ish

and

Ber

ing

Seal

Ale

utia

n Is

land

s G

roun

dfis

h Fi

sher

y M

anag

emen

t Pla

ns),

Mar

ine

Mam

mal

Pro

tect

ion

Act

.V

olun

teer

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

s: D

irec

t observer costs - industry funded; N

MFS

ope

ratio

nal

cost

s -

govt

. fun

ded.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: 1973 to present. Originally m

onito

red

fore

ign

and

join

t ven

-tu

re f

ishi

ng, 1

00%

dom

estic

sin

ce 1

991.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: ($U

.)

Cos

ts to

indu

stry

$8-

10 m

illio

n; A

genc

y co

sts

$2m

illio

n.

Fishery Description (1997)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

ll m

ajor

gro

undf

ish

spec

ies

harv

este

d in

U. S

. Fed

eral

wat

ers

ofth

e G

ulf

of A

lask

a an

d B

erin

g Se

al A

leut

ian

Isla

nds.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: N

one.

Byc

atch

: Byc

atch

of h

alib

ut, s

alm

on, k

ing

and

Tan

ner

crab

, mar

ine

mam

mal

s(s

ever

al s

peci

es),

and

sea

bird

s (s

ever

al s

peci

es)

occu

rs a

nd is

des

ig-

nate

d as

pro

hibi

ted

or p

rote

cted

spe

cies

byc

atch

. Byc

atch

of

grou

nd-

fish

als

o oc

curs

in th

e gr

ound

fish

fis

heri

es.

Flee

t siz

e: 3

50 v

esse

ls a

nd 2

0 sh

ore

plan

ts.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Yea

r-ro

und

(clo

sure

s su

bjec

t to

targ

et a

nd b

ycat

ch q

uota

limits

).T

otal

ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et species: Total Groundfish = 2 million t (p

ollo

ck =

2 m

illio

n t,

Pac

ific

cod

= 3

2600

0 t,

yel

low

fin

sole

= 1

8100

0 t)

Tot

al n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: U

nkno

wn;

observer coverage days

000

- 35

000.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed a

mon

gN

MFS

, the

Nor

th P

acif

ic O

bser

ver

Tra

inin

g C

ente

r of

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f

Ala

ska

Anc

hora

ge (

OT

C),

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

and

fiv

e in

depe

nden

t obs

erve

rco

ntra

ctor

s (w

ho a

re c

ertif

ied

by N

MF

S).

The

con

trac

tors

hir

ed a

nd d

e-pl

oyed

ove

r 50

0 ob

serv

ers

in 1

997.

NM

FS a

nd O

TC

trai

n an

d br

ief

obse

rv-

ers.

NM

FS

pro

vide

s ot

her

obse

rver

sup

port

ser

vice

s (d

ebri

efm

g, o

bser

ver

gear

, tra

inin

g do

cum

ents

, enf

orce

men

t sup

port

), m

aint

ains

fie

ld o

ffic

es in

Kodiak and Dutch Harbor, a

nd is

res

pons

ible

for maintaining information

syst

ems

for

scie

ntif

ic a

nd o

pera

tiona

l dat

a , a

nd a

dmin

istr

ativ

e su

ppor

t.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: N

MFS

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or f

undi

ngan

d ov

eral

l adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

m in

clud

ing

obse

rver

trai

ning

(in

part

ners

hip

with

OT

C),

deb

riefm

g an

d da

ta m

anag

emen

t. T

he fi

shin

g in

-du

stry

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or m

akin

g arrangements with NMFS-certified con-

trac

tors

for

pla

cem

ent o

f N

MFS

-cer

tifie

d ob

serv

ers

aboa

rd th

eir

vess

els

or a

tth

eir

proc

essi

ng fa

cilit

ies

for

and

payi

ng contractors for direct observer

costs. The observer co

ntra

ctor

s ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ob

serv

er r

ecru

iting

, de-

ploy

men

t, logistics, i

nsur

ance

/ben

efits

and

del

iver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Nor

th P

acif

ic O

bser

ver

Tra

inin

g C

ente

r of

the

Uni

ver-

sity

of

Ala

ska

Anc

hora

ge (

see

abov

e).

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge:

Fish

ing

day

= a

day

in w

hich

fis

hing

gea

r is

ret

riev

ed a

nd g

roun

d-fi

sh r

etai

ned.

Processing day = a day in w

hich

gro

undf

ish

is r

ecei

ved

or p

roc-

esse

d.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d:V

esse

ls 1

25 f

t. or

long

er =

100

% c

over

age

of f

ishi

ng d

ays.

Ves

sels

60

- 12

4 ft

. = 3

0% c

over

age

of f

ishi

ng d

ays.

Sho

re p

lant

s pr

oces

sing

::::-

100

0 t/m

o.

= 1

00%

cov

erag

e of

pro

cess

-ing days.

Shor

e pl

ants

pro

cess

ing

::::-

500

t/mo.

= 3

0% c

over

age

of p

roce

ssin

gda

ys.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

"--i

"--i

1"1-

,

tJ;) rr,

1"1-

,

\:J L.,

c::::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

OFF

SHO

RE

PA

CIF

IC W

HIT

ING

FIS

HE

RY

Bill

Kar

p, T

ask

Lea

der ,

Ala

ska

Fish

erie

s Sc

ienc

e C

ente

r , 76

00 S

and

Poin

t Way

, Sea

ttle,

WA

9811

5

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

cat

ch a

nd b

iolo

gica

l dat

a; c

hara

cter

ize

mar

ine

mam

mal

and

sal

mon

byc

atch

; mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

fed

eral

fis

her-

ies

regu

latio

ns.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Man

agem

ent A

ct, Marine M

amm

al P

rote

ctio

n A

ct.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Vol

unta

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ces:

Dir

ect o

bser

ver

cost

s -

indu

stry

fun

ded;

NM

FS o

pera

tiona

lco

sts

- go

vern

men

t fun

ded.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: 1

975

to p

rese

nt. O

rigin

ally

mon

itore

d fo

reig

n an

d jo

int v

en-

ture

fis

hing

, 100

% d

omes

tic s

ince

199

1.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: C

osts

to in

dust

ry a

ppro

x. $

100000. Government

cost

s(s

ee N

orth

Pac

ific

Gro

undf

ish

Prog

ram

sum

mar

y).

Fishery Description (1997)

Tar

get s

peci

es: P

acif

ic w

hitin

g.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.B

ycat

ch: S

alm

on, m

arin

e m

amm

als

(sev

eral

spe

cies

), s

eabi

rds

(sev

eral

spe

cies

).Fl

eet s

ize:

16

proc

essi

ng v

esse

ls.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

May

- J

une

(clo

sure

s su

bjec

t to

targ

et q

uota

lim

its).

Tot

al a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 120

000

t.T

otal

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 425

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed a

mon

gth

e fi

shin

g in

dust

ry a

nd f

ive

inde

pend

ent o

bser

ver

cont

ract

ors

(who

are

cert

ifie

d by

NM

FS).

The

con

trac

tors

hir

e an

d de

ploy

obs

erve

rs. N

MFS

trai

ns a

nd b

rief

s ob

serv

ers.

NM

FS provides other observer support

serv

ices

(de

brie

fing

, obs

erve

r ge

ar, t

rain

ing

docu

men

ts, enforcement

supp

ort)

and

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or m

aint

aini

ng in

form

atio

n sy

stem

s fo

rsc

ient

ific

and

ope

ratio

nal d

ata

and

adm

inis

trat

ive

supp

ort.

Ser

vice

del

iver

y ty

pe a

nd fu

nctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

rfu

ndin

g an

d ov

eral

l adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

m (

incl

udin

g ob

serv

ertr

aini

ng),

deb

riefin

g an

d da

ta m

anag

emen

t. T

he fi

shin

g in

dust

ry is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r m

akin

g ar

rang

emen

ts w

ith N

MFS

-cer

tifie

d co

ntra

ctor

sfo

r pl

acem

ent o

f N

MFS

-cer

tifie

d ob

serv

ers

aboa

rd th

eir

vess

els

and

payi

ng c

ontr

acto

rs f

or d

irec

t obs

erve

r co

sts.

The

obs

erve

r co

ntra

ctor

s ar

e re

-sp

onsi

ble

for

obse

rver

rec

ruiti

ng, d

eplo

ymen

t , logistics, insurance/benefits

and

deliv

ery

of o

bser

ver

data

to N

MFS

.O

ther

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es: N

one.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge:

Fish

ing

day

= a

day

in w

hich

Pac

ific

whi

ting

is r

ecei

ved

or p

roce

ssed

.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: 1

00%

.

AL

EU

TIA

N I

SLA

ND

S K

ING

CR

AB

PO

T F

ISH

ER

YL

arry

Boy

le, A

lask

a D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Gam

e S

hellf

ish

Obs

erve

r P

rogr

am, P

OB

ox 9

2058

7 D

utch

Har

bor ,

AK

9969

2

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

ing

esse

ntia

l bio

logi

cal a

nd f

ishe

ry m

anag

emen

t dat

ain

clud

ing

quan

tifyi

ng s

peci

es c

ompo

sitio

n , b

ycat

ch, h

arve

st, b

iolo

gica

l and

lega

l cra

b ca

rapa

ce s

ize

dist

ribu

tions

, the

rep

rodu

ctiv

e st

atus

of

fem

ale

crab

and

mon

itor

regu

latio

n co

mpl

ianc

e.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: St

ate.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fi

sher

y C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Man

age-

men

t Act

(Fi

sher

y M

anag

emen

t Pla

n fo

r B

erin

g Se

al A

leut

ian

Isla

nds

Kin

gan

d T

anne

r C

rab)

; Ala

ska

Sta

tute

s -

16. 0

5.05

and

16.

05.2

51; A

lask

a B

oard

of F

ishe

ries

; Ala

ska Administrative Code - 5 A

AC

39.

141

and

5 A

AC

39.6

45.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ces:

Dir

ect o

bser

ver

cost

s -

indu

stry

fun

ded;

Ala

ska

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fi

shan

d G

ame

(AD

F&G

) op

erat

iona

l cos

ts f

rom

- S

tate

gen

eral

fun

d.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

198

8 to

pre

sent

.A

nnua

l pro

gr~m

cos

ts: P

leas

e re

fer

to B

erin

g Se

a re

d an

d bl

ue k

ing

crab

pro

gram

sum

mar

y fo

r ov

eral

l cra

b ob

serv

er p

rogr

am c

osts

.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

olde

n ki

ng c

rab

, red

kin

g crab. (Red king crab fi

sher

y ha

s be

enclosed since 1996).

Other commercially landed species:

Lith

0 d

es c

oues

iBycatch: Female and su

bleg

al g

olde

n ki

ng c

rab

, Pac

ific

cod

, sna

ils, s

culp

ins

and

red

king crab, S

telle

r se

a lio

n , g

ray

wha

le, P

acif

ic w

hite

side

d do

lphi

n , n

orth

ern

elep

hant

sea

l , D

all'

s po

rpoi

se, H

arbo

r se

al, C

alif

orni

a se

a lio

n , n

orth

ern

ful-

mar, unidentified dark shearwater, unidentified storm-pe

trel, unidentified

puff

in, u

nide

ntif

ied

seab

irds

.

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

Fleet size: 15 - 24.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Gol

den

king

cra

b: S

epte

mbe

r 1

until

clo

sed

by E

mer

genc

yO

rder

whe

n G

HL

is r

each

ed.

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 7

. 8 m

illio

n po

unds

.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s in

199

7: 1

,446

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: AD

F&G

, the

five

cer

tifie

d in

depe

nden

tco

ntra

ctor

s an

d th

e fi

shin

g in

dust

ry s

hare

res

pons

ibili

ties

for

the

Shel

l-fi

sh O

bser

ver

Prog

ram

.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: A

DF&

G is

resp

onsi

ble

for

esta

blis

hing

obs

erve

r an

d co

ntra

ctor

qua

lific

atio

ns, certification an

dde

cert

ific

atio

n, conflict of interest standards, and observer sampling

proc

edur

es. A

DF&

G is

als

o ch

arge

d w

ith r

evie

w o

f ob

serv

er tr

aini

ngpr

ogra

ms ,

obs

erve

r te

stin

g, b

riefin

gs, d

ebrie

fings

, ana

lysi

s of

obs

erve

rda

ta a

nd r

epor

ting.

The

con

trac

tors

hire

, tra

in a

nd deploy observers

prov

ide

all l

ogis

tic s

uppo

rt (

food

, lod

ging

, tra

nspo

rtat

ion

and

sam

plin

geq

uipm

ent)

, sal

ary/

bene

fits

, and

sec

ure

cont

ract

s di

rect

ly w

ith th

e ve

s-se

ls. T

he r

espo

nsib

ility

of

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

is to

pro

cure

and

pay

for

obse

rver

cov

erag

e th

roug

h a

cert

ifie

d co

ntra

ctor

, pro

vide

the

obse

rver

food

and

acc

omm

odat

ions

whi

le o

n bo

ard ,

cat

ch in

form

atio

n an

d th

eop

port

unity

to s

ampl

e th

e ca

tch

acco

rdin

g to

dep

artm

ent r

equi

rem

ents

.O

ther

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es: T

he N

orth

Pac

ific

Obs

erve

r T

rain

ing

Cen

ter

(OT

C),

Uni

vers

ity o

f A

lask

a -A

ncho

rage

has

pro

vide

d ob

serv

er tr

ain-

ing

for

the

five

cer

tifie

d co

ntra

ctor

s si

nce

1991

and

has

trai

ned

all

shel

lfis

h ob

serv

ers

sinc

e 19

94. T

he Alaska Department of Pu

blic

Safe

ty, F

ish

& Wildlife Protection Division, investigates observer

docu

men

tatio

n of

vio

latio

ns.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

purpose of estimating coverage: All

catc

her/

proc

esso

r an

d fl

oatin

g pr

oces

sor

vess

els

that

pro

cess

she

llfis

hat-sea. Since 1995

, obs

erve

r co

vera

ge h

as a

lso

been

req

uire

d on

all

vess

els

that

cat

ch k

ing

crab

in th

e A

leut

ian

Isla

nds

regi

stra

tion

area

.Observer coverage in 1997 - th

ree

catc

her/

proc

esso

r an

d 12

cat

cher

vess

els.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

100

%.

BE

RIN

G S

EA

KO

RE

AN

HO

RS

EH

AIR

CR

AB

PO

T F

ISH

ER

YLarry Boyle, A

lask

a D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Gam

e , S

hellf

ish

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m, P

OB

ox 9

2058

7 D

utch

Har

bor ,

AK

9969

2

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

colle

ct e

ssen

tial b

iolo

gi~a

l and

fis

hery

man

agem

ent d

ata

incl

udin

g qu

antif

ying

spe

cies

com

posi

tion ,

byc

atch

, har

vest

, bio

logi

cal a

ndle

gal c

rab

cara

pace

siz

e di

stri

butio

ns, t

he r

epro

duct

ive

stat

us o

f fe

mal

e cr

aban

d to

mon

itor

regu

latio

n co

mpl

ianc

e.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: St

ate.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Ala

ska

Stat

utes

- 1

6.05

. 05

and

16. 0

5.25

1; A

lask

a B

oard

of Fisheries, A

lask

a A

dmin

istr

ativ

e C

ode

- 5

AA

C 3

9.14

1, 5

AA

C 3

9.21

0an

d 5

AA

C 3

9.64

5.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

s: D

irec

t obs

erve

r co

sts

- in

dust

ry f

unde

d; A

DF&

G o

pera

tiona

l cos

ts -

Sta

te' g

ener

al f

und.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: 1

993

to p

rese

nt.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: Ple

ase

see

Ber

ing

Sea

red

and

blue

kin

g cr

ab fi

sher

ies

pro-

gram

sum

mar

y.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: K

orea

n ho

rseh

air

crab

.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.Bycatch: Female

, sub

lega

l, a

nd le

gal b

ut n

ot r

etai

ned

mal

e K

orea

n ho

rseh

air

crab

; ba

irdi

C.

opili

ore

d an

d bl

ue k

ing

crab

, scu

lpin

and

sna

ils.

Flee

t siz

e: 2

5 (m

orito

rium

on

new

par

ticip

ants

).Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: N

ovem

ber

1 un

til c

lose

d by

Em

erge

ncy

Ord

er w

hen

GH

L is

reac

hed.

A v

g. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es: 1

.3 m

illio

n po

unds

.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s , 1

997:

232

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: AD

F&G

, the five certified independent con-

trac

tors

' and

the

fishi

ng in

dust

ry s

hare

res

pons

ibili

ties

for

the

She

llfis

h O

b-se

rver

Pro

gram

.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: A

DF&

G is

res

pons

ible

for

est

ab-

lishi

ng o

bser

ver

and

cont

ract

or q

ualif

icat

ions

, cer

tific

atio

n an

d de

cert

ific

a-tio

n, conflict of interest standards, and ob

serv

er s

ampl

ing

proc

edur

es.

AD

F&G

is a

lso

char

ged

with

rev

iew

of

obse

rver

trai

ning

pro

gram

s , o

bser

ver

test

ing,

brie

fings

, deb

riefin

gs, a

naly

sis

of o

bser

ver

data

and

rep

ortin

g. T

heco

ntra

ctor

s hi

re, t

rain

and

deploy observers, p

rovi

de a

ll logistic supp0l1

(foo

d, lodging, transportation, sampling equipment and in

sura

nce)

, sal

-

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

c::::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

"--i

"--i

f1!

\:J:)

1"1-

,:::

a

1"1-

,

\:J c:::

......

.

f1!

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

Oth

er

aryl

bene

fits

, and

sec

ure

cont

ract

s di

rect

ly w

ith th

e ve

ssel

s. T

he r

e-sp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

fishi

ng in

dust

ry is

to p

rocu

re a

nd p

ay fo

r ob

serv

erco

vera

ge th

roug

h a

cert

ifie

d co

ntra

ctor

, pro

vide

the

obse

rver

foo

d an

dac

com

mod

atio

ns w

hile

on

boar

d , c

atch

info

rmat

ion

and

the

oppo

rtun

ityto

sam

ple

the

catc

h ac

cord

ing

to d

epar

tmen

t req

uire

men

ts.

part

icip

atin

g ag

enci

es: T

he N

orth

Pac

ific

Obs

erve

r T

rain

ing

Cen

ter

(OT

C),

Uni

vers

ity o

f A

lask

a A

ncho

rage

(O

TC

) ha

s pr

ovid

ed o

bser

ver

trai

ning

for

the

five

cer

tifie

d co

ntra

ctor

s si

nce

1991

and

has

trai

ned

all

shel

lfish

obs

erve

rs s

ince

1994. The Alaska Department of Pu

blic

Safe

ty, F

ish

& Wildlife Protection Division, investigates observer

docu

men

tatio

n of

vio

latio

ns.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: A

ll ve

s-se

ls o

ver

44 f

eet t

hat c

atch

Kor

ean

hors

ehai

r cr

ab in

the

Ber

ing

Sea ,

as

a co

nditi

on o

f the

ir fis

hing

per

mit.

In 1997

, 18

catc

her

vess

els

carr

ied

obse

rver

s.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: 1

00%

.

BE

RIN

G S

EA

KIN

G C

RA

B A

ND

TA

NN

ER

CR

AB

PO

T F

ISH

ER

IES

Larry Boyle, A

lask

a D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Gam

e , Shellfish O

bser

ver

Pro-

gram

, PO

Box

920

587

Dut

ch H

arbo

r , AK

9969

2

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

ing

esse

ntia

l bio

logi

cal a

nd f

ishe

ry m

anag

emen

tda

ta in

clud

ing quantifying species composition, bycatch, harvests

biol

ogic

al a

nd le

gal c

rab

cara

pace

siz

e di

stri

butio

ns, t

he r

epro

duct

ive

stat

us o

f fe

mal

e cr

ab, a

nd m

onito

r re

gula

tion

com

plia

nce.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Stat

e.Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Fishery Management Plan for Bering

Seal

A

leut

ian

Isla

nds

Kin

g and Tanner C

rab)

; Ala

ska Statutes - 16.

05.05 and

16.0

5.25

1; A

lask

a B

oard

of

Fish

erie

s; A

lask

a A

dmin

istr

ativ

e C

ode

- 5

AA

C 3

9.14

1 an

d 5

AA

C 3

9.64

5.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

s: D

irec

t obs

erve

r co

sts

- in

dust

ry f

unde

d; A

DF&

G o

pera

tiona

lcosts - State general fund, Observer tr

aini

ng p

ract

icum

s -

test

- fis

hau

thor

ity .

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: 1

988

to p

rese

nt.

Annual program co

sts:

Ind

ustr

y co

sts:

$1.

2 -

$1.7

million (U.

) (est.); A

DF&

G:

$215

000

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m a

dmin

istr

atio

n; D

ata

entr

y an

d an

alys

is -

$225

000

, Obs

erve

r tr

aini

ng p

ract

icum

- $

3000

0.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: R

ed a

nd b

lue

king

cra

b an

d T

anne

r an

d Sn

ow c

rab

, C.

bair

di

and C.

opili

o.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.B

ycat

ch: F

emal

e an

d su

b le

gal m

ale

crab

of

the

targ

et s

peci

es, n

on- t

arge

ted

crab

, Pa-

cifi

c co

d , s

culp

in a

nd s

nails

.F

leet

siz

e: 2

80+

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Sep

tem

ber

15 th

roug

h sp

ring

(fi

sher

ies

are

clos

ed b

y re

gula

tory

date

or

by E

mer

genc

y O

rder

(E

O)

whe

n G

HL

is r

each

ed).

A v

g. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es:

red

king

cra

b: P

ribilo

f fishery - 1.2

mill

ion

poun

ds; B

risto

l Bay

fish

ery

-2

mill

ion

poun

ds.

blue

kin

g cr

ab: P

ribi

lof

fish

ery

- 0.

6 m

illio

n po

unds

; St.

Mat

thew

fis

hery

-6

mill

ion

poun

ds.

C.

bair

di

- 4.

5 m

illio

n po

unds

(ho

wev

er, n

o fi

sher

y in

199

7).

C.

opili

o -

102

mill

ion

poun

ds.

Avg

. num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 13

500

est.

Obs

erve

r da

ys o

f co

vera

ge, 1997: 1

923.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: AD

F&G

, the five certified independent con-

trac

tors

and

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

sha

re re

spon

sibi

litie

s fo

r th

e S

hellf

ish

Ob-

serv

er P

rogr

am.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

AD

F&G

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or e

stab

-lis

hing

obs

erve

r an

d co

ntra

ctor

qua

lific

atio

ns, c

ertif

icat

ion

and

dece

rtif

ica-

tion,

conflict of interest standards, and ob

serv

er s

ampl

ing

proc

edur

es.

AD

F&G

is a

lso

char

ged

with

rev

iew

of

obse

rver

trai

ning

pro

gram

s , o

bser

ver

test

ing,

brie

fmgs

and

deb

riefin

gs, analysis of ob

serv

er d

ata

and

repo

rtin

g.T

he c

ontr

acto

rs h

ire, t

rain

and

dep

loy

obse

rver

s , p

rovi

de a

ll lo

gist

ic s

uppo

rt(f

ood,

lodging, transportation, sampling equipment and in

sura

nce)

, sal

-ar

ylbe

nefi

ts, a

nd s

ecur

e co

ntra

cts

dire

ctly

with

the

vess

els.

The

res

pons

ibil-

ity of the fishing industry is to procure an

d pa

y fo

r observer coverage

thro

ugh

a ce

rtif

ied

cont

ract

or, p

rovi

de th

e ob

serv

er f

ood

and

acco

mm

oda-

tions

whi

le o

n bo

ard ,

cat

ch in

form

atio

n an

d th

e op

port

unity

to s

ampl

e th

eca

tch

acco

rdin

g to

dep

artm

ent r

equi

rem

ents

.O

ther

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es: T

he N

orth

Pac

ific

Obs

erve

r T

rain

ing

Cen

ter

(OT

C),

Uni

vers

ity o

f A

lask

a A

ncho

rage

has

pro

vide

d ob

serv

er tr

aini

ng f

or th

e fi

ve

\:J "--i

----

----

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J::::

cert

ified

con

trac

tors

sin

ce 1

991

and

has

trai

ned

all s

hellf

ish

obse

rver

ssi

nce

1994

The

Ala

ska

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic

Saf

ety,

Fis

h &

Wild

life

Pro

tect

ion

Div

isio

n, investigates observer

s do

cum

enta

tion

of v

iola

-tio

ns.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

purpose of estimating coverage: All

catc

her/

proc

esso

r an

d fl

oatin

g pr

oces

sor

vess

els

that

pro

cess

kin

g Tanner crab at-sea. Observed vessels, 1997 - 16 catcher/processor an

d11

flo

atin

g pr

oces

sor

vess

els.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

0-1

4%.

STA

TE

WID

E S

CA

LL

OPS

DR

ED

GE

FIS

HE

RY

(E

XC

EPT

CO

OK

IN

-L

ET

)Larry Boyle, A

lask

a D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Gam

e S

hellf

ish

Obs

erve

r P

rogr

amPO

Box

920

587

Dut

ch H

arbo

r, AK

9969

2

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

ing

esse

ntia

l bio

logi

cal a

nd f

ishe

ry m

anag

emen

tdata including quantifying species co

mpo

sitio

n an

d di

strib

utio

n, b

y-ca

tch,

har

vest

, sca

llop

size

dis

trib

utio

ns, a

nd m

onito

r re

gula

tion

com

-pl

ianc

e.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Jo

int S

tate

and

Fed

eral

.Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Man

agem

ent A

ct (

Fish

ery

Man

agem

ent P

lan

for

Scal

lop

Fish

ery

off

Ala

ska)

; Ala

ska

Stat

utes

- 1

6.05

.05

and

16.0

5.251; Alaska Board of

Fis

herie

s; A

lask

a Administrative Code - 5 A

AC

38.

076, 5

AA

C39

.141

, 5 A

AC

39.

210

and

5 A

AC

39.

645.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry, a

t the

dep

artm

ent'

s di

scre

tion.

Fund

ing

sour

ce: D

irec

t obs

erve

r co

sts

- in

dust

ry f

unde

d; A

DF&

G -

sta

te g

ener

alfu

nds;

Fed

eral

-A

kFIN

.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

199

3 to

pre

sent

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

($U

.) (1997): Industry - $164

000

(est

); A

DF

&G

-$5

300

0; F

eder

al-

$32

000.

Fishery Description (1997)

Tar

get s

peci

es: W

eath

erva

ne s

callo

pO

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.Bycatch: C.

bair

diso

le, s

kate

s, s

tarf

ish,

plus C.

opili

o in

the

Ber

ing

Sea.

Fle

et s

ize:

6.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

January, February, July - D

ecem

ber

(Clo

sure

sub

ject

tosc

allo

p G

HL

or

crab

byc

atch

cap

s).

Cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

, 199

7: 7

6600

0 po

unds

shu

cked

mea

tN

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s , 1

997:

483

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: AD

F&G

, the five certified independent con-

trac

tors

and

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

sha

re re

spon

sibi

litie

s fo

r th

e S

hellf

ish

Ob-

serv

er P

rogr

am.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

AD

F&G

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or e

stab

-lis

hing

obs

erve

r an

d co

ntra

ctor

qua

lific

atio

ns, c

ertif

icat

ion

and

dece

rtif

ica-

tion,

conflict of interest standards, and ob

serv

er s

ampl

ing

proc

edur

es.

AD

F&G

is a

lso

char

ged

with

rev

iew

of

obse

rver

trai

ning

pro

gram

s , o

bser

ver

test

ing,

brie

fings

, deb

riefin

gs, a

naly

sis

of o

bser

ver

data

and

rep

ortin

g. T

heco

ntra

ctor

s hi

re, train and deploy observers, p

rovi

de a

ll lo

gist

ic s

uppo

rt(f

ood,

lodging, transportation, sampling equipment and in

sura

nce)

, sal

-ar

y/be

nefi

ts, a

nd s

ecur

e co

ntra

cts

dire

ctly

with

the

vess

els.

The

res

pons

ibil-

ity of the fishing industry is to procure an

d pa

y fo

r observer coverage

thro

ugh

a ce

rtif

ied

cont

ract

or, p

rovi

de th

e ob

serv

er f

ood

and

acco

mm

oda-

tions

whi

le o

n bo

ard ,

cat

ch in

form

atio

n an

d th

e op

port

unity

to s

ampl

e th

eca

tch

acco

rdin

g to

dep

artm

ent r

equi

rem

ents

.O

ther

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es: N

orth

Pac

ific

Fis

hery

Man

agem

ent C

ounc

il an

d N

a-tio

nal M

arin

e Fi

sher

ies

Serv

ice.

The

Nor

th P

acif

ic O

bser

ver

Tra

inin

g C

en-

ter (OTC), U

nive

rsity

of

Ala

ska

Anc

hora

ge (

OT

C)

has

prov

ided

obs

erve

rtr

aini

ng f

or th

e fi

ve c

ertif

ied

cont

ract

ors

sinc

e 19

91 a

nd h

as tr

aine

d al

l she

ll-fi

sh o

bser

vers

sin

ce 1

994.

The

Ala

ska

Dep

artm

ent o

f Pu

blic

Saf

ety,

Fis

h &

Wild

life

Prot

ectio

n D

ivis

ion ,

inve

stig

ates

obs

erve

rs

docu

men

tatio

n of

vio

-la

tions

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of estimating coverage:

fish

ing

vess

els

(exc

ept t

he C

ook

Inle

t reg

istr

atio

n ar

ea).

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

100

% (

for

area

s ou

tsid

e C

ook

Inle

t).

All scallop

AT

LA

NT

IC S

EA

SC

AL

LO

P D

RE

DG

E F

ISH

ER

YD

anyl

Chr

iste

nsen

, Chief, Fisheries Sa

mpl

ing

Bra

nch,

NO

AA

/NM

FS

, NE

FS

C16

6W

ater

St.

, Woo

ds H

ole

, MA

025

43

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: The

Nor

thea

st F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

(NE

FSC

), N

MFS

isre

quire

d to

col

lect

sci

entif

ic, m

anag

emen

t, c

ompl

ianc

e an

d ec

onom

ic d

ata

abou

t fis

heri

es th

roug

h ob

serv

ers

plac

ed a

boar

d U

. S. d

omes

tic a

nd fo

reig

nfis

hing

ves

sels

. The

se d

ata,

whi

ch c

anno

t be obtained dockside or while

aboa

rd g

over

nmen

t res

earc

h ve

ssel

s , a

re n

eces

sary

for

the

man

agem

ent o

f

CA

N A

D AI U . S. 0 B

S E

R V

E R

PR

O G

RA

M W

0 R

K S

HO

P

c:::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

"--i

"--i

fit

tJ;) fit

1"1-

,

\:J L.,

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

fishe

ries

occu

rrin

g in

the

U. S

. EE

Z a

s w

ell a

s th

e m

anag

emen

t of

fish

-er

ies

occu

rrin

g on

the

high

sea

s ou

tsid

e th

e E

EZ

. NM

FS a

lso

has

spe-

cifi

c re

spon

sibi

litie

s co

ncer

ning

mar

ine

mam

mal

s an

d se

a tu

rtle

s w

ithin

stat

e w

ater

s.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fi

sher

ies

Man

agem

ent a

ndC

onse

rvat

ion

Act

, Atla

ntic

Sea

Sca

llop

Fish

ery

Man

agem

ent P

lan.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce: G

over

nmen

t fun

ded.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: T

he d

omes

tic f

ishe

ries

sam

plin

g pr

ogra

m b

egan

in 1

989

with

colle

ctio

n of

dis

card

dat

a. F

orei

gn o

bser

ver

cove

rage

was

initi

ated

in19

77.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $29

300

0 (U

.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

tlant

ic s

ea s

callo

p.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Mon

kfis

h , w

inte

r fl

ound

er, s

umm

er fl

oun-

der,

yel

low

tail

flou

nder

, lob

ster

, cra

bs.

Bycatch: Small crabs

, spo

tted

hake

as

wel

l as

man

y fl

ound

er s

peci

es w

hich

may

be d

isca

rded

for

regu

lato

ry r

easo

ns. T

here

was

no

byca

tch

of m

arin

em

amm

als ,

sea

turt

les

or s

eabi

rds

in o

bser

ved

haul

s.Fl

eet s

ize:

A to

tal o

f 35

5 ve

ssel

s po

sses

s pe

rmits

. Of

thos

e , 2

59 h

ad p

erm

its in

the

full

time

cate

gory

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: Y

ear-

roun

d.A

vg.

ann

ual c

atch

of t

arge

t spe

cies

: 790

0 t s

callo

psA

vg.

num

ber

of fi

shin

g days per year: In 1996

, ves

sels

in th

e " f

ull t

ime "

cate-

gory

of

the

Day

s at

Sea

(D

AS)

pro

gram

had

182

fis

hing

day

s. T

hose

inth

e "p

art t

ime

" ca

tego

ry h

ad 8

2 fis

hing

day

s. T

hose

in th

e " o

ccas

iona

l"ca

tego

ry h

ad 1

6 fi

shin

g da

ys. A

total of 33

950

days

wer

e fis

hed

939

by v

esse

ls p

osse

ssin

g a

full

time

cate

gory

per

mit.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

e-tw

een

NM

FS a

nd a

contractor. The contractor provides observer can-

dida

tes

for

trai

ning

and

test

ing

by N

MFS

. An

annu

al s

ched

ule

for

sea

day

cove

rage

is p

rovi

ded

by N

MFS

to th

e co

ntra

ctor

. The

con

trac

tor

supe

rvis

es, b

rief

s, a

nd d

ebrie

fs th

e ob

serv

ers.

The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

n-sible for editing, entering an

d au

ditin

g da

ta, u

sing

NM

FS

pro

vide

dso

ftw

are.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

rco

mpl

ete

fund

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

m. V

ia d

irec

t con

trac

t with

NM

FS, t

he

obse

rver

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or o

bser

ver

recr

uitin

g, d

eplo

ymen

t , lo

gis-

tics ,

insu

ranc

e an

d de

liver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efin

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

ea d

ay is

derI

Ded

as

a da

y w

hen

the

vess

el is

not

at t

he d

ock.

Thi

s in

clud

es ti

me

spen

tst

eam

ing

to, f

rom

and

bet

wee

n fi

shin

g gr

ound

s , ti

me

doin

g re

pairs

or

wai

t-ing for weather at sea, time deploying or re

trie

ving

gea

r or

tim

e sp

ent

sear

chin

g fo

r fi

sh. T

hirt

y-ei

ght t

rips

abo

ard

31 d

iffe

rent

ves

sels

tota

led

485

days

of

cove

rage

.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 1.

5%.

GIA

NT

AT

LA

NT

IC B

LU

E F

IN T

UN

A P

UR

SE S

EIN

E F

ISH

ER

YD

anyl

Chr

iste

nsen

, Chief, Fisheries Sa

mpl

ing

Bra

nch ,

NO

AA

/NM

FS

, NE

FS

C16

6W

ater

St.

, Woo

ds H

ole ,

MA

025

43

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: The

Nor

thea

st F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

(NE

FSC

), N

MFS

isre

quire

d to

col

lect

sci

entif

ic, m

anag

emen

t , co

mpl

ianc

e an

d ec

onom

ic d

ata

abou

t fis

heri

es th

roug

h ob

serv

ers

plac

ed a

boar

d U

. S. d

omes

tic a

nd fo

reig

nfis

hing

ves

sels

. The

se d

ata ,

whi

ch cannot be obtained dockside or while

aboa

rd g

over

nmen

t res

earc

h ve

ssel

s , a

re n

eces

sary

for

the

man

agem

ent o

ffis

herie

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e U

. S. E

EZ

as

wel

l as

the

man

agem

ent o

f fis

herie

soc

curr

ing

on th

e hi

gh s

eas

outs

ide

the

EE

Z. N

MFS

als

o ha

s sp

ecif

ic r

espo

n-si

bilit

ies

conc

erni

ng m

arin

e m

amm

als

and

sea

turt

les

with

in s

tate

wat

ers.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns F

ishe

ries

Man

agem

ent a

nd C

onse

r-va

tion

Act

, Atla

ntic

Tun

as C

onve

ntio

n A

ct.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce: G

over

nmen

t fun

ded.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: T

he d

omes

tic f

ishe

ries

sam

plin

g pr

ogra

m b

egan

in 1

989

with

col

-le

ctio

n of

dis

card

dat

a. F

orei

gn o

bser

ver

cove

rage

was

initi

ated

in 1

977.

Annual program costs: $84

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

iant

atla

ntic

blu

efin

tuna

.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.B

ycat

ch: S

ix p

ilot w

hale

s , 1

min

ke w

hale

and

1 h

umpb

ack

wha

le w

ere

enci

rcle

d an

dre

leas

ed a

live

in 1

996.

The

re w

as n

o ot

her

byca

tch.

Fle

et s

ize:

5.

\:J "--i

----

----

();)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J \::J

1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Aug

ust 1

5 ap

prox

imat

ely

thro

ugh

Oct

ober

(th

e se

ason

end

sw

hen

each

ves

sels

has

cau

ght i

ts in

divi

dual

quo

ta.

A v

g. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es: 2

25 t

allo

cate

d as

75

t to

each

of

the

5 pe

r-m

itted

ves

sels

.A

vg. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: T

he v

esse

ls fi

shed

138

day

s in

199

6.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

e-tw

een

NM

FS

and

a c

ontr

acto

r. T

he c

ontr

acto

r provides observer can-

dida

tes

for

trai

ning

and

test

ing

by N

MFS

. An

annu

al s

ched

ule

for

sea

day

cove

rage

is p

rovi

ded

by N

MFS

to th

e co

ntra

ctor

. The

con

trac

tor

supe

rvis

es, b

rief

s, a

nd d

ebrie

fs th

e ob

serv

ers.

The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

n-sible for editing, entering an

d au

ditin

g da

ta, u

sing

NM

FS

pro

vide

dso

ftw

are.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS is

res

pons

ible

for

com

-pl

ete

fund

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

m. V

ia d

irect

con

trac

t with

NM

FS

, the

ob-

serv

er c

ontr

acto

r is

res

pons

ible

for

obs

erve

r re

crui

ting,

dep

loym

ent ,

lo-

gist

ics,

insu

ranc

e an

d de

liver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efin

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

eada

y is

def

ined

as

a da

y w

hen

the

vess

el is

not

at t

he d

ock.

Thi

s in

-cl

udes

tim

e sp

ent s

team

ing

to, f

rom

and

bet

wee

n fi

shin

g gr

ound

s , ti

me

doin

g re

pair

s or

wai

ting

for

wea

ther

at s

ea, t

ime

depl

oyin

g or

ret

riev

ing

gear

or

time

spen

t sea

rchi

ng f

or f

ish.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

For

ty- t

hree

of

the

45 tr

ips

that

wer

e m

ade

wer

e ob

serv

ed f

or 9

5.6%

cov

erag

e.

LA

RG

E P

EL

AG

IC D

RIF

T G

ILL

NE

T F

ISH

ER

YD

anyl

Chr

iste

nsen

, Chi

ef, F

ishe

ries

Sam

plin

g B

ranc

h, N

OA

A/N

MF

S, N

EF

SC

166

Wat

er S

t., W

oods

Hol

e, M

A 0

2543

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of t

he p

rogr

am: T

he N

orth

east

Fis

herie

s S

cien

ce C

ente

r (N

EF

SC

),N

MF

S is

req

uire

d to

col

lect

sci

entif

ic, m

anag

emen

t , c

ompl

ianc

e an

dec

onom

ic d

ata

abou

t fis

heri

es th

roug

h ob

serv

ers

plac

ed a

boar

d U

.do

mes

tic a

nd f

orei

gn f

ishi

ng v

esse

ls. T

hese

dat

a , w

hich

can

not b

e ob

-ta

ined

doc

ksid

e or

whi

le a

boar

d go

vern

men

t res

earc

h ve

ssel

s , a

re n

ec-

essa

ry f

or th

e m

anag

emen

t of

fish

erie

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e U

. S. E

EZ

as

wel

l as

the

man

agem

ent o

f fi

sher

ies

occu

rrin

g on

the

high

sea

s ou

tsid

e

the

EE

Z. N

MF

S a

lso

has

spec

ific

res

pons

ibili

ties

conc

erni

ng m

arin

e m

am-

mal

s an

d se

a tu

rtle

s w

ithin

sta

te w

ater

s.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens

Fish

erie

s M

anag

emen

t and

Con

ser-

vatio

n A

ct, M

arin

e M

amm

al P

rote

ctio

n A

ct, E

ndan

gere

d Sp

ecie

s A

ct, A

t-la

ntic

Tun

as C

onve

ntio

n A

ct.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fun

ding

sou

rce:

Gov

ernm

ent f

unde

d.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

The

dom

estic

fis

heri

es s

ampl

ing

prog

ram

beg

an in

198

9 w

ith c

ol-

lect

ion

of d

isca

rd d

ata.

For

eign

obs

erve

r co

vera

ge w

as in

itiat

ed in

197

7.Annual program costs: $285

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

wor

dfis

h.Other commercially landed sp

ecie

s: B

igey

e tu

na, yellowfm tuna, albacore

mak

osh

arks

, thr

eshe

r sh

arks

.B

ycat

ch: B

luef

in tu

na, s

kipj

ack

tuna

, man

ta r

ays ,

oce

an s

unfis

h an

d ot

her

shar

ks.

1996

a to

tal o

f 10

0 m

arin

e m

amm

als

wer

e ca

ught

, tw

o of

whi

ch w

ere

re-

leased alive. Species included (in order of ab

unda

nce)

com

mon

dol

phin

sbe

aked

wha

les

(sev

eral

spe

cies

), s

trip

ed d

olph

ins

, pilo

t wha

les

and

spot

ted

dolp

hins

.Fl

eet s

ize:

App

roxi

mat

ely

15 a

re a

ctiv

e al

thou

gh th

ere

at le

ast t

wic

e as

man

y pe

rmit-

ted

vess

els

that

hav

e pa

rtic

ipat

ed a

nd m

ay s

till r

etai

n pe

rmits

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: S

emia

nnua

l quo

tas

for

swor

dfis

h al

low

two

seas

onal

fish

erie

sst

artin

g in

Jun

e an

d N

ovem

ber

with

eac

h se

ason

pot

entia

lly la

stin

g ab

out 1

0-

14 d

ays.

The

fish

ery

is te

mpo

raril

y cl

osed

.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: The

sw

ordf

ish

quot

a fo

r 1996 was 101

000

lbs.

The

quo

ta is

set

ann

ually

.A

vg.

num

ber

of fi

shin

g da

ys p

er year: The vessels fished 165 days in 1996.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

etw

een

NM

FS

and

a c

ontr

acto

r. T

he c

ontr

acto

r pr

ovid

es o

bser

ver

cand

idat

es f

ortr

aini

ng a

nd te

stin

g by

NM

FS. A

n an

nual

sch

edul

e fo

r se

a da

y co

vera

ge is

prov

ided

by

NM

FS to

the

cont

ract

or. T

he c

ontr

acto

r su

perv

ises

, brie

fs, a

ndde

brie

fs th

e ob

serv

ers.

The

contractor is responsible for editing, entering

and

audi

ting

data

, usi

ng N

MFS

pro

vide

d so

ftw

are.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS is

res

pons

ible

for

com

plet

efu

ndin

g of

the

prog

ram

. Via

dire

ct c

ontr

act w

ith N

MFS

, the

obs

erve

r co

n-tr

acto

r is

res

pons

ible

for

obse

rver

rec

ruiti

ng, d

eplo

ymen

t , logistics, insur-

ance

and

del

iver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

c:::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

\:) "--i

"--i

1"1-

,v.

.,

CJ:

J

fII

1"1-

,

\:J c:::

1"1-

,v.

.,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efm

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

eada

y is

def

ined

as

a da

y w

hen

the

vess

el is

not

at t

he d

ock.

Thi

s in

-cl

udes

tim

e sp

ent s

team

ing

to, f

rom

and

bet

wee

n fi

shin

g gr

ound

s , ti

me

doin

g re

pair

s or

wai

ting

for

wea

ther

at s

ea, t

ime

depl

oyin

g or

ret

rievi

ngge

ar o

r tim

e sp

ent s

earc

hing

for

fish.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Thi

rtee

n of

the

16 tr

ips

that

wer

e m

ade

wer

e ob

serv

ed f

or 8

1 %

cov

erag

e.

LO

BST

ER

PO

T F

ISH

ER

YDarryl Christensen, C

hief

, Fis

herie

s S

ampl

ing

Bra

nch

, NO

AA

/NM

FS

, NE

FS

C16

6 W

ater

St.

, Woo

ds H

ole ,

MA

025

43

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: The

Nor

thea

st F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

(NE

FS

C),

NM

FS

is r

equi

red

to c

olle

ct s

cien

tific

, man

agem

ent ,

com

plia

nce

and

econ

omic

dat

a ab

out f

ishe

ries

thro

ugh

obse

rver

s pl

aced

abo

ard

U.

dom

estic

and

for

eign

fis

hing

ves

sels

. The

se d

ata ,

whi

ch c

anno

t be

ob-

tain

ed d

ocks

ide

or w

hile

abo

ard

gove

rnm

ent r

esea

rch

vess

els ,

are

nec

-es

sary

for

the

man

agem

ent o

f fi

sher

ies

occu

rrin

g in

the

U. S

. EE

Z a

sw

ell a

s th

e m

anag

emen

t of

fish

erie

s oc

curr

ing

on th

e hi

gh s

eas

outs

ide

the

EE

Z. N

MFS

als

o ha

s sp

ecif

ic r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s co

ncer

ning

mar

ine

mam

mal

s an

d se

a tu

rtle

s w

ithin

sta

te w

ater

s.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fi

sher

ies

Man

agem

ent a

ndC

onse

rvat

ion

Act

(A

mer

ican

Lob

ster

Fis

hery

Man

agem

ent P

lan)

, Ma-

rine

Mam

mal

Pro

tect

ion

Act

, End

ange

red

Spec

ies

Act

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

: Gov

ernm

ent f

unde

d.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

The

dom

estic

fis

heri

es s

ampl

ing

prog

ram

beg

an in

198

9 w

ithco

llect

ion

of d

isca

rd d

ata.

For

eign

obs

erve

r co

vera

ge w

as in

itiat

ed in

1977

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: $

4300

0 (U

.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

mer

ican

lobs

ter.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: R

ed h

ake ,

bla

ck s

eaba

ss.

Byc

atch

: The

re w

as n

o by

catc

h of

mar

ine

mam

mal

s , s

ea tu

rtle

s or

sea

bird

s in

obse

rved

hau

ls.

Flee

t siz

e: N

ot c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e fr

om in

dust

ry d

ata.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Ear

ly s

prin

g th

roug

h m

id- D

ecem

ber.

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 3

2500

t lo

bste

r.A

vg. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: N

ot c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e fr

om in

dust

ry d

ata.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

etw

een

NM

FS

and

a c

ontr

acto

r. T

he c

ontr

acto

r pr

ovid

es o

bser

ver

cand

idat

es f

ortr

aini

ng a

nd te

stin

g by

NM

FS. A

n an

nual

sch

edul

e fo

r se

a da

y co

vera

ge is

prov

ided

by

NM

FS to

the

cont

ract

or. T

he c

ontr

acto

r su

perv

ises

, bri

efs ,

and

debr

iefs

the

obse

rver

s. T

he contractor is responsible for editing, entering

and

audi

ting

data

, usi

ng N

MFS

pro

vide

d so

ftw

are.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS is

res

pons

ible

for

com

plet

efu

ndin

g of

the

prog

ram

. Via

dire

ct c

ontr

act w

ith N

MFS

, the

obs

erve

r co

n-tr

acto

r is

res

pons

ible

for

obse

rver

rec

ruiti

ng, d

eplo

ymen

t , logistics, insur-

ance

and

del

iver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efm

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

ea d

ay is

defi

ned

as a

day

whe

n th

e ve

ssel

is n

ot a

t the

doc

k. T

his

incl

udes

tim

e sp

ent

stea

min

g to

, fro

m a

nd b

etw

een

fish

ing

grou

nds ,

tim

e do

ing

repa

irs o

r w

ait-

ing for weather at sea, time deploying or re

trie

ving

gea

r or

tim

e sp

ent

searching for fish. Eight tr

ips

aboa

rd 6

dif

fere

nt v

esse

ls to

tale

d 71

day

s of

cove

rage

.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: U

nabl

e to

cal

cula

te f

rom

cur

rent

ly a

vaila

ble

data. Seventy-one days of coverage were ac

com

plis

hed

whi

ch is

less

than

1 %

of fishing days.

NE

W E

NG

LA

ND

AN

D M

ID- A

TL

AN

TIC

GIL

LN

ET

FIS

HE

RIE

SDarryl Christensen, Chief, Fisheries Sa

mpl

ing

Bra

nch ,

NO

AA

/NM

FS

, NE

FS

C16

6W

ater

St.

, Woo

ds H

ole ,

MA

025

43

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: The

Nor

thea

st F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

(NE

FSC

), N

MFS

isre

quire

d to

col

lect

sci

entif

ic, m

anag

emen

t , c

ompl

ianc

e an

d ec

onom

ic d

ata

abou

t fis

heri

es th

roug

h ob

serv

ers

plac

ed a

boar

d U

. S. d

omes

tic a

nd fo

reig

nfis

hing

ves

sels

. The

se d

ata,

whi

ch c

anno

t be obtained dockside or while

aboa

rd g

over

nmen

t res

earc

h ve

ssel

s , a

re n

eces

sary

for

the

man

agem

ent o

ffis

herie

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e U

. S. E

EZ

as

wel

l as

the

man

agem

ent o

f fis

herie

soc

curr

ing

on th

e hi

gh s

eas

outs

ide

the

EE

Z. N

MFS

als

o ha

s sp

ecif

ic r

espo

n-si

bilit

ies

conc

erni

ng m

arin

e m

amm

als

and

sea

turt

les

with

in s

tate

wat

ers.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fi

sher

ies

Man

agem

ent a

ndC

onse

rvat

ion

Act

, Mar

ine

Mam

mal

Pro

tect

ion

Act

, End

ange

red

Spe-

cies

Act

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

: Gov

ernm

ent f

unde

d.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

The

dom

estic

fis

heri

es s

ampl

ing

prog

ram

beg

an in

198

9 w

ithco

llect

ion

of d

isca

rd d

ata.

For

eign

obs

erve

r co

vera

ge w

as in

itiat

ed in

1977

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: $

113

400

0 (U

.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

tlant

ic c

od, p

ollo

ck, v

ario

us fl

ound

ers

, spi

ny a

nd s

moo

th d

og-

fish

, mon

kfis

h, A

tlant

ic c

roak

er, w

eakf

ish

, blu

efis

h, m

acke

rel ,

men

ha-

den,

sha

d, s

pot,

Spa

nish

mac

kere

l, s

trip

ed b

ass.

Other commercially landed sp

ecie

s: W

inte

r sk

ate,

clearnose skate, sea robin

Atla

ntic

her

ring

, litt

le s

kate

.B

ycat

ch: A

tota

l of

134

mar

ine

mam

mal

s w

ere

caug

ht in

199

6, i

nclu

ding

(in

orde

r of

occ

urre

nce)

har

bor

porp

oise

, har

bor

seal

, har

p se

al, g

ray

seal

com

mon

dol

phin

, whi

te-s

ided

dol

phin

and

bot

tleno

se d

olph

in. E

ight

y-fi

ve o

f th

e an

imal

s w

ere

sam

pled

for

mea

sure

men

ts, e

ntir

e ca

rcas

s co

l-le

ctio

n or

tiss

ue s

ampl

ing.

A to

tal o

f 37

sea

bird

s w

ere

caug

ht (

in o

rder

of occurrence) greater shearwater, n

orth

ern

gann

et, c

orm

oran

t, c

om-

mon

loon

, thin-billed murres, great black-ba

cked

gul

ls a

nd s

ooty

shea

rwat

er. O

ther

byc

atch

incl

udes

logg

erhe

ad tu

rtle

s as

wel

l as

man

ysp

ecie

s of

fis

h th

at a

re d

isca

rded

pri

mar

ily f

or la

ck o

f m

arke

t or

byregulations such as closed seasons.

Flee

t siz

e: U

nabl

e to

det

erm

ine

accu

rate

ly f

rom

cur

rent

indu

stry

dat

a bu

t ap-

prox

imat

ely

600

whi

ch fi

sh s

tate

coa

stal

wat

ers

or E

EZ

wat

ers.

Ves

-se

ls m

ay h

ave

mul

tiple

per

mits

for

dif

fere

nt s

tate

and

fed

eral

fis

heri

esm

any

of w

hich

are

not

use

d. S

ome

stat

es li

cens

e fi

sher

s ra

ther

than

vess

els

so c

ount

s of

ves

sels

ope

ratin

g w

ithin

sta

te w

ater

s do

not

exi

st.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Var

ying

loca

tions

, yea

r-ro

und.

A v

g. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es: 2

530

0 t m

onkf

ish ,

18

200

t spi

ny d

ogfis

h.A

vg.

num

ber

of fi

shin

g da

ys p

er y

ear:

Una

ble

to c

alcu

late

fro

m c

urre

nt in

dust

ryda

ta.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

e-tw

een

NM

FS

and

a c

ontr

acto

r. T

he c

ontr

acto

r provides observer can-

dida

tes

for

trai

ning

and

test

ing

by N

MFS

. An

annu

al s

ched

ule

for

sea

day

cove

rage

is p

rovi

ded

by N

MFS

to th

e co

ntra

ctor

. The

con

trac

tor

supe

rvis

es, b

rief

s, a

nd d

ebrie

fs th

e ob

serv

ers.

The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

n-

sibl

e fo

r ed

iting

, ent

erin

g an

d au

ditin

g da

ta, u

sing

NM

FS p

rovi

ded

soft

war

e.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: N

MFS

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or c

ompl

ete

fund

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

m. V

ia d

irect

con

trac

t with

NM

FS, t

he o

bser

ver

con-

tractor is re

spon

sibl

e fo

r ob

serv

er r

ecru

iting

, dep

loym

ent , logistics, insur-

ance

and

del

iver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efin

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

ea d

ay is

defi

ned

as a

day

whe

n th

e ve

ssel

is n

ot a

t the

doc

k. T

his

incl

udes

tim

e sp

ent

stea

min

g to

, fro

m a

nd b

etw

een

fish

ing

grou

nds ,

tim

e do

ing

repa

irs o

r w

ait-

ing for weather at sea, time deploying or re

trie

ving

gea

r or

tim

e sp

ent

searching for fish. A

tota

l of

790

days

wer

e co

vere

d in

the

New

Eng

land

gilln

et f

ishe

ry. C

over

age

in th

e M

id- A

tlant

ic f

ishe

ry w

as 3

68 d

ays.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Una

ble

to c

alcu

late

acc

urat

ely

from

cur

rent

lyavailable industry data. A total of 1

158

days

of

cove

rage

was

acc

om-

plis

hed.

Thi

s is

app

roxi

mat

ely

5 -7

% o

f da

ys f

ishe

d.

NO

RT

HW

EST

AT

LA

NT

IC T

RA

WL

FIS

HE

RIE

SD

anyl

Chr

iste

nsen

, Chief, Fisheries Sa

mpl

ing

Bra

nch,

NO

AA

/NM

FS

, NE

FS

C16

6W

ater

St.

, Woo

ds H

ole,

MA

025

43

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: The

Nor

thea

st F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

(NE

FSC

), N

MFS

isre

quire

d to

col

lect

sci

entif

ic, m

anag

emen

t , co

mpl

ianc

e an

d ec

onom

ic d

ata

abou

t fis

heri

es th

roug

h ob

serv

ers

plac

ed a

boar

d U

. S. d

omes

tic a

nd fo

reig

nfis

hing

ves

sels

. The

se d

ata ,

whi

ch c

anno

t be obtained dockside or while

aboa

rd g

over

nmen

t res

earc

h ve

ssel

s , a

re n

eces

sary

for

the

man

agem

ent o

ffis

herie

s oc

curr

ing

in th

e U

. S. E

EZ

as

wel

l as

the

man

agem

ent o

f fis

herie

soc

curr

ing

on th

e hi

gh s

eas

outs

ide

the

EE

Z. N

MFS

als

o ha

s sp

ecif

ic r

espo

n-si

bilit

ies

conc

erni

ng m

arin

e m

amm

als

and

sea

turt

les

with

in s

tate

wat

ers.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Mag

nuso

n-S

teve

ns F

ishe

ries

Man

agem

ent a

nd C

onse

r-va

tion

Act

, Mar

ine

Mam

mal

Pro

tect

ion

Act

. The

fol

low

ing

Fish

ery

Man

-ag

emen

t Pla

ns (

FMP)

aut

hori

ze m

anda

tory

obs

erve

r co

vera

ge: t

he N

orth

east

Mul

tispe

cies

FM

P, w

hich

incl

udes

, in

addi

tion

to r

outin

e co

vera

ge, a

Fle

xi-

ble

Are

a A

ctio

n Sy

stem

for

em

erge

ncy

obse

rver

cov

erag

e to

inve

stig

ate

dis-

card

pro

blem

s as

soci

ated

with

larg

e co

ncen

trat

ions

of

juve

nile

, sub

-leg

al o

rsp

awni

ng M

ultis

peci

es; M

acke

rel , Squid, and B

utte

rfis

h FM

P; S

umm

erFl

ound

er F

MP;

Scu

p FM

P.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: B

oth.

Fund

ing

sour

ce: G

over

nmen

t fun

ded.

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

c:::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

\:J "--i

"--i

1"1-

,

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: T

he d

omes

tic f

ishe

ries

sam

plin

g pr

ogra

m b

egan

in 1

989

with

colle

ctio

n of

dis

card

dat

a. F

orei

gn o

bser

ver

cove

rage

was

initi

ated

in19

77.

Annual program costs: $393

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: N

orth

ern

shri

mp,

New

Eng

land

mul

tispe

cies

gro

undf

ish ,

mon

k-fi

sh, s

umm

er fl

ound

erIl

lex

squi

dL

olig

o sq

uid,

Atla

ntic

mac

kere

lsc

up, s

piny

dog

fish

, wea

kfis

h , b

luef

ish,

Atla

ntic

cro

aker

, and

hor

sesh

oecr

ab.

Other commercially landed species: Butterfish, monkfish, sharks, weakfish

blue

fish

, flo

unde

rs, c

roak

er, h

akes

, bla

ck s

eaba

ss, d

ogfis

h, s

kate

s , s

tur-

geon

, sw

ordf

ish,

taut

og, t

ilefi

sh, t

unas

and

lobs

ter.

Byc

atch

: Com

mon

dol

phin

s, p

ilot w

hale

s, lo

gger

head

turt

les

, var

ious

sea

bird

sfi

nfis

h an

d in

vert

ebra

tes

incl

udin

g no

n-target species or target species

that

are

dis

card

ed f

or la

ck o

f m

arke

t or

by regulation such as closed

seas

ons

or s

ub le

gal s

ize.

Fleet size: Accurate data are not available at this time. Vessels hold multiple

perm

its b

ut d

o no

t nec

essa

rily

util

ize

them

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: Y

ear-

roun

d.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

species: 9

500

t nor

ther

n sh

rimp,

300

0 t p

ollo

ck30

0 t c

od, 2

,400

t ye

llow

tail

flou

nder

, 600

t ha

ddoc

k, 17

000 t

Ille

xsq

uid,

12

500 t

Lol

igo

squi

d, 1

500

t wea

kfis

h, 2

700

t blu

efis

h, 15

800

t Atla

ntic

mac

kere

l, 4

000

t sum

mer

flou

nder

.A

vg. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: U

nder

the

Nor

thea

st M

ultis

peci

es F

MP

vess

els

fish

ing

unde

r th

e Fl

eet D

ays

at S

ea (

DA

S) p

erm

it, I

ndiv

idua

lD

AS

perm

it, a

nd th

e La

rge

Mes

h D

AS

per

mit

had

a co

mbi

ned

allo

ca-

tion

of 2

25309 days. Of these, a

tota

l of

4987

1 w

ere

actu

ally

use

d.H

owev

er, m

any

of th

e ve

ssel

s fi

sh in

oth

er f

ishe

ries

whe

re e

ffor

t is

not

regu

late

d.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

res

pons

ibili

ties

are

shar

ed b

e-tw

een

NM

FS

and

a c

ontr

acto

r. T

he c

ontr

acto

r provides observer can-

dida

tes

for

trai

ning

and

test

ing

by N

MFS

. An

annu

al s

ched

ule

for

sea

day

cove

rage

is p

rovi

ded

by N

MFS

to th

e co

ntra

ctor

. The

con

trac

tor

supe

rvis

es, b

rief

s, a

nd d

ebrie

fs th

e ob

serv

ers.

The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

n-si

ble

for

editi

ng, e

nter

ing

and auditing data, u

sing

NM

FS

pro

vide

dso

ftw

are.

Service delivery type and function of ea

ch e

ntity

: NM

FS is

resp

onsi

ble

for

fund

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

m. V

ia c

ontr

act w

ith N

MF

S, t

he o

bser

ver

con-

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or o

bser

ver

recr

uitin

g, d

eplo

ymen

t , logistics, msur-

ance

and

del

iver

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Non

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

6)U

nit a

nd d

efm

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt f

or p

urpo

se o

f es

timat

ing

cove

rage

: A s

ea d

ay is

defi

ned

as a

day

whe

n th

e ve

ssel

is n

ot a

t the

doc

k. This includes time spent

stea

min

g to

, fro

m a

nd b

etw

een

fish

ing

grou

nds ,

tim

e do

ing

repa

irs o

r w

ait-

ing for weather at sea, time deploying or re

trie

ving

gea

r or

tim

e sp

ent

sear

chin

g fo

r fi

sh. A

tota

l of

650

days

of

cove

rage

was

acc

ompl

ishe

d.F

ract

ion

of fi

shin

g ac

tivity

obs

erve

d: W

eare

not able to accurately calculate, d

ue to

lack

of i

ndus

try

data

. How

ever

, the

tota

l fra

ctio

n of

all

traw

l fis

heri

es c

ov-

ered

is le

ss th

an 1

%.

NO

RT

H P

UG

ET

SO

UN

D N

ON

- T

RE

AT

Y S

OC

KE

YE

AN

D C

HU

M G

ILL

NE

TFI

SHE

RIE

SO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Coo

rdin

ator

: Pam

ela

Ers

tad ,

Washington Dept. of Fish and

Wild

life ,

160

18 M

ill C

reek

Blv

d., M

ill C

reek

, WA

, 981

02

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Inv

estig

ate

leve

l of

mar

bled

mur

rele

t and

mar

ine

mam

mal

entanglements with the non-tr

eaty

soc

keye

gill

net f

ishe

ry in

north Puget

Soun

dFi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: st

ate.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Mar

ine

Mam

mal

Pro

tect

ion

Act

; End

ange

red

Spec

ies

Act

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: V

olun

tary

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

: NM

FS.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: J

uly

1994

thro

ugh

Sept

embe

r 19

94.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $25

000

(U

.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

ocke

ye s

alm

on h

arve

st in

nor

th P

uget

Sou

nd s

tate

man

agem

ent A

r-ea

s 7

and

7 A

, and

chu

m s

alm

on h

arve

st in

Pug

et S

ound

.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.B

ycat

ch: C

hino

ok a

nd c

oho

salm

on, m

arin

e m

amm

als ,

sea

bird

s.Fl

eet s

ize:

In

1994

, approximately 1

100

licen

sed

non-

trea

ty g

illne

t boa

ts in

Was

h-in

gton

sta

te, a

lthou

gh c

onsi

dera

bly

less

may

par

ticip

ate

in s

peci

fic fi

sher

ies.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Soc

keye

: Lat

e Ju

ly th

roug

h A

ugus

t or

earl

y Se

ptem

ber ,

de-

pend

ing

on r

un s

ize;

Chu

m: A

ppro

xim

atel

y m

id- O

ctob

er th

roug

h m

id- t

o late

Nov

embe

r , d

epen

ding

on

run

size

.

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1'1!

'\J "--i

::::

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: T

otal

est

imat

ed sockeye catch in 1994:

621

032

, inf

orm

atio

n on

the

chum

cat

ch w

as u

nava

ilabl

e at

the

time

ofth

is w

ritin

g.

A v

g. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: 1

994

= 1

3 da

ys s

ocke

ye f

ishi

ng; 6

day

s of

chum

fish

ing.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Was

hing

ton

Dep

artm

ent o

fFish and Wild-

life

(WD

F&W

) re

spon

sibl

e fo

r hi

ring

and

dep

loyi

ng o

bser

vers

; NM

FSov

erse

e pr

ojec

t and

con

duct

ed s

afet

y an

d sp

ecie

s ID

trai

ning

.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: N

MFS

pro

vide

d fu

ndin

g, s

tate

impl

emen

ted

proj

ect.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: NM

FS

, WD

F&

W, Northwest Indian Fi

sher

ies

Com

mis

sion

, Lum

mi T

ribe

s, U

. S. F

ish

and

Wild

life

Serv

ice,

Pug

et S

ound

Ves

-se

l Ow

ners

Ass

ocia

tion.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

initi

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: u

nit =

set o

r nu

mbe

r of

soc

keye

cau

ght/s

et; t

otal

eff

ort e

xtra

pola

ted

by d

ivid

-in

g to

tal n

umbe

r of

soc

keye

com

mer

cial

ly h

arve

sted

by

the

aver

age

ofso

ckey

e ca

ught

/set

(de

rive

d fr

om o

bser

ver

prog

ram

).Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: a

ppro

xim

atel

y 7%

for

soc

keye

, inf

orm

a-tio

n un

avai

labl

e fo

r ch

um.

WE

ST C

OA

ST L

IMIT

ED

EN

TR

Y G

RO

UN

DFI

SH T

RA

WL

FIS

HE

RY

Proj

ect L

eade

r: M

ark

Sael

ens,

Oregon Department of Fish

Wild

life ,

204

0 SE

Mar

ine

Scie

nce

Dri

ve, N

ewpo

rt, O

rego

n97

365

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

dete

rmin

e pr

esen

t rat

es o

f di

scar

d by

targ

et s

trat

egy,

area

, and

tim

e of

yea

r , a

nd to

det

erm

ine

the

reas

ons

for

the

occu

rren

ceof discard.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral m

anag

emen

t; Pa

cifi

c Fi

sher

ies

Man

agem

ent

Cou

ncil

, NM

FS.

Authority to place ob

serv

ers:

Mag

nuso

n-Stevens Fishery Conservation and

Man

agem

ent A

ct, a

utho

riza

tion

of v

esse

l ow

ners

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: V

olun

tary

.F

undi

ng s

ourc

es: O

rego

n T

raw

l Com

mis

sion

, Ore

gon

Dep

artm

ent o

f Fi

sh a

ndW

ildlif

e (O

DF&

W),

NM

FS, P

acif

ic S

tate

s M

arin

e F

ishe

ries

Com

mis

-si

on (

PSM

FC),

Wes

t Coa

st S

eafo

od P

roce

ssor

s A

ssoc

iatio

n.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

Mid

-199

5 th

roug

h D

ecem

ber

1998

.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: app

roxi

mat

e fi

gure

s:O

rego

n T

raw

l Com

mis

sion

: $35

900

0.O

rego

n D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

& W

ildlif

e: $

106

000.

Nat

iona

l Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s Se

rvic

e: $

319

000.

Wes

t Coa

st S

eafo

od P

roce

ssor

s A

ssoc

iatio

n: $

1000

0.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: M

ajor

gro

undf

ish

spec

ies

harv

este

d in

U. S

. fed

eral

wat

ers

of th

e U

.W

est C

oast

off

the

coas

ts o

f W

ashi

ngto

n , O

rego

n, a

nd C

alif

orni

a.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Occ

asio

nal s

hark

s , in

vert

ebra

tes

, stu

rgeo

n.Bycatch: Halibut, s

alm

on, T

anne

r cr

ab, a

nd s

eabi

rds

are

desi

gnat

ed a

s pr

ohib

ited

spe-

cies

or

prot

ecte

d sp

ecie

s by

catc

h , a

nd b

ycat

ch o

f gr

ound

fish

in e

xces

s of

trip

limits

als

o oc

curs

.F

leet

siz

e: 2

45 v

esse

ls la

nded

in 1

997.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Yea

r-ro

und.

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 98

000 t landed in 1997 in Ore-

gon.

A v

g. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 12

5 da

ys.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Und

er a

coo

pera

tive

agre

emen

t bet

wee

nO

DF&

W a

nd th

e O

rego

n T

raw

l Com

mis

sion

, OD

F&W

per

form

s al

l sup

er-

viso

ry a

nd f

ield

ope

ratio

ns, d

atab

ase

stru

ctur

ing

and

mai

nten

ance

, ves

sel r

e-, cruitment

, obs

erve

r hi

ring

and

trai

ning

, and

equ

ipm

ent p

urch

asin

g.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: O

bser

vers

are

pro

vide

d to

ves

sels

by O

DFW

. Pro

ject

sta

ff is

em

ploy

ed b

y Pa

cifi

c St

ates

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

sC

omm

issi

on (

PS

MF

C).

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: OD

F&W

, Ore

gon

Tra

wl C

omm

issi

on, N

MF

S, P

SM

FC

Wes

t Coa

st S

eafo

od P

roce

ssor

s A

ssoc

iatio

n, N

orth

wes

t Foo

d St

rate

gies

part

icip

atin

g ve

ssel

s an

d cr

ews.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

initi

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: C

over

age

will

be e

stim

ated

usi

ng n

umbe

r of

tow

s ob

serv

ed v

ersu

s nu

mbe

r of

tow

s m

ade

inth

e fi

sher

y ov

er a

per

iod

of ti

me

as th

e pr

imar

y m

etho

d; c

over

age

may

als

obe

exp

ress

ed b

y ar

ea o

r ta

rget

str

ateg

y.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: P

relim

inar

y co

vera

ge c

alcu

latio

ns s

how

5- 1

0%de

pend

ing

on a

rea

and

time.

Cov

erag

e m

ay a

lso

be e

xpre

ssed

for

the

num

ber

of tows where discard was recorded by vessels keeping voluntary logbooks

reco

rds

of d

isca

rds.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

C::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

C:J

"--i

"--i

1"1-

,

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

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v

\:J L.,

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

SHO

RE

SID

E L

AN

DIN

GS

OF

PAC

IFIC

WH

ITIN

GObserver Program Coordinator: Hal Weeks, Oregon Department of

Fish

Wild

life,

204

0 SE

Mar

ine

Scie

nce

Dri

ve, N

ewpo

rt, O

rego

n97

365

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

docu

men

t sal

mon

and

fin

fish

byc

atch

in th

e sh

ore-

side

whi

ting

fish

ery;

col

lect

bio

logi

cal s

ampl

es f

or u

se in

ass

essm

ents

of P

acif

ic w

hitin

g an

d gr

ound

fish

spe

cies

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: R

elev

ant s

tatu

te(s

) -

ilia;

aut

hori

ty to

land

uns

orte

dw

hitin

g w

ith in

dem

nity

fro

m p

rohi

bite

d sp

ecie

s an

d gr

ound

fish

ove

rage

viol

atio

ns th

roug

h ex

empt

ed f

ishi

ng p

erm

its is

sued

by

Nat

iona

l Mar

ine

Fisheries Service.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Vol

unta

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try,

Ore

gon Department of F

ish

and

Wild

life

(OD

F&W

), W

ashi

ngto

n D

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Wild

life ,

California Depart-

men

t ofF

ish

and

Gam

e (C

AD

F&G

), N

MFS

.P

rogr

am d

urat

ion:

Inde

fmite

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts (

$U.

) (b

roke

n do

wn

by s

ourc

e):

Indu

stry

- c

. $60

000/

yr.

OD

FW -

c. $

2000

0/yr

.W

DFW

- c

. $10

000/

yr.

CA

DFG

- c

. $10

000/

yr.

NM

FS -

c. $

1000

0/yr

.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Target species: Pacific whiting

(Mer

lucc

ius

prod

uctu

s)O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Yel

low

tail

and

wid

ow r

ockf

ish.

Byc

atch

: Gro

undf

ish

spec

ies ,

Pac

ific

sal

mon

(al

mos

t exc

lusi

vely

chi

nook

), o

c-ca

sion

al P

acif

ic h

alib

ut o

r D

unge

ness

cra

b.Fleet size: 40 vessels.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Spr

ing

- su

mm

er.

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 6

133

1 t (

1991

- 1

997

mea

n).

Avg

. num

ber

of fi

shin

g da

ys p

er y

ear:

80

- 12

0.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Pro

gram

is c

oord

inat

ed b

y O

DF&

W, O

re-

gon

proc

esso

rs c

ontr

ibut

e to

war

d fi

xed

cost

s of

pro

gram

(4

mon

th d

ata

tech

nici

an, o

bser

ver

supp

lies)

and

hir

e ob

serv

ers.

Pla

nts

in W

ashi

ngto

nan

d C

alif

orni

a ar

e ob

serv

ed b

y ag

ency

sta

ff. W

hitin

g la

ndin

g an

d by

-ca

tch

data

are

pro

vide

d to

OD

F&W

whi

ch e

nter

s an

d cu

rate

s a

data

-

base

, and

pro

vide

s in

-sea

son

mon

itori

ng o

f w

hitin

g fi

sher

y an

d pr

epar

es e

ndof

sea

son

repo

rt.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h entity: plant observers are employees of

stat

e ag

enci

es o

r in

dust

ry; i

ndus

try

cont

ribu

tions

tow

ard

prog

ram

fix

ed c

osts

are

rout

ed th

roug

h Pa

cifi

c St

ates

Mar

ine

Fish

erie

s C

omm

issi

on.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Was

hing

ton Department of F

ish

and

Wild

life

CA

DF&

G, N

MFS

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: l

andi

ng a

tsh

ores

ide

proc

essi

ng p

lant

.Fr

actio

n of

fis

hing

act

ivity

obs

erve

d: 1

4% (

1997

).

SOU

TH

EA

STE

RN

SH

RIM

P O

TT

ER

TR

AW

L F

ISH

ER

YE

lizab

eth

Scot

t-D

ento

n, Bycatch Observer Program Manager, 4700 Avenue

Gal

vest

onT

exas

77

551;

40

9-76

6-35

71, fax 409-

766-

3508

; eliz

abet

h.sc

ott-

dent

on(f

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aa. g

ov

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

Prog

ram

: to

char

acte

rize

shr

imp

traw

l byc

atch

and

evaluate various

gear

type

s fo

r th

e re

duct

ion

of b

y ca

tch.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s A

ct, E

SA

.V

esse

l sel

ectio

n: V

olun

tary

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

: NM

FS, G

ulf

and

Sout

h A

tlant

ic F

ishe

ry D

evel

opm

ent F

ound

atio

nIn

c.F

eder

al p

rogr

am d

urat

ion:

199

1-pr

esen

t.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts (

brok

en d

own

by s

ourc

e): $

500

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: P

enae

id s

hrim

p (b

row

n , w

hite

and

pin

k).

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: N

one.

Byc

atch

: One

Atla

ntic

bot

tleno

se d

olph

in a

nd 7

2 se

a tu

rtle

s si

nce

1992

. Fin

fish

by-

catc

h in

clud

es r

ed s

napp

er, g

roun

dfis

h, w

ith A

tlant

ic c

roak

er a

nd lo

ngsp

ine

porg

y be

ing

the

dom

inan

t spe

cies

bot

h in

num

ber

and

by w

eigh

t for

the

Gul

fof

Mex

ico

(May

199

2 -

June

199

7).

Fle

et s

ize:

abo

ut 7

000

U.S

. Coa

st G

uard

doc

umen

ted

vess

els

and

an u

nkno

wn

num

-be

r of

sta

te r

egis

tere

d bo

ats.

Seas

ons

and

dura

tion

of f

ishe

ry o

pene

rs: y

ear-

roun

d; m

ain

fish

ery

is f

rom

May

thro

ugh

Dec

embe

r.A

vera

ge a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 200

mill

ion

poun

ds.

\:J "--i

----

----

t:b 1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 250

000

(24-

hour

day

s fis

hed)

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tT

wo

coor

dina

ted

obse

rver

pro

gram

s: C

ontr

acte

d Services: Individuals con-

trac

ted

and

supe

rvis

ed b

y N

MFS

, or

by th

e G

ulf a

nd S

outh

Atla

ntic

Fish

ery

Dev

elop

men

t Fou

ndat

ion,

Inc

. (Fo

unda

tion)

. All

obse

rver

s ar

etr

aine

d us

ing

stan

dard

pro

toco

l. V

esse

ls a

re lo

cate

d th

roug

h Se

a G

rant

agen

ts, N

MFS

por

t age

nts ,

Fou

ndat

ion

cont

acts

and

fish

ery

asso

cia-

tions

. Eac

h ob

serv

er g

roup

(i.

, NM

FS o

r Fo

unda

tion)

is r

espo

nsib

leto

get

obs

erve

r to

por

t of

depa

rtur

e.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

Def

miti

on o

f E

ffor

t: ho

urs

of tr

awlin

g (n

ets

in th

e w

ater

fis

hing

). E

sti-

mat

e of

Tot

al E

ffor

t: ab

out 6

mill

ion

hour

s. E

stim

ate

is m

ade

by a

ver-

age

catc

h pe

r un

it of

eff

ort f

or a

n ar

ea (

base

d on

doc

ksid

e tr

ip in

ter-

view

s by

NM

FS p

ort a

gent

s) a

nd to

tal p

ound

s fo

r an

are

a (b

ased

on

data

col

lect

ion

at s

eafo

od d

eale

rs b

y N

MFS

por

t age

nts)

.E

stim

ate

of o

bser

ver

cove

rage

: -:::

:1

SEFS

C P

EL

AG

IC L

ON

GL

INE

OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

Den

nis

Lee

and

Che

ryl B

row

n, T

ask

Lea

der,

SE

FSC

Mia

mi L

abor

at07

Y,

75

Vir

-gi

nia

Bea

ch D

rive

, Mia

mi, FL

3314

9

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

dat

a on

eff

ort,

dir

ecte

d ca

tch

and

byca

tch

quan

-tit

y, m

orph

omet

rics

, bio

logi

cal c

hara

cter

istic

s, a

nd in

tera

ctio

n w

ith m

a-ri

ne m

amm

als,

turtles, and birds as they relate to federal fi

sher

ies

regu

latio

ns.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sw

ordf

ish

Fish

erie

s M

anag

emen

t Pla

n (5

0 C

FRpa

rt 6

30)

unde

r th

e au

thor

ity o

f th

e M

agnu

son-

Ste

vens

Fis

hery

Con

-se

rvat

ions

and

Man

agem

ent A

ct, a

s w

ell a

s th

e M

arin

e M

amm

al P

ro-

tect

ion

Act

and

End

ange

red

Spec

ies

Act

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

s: N

MFS

ope

ratio

nal c

osts

- g

over

nmen

t fun

ded.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: M

ay 1

992

to p

rese

nt. F

ive

perc

ent c

over

age

by s

et e

ffor

t is

the

sam

plin

g ta

rget

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: A

genc

y co

st h

as v

arie

d ov

er th

e ye

ars.

Fun

ding

for

199

2-94

was

bet

wee

n $1

.2 a

nd $

1.4

mill

ion

(U.

); f

undi

ng f

or 1995 was

abou

t $60

000

0, w

here

as f

undi

ng f

or 1

996

to th

e pr

esen

t ran

ged

from

$315

000-

$600

000.

Fishery Description (1992-pr

esen

t)T

arge

t spe

cies

: Sw

ordf

ish

dire

cted

fis

hery

har

vest

ed in

side

and

out

side

the

U. S

. EE

Zpr

imar

ily in

the

Nor

th A

tlant

ic O

cean

(ab

ove 5~

latit

ude)

with

som

e op

era-

tions

ext

endi

ng to

the

Equ

ator

.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Yel

low

fin

tuna

, big

eye

tuna

, alb

acor

e tu

na, d

ol-

phin

(mah

i mah

i), s

hort

fm m

ako

, por

beag

le, a

nd o

ther

sha

rk s

peci

es (

fmm

arke

t).

Byc

atch

: Wid

e va

riet

y of

spe

cies

incl

udin

g bi

llfis

h (p

rohi

bite

d by

FM

P), s

hark

s (p

ro-

hibi

ted

by p

erio

dic

FMP

clos

ures

), b

luef

in tu

na (

FMP

quot

a re

stri

ctio

ns),

esco

lar,

and

mar

ine

mam

mal

s, t

urtle

s, a

nd s

eabi

rds

as p

rote

cted

spe

cies

by-

catch. Other commercially no

n-va

luab

le s

peci

es in

clud

ing

oilf

ish ,

lancet-

fish

, occ

asio

nal r

ays

and

rare

spe

cies

(e.

, cub

icep

s, r

inge

d do

gfis

h).

Flee

t siz

e: O

ver

100

0 sw

ordf

ish

perm

it ho

lder

s. L

ongl

ine

flee

t con

sist

s of

250

- 300

vess

els

with

150

- 200

ves

sels

act

ive

year

-rou

nd.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Yea

r-ro

und

(clo

sure

s su

bjec

t to

swor

dfis

h qu

ota

and

byca

tch

quot

a lim

its).

Tot

al a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: Ann

ual U

. S. c

atch

of

swor

dfis

h re

port

ed to

IC

-C

AT

in r

ound

wei

ght (

met

ric

tons

) fr

om 1990 to 1996 was 5

519, 4

525

236

191

074

551

, and

432

0, r

espe

ctiv

ely.

Tot

al n

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: U

nkno

wn;

199

2-97

SE

FSC

obs

erve

rs s

pent

115

days

at-

sea

(exc

lude

s da

ys a

t-se

a sp

ent b

y N

EFS

C f

or 1

992-

95).

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

SE

FSC

Mia

mi L

abor

ator

y is

res

pons

ible

for

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e P

elag

ic L

ongl

ine

Obs

erve

r P

rogr

am. T

he c

oord

i-na

tors

hir

e in

divi

dual

obs

erve

r pe

rson

nel u

nder

con

trac

tual

agr

eem

ents

(Pu

r-ch

ases

of

Serv

ices

) an

d pr

ovid

e th

e ob

serv

er s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

(tra

inin

g, o

b-se

rver

gea

r , d

ocum

ents

, deb

rief

ing,

dat

a en

try)

. Pro

gram

coo

rdin

ator

s ar

e re

-sp

onsi

ble

for

mai

ntai

ning

dat

a st

orag

e an

d re

trie

val ,

qua

lity

cont

rol,

and

ad-

min

istr

ativ

e su

ppor

t. Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entr

y: N

MFS

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or f

undi

ngan

d ov

eral

l administration of the observer pr

ogra

m in

clud

ing

obse

rver

trai

ning

, deb

rief

ing,

dat

a m

anag

emen

t , an

d da

ta a

naly

ses.

Pro

gram

coo

rdi-

nato

rs a

re r

espo

nsib

le f

or a

rran

ging

pla

cem

ent o

f N

MFS

cer

tifie

d co

ntra

ctor

sab

oard

ves

sels

, inc

ludi

ng lo

gist

ics

and

trav

el s

uppo

rt o

f ob

serv

ers

to v

esse

lsse

lect

ed f

or c

over

age.

All

adm

inis

trat

ive

supp

ort i

s pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e co

ordi

-na

tors

and

age

ncy.

Obs

erve

r co

vera

ge:

Uni

t and

def

initi

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: C

over

age

isba

sed

on n

umbe

r of

set

s re

port

ed b

y th

e U

. S. pelagic long line fleet in 11

geographical regions of the North Atlantic Ocean (north of SoN

latit

ude)

.

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

c::

::::

"--i

1"1-

,

"--i

"--i

1"1-

,

tJ;)

1"1-

,

rr, \:J L.,

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Sam

plin

g de

sign

is a

ran

dom

dra

w o

f pr

ior

year

rep

orte

d lo

nglin

e fi

shin

g ef

fort

, str

atif

ied

by f

ishi

ng a

rea

and

cal-

enda

r qu

arte

r. S

ampl

ing

5% o

f the

long

line

eff

ort d

irec

ted

at A

tlant

ictu

nas

and

tuna

-like species is required under a 1996 In

tern

atio

nal

Cou

ncil

for

the

Con

serv

atio

n of

Atla

ntic

Tun

a (I

CC

A T

) R

ecom

men

da-

tion

that

bec

ame

bind

ing

on IC

CA

T c

oope

rativ

e pa

rtie

s in

199

7. R

e-al

ized

sam

plin

g fr

actio

n ha

s va

ried

fro

m a

bout

2. 5

% to

abo

ve 5

%, d

e-pe

ndin

g on

ava

ilabl

e re

sour

ces.

Sam

plin

g in

199

7 an

d 19

98 is ex-

pect

ed to

be

less

than

5%

, giv

en a

vaila

ble

reso

urce

s.

CA

LIF

OR

NIA

/OR

EG

ON

DR

IFT

GIL

LN

ET

FIS

HE

RY

Timothy D. Price, O

pera

tions

Coo

rdin

ator

, NM

FS

, Sou

thw

est R

egio

n, 5

01 W

est

Ocean Boulevard, S

uite

420

0, L

ong

Bea

ch, C

A 9

0802

-421

3

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

docu

men

t the

inci

dent

al ta

ke o

f m

arin

e m

amm

als

sea

turt

les

, sea

bird

s, ta

rget

and

non

-tar

get f

ish

spec

ies.

To

colle

ct s

e-le

cted

bio

logi

cal s

peci

men

s.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: M

arin

e M

amm

al P

rote

ctio

n A

ct (

MM

P A

), E

ndan

-gered Species Act.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): G

over

nmen

t (N

MFS

) fu

nded

.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

Jul

y 19

90 to

pre

sent

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: A

genc

y co

sts

$650

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

wor

dfis

h an

d th

resh

er s

hark

(co

mm

on, b

igey

e).

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: M

ako

shar

k , o

pah ,

louv

ar, a

nd tu

nas

(alb

a-co

re, y

ello

wfm

, blu

efin

).Bycatch: Blue shark, p

elag

ic s

tingr

ay, s

trip

ed m

arlin

, and

mol

as.

Inci

dent

al ta

kes:

Cet

acea

ns: S

perm

wha

le, short-finned pilot whale, Minke

wha

le, l

ong-

beak

ed c

omm

on d

olph

in, short-be

aked

com

mon

dol

phin

Ris

sos

dolp

hin

, Dal

l' s p

orpo

ise

, Pac

ific

whi

te-s

ided

dol

phin

, nor

ther

nrig

ht w

hale

dol

phin

, Cuv

ier

s an

d B

aird

' s b

eake

d w

hale

s, and

Mes

o-pl

odon

be

aked

wha

les.

Pin

nipe

ds: C

alif

orni

a se

a lio

n an

d no

rthe

rn e

le-

phant seals. Sea tu

rtle

s: L

eath

erba

ck a

nd lo

gger

head

s.Fl

eet s

ize:

Mar

ine

Mam

mal

Aut

hori

zatio

n C

ertif

icat

es a

re h

eld

by 1

30 v

esse

lsap

prox

imat

ely

110

are

activ

e.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: T

he f

ishe

ry is

clo

sed

with

in 2

00 m

iles

of th

e co

ast o

f C

ali-

forn

ia a

nd O

rego

n fr

om F

ebru

ary

1 to

Apr

il 30

. Fro

m M

ay 1

to A

ugus

t

14 the closure changes to 75 miles offshore. M

ost f

ishi

ng o

ccur

s be

twee

nA

ugus

t 15

and

Janu

ary

31, w

hen

clos

ure

rest

rict

ions

are

lift

ed. T

he m

ajor

ityof

fis

hing

eff

ort t

akes

pla

ce f

rom

Oct

ober

thro

ugh

Dec

embe

r.A vg. annual catch target sp

ecie

s: S

wor

dfis

h, 1.5

mill

ion

poun

ds. T

hresher shark

(com

mon

, big

eye)

395

400

poun

ds. M

ako

shar

k , 1

7830

0 po

unds

.A

vg. n

umbe

r of

fishing days per year: Estimated 3

400

sets

(equivalent to days

fished) in 1996.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w (

)f p

rogr

am s

truc

ture

: The

Sou

thw

est R

egio

n is

res

pons

ible

for

mon

i-to

ring

the

CA

lOR

dri

ft g

illne

t fis

hery

. The

pro

gram

was

con

trac

ted

in 1

996

as p

art o

f an

eff

ort t

o do

wns

ize

the

Fede

ral w

orkf

orce

as

requ

ired

by

the

Na-

tiona

l Per

form

ance

Rev

iew

. Obs

erve

r tr

aini

ng is

con

duct

ed in

con

junc

tion

with

Sou

thw

est F

ishe

ries

Sci

ence

Cen

ter

- L

a Jo

lla L

abor

ator

y, L

os A

ngel

esN

atur

al H

isto

ry M

useu

m, N

MFS

enf

orce

men

t , U

. S. C

oast

Gua

rd, a

nd th

efi

shin

g in

dust

ry. T

o da

te, 1

06 b

iolo

gica

l tec

hnic

ians

hav

e be

en h

ired

and

793

trip

s co

mpl

eted

. In

1997

, the

re w

ere

25 o

bser

vers

obs

ervi

ng th

e dr

ift g

il1ne

tfeet. Trips ty

pica

lly la

st 6

to 2

0 days. The Southwest Fisheries Science

Cen

ter

rece

ives

obs

erve

r da

ta to

cal

cula

te e

stim

ates

of

inci

dent

al ta

ke r

ates

of m

arin

e m

amm

als

in p

repa

ratio

n of

Ann

ual S

tock

Ass

essm

ents

Rep

orts

.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: N

MFS

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or f

undi

ngan

d ov

eral

l adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

m in

clud

ing

obse

rver

trai

ning

(tw

o2-

wee

k se

ssio

ns, p

lus

one ,

I-w

eek

brie

fing

wer

e co

nduc

ted

for

a to

tal o

f 25

obse

rver

s in

199

7), i

nitia

l deb

rief

ing,

and

dat

a m

anag

emen

t. V

esse

l ow

ners

and

oper

ator

s ar

e responsible for contacting the designated contractor

mak

e ar

rang

emen

ts f

or p

lace

men

t of

NM

FS tr

aine

d ob

serv

ers

aboa

rd th

eir

vess

els.

The

Con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or o

bser

ver

recr

uitm

ent ,

mon

itorin

gve

ssel

act

ivity

, obs

erve

r de

ploy

men

t , lo

gist

ics

, ins

uran

ce/b

enef

its, a

nd d

eliv

-er

y of

obs

erve

r da

ta to

NM

FS.

Oth

er p

artic

ipat

ing

agen

cies

: Thr

ough

a c

oope

rativ

e ag

reem

ent w

ith th

e C

alif

orni

aD

epar

tmen

t of

Fish

and

Gam

e , to

tal a

nnua

l fis

hing

eff

ort i

s ca

lcul

ated

for

use

in e

stim

atin

g to

tal m

arin

e m

amm

al m

orta

lity.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

initi

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: D

rift

gill

net

vess

els

in th

is f

leet

mak

e a

sing

le n

et- p

ull (

e., s

et)

each

day

, thu

s ea

ch d

ayth

at a

ves

sel m

akes

a s

et is

a s

ampl

ing

unit.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Dur

ing

1996

, the

re w

ere

421

obse

rved

set

s , r

ep-

rese

ntin

g 12

.4%

of

the

tota

l fis

hing

eff

ort.

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----

----

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,

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,

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::::

HA WAIl PE

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LO

NG

LIN

E F

ISH

ER

YTimothy D. Price, O

pera

tions

Coo

rdin

ator

, NM

FS

, Sou

thw

est R

egio

n, 5

01 W

est

Oce

an B

oule

vard

, Sui

te 4

200,

Lon

g B

each

, CA

908

02-4

213

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

obse

rve

and

docu

men

t all

spec

ies

caug

ht, i

nclu

ding

sea

turt

les, seabirds, m

arin

e m

amm

als ,

sw

ordf

ish, tunas, sharks, a

ndot

her

non-

target fishes. To collect selected biological sp

ecim

ens.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Pel

agic

fis

hery

man

agem

ent p

lan

esta

blis

hed

un-

der

the

Mag

nuso

n-St

even

s Fi

sher

y C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Man

agem

ent A

ct(r

equi

red

by th

e bi

olog

ical

opi

nion

and

inci

dent

al ta

ke s

tate

men

t , Se

c-tio

n 7

cons

ulta

tion

of th

e E

ndan

gere

d Sp

ecie

s A

ct).

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): G

over

nmen

t (N

MFS

) fu

nded

.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

Feb

ruar

y 19

94 to

pre

sent

.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: A

genc

y co

sts

$370

000

(U.

Fishery Description (1996)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

wor

dfis

h an

d tu

nas

(big

eye ,

yel

low

fm, a

lbac

ore,

ski

pjac

k)O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Mar

lin (

blue

, striped, shortbill spearfish),

mak

o sh

ark ,

dol

phin

fish

, wah

oo, o

pah

, bar

racu

da, a

nd p

omfr

ets.

Bycatch: Blue shark, o

cean

ic w

hite

tip

shar

k , th

resh

er s

hark

(bi

geye

, com

mon

),pe

lagi

c st

ingr

ay, l

ance

t fis

h , s

nake

mac

kere

l , e

scol

ar, a

nd o

ilfis

h.In

cide

ntal

take

s: S

ea tu

rtle

s: L

ogge

rhea

d , le

athe

rbac

k , o

live

ridl

ey, a

nd g

reen

s.Se

abir

ds: B

lack

-foo

ted

and

Lay

san albatross. Cetaceans: Risso

s do

l-ph

in, s

hort

-fin

ned

pilo

t wha

le, a

nd f

alse

kill

er w

hale

s.Fl

eet s

ize:

The

re w

ere

164

Fede

ral l

imite

d-en

try

long

line

perm

its in

199

6, w

ithon

ly 1

03 a

ctiv

e.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: Y

ear-

roun

d.A

vg.

ann

ual c

atch

targ

et s

peci

es: S

wor

dfis

h , 6.2

mill

ion

poun

ds. B

igey

e tu

na2

mill

ion

poun

ds. Y

ello

wfi

n tu

na, 1.6

mill

ion

poun

ds. A

lbac

ore ,

1.

mill

ion

poun

ds.

A v

g. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

year: Estimated 11

400

sets

(eq

uiva

lent

to d

ays

fished) in 1996.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Sou

thw

est R

egio

n is

res

pons

ible

for

mon

itorin

g th

e H

awai

i pel

agic

long

line

fish

ery.

Upo

n m

edic

al c

lear

-an

ce, o

bser

vers

are

hir

ed a

s di

rect

NM

FS e

mpl

oyee

s. N

MF

S e

stab

-lis

hed

a P

ort F

ield

Sta

tion

in H

onol

ulu

, Haw

aii f

or m

onito

ring

ves

sel

activ

ity a

nd deploying observers. Observer tr

aini

ng is

con

duct

ed in

con

-ju

nctio

n w

ith S

outh

wes

t Fis

heri

es S

cien

ce C

ente

r -

Hon

olul

u L

abor

ator

y,B

isho

p M

useu

m, N

MFS

enf

orce

men

t , U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Fish and

Wild

life

Serv

ice ,

and

the

fish

ing

indu

stry

. To

date

, 18

biol

ogic

al te

chni

cian

sha

ve b

een

hire

d an

d 19

6 tr

ips

com

plet

ed. C

urrently there are six observers

cove

ring

the

long

line

flee

t. T

rips

typi

cally

last

14

to 4

2 da

ys. T

he N

MF

SH

onol

ulu

Labo

rato

ry a

naly

zes

the

data

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith lo

gboo

k da

ta(P

acif

ic I

slan

ds A

rea

Off

ice)

to e

stim

ate

tota

l sea

turt

le ta

kes

and

mor

talit

ies.

Dat

a ar

e us

ed to

pre

pare

ann

ual r

evie

ws

of b

iolo

gica

l opi

nion

s , a

s re

quire

dby

the

curr

ent b

iolo

gica

l opi

nion

, qua

rter

ly r

epor

ts to

the

Wes

tern

Pac

ific

Fis

hery

Man

agem

ent C

ounc

il , a

nd e

stim

ates

of

bird

mor

talit

y to

the

U.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

Serv

ice

deliv

ery

type

and

fun

ctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS is

res

pons

ible

for

fun

ding

and

adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

m in

clud

ing

obse

rver

rec

ruitm

ent ,

trai

ning

(one

, 3-w

eek

sess

ion

was

con

duct

ed f

or 6

observers in 1996), pl

acem

ent

aboa

rd v

esse

ls, d

ebri

efin

g, a

nd d

ata

man

agem

ent.

Ves

sel o

wne

rs a

nd o

p-er

ator

s ar

e re

spon

sibl

e fo

r co

ntac

ting

NM

FS

to m

ake

arra

ngem

ents

for

plac

emen

t of

obse

rver

s ab

oard

thei

r ve

ssel

s.O

ther

par

ticip

atin

g ag

enci

es: W

este

rn P

acif

ic F

ishe

ry M

anag

emen

t Cou

ncil

, U. S

. Fis

hand Wildlife Service

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: U

nit o

f ef

fort

is d

efin

ed a

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

hoo

ks d

eplo

yed

(i.

, 1

000

hook

s =

1 u

nit o

f ef

-fo

rt).

Fraction of fi

shin

g ac

tivity

obs

erve

d: D

urin

g 19

97, there were 748781 observed

hook

s re

trie

ved ,

rep

rese

ntin

g 5.

3% o

f th

e to

tal f

ishi

ng e

ffor

t.

NO

RT

HW

ES

TE

RN

HA

W A

llAN

ISL

AN

DS

LO

BST

ER

FIS

HE

RY

Tim

othy

D. P

rice ,

Operations Coordinator, N

MF

S, Southwest Region, 501 West

Ocean Boulevard, S

uite

420

0, L

ong

Bea

ch, C

A 9

0802

- 421

3

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Col

lect

dat

a on

cat

ch a

nd b

ycat

ch q

uant

ity a

nd c

ompo

sitio

nch

arac

teri

zeth

e fi

sher

y, a

nd e

valu

ate

high

gra

ding

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: M

agnu

son-

Stev

ens

Fish

ery

Con

serv

atio

n an

d M

anag

e-m

ent A

ct.

Vol

unte

er o

r m

anda

tory

: Vol

unta

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ces:

Gov

ernm

ent (

NM

FS)

fund

ed.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: 1

997

fish

ing

seas

on (

July

)A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: A

genc

y co

sts

$65

000

(U.

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NA

DA

/U. S

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VE

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AM

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RK

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Fishery Description (1997)

Target species: Spiny

(Panulirus marginatus)

and common slipper

(Scy

llari

des

squa

mm

osus

) lo

bste

rs h

arve

sted

in th

e N

orth

wes

tern

Haw

aiia

n Is

land

s.Other commercially landed species: Ridgeback

(Scyllarides haanii)

and chinese

(Parribacus antarcticus)

slipper lobsters, k

ona

crab

, oct

opus

.B

ycat

ch: f

ilefis

h, r

eef s

hark

(gr

ey, w

hite

tip),

but

terf

ly fi

sh, goatfish, wrasse

surg

eonf

ish,

mor

ay e

els.

Flee

t siz

e: T

here

are

15

limite

d en

try

perm

its. N

ine

vess

els

wer

e ac

tive

in 1

997.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Sum

mer

(cl

osur

e su

bjec

t to

harv

est q

uota

lim

it).

Tot

al a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: Tot

al h

arve

st q

uota

set

annually. Harvest

limit

in 1

997

was

322

000

anim

als.

Tot

al n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: V

aria

ble.

Quo

ta d

epen

dent

fis

hery

. 19

97, t

here

wer

e 19

8 fi

shin

g da

ys.

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----

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent ,

adm

inis

trat

ion

, and

obs

erv-

ers

prov

ided

by

Sou

thw

est R

egio

n, O

bser

ver

Man

agem

ent.

Lob

ster

trai

ning

con

duct

ed b

y S

outh

wes

t Fis

herie

s S

cien

ce C

ente

r , H

onol

ulu

Lab

orat

ory

staf

f. P

acif

ic I

slan

ds A

rea

Off

ice

staf

f m

et w

ith th

e W

est-

ern

Paci

fic

Reg

iona

l Fis

hery

Man

agem

ent C

ounc

il to

gai

n co

oper

atio

nfr

om f

ishi

ng v

esse

ls to

car

ry o

bser

vers

. NM

FS r

eim

burs

ed vessels for

obse

rver

sub

sist

ence

cos

ts.

Ser

vice

del

iver

y ty

pe a

nd fu

nctio

n of

eac

h en

tity:

NM

FS

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

rfu

ndin

g an

d ov

eral

l adm

inis

trat

ion

of th

e pr

ogra

m in

clud

ing

obse

rver

trai

ning

, deb

riefin

g an

d da

ta management. The

Sout

hwes

t Fis

heri

esS

cien

ce C

ente

r, H

onol

ulu

Lab

orat

ory,

rec

eive

s ob

serv

er d

ata

to c

alcu

-la

te e

stim

ates

of

harv

est ,

dis

card

rat

es, a

nd s

ortin

g an

d ha

ndlin

g te

ch-

mqu

es.

t:()

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

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,

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::::

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Uni

t and

def

miti

on o

f fi

shin

g ef

fort

for

pur

pose

of

estim

atin

g co

vera

ge: T

henu

mbe

r of

trap

s se

t and

hau

led.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

66%

of

the

fish

ing

effo

rt w

as o

bser

ved

duri

ng th

e 19

97 f

ishi

ng s

easo

n.

CANADA/U. S. OBSERVER PROGRAM WORKSHOP

CANADIAN OBSERVER PROGRAM SUMMARIESGULF REGION - COD............ .......................

.............................. """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'"

.... 87GULF REGION - GROlJNDFISH MOBILE GEAR.........................................................................................................GULF REGION - HERRING .............................................................................................................................................GULF REGION - NORTHERN SHRIMP .........................................................................................................................GULF REGION - SNOW CRAB AREA 12 ......................................................................................................................NEWFOUNDLAND REGION - GROUNDFISH & SHRIMP FISHERIES: NAFO REGULATORY AREA ................NEWFOUNDLAND REGION - LARGE PELAGICS ......................................................................................................NEWFOlJNDLAND REGION - GROUND FISH (EXCEPT COD).................................................................................NORTHWEST ATLANTIC SHRIMP ...............................................................................................................................NEWFOlJNDLAND REGION - RE-OPENED COD FISHERY ......................................................................................NEWFOUNDLAND REGION - SCALLOPS ......,............................................................................................................NEWFOUNDLAND REGION - SMALL PELAGICS......................................................................................................NEWFOUNDLAND REGION - SNOW CRAB................................................................................................................LAURENTIAN REGION - CRAB ....................................................................................................................................LAURENTIAN REGION - SCALLOP.

.................. ......................................... ........... ........................ ...............................

LAURENTIAN REGION - SHRIMP................... .......................................

.................... ...................................................

LAURENTIAN REGION - NORTHERN SHRIMP ..........................................................................................................LAURENTIAN REGION - GROlJNDFISH - MOBILE GEAR .......................................................................................LAURENTIAN REGION - GROlJNDFISH - FIXED GEAR...........................................................................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - BLUEFIN TUNA - DOMESTIC .........................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - BLUEFIN TUNA - FOREIGN ............................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - CRAB...................................................................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - GROUND FISH - FIXED GEAR.........................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - GROlJNDFISH - MOBILE GEAR .....................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - LARGE PELAGICS - SHARK ...........................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - LARGE PELAGICS - SWORDFISH ..................................SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - LOBSTER - OFFSHORE .................................................. 100SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SCALLOPS - INSHORE ................................................... 100SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SCALLOPS - OFFSHORE................................................ 101SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SHRIMP - NORTHERN.................................................... 101SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SHRIMP - SCOTIAN SHELF ........................................... 102SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SHRIMP - OTHER............................................................ 102SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SILVER HAKE - DOMESTIC.......................................... 103SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SILVER RAKE - FOREIGN ............................................. 103SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SMALL PELAGICS .......................................................... 104SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - SURF CLAMS................................................................... 104SCOTIA-FlJNDY FISHERIES - MARITIMES REGION - TEST / EXPERIMENTAL ................................................ 105PACIFIC REGION - DOMESTIC TRA WL FISHERY................................................................................................... 105PACIFIC REGION - J/V HAKE FISHERY...................................................""""""""""""""""""""""""""'"........... 106

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LF

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GIO

N -

CO

DO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chief Ron Manderson

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: A

lan

Sin

clai

r

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s, q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.F

undi

ng s

ourc

e(s)

: Fed

eral

Gov

t./F

ishi

ng in

dust

ry.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1

500

000

(Cdn

.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: C

od.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: A

mer

ican

pla

ice.

Fle

et s

ize:

300

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 6

00 t

(und

er m

orat

oriu

m).

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays/

year

: 240

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

observer services in the region. T

he c

ontr

acto

rw

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

to e

nsur

e tim

ely

and

cost

-eff

ectiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

res

pons

ible

for

ens

urin

gsu

ffic

ient

obs

erve

rs a

re available for de

ploy

men

t. T

he c

ontr

acto

r br

iefs

obse

rver

s ba

sed

on in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

sci

entif

ic c

oord

i-na

tor.

Dat

a en

try

is c

ompl

eted

by

the

cont

ract

or.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Cod

- 2

0 %

; 50

days

.

GU

LF

RE

GIO

N -

GR

OU

ND

FISH

MO

BIL

E G

EA

RO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef R

on M

ande

rson

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: A

lan

Sin

clai

r

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 2

00000 (Cdn.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

mer

ican

pla

ice

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: C

od, f

loun

ders

.Fl

eet s

ize:

400

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 8

000

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for serv-

ices

is te

nder

ed f

or a

ll ob

serv

er s

ervi

ces

in th

e R

egio

n. T

he c

ontr

acto

rw

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

to e

nsur

e tim

ely

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

responsible for ensur-

ing

suff

icie

nt o

bser

vers

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r de

ploy

men

t. T

he c

ontr

acto

rbr

iefs

obs

erve

rs b

ased

on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coor

dina

tor.

Dat

a en

try

is c

ompl

eted

by

the

cont

ract

or.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Am

eric

an p

laic

e -

20%

; 700

day

s.

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

\:J::::

CJ;

)

1"1-

,

"1i

\:J c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

GU

LF

RE

GIO

N -

HE

RR

ING

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ron

Man

ders

onS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Ala

n S

incl

air

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 5

0000 (Coo.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: H

erri

ng.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: M

acke

rel.

Flee

t siz

e: 6

sei

ners

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: M

ay -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 12000 - 15

000

t.A

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 1

500.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

observer services in the region. T

he c

ontr

acto

rw

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

to e

nsur

e tim

ely

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

responsible for ensur-

ing

suffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

con

trac

tor

brie

fs o

bser

vers

bas

ed o

n in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

sci

entif

icco

ordi

nato

r. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Her

ring

- 5

- 10

%; 1

50 d

ays.

GU

LF R

EG

ION

- N

OR

TH

ER

N S

HR

IMP

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ron

Man

ders

onS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Ala

n S

incl

air

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $62

000 (Coo.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: N

orth

ern

shri

mp.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: T

urbo

t.F

leet

siz

e: 1

in th

is R

egio

n; 1

6 to

tal l

icen

se h

olde

rs.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 3

000

t.A

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 2

60.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

observer services in the region. T

he c

ontr

acto

rw

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

to e

nsur

e tim

ely

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

responsible for ensur-

ing

suffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

con

trac

tor

brie

fs o

bser

vers

bas

ed o

n in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

sci

entif

icco

ordi

nato

r. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Nor

ther

n sh

rim

p -

100%

; 260

day

s.

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

rr, \:J 1"1-

,

\:J "--i

::::

GU

LF

RE

GIO

N -

SN

OW

CR

AB

AR

EA

12

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ron

Man

ders

onS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Ala

n S

incl

air

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $20

0000 (Cdn.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

now

cra

b.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

:Fl

eet s

ize:

230

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

- Jul

y.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 15

500

t.A

ver

age

num

ber

of fishing days per year: 15-30

/ves

sel.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

observer services in the region. T

he c

ontr

acto

rw

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

to e

nsur

e tim

ely

and

cost

-effe

ctiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

responsible for ensur-

ing

suffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

con

trac

tor

brie

fs o

bser

vers

bas

ed o

n in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

sci

entif

icco

ordi

nato

r: D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Sno

w c

rab

- 20

%; 6

50 d

ays.

NE

WFO

UN

DL

AN

D R

EG

ION

- G

RO

UN

D F

ISH

AN

D S

HR

IMP

FIS

HE

RIE

S:

NA

FO R

EG

UL

AT

OR

Y A

RE

AO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef B

en R

oger

sS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Dave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

the

NA

FO C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Enforcement Measures.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Nor

thw

est A

tlant

ic F

ishe

ries

Org

aniz

atio

n (N

AFO

).A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: N

AFO

Con

serv

atio

n an

d E

nfor

cem

ent M

easu

res.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): F

eder

al.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

roun

dfis

h an

d Sh

rim

p (1

996)

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: Gro

undf

ish

4600

0 t;

shri

mp

650

000

t.A

vg.

num

ber

of fi

shin

g da

ys p

er year: 20

000

days

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fede

ral.

The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

set

up

equa

lly b

etw

een

the

thre

e A

tlant

ic O

bser

ver

Con

trac

tors

an-

nual

ly. T

he c

ontr

acto

rs a

re b

rief

ed b

y th

e Pr

ogra

m M

anag

er. T

he r

epor

tsge

nera

ted

by o

bser

vers

on

fore

ign

vess

els

are

sent

dir

ectly

to th

e ap

pro-

pria

te n

atio

n. T

he in

fonn

atio

n is

then

sen

t to

the

NA

FO Secretariat for

diss

emin

atio

n to

all

cont

ract

ing

part

ies.

The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le f

oren

suri

ng s

uffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

Dat

a co

llect

edby

obs

erve

rs a

re f

orw

arde

d to

the

flag

sta

te o

f th

e ve

ssel

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Gro

undf

ish

and

Shri

mp

- 10

0 %

; 3800 days

in 1

996

and

2400 days in 1997

It is

a re

quir

emen

t tha

t all

vessels fishing in the N

AFO

Reg

ulat

ory

Are

a ha

ve10

0% o

bser

ver

cove

rage

. Can

ada

prov

ided

cov

erag

e on

Can

adia

n ve

ssel

s an

dco

untr

ies

with

out a

n O

bser

ver

Prog

ram

(L

atvi

a , R

ussi

a , L

ithua

nia

, and

Est

onia

).C

anad

a ha

s as

sist

ed th

ese

coun

trie

s in

set

ting

up a

n ob

serv

er p

rogr

am a

nd th

eyha

ve r

ecen

tly b

egun

dep

loyi

ng th

eir

natio

nal O

bser

vers

. Oth

er c

ount

ries

fis

hing

inth

e N

RA

are

ED

(pr

imar

ily S

pain

and

Por

tuga

l), F

aroe

Isl

ands

, Gre

enla

nd, I

cela

ndN

orw

ay, e

tc.

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

\:)::::

():)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J =:tJ

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

NE

WF

OU

ND

LAN

D R

EG

ION

- L

AR

GE

PE

LAG

ICS

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ben

Rog

ers

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: D

ave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

s , g

ear

rest

rict

ions

, byc

atch

, fm

ning

sha

rks ,

rep

ortin

g re

quir

emen

ts, u

naut

horiz

edtr

ans-

ship

ping

at s

ea.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: L

arge

pel

agic

s.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 260

0 t (

com

bine

d N

FLD

and

Mar

itim

es).

Avg

. num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 600

day

s (N

FLD

bas

ed o

bser

vers

).

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

services in the region, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-servers are available for de

ploy

men

t. T

he contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Shar

k 10

%Sw

ordf

ish

20%

Tun

a 20

%

10 days.

80 d

ays.

20 d

ays.

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dir

ecte

d na

tiona

lly. H

isto

rica

lly f

unde

d fe

dera

lly; i

t is

now

an in

dust

ry f

undi

ng r

equi

rem

ent.

NE

WF

OU

ND

LAN

D R

EG

ION

- G

RO

UN

DF

ISH

(E

XC

EP

T C

OD

)O

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef B

en R

oger

sS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Dave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , b

ycat

ch le

vels

landing requirements, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, d

isca

rdin

g an

d re

port

ing

requ

ire-

men

ts. T

o co

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

and

for

inpu

t int

o op

enin

gan

d cl

osin

g fis

herie

s.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Ind

ustr

y.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

roun

dfis

h (e

xcep

t cod

).Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry 0

1 -

Dec

embe

r 31

.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 30

000

t (ex

clud

ing

cod)

.A vg. no. of fishing days pe

r ye

ar: m

obile

gea

r -

300

0 da

ys: F

ixed

Gea

r). 4

5 ft

-00

0 da

ys: F

ixed

Gea

r 35

- 45

ft -

12

000

days

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fede

ral.

The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Fix

ed g

ear

35- 4

5 ft

5%

.F

ixed

gea

r ).

45 ft

10%

.Mobile gear al

l 20%

.

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dir

ecte

d na

tiona

lly. H

isto

rica

lly f

unde

d fe

dera

lly; i

t is

now

an in

dust

ry fu

ndin

g re

quire

men

t. 19

97 w

as a

tran

sitio

nal y

ear

and

cove

rage

was

appr

oxim

atel

y ha

lf th

e re

com

men

ded

leve

ls.

\:J "--i

----

----

t:J;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J \:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

NO

RT

HW

EST

AT

LA

NT

IC S

HR

IMP

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ben

Rog

ers

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: D

ave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, cat

ch o

fjuvenile groundfish species

, lan

ding

req

uire

men

ts, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, h

igh-

grad

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

o co

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

and

quot

a m

anag

emen

t.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Ind

ustr

y.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

hrim

p.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

- D

ecem

ber.

1997

cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 46

000

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fede

ral.

The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dire

cted

nat

iona

lly.

Northern shrimp has been subject to 10

0% c

over

age,

paid by industry

since 1987.

A m

ajor

incr

ease

in th

e bi

omas

s le

d to

quo

ta a

lloca

tions

to v

esse

ls le

ssth

an 6

5 fe

et in

199

7. T

hese

sm

alle

r ve

ssel

s ha

d 14

0 da

ys (

8%)

indu

stry

fund

ed o

bser

ver

cove

rage

. Fis

hing

eff

ort b

y th

e sm

all v

esse

ls is

exp

ecte

dto

trip

le in

199

8.

NE

WFO

UN

DL

AN

D R

EG

ION

- R

E- OPENED COD FISHERY

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Ben

Rog

ers

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: D

ave

Kul

ka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts. T

oco

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

( s

): F

eder

al.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: C

od.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Apr

il -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 15

000

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Cod

- 5

%; 4

00 d

ays.

The

tota

l cod

cat

ch o

ff N

ewfo

undl

and

was

his

tori

cally

mor

e th

an 3

0000

0 t.

Ob-

serv

er c

over

age

was

fed

eral

ly f

unde

d at

30%

to 1

00%

(de

pend

ing

on th

e ar

ea)

from

the

mid

- 198

0s u

ntil

the

fish

ery

was

clo

sed

in 1

992.

Whe

n re

open

ed in

sel

ecte

d ar

eas

in 1

997

, it w

as p

rim

arily

a s

mal

l boa

t fis

hery

us-

ing

gi11

nets

and

bai

ted

hook

s. O

bser

ver

cove

rage

was

fed

eral

ly f

unde

d in

199

7 as

atr

ansi

tiona

l yea

r. F

undi

ng le

vels

and

sou

rce

is u

ndec

ided

for

199

8.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

\::J

::::

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J c:::

......

.

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

NE

WFO

UN

DL

AN

D R

EG

ION

- S

CA

LL

OPS

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m Chief Ben Rogers

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: D

ave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

closed/licensed areas, c

atch

of undersize scallops, d

isca

rdin

g an

d re

port

ing

requ

irem

ents

. Col

lect

ion

of scientific data.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

callo

ps.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Avg

. ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 1

060

0 t.

Avg

. num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 815

0 da

ys.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Inshore scallops 10

%O

ffsh

ore

scal

lops

20%

790

days

.50

day

s.

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dir

ecte

d na

tiona

lly. H

isto

rica

lly f

unde

d fe

dera

lly, i

t is

now

an in

dust

ry f

undi

ng r

equi

rem

ent.

1997

was

a tr

ansi

tiona

l yea

r; th

ese

leve

ls w

ere

not a

ttain

ed.

NE

WF

OU

ND

LAN

D R

EG

ION

- S

MA

LL P

ELA

GIC

SO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef B

en R

oger

sS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Dave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

s, c

atch

of

undersize species, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, b

ycat

ch, d

isca

rdin

g an

d re

port

ing

re-

quir

emen

ts. T

o co

llect

dat

a on

roe

con

ditio

n an

d fi

sh s

ize

whi

ch c

an b

eus

ed in

dec

isio

ns to

ope

n an

d cl

ose

fish

erie

s. T

o co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

pe~i

es: S

mal

l pel

agic

s.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

vg. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 29

000

t.A

vg.

num

ber

of fi

shin

g da

ys p

er y

ear:

450

0 da

ys.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Cap

elin

Herring seiners

20%

Her

ring

fixed

gea

r M

acke

rel

100

days

.26

0 da

ys.

100

days

.10

day

s.

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dir

ecte

d na

tiona

lly. H

isto

rica

lly f

unde

d fe

dera

lly; i

t is

now

an in

dust

ry f

undi

ng r

equi

rem

ent.

1997

was

a tr

ansi

tiona

l yea

r an

d th

e ab

ove

leve

lsw

ere

not a

ttain

ed.

\:J "--i

----

----

Q:j

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

NE

WFO

UN

DL

AN

D R

EG

ION

- S

NO

W C

RA

BO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef B

en R

oger

sS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Dave Kulka

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , g

ear

rest

ric-

tions

, dis

card

ing,

dum

ping

, hig

hgra

ding

and

rep

ortin

g re

quire

men

ts. T

om

onito

r ca

tche

s an

d m

etho

d of

dis

card

of

soft

she

ll cr

ab a

nd c

olle

ct s

ci-

entific data.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

now

cra

b.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: M

ay -

Aug

ust.

A v

g. a

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es: 4

500

0 t.

A v

g. n

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

year: 12

000

days

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

ser

v-ic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on, f

or o

ne (

1) y

ear

with

two

(2),

2- y

ear

optio

n pe

riod

s. T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

-su

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

ens

ure

timel

y an

d co

st-e

ffect

ive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r en

surin

g su

ffici

ent o

b-se

rver

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

contractor briefs observers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er a

nd s

cien

tific

coo

rdin

ator

.D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

The

cov

erag

e le

vels

are

dire

cted

nat

iona

lly.

His

tori

cally

fun

ded

fede

rally

, it h

as b

een

fund

ed b

y in

dust

ry f

or th

e pa

sttw

o (2

) ye

ars.

The

rec

omm

ende

d le

vel i

s 20

%; o

nly

5% h

as b

een

achi

eved

.

LA

UR

EN

TIA

N R

EG

ION

- C

RA

BO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chief John Chouinard

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: J

ean-

Den

is L

ambe

rt

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of t

he p

rogr

am: T

o m

onito

r co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith c

lose

d ar

eas ,

quo

ta, l

andi

ngre

quir

emen

ts, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, d

isca

rdin

g, h

ighg

radi

ng a

nd r

epor

ting

requ

irem

ents

. To

colle

ct d

ata

for

stoc

k as

sess

men

ts.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): F

eder

al G

ovt./

Fish

ing

indu

stry

.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

now

cra

b.O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Non

e.F

leet

siz

e: 1

77 c

oast

al a

nd o

ffsho

re.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Apr

il- J

uly.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 1

200

0 t.

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 15-

30 d

ays

per

boat

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y.

cont

ract

for

serv

ices

is te

nder

ed f

or a

ll ob

serv

er s

ervi

ces

in th

e re

gion

. The

con

-tr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

ton

en-

sure

tim

ely

and

cost

-eff

ectiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

res

pons

i-bl

e fo

r en

suri

ng s

uffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

cont

ract

or b

rief

s ob

serv

ers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

eran

d sc

ient

ific

coo

rdin

ator

. Dat

a en

try

is c

ompl

eted

by

the

cont

ract

or.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

10-

20%

; 550

day

s ob

serv

ed.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

I'J::::

::::

CJ0

i'1J

1"1-

,

\:J c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

LA

UR

EN

TIA

N R

EG

ION

- S

CA

LL

OP

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Joh

n C

houi

nard

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: J

ean-

Den

is L

ambe

rt

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of t

he p

rogr

am: T

o m

onito

r co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith c

lose

d ar

eas,

quo

ta, l

andi

ngre

quir

emen

ts, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, d

isca

rdin

g an

d re

port

ing

requ

irem

ents

.T

o co

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: I

cela

nd s

callo

p, g

iant

sca

llop.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: N

one.

Flee

t siz

e: 8

2 dr

agge

rs.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

May

to S

epte

mbe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 230

0 t.

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: ~ 1

00

days

per

boa

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y. A

con

trac

t for

serv

ices

is te

nder

ed f

or a

ll observer services in the region. T

he c

on-

trac

tor

wor

ks in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

n en

-su

re ti

mel

y an

d co

st-e

ffec

tive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsi-

ble

for

ensu

ring

suf

fici

ent o

bser

vers

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r de

ploy

men

t. T

heco

ntra

ctor

bri

efs

obse

rver

s ba

sed

on in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

scie

ntif

ic c

oord

inat

or. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

10%

; 50

days

obs

erve

d.

LA

UR

EN

TIA

N R

EG

ION

- S

HR

IMP

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Joh

n C

houi

nard

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: J

ean-

Den

is L

ambe

rt

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

byc

atch

res

tric

tions

, quo

talanding requirements, g

ear

rest

rictio

ns, d

isca

rdin

g an

d re

port

ing

re-

quire

men

ts. T

o co

llect

dat

a fo

r st

ock

asse

ssm

ents

.Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: N

orth

ern

shri

mp.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: N

one.

Fle

et s

ize:

57

traw

lers

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

to O

ctob

er.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 1

300

0 t.

A v

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: ~

80

days

per

boa

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y.

cont

ract

for

serv

ices

is te

nder

ed f

or a

ll observer services in the region. T

he c

on-

trac

tor

wor

ks in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

n en

-su

re ti

mel

y an

d co

st-e

ffec

tive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsi-

ble

for

ensu

ring

suf

fici

ent o

bser

vers

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r de

ploy

men

t. T

heco

ntra

ctor

bri

efs

obse

rver

s ba

sed

on in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

scie

ntif

ic c

oord

inat

or. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

5%

; 200

day

s ob

serv

ed.

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EG

ION

- N

OR

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ER

N S

HR

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Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Joh

n C

houi

nard

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: J

ean-

Den

is L

ambe

rt

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, dis

card

ing

and

repo

rtin

g re

quir

emen

ts.

To

colle

ct d

ata

for

stoc

k as

sess

men

ts.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): F

eder

al G

ovt.l

Fish

ing

indu

stry

.

Fishery Description

Tar

get s

peci

es: N

orth

ern

shri

mp.

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: N

one.

Flee

t siz

e: 4

ves

sels

in r

egio

n.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 12

000

t.A

vera

ge n

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: ~

300

days

per

boa

t.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief o

verv

iew

of p

rogr

am s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pro

gram

is fe

dera

l. T

he r

e-gi

onal

man

ager

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or p

rogr

am d

eliv

ery.

co

ntra

ct fo

rse

rvic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on. T

he c

on-

trac

tor

wor

ks in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

n en

-su

re ti

mel

y an

d co

st-e

ffec

tive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsi-

ble

for

ensu

ring

suf

fici

ent o

bser

vers

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r de

ploy

men

t. T

heco

ntra

ctor

bri

efs

obse

rver

s ba

sed

on in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

scie

ntif

ic c

oord

inat

or. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

100

%; 1

050

days

obs

erve

d.

LA

UR

EN

TIA

N R

EG

ION

- G

RO

UN

DFI

SH -

MO

BIL

E G

EA

RO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef J

ohn

Cho

uina

rdS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Jea

n-D

enis

Lam

bert

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, discarding and reporting requirements.

To

colle

ct d

ata

for

stoc

k as

sess

men

ts. T

o op

en c

lose

d ar

eas

(tes

t fis

h-er

y). T

o as

sess

cod

abu

ndan

ce (

sent

inel

fis

hery

).Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Fis

hery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: C

od (

sent

inel

fis

hery

).O

ther

com

mer

cial

ly la

nded

spe

cies

: Am

eric

an p

laic

e , f

loun

ders

, oth

er g

roun

dfis

h.Fl

eet s

ize:

20.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jul

y to

Oct

ober

.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 300

0 t.

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: N/

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief o

verv

iew

of p

rogr

am s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pro

gram

is fe

dera

l. T

he r

e-gi

onal

man

ager

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or p

rogr

am d

eliv

ery.

co

ntra

ct fo

rse

rvic

es is

tend

ered

for

all

obse

rver

ser

vice

s in

the

regi

on. T

he c

on-

trac

tor

wor

ks in

clo

se c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

er to

n en

-su

re ti

mel

y an

d co

st-e

ffec

tive

depl

oym

ents

. The

con

trac

tor

is r

espo

nsi-

ble

for

ensu

ring

suf

fici

ent o

bser

vers

are

ava

ilabl

e fo

r de

ploy

men

t. T

heco

ntra

ctor

bri

efs

obse

rver

s ba

sed

on in

put f

rom

the

prog

ram

man

ager

and

scie

ntif

ic c

oord

inat

or. D

ata

entr

y is

com

plet

ed b

y th

e co

ntra

ctor

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

10%

(10

0% f

or te

st a

nd s

entin

el fi

sher

ies)

;20

0 da

ys o

bser

ved.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

c:J

::::

tJ:J

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

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c:::

r'f"t

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NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

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LA

UR

EN

TIA

N R

EG

ION

- G

RO

UN

DFI

SH -

FIX

ED

GE

AR

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m Chief John Chouinard

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: J

ean-

Den

is L

ambe

rt

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

com

plia

nce

with

clo

sed

area

s , q

uota

, lan

ding

requ

irem

ents

, gea

r re

stric

tions

, discarding and reporting requirements.

To

colle

ct d

ata

for

stoc

k as

sess

men

ts. T

o op

en c

lose

d ar

eas

(tes

t fis

h-er

y). T

o as

sess

cod

abu

ndan

ce (

sent

inel

fis

hery

).Fi

sher

y m

anag

emen

t: Fe

dera

l.A

utho

rity

to p

lace

obs

erve

rs: S

ectio

n 46

Fis

hery

(G

ener

al)

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Fed

eral

Gov

t./Fi

shin

g in

dust

ry.

Fish

ery

Des

crip

tion

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

reen

land

hal

ibut

, cod

(se

ntin

el fi

sher

y).

Oth

er c

omm

erci

ally

land

ed s

peci

es: O

ther

gro

undf

ish.

Fleet size: 120.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jun

e -

July

.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 210

0 t.

Ave

rage

num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 20

days

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: Man

agem

ent o

f pr

ogra

m is

fed

eral

. The

re-

gion

al m

anag

er is

res

pons

ible

for

pro

gram

del

iver

y.

cont

ract

for

serv

ices

is te

nder

ed f

or a

ll ob

serv

er s

ervi

ces

in th

e re

gion

. The

con

-tr

acto

r w

orks

in c

lose

con

sulta

tion

with

the

prog

ram

man

ager

ton

en-

sure

tim

ely

and

cost

-eff

ectiv

e de

ploy

men

ts. T

he c

ontr

acto

r is

res

pons

i-bl

e fo

r en

suri

ng s

uffi

cien

t obs

erve

rs a

re a

vaila

ble

for

depl

oym

ent.

The

cont

ract

or b

rief

s ob

serv

ers

base

d on

inpu

t fro

m th

e pr

ogra

m m

anag

eran

d sc

ient

ific

coo

rdin

ator

. Dat

a en

try

is c

ompl

eted

by

the

cont

ract

or.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

5%

(10

0% f

or te

st a

nd s

entin

el).

SCO

TIA

- FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

BLU

E F

IN T

UN

A -

DO

ME

STIC

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

Prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

Man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

Pla

ce O

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r M

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

Sour

ce(

s): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

Dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Annual Program C

osts

: $1.9 Million (Coo.) (Admin $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Target species: Bluefin tuna.

Bycatch: Swordfish, s

hark

, oth

er tu

nas.

Fleet Size: 46.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jun

e 01

to M

arch

31

, Pea

k:A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 370

t (1

997)

.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 1

638.

July

to S

epte

mbe

r.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with

the

Chi

ef o

f Su

rvei

llanc

e O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

ofth

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Pro

tect

ion

Bra

nch.

The

obs

erve

r co

ntra

ctor

is r

e-sp

onsi

ble

for

supp

lyin

g an

d tr

aini

ng o

bser

vers

.

Observer Deployment Coverage (1

997

Cal

enda

r Y

ear)

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

Obs

erve

r le

vels

are

dir

ecte

d na

tiona

lly. R

e-gi

onal

ly d

eplo

ymen

ts a

re o

ften

bas

ed o

n co

nsul

tatio

n be

twee

n D

FO E

n-fo

rcem

ent ,

Res

ourc

e, S

cien

ce, a

nd fi

sher

s.

Fish

erie

sT

ar leve

l20

%10

%10

0%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

Act

ual

Blu

efin

tuna

.(10

0 ft

. (SW

Nov

a Sc

otia

)B

luef

in tu

na .(

100

ft.

Blu

efin

tuna

? 10

0 ft

\:J "--i

----

----

\J;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

BLU

E F

IN T

UN

A-

FOR

EIG

NObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

12 (

e) C

oast

al F

ish.

Pro

tect

ion

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Ind

ustr

y/G

over

nmen

t.Pr

ogra

m d

urat

ion:

One

yea

r co

ntra

ct w

ith tw

o 24

mon

th o

ptio

n pe

riod

s.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: $

1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: B

luef

m tu

na.

Byc

atch

: Oth

er tu

nas ,

sw

ordf

ish,

sha

rk.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 6

vess

els

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Nov

embe

r 01

to J

anua

ry 1

5.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 40

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 6

0 da

ys.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he O

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

All

fore

ign

vess

els

had

obse

rver

cov

erag

e.

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

100%

Act

ual

100%

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

sea

days

Blu

efin

tuna

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

CR

AB

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am costs: $ 1.

Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

now

cra

b, o

ther

cra

b.B

ycat

ch: L

obst

er.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 17

7.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

uly

thro

ugh

Sept

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f tar

get s

peci

es: S

now

cra

b 1

688

t.Other crab 16

111

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 3

864.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on.

Reg

iona

lly, t

he u

ltim

ate

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r th

e pr

ogra

m r

esid

es w

ith th

e C

hief

Su

rvei

llanc

e O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

of th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Pro

-te

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

res

pons

ible

for

sup

plyi

ng a

nd tr

aini

ngob

serv

ers.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)Snow crab 20

% 37

3 days

Other crab 20

% 39

9 days

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

20%

20%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

73 d

ays

nil

Act

ual

Snow

cra

bOther crab

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

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::::

t:JJ

lr)

rr,

1"1-

,

\:J c::::

1"1-

,lr

)

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

GR

OU

ND

FISH

-FI

XE

D G

EA

RObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000

).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

roun

dfis

h.B

ycat

ch: P

elag

ics.

Flee

t siz

e: 9

00.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es:

Num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 19

500.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sA

ctua

lN

umbe

r of

obs

erve

dse

a da

ys149 days

5 da

ys295 days

Tar

get

leve

l

10%

10 %

Fix

ed G

ear

.(45

ft.

Fixed Gear 45-

65 ft

.Fixed Gear 65-99

ft.

SCO

TIA

- FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

GR

OU

ND

FIS

H -

MO

BIL

E G

EA

RObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

Prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

ll~ct

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(

s ):

Indu

stry

/Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: G

roun

dfis

h.B

ycat

ch: L

obst

er.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 23

4.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 1

450

0.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)Fi

sher

ies

Tar leve

l20

%20

%20

%20

%

Act

ual

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

5 da

ys308 days

45 days

483 days

Mob

ile g

ear

.(45

ft.

Mob

ile g

ear

.(65

ft.

Mob

ile g

ear

65- 9

9 ft.

Mob

ile g

ear

/100

ft.

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,::=

tJ

\:J ::=tJ

\:::J

1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

LA

RG

EP

ELA

GIC

S -

SH

AR

KObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Target species: Shark.

Byc

atch

: Tun

a , s

wor

dfis

h.Fl

eet s

ize:

App

roxi

mat

ely

15.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber;

Sw

ordf

ish:

May

- O

ctob

er.

Ann

ual c

atch

of t

arge

t spe

cies

: Shark 1

241

tSwordfish 1

007

tOther tuna

295

tN

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 2

151.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r).

Fish

erie

sA

ctua

lN

umbe

r of

obs

erve

dse

a da

ys28 days

Tar

get

leve

l10

%Sh

ark

SCO

TIA

- FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

LA

RG

EPE

LA

GIC

S -

SWO

RD

FISH

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am costs: $1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

hark

, sw

ordf

ish ,

oth

er tu

na.

Bycatch: Tunas

, sha

rk.

Fleet size: 99.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber;

Sw

ordf

ish:

May

- O

ctob

er.

Ann

ual c

atch

of t

arge

t spe

cies

: Shark 1

241

tSwordfish 1

007

tOther tuna

295

tN

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 2

151.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

20%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

195

days

Act

ual

Swor

dfis

h

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

\:J::::

\:JJ

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J L.,

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

LO

BST

ER

- O

FF-

SHO

RE

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

enun

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am costs: $1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: L

obst

er.

Byc

atch

: Gro

undf

ish

, cra

b.F

leet

siz

e: 7

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 888

6 t.

Num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 839

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

enun

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d Pr

otec

tion

Bra

nch.

The

obs

erve

r co

ntra

ctor

is r

e-sp

onsi

ble

for

supp

lyin

g an

d tr

aini

ng o

bser

vers

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)N

o de

ploy

men

ts.

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

20%

Act

ual

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

sea

days

Lobs

ter

(offs

hore

)

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SC

AL

LO

PS -

IN

-SH

OR

EObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

enun

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n42

700

0 ).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Y ear)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

callo

ps.

Bycatch: Groundfish.

Flee

t siz

e: 2

77.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 1

016

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 8

297.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

enun

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

10%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

184

days

Act

ual

Scal

lops

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J \:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SC

AL

LO

PS -

OFF

SHO

RE

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am costs: $1.9 Million (Coo.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

callo

ps.

Byc

atch

: Lob

ster

, gro

undf

ish.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 32

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 46

921

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 3

759.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with

the

Chi

ef o

f Su

rvei

llanc

e O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

ofth

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Prot

ectio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)N

o de

ploy

men

ts.

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

20%

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

sea

days

Act

ual

Sca

llop

(offs

hore

)

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SH

RIM

P -

NO

RT

HE

RN

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

hrim

p.Bycatch: Turbot

, red

fish

.F

leet

siz

e: 4

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 13

000

t.N

umbe

r of

fish

ing

days

per

yea

r: N

/ A.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arle

vel

100%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

879

Act

ual

Northern shrimp

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

::::

\:1J

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J L.,

c:::

1"1-

,

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SH

RIM

P -

SCO

TIA

N S

HE

LF

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

hrim

p.F

leet

siz

e: 2

1.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: A

pril

- O

ctob

er.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 4

000

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 1

548

days

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with

the

Chi

ef o

f Su

rvei

llanc

e O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

ofth

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Pro

tect

ion

Bra

nch.

The

obs

erve

r co

ntra

ctor

is r

e-sp

onsi

ble

for

supp

lyin

g an

d tr

aini

ng o

bser

vers

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)N

o de

ploy

men

ts.

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

10%

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

sea

days

Act

ual

Shr

imp

(Sco

tia S

helf)

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SH

RIM

P -

OT

HE

RObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

hrim

p.Fleet size: 13.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Apr

il -

Oct

ober

.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: 400

0 t.

Num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 154

8 da

ys.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with

the

Chi

ef o

f Su

rvei

llanc

e O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

ofth

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Prot

ectio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)N

o de

ploy

men

ts.

Fish

erie

sT

arle

vel

10%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

Act

ual

Shri

mp

(oth

ers)

\:J "--i

----

----

tJ;)

1"1-

,

rr,

\:J 1"1-

,

'\J "--i

::::

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SIL

VE

R H

AK

E -

DO

ME

STIC

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(s

): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Coo.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000

).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

ilver

hak

e.Bycatch: Red hake

, oth

er g

roun

dfis

h.F

leet

siz

e: N

/ A.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: N

/ N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: N

/

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

sea

days

7 da

ysA

ctua

lSi

lver

hak

e

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SIL

VE

R H

AK

E -

FOR

EIG

NObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

12 (

e) C

oast

al F

ish.

Pro

tect

ion

Reg

ulat

ions

.V

olun

tary

or

man

dato

ry: M

anda

tory

.Fu

ndin

g so

urce

(s):

Ind

ustr

y/G

over

nmen

t.P

rogr

am d

urat

ion:

One

yea

r co

ntra

ct w

ith tw

o 24

mon

th o

ptio

n pe

riod

s.A

nnua

l pro

gram

cos

ts: $

1.9 Million (Coo.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: S

ilver

hak

e.Bycatch: Squid

, gro

undf

ish.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 10

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: F

ebru

ary

- Se

ptem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es: 8

872

t.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 8

60 d

ays.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance O

pera

tions

who

rep

orts

to th

e D

irec

tor

ofth

e C

onse

rvat

ion

and

Pro

tect

ion

Bra

nch.

The

obs

erve

r co

ntra

ctor

is r

e-sp

onsi

ble

for

supp

lyin

g an

d tr

aini

ng o

bser

vers

.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

100%

Num

ber

obse

rved

Act

ual

sea

days

1473

day

sSi

lver

hak

e

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

::::

tJ;)

r-r,

1"1-

,

\:J L.,

c::

r-r,

CA

NA

DA

/U.S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SM

ALL

PEL

AG

ICS

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(

s): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: H

erri

ng, m

acke

rel.

Byc

atch

: Sal

mon

, gro

undf

ish.

Flee

t siz

e: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 2

050.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of t

arge

t spe

cies

: Herring 101

131

t.Mackerel 3

402

tN

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: 6

508.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sT

arge

tle

vel

20%

Num

ber

of o

bser

ved

Act

ual s

ea d

ays

64 d

ays

Her

ring

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

SU

RF

CL

AM

SObserver Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(

s): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.

9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n45

100

0).

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Target species: Surf clams.

Bycatch: Quahaugs/propeller clams.

Fleet size: 1.

Seas

on o

f op

erat

ion:

Jan

uary

- D

ecem

ber.

Ann

ual c

atch

of

targ

et s

peci

es:

Num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: 263

.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent ,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)N

o de

ploy

men

ts.

Fish

erie

sT

arle

vel

20%

Num

ber

obse

rved

sea

days

Act

ual

Sur

f cla

ms

(offs

hore

)

\:J "--i

----

----

C3J

1"1-

,

r-r-

,

\:J\:) r-r-

,

'\J "--i

::::

SCO

TIA

-FU

ND

Y F

ISH

ER

IES

- M

AR

ITIM

ES

RE

GIO

N -

TE

ST

/ E

XPE

RI-

ME

NT

AL

Observer Program Coordinator: H

ugh

Par

ker

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Show

ell

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: To

mon

itor

fish

erie

s le

gisl

atio

n an

d co

llect

sci

entif

ic d

ata.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce(

s): I

ndus

try/

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: O

ne y

ear

cont

ract

with

two

24 m

onth

opt

ion

peri

ods.

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

osts

: $ 1.

9 Million (Cdn.) (Admin. $427

000

Ope

ratio

n$1

,451

000)

.

Fishery Description (1997 Calendar Year)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

ll sp

ecie

s.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: J

anua

ry -

Dec

embe

r.A

nnua

l cat

ch o

f ta

rget

spe

cies

: N/A

.N

umbe

r of

fis

hing

day

s pe

r ye

ar: N

I

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: The

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m is

man

aged

by

the

Fed

eral

Gov

ernm

ent,

with

the

day

to d

ay o

pera

tion

the

resp

onsi

bilit

y of

the

regi

on. R

egio

nally

, the

ulti

mat

e re

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

prog

ram

res

ides

with the Chief of Surveillance Operations w

ho r

epor

ts to

the

Dir

ecto

r of

the

Con

serv

atio

n an

d P

rote

ctio

n B

ranc

h. T

he o

bser

ver

cont

ract

or is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r su

pply

ing

and

trai

ning

obs

erve

rs.

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7 C

alen

dar

Yea

r)

Fish

erie

sA

ctua

lN

umbe

r of

obs

erve

dse

a da

ys13

7 da

ys

Tar

get

leve

lT

est (

all s

peci

es)

100%

PA

CIF

IC R

EG

ION

- D

OM

ES

TIC

TR

AW

L F

ISH

ER

YO

bser

ver

Prog

ram

Chi

ef B

arry

Ack

erm

anS

cien

tific

Coo

rdin

ator

: Mar

k Sa

unde

rsContracting Firm:

Arc

hipe

lago

Mar

ine

Res

earc

h L

td.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Obs

erve

rs a

re r

equi

red

to m

onito

r co

mpl

ianc

e of

the

fish

-in

g ve

ssel

to a

rea(

s) or operations, gear re

stric

tions

and

oth

er fi

sher

yre

gula

tions

. Obs

erve

rs p

rovi

de in

depe

nden

t est

imat

es o

f re

tain

ed a

nd d

is-

card

ed c

atch

for

quo

ta m

anag

emen

t pur

pose

s. O

bser

vers

are

als

o re

quir

edto

col

lect

bio

logi

cal s

ampl

es o

f ta

rget

and

byc

atch

spe

cies

for

the

scie

nce

obje

ctiv

es o

f th

e pr

ogra

m.

Fish

ery

man

agem

ent:

Fede

ral.

Aut

hori

ty to

pla

ce o

bser

vers

: Sec

tion

46 F

ishe

ry (

Gen

eral

) R

egul

atio

ns.

Vol

unta

ry o

r m

anda

tory

: Man

dato

ry.

Fund

ing

sour

ce: C

o-Fu

nded

by

Indu

stry

and

Gov

ernm

ent.

Prog

ram

dur

atio

n: A

t sea

obs

erve

r m

onito

ring

on

dom

estic

traw

l ves

sels

has

bee

nco

mpu

lsor

y si

nce

1996

. Com

pone

nts

of th

e fi

sher

y ar

e ex

empt

fro

m o

b-se

rver

s (e

., h

ake/

pollo

ck).

Ann

ual p

rogr

am c

ost:

$230

0000 (Cdn.

Fishery Description (1997)

Tar

get s

peci

es: A

bout

20

grou

ndfi

sh s

peci

es in

clud

ing

rock

fish

, fla

tfish

, and

oth

erro

undf

ish.

Byc

atch

: hal

ibut

and

sal

mon

are

sm

all c

ompo

nent

of

catc

h.Fl

eet s

ize:

abo

ut 7

0 tr

awle

rs (

50- 1

50 f

t in

leng

th)

.Se

ason

of

oper

atio

n: y

ear-

roun

d.A

vg.

ann

ual c

atch

of t

arge

t spe

cies

: abo

ut 4

500

0 t.

Avg

. num

ber

of f

ishi

ng d

ays

per

year

: abo

ut 5

500

(sea

day

s).

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anag

emen

tB

rief

ove

rvie

w o

f pr

ogra

m s

truc

ture

: DFO

sta

ff o

utlin

e in

form

atio

n an

d m

onito

ring

obje

ctiv

es r

equi

red

of o

bser

ver

prog

ram

. Aff

ecte

d fi

shin

g in

dust

ry g

roup

sha

ve in

put o

n th

e op

erat

iona

l req

uire

men

ts o

f pr

ogra

m. C

ontr

acto

r is

re-

spon

sibl

e fo

r m

ost a

spec

ts o

f pr

ogra

m delivery including hiring and

trai

ning

obs

erve

r st

aff;

sup

ervi

sing

, bri

efin

g, a

nd d

ebri

efin

g of

obs

erve

rs;

ente

ring

, edi

ting

and

qual

ity c

ontr

ol o

f data. Contractor also provides

rout

ine

repo

rtin

g an

d an

alys

is f

or th

e tim

e se

nsiti

ve in

form

atio

n re

quir

e-m

ents

.Se

rvic

e de

liver

y ty

pe a

nd f

unct

ion

of e

ach

entit

y: D

FO c

ontr

acts

with

sup

plie

r fi

rmfo

r pr

ogra

m d

eliv

ery.

Con

trac

ts a

re a

nnua

l with

two

one-

year renewal

optio

ns.

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

::::

::::

c:J:

J

1"1-

,

1"1-

,

\:J c::: lit

CA

NA

DA

/U. S

. OB

SER

VE

R P

RO

GR

AM

WO

RK

SHO

P

Obs

erve

r C

over

age

(199

7)U

nit a

nd d

efm

ition

of

fish

ing

effo

rt: A

sea

day

is d

efin

ed a

s tim

e , r

ound

ed to

the

near

est t

wo

hour

inte

rval

, tha

t a v

esse

l is

at s

ea (

i., n

ot a

t the

doc

k). T

his

incl

udes

tim

e sp

ent s

team

ing

to, f

rom

and

bet

wee

n fi

shin

g gr

ound

s , ti

me

doin

g re

pair

s or

wai

ting

for

wea

ther

at s

ea, t

ime

depl

oyin

g or

ret

rievi

ngge

ar o

r tim

e sp

ent s

earc

hing

for

fish.

Frac

tion

of f

ishi

ng a

ctiv

ity o

bser

ved:

100

%.

PACIFIC REGION -

IN

HA

KE

FIS

HE

RY

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m C

hief

Bar

ry A

cker

man

Sci

entif

ic C

oord

inat

or: M

ark

Saun

ders

Contracting Firm:

Arc

hipe

lago

Mar

ine

Res

earc

h L

td.

Obs

erve

r Pr

ogra

m M

anda

te a

nd A

utho

rity

Mis

sion

of

the

prog

ram

: Obs

erve

rs a

re r

equi

red

to m

onito

r co

mpl

ianc

e of

the

fish

-in

g ve

ssel

to a

rea(

s) or operations, r

estr

ictio

ns o

n ca

tch

proc

essi

ng a

nddu

mpi

ng, a

nd b

ycat

ch s

ortin

g re

quir

emen

ts. O

bser

vers

pro

vide

inde

pend

-en

t est

imat

es o

f ca

tch

for

quot

a m

anag

emen

t pur

pose

s. O

bser

yers

are

als

ore

quir

ed to

col

lect

bio

logi

cal s

ampl

es o

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ApPENDIX: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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Barry Ackerman

DFO - Pacific Region555 West Hastings StreetVancouver, BC V6B 5G3Tel (604) 666-3991Fax (604) 666-8525ackermanb~dfo- mpo. gc. ca

Chris AnnandDFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 550 Station "Halifax, NS B3J 2S7 CanadaTel (902) 426-3514Fax (902) 426-9683annandc~mar .dfo-mpo .gc. ca

Canada

Laurie Allen

NMFS - Northeast RegionOne Blackburn DriveGloucester, MA 01930 USATel (978) 281-9291Fax (978) 281-9394laurie. allen~noaa. gov

James W. BalsigerNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98115 USATel (206) 526-4000Fax (206) 526-4004j im. balsiger~noaa.gov

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Anneka Bane

NMFS - Headquarters1315 East-West Highway SSMC3 14552Silver Spring, MD 20910 USATel (301) 713-2259Fax (301) 713-2258nikki. bane~noaa. gOY

Tony BlanchardDFO - Newfoundland Region

O. Box 5667St. John' NF AIC 5Xl CanadaTel (709) 772-0928Fax (709) 772-5983blanchardt~dfo- mpo.gc.

Harry Bensen

Seawatch Inc.17 - 19 Pippy PlaceSt. John' NF AIB 3R9Tel (709) 753-3880Fax (709) 754-9530bds~avalon.nf.

Rolf Blikshavn

Fisheries DirectorateStrandgt 2295002 Bergen, NorwayTel +47-55-23-80-Fax +47-55-23-80-rolf. blikshavn~fiskeridir. dep. telemax.

Canada

Serge de Blois

ASD Canada2020 University, Suite 434Montreal, PQ H4A 2A5Tcl (514) 990-9904Fax (514) 964-3370sdeb lois~sprint. ca

Canada

Larry Boyle

Alaska Dept. of Fish and GamePO Box 920587Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 USATel (907) 581- 1219Fax (907) 581- 1572larryb~fishgame.state.ak. us

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Cheryl BrownNMFS - Southeast Fisheries Science Center75 Virginia Beach DriveMiami, FL 33149 USATel (305) 361-4275Fax (305) 361-4562chery 1. brown~noaa. gov

Larry Byrne

Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game211 Mission RoadKodiak, AK 99615 USATel (907) 486- 1875Fax (907) 496- 1824lbyrne~fishgame. state .ak. us

Jacob Chabinka

Javitech Ltd.

115 Joseph Zatzman Dr.Dartmouth, NS B3B 1N3 CanadaTel (902) 468-9899Fax (902) 468-9779javi~auracom.com

Tonya BuilderNMFS - Northwest Fisheries Science Center2040 SE Marine Science DriveNewport, OR 97365 USATel (541) 867-0237Fax (541) 867-0389tonya. builder~noaa. gov

Guillermo Canete

INIDEPPaseo Victoria Ocampo N1

(7600) Mar del Plata, ArgentinaTel +54-23-86-2586Fax +54-23-86-2695gcanete~lisa. inidep. edu. ar

John Chouinard

DFO - Laurentian Region104 Dalhousie

Quebec City, PQ G1K 7Y7Tel (418) 648-5887Fax (418) 648-7981chouinardj o~dfo-mpo.gc. ca

Vicki Cornish

NMFS - Office of Protected Resources1315 East-West Highway SSMC3 14552Silver Spring, MD 20910 USATel (301) 713-2322Fax (301) 713-0376vicki.cornish~noaa.gov

Canada

Darryl Christensen

NMFS - Northeast Fisheries Science Center166 Water StreetWoods Hole, MA 02543 USATel (508) 495-2351Fax (508) 495-2258darry 1. christensen~noaa. g

Paula Cullenberg

North Pacific Observer Training CenterSuite 207 , 707 A StreetAnchorage, AK 99501 USATel (907) 257-2770Fax (907) 257-2774anpjc~uaa.alaska.edu

Tom CurranDFO - Newfoundland Region

O. Box 5667St. John' , NF A1C 5X1 CanadaTel (709) 772-2045Fax (709) 772-3628currant~dfo- mpo. gc.

Douglas DeMasterNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMML7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526-4047Fax (206) 526-6615doug.demaster~noaa.gov

Brandon DavisFrank Orth and AssociatesSuite 900, 10900 NE 4th StreetBellevue, W 98004 USATel (425) 455-9693 loc 247Fax (425) 646-9582brandond~csspro. com

Al Didier

Pacific States Marine Fisheries CommissionSuite 100 , 45 SE 82nd DriveGladstone, OR 97027-2522 USATel (503) 650-5400Fax (503) 650-5426

- didier~psmfc. org

Brian Donahue

DFO - Ottawa200 Kent StreetOttawa, ON KIA OE6

Tel (613) 990-0093Fax (613) 941-2718donahueb~dfo-mpo.gc.

Canada

CANADA/U. S. OBSERVER PROGRAM WORKSHOP

Canada

David Edick

Alaskan Observers Inc.# 206, 130 NickersonSeattle, W 98109 USATel (206) 283-6604Fax (20~ 283-6519ao istaff~alaskano bservers. com

Brian Fadely

NMFS - Alaska RegionPO Box 21668Juneau, AK 99802-1668 USATel (907) 586-7642Fax (907) 586-7012brian. fadely(fYnoaa. gov

Andrew DuthieDFO - Ottawa200 Kent StreetOttawa, ON KIA OE6Tel (613) 990-0157Fax (613) 990-9691duthiea(fYdfo- mpo. gc. ca

Wendy EmersonFrank Orth and AssociatesSuite 900, 10900 NE 4th StreetBellevue, W 98004 USATel (425) 425-9693 loc 247Fax (425) 646-9582driftnet(fYgte.net

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Shannon FitzgeraldNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526-4553Fax (206) 526-4066 shannon. fi tz gerald(fYnoaa. gov

Sarah Gaichas

NMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W A 98115 USATel (206) 526-4554Fax (206) 526-4066sarah. gaichas~noaa. gov

Marc Gagnon

Biorex Inc.969 Roote de l'Eglise , #500Ste-Foy, PQ G1V 3V4 CanadaTel (418) 654- 1316Fax (418) 654-9217biorex(fYmlink.net

Pam GaleAlaskan Observers Inc.#206 130 Nickerson

Seattle, W 98109 USATel (206) 283-6604Fax (206) 283-65l9ao istaff(fYalaskano bservers. com

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Michael Gjernes

Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.#200 - 525 Head StVictoria, BC V9A 5S1 CanadaTel (250) 383-4535Fax (250) 383-0103mikeg(fYarchipelago. bc. ca

Jim lanelliNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526- 1075Fax (206) 526-6723jim. ianelli(fYnoaa.gov

France HenryBiorex Inc.c.P. 817 , Rue de la ReineGaspe, PQ GOC 1RO CanadaTel (418) 368-5597Fax (418) 368- 1372biorex(fYglobetrotter. q c. ca

Maurice JeanBiorex Inc.111 Boul St-Pierre Ouest, local 13Caraquet, NB E1W 1B9 CanadaTel (506) 727-7635Fax (506) 727-7338biorexnb(fYnbnetnb. ca

Bill KarpNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526-4194Fax (206) 526-4066bill.karp(fYnoaa.gov

Kate King

NMFS - Northwest Region7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg Seattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526-6145Fax (206) 526-6736kate.king(fYnoaa.gov

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Fred Koontz

NMFS - EnforcementPO Box 977Aberdeen, W 98520 USATel (360) 532-8640Fax (360) 532-8876fred.koontZ(fYnoaa.gov

Micheal LakeAlaskan Observers Inc.#206, 130 NickersonSeattle, W 98109 USATel (206) 283-6604Fax (206) 283-6519aoistaff~alaskano bservers. com

Dave KulkaDFO - Newfoundland Region

O. Box 5667St. John' , NF AIC 5Xl CanadaTel (709) 772-2064Fax (709) 772-2064kulka(fYathena. nwaf c .nf. ca

Jean-Denis LambertDFO - Laurentian Region850 Route de la Mer, P.O. Box 1000Mont-Joli, PQ G5H 3Z4 CanadaTel (418) 775-0575Fax (418) 775-0542lambertjd~dfo- mpo.gc.

Dennis Lee

NMFS - Southeast Fisheries Science Center75 Virginia Beach DriveMiami, FL 33149 USATel (305) 361-4247Fax (305) 361-4562dennis .lee~noaa. gOY

Susan Linn

US Dept of Commerce - Seafood InspectionPO Drawer 1207 , 3209 Frederic 8t.Pascagoula, MS 39567-4112 USATel (228) 769-8964Fax (228) 762-7144susan.1inn~noaa.gov

Brian Lester

DFO - Ottawa200 Kent StreetOttawa, ON KIA OE6 CanadaTel (613) 990-0090Fax (613) 990-7051lesterb~dfo- mpo. gc.

Martin Loeft1adNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W 98115 USATel (206) 526-4195Fax (206) 526-4066martin. loefflad~noaa. gov

Ron Manderson

DFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 5030 , 343 Archibald St.Moncton, NB E 1 C 9B6 CanadaTel (506) 851-2088Fax (506) 851-2504mandersonr~dfo- mpo.gc.

Bob MaierNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98115 USATel (206) 526-4197Fax (206) 526-4066bob .maier~noaa. gov

Bridget Mansfield

NMFS - Southeast Region9721 Executive Center Drive North, Suite 201St. Petersburg, FL 33702 USATel (813) 570-5312Fax (813) 570-5517bridg et. mansfield~noaa. g

Douglas MarchGroundfish Research and Conservation Society10377 125 A StreetSurrey, BC V3V 4Z7 CanadaTel (604) 951-0023Fax (604) 951-0977

Keith Matteson

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission2040 SE Marine Science DriveNewport, OR 97365 USATel (541) 867-0300 loc 244Fax (541) 867-0311keith.matteson~hmsc. orst. edu

Angela McDiarmidArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.#200 - 525 Head StreetVictoria, BC V9 A 58 1 CanadaTel (250) 383-4535Fax (250) 383-0103

CANADA/U. S. OBSERVER PROGRAM WORKSHOP

Howard McElderryArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.#200 - 525 Head StreetVictoria, BC V9A5S CanadaTel (250) 383-4535Fax (250) 383-0103howardm~archipelago. bc.

Mandy MerkleinWorkshop Rapporteur727 N. 74th StreetSeattle, W 98103 USATel (206) 782-8273Faxmandym~compuserve.com

Stephen MeyerNMFS - Alaska Enforcement DivisionPO Box 21767Juneau, AK 99802-1767 USATel (907) 586-7225Faxst~phen.meyer~noaa.gov

Chris Oliver

North Pacific Fishery Management Council505 W. 4th Ave, Suite 306Anchorage, AK 99501-2252 USATel (90) 727- 12809Fax (907) 271-2817chris. oliver~noaa.gov

Hugh ParkerDFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 550 Station "Halifax, NS B3J 2S7 CanadaTel (902) 426-5850Fax (902) 426-5850parkerh~mar .dfo-mpo.gc.

Michael Perez

NMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMML7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, W A 98115-0070 USATel (206) 526-4014Fax (206) 526-6615michael. perez~noaa. gov

Terrence PhillipsCARl COMPO Box 3150, Carenage POTrinidad and TobagoTel (809) 634-4528 OR (809) 634-4530Fax (809) 634-4549

tphillips~wow .net

Dan McKiernan

Massachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesRoom 19901 , 100 Cambridge StreetBoston, MA 02202 USATel (617) 727-3193Fax (617) 727-7988dan.mckiernan~state.ma. us

Richard MerrickNMFS - Northeast Fisheries Science Center166 Water StreetWoods Hole, MA 02543 USATel (508) 495-2291Fax (508) 495-2258'richard. merrick~noaa. go

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Greg MorganNorth Pacific Observer Training CenterSuite 207 , 707 A StreetAnchorage, AK 99501 USATel (907) 257-2770Fax (907) 257-2774angtm~uaa. alaska. edu

George Pappas

Alaska Dept. of Fish and GamePO Box 920587

Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 USATel (907) 581- 1239Fax (907) 581- 1572georgep~fishgame. state. ak. us

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Laurent Paulin

DFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 5030, 343 Archibald St.Moncton, NB E1C 9B6 CanadaTelFaxpaulinl~dfo-mpo.gc.

Donald PetersenNMFS - Southwest Region501 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 USATel (562) 980-4024Fax (562) 980-4027don. petersen~noaa. gov

Tim PriceNMFS - Southwest Region501 West Ocean Blvd, Suite 4200Long Beach, CA 90805-4213 USATel (562) 980-4029Fax (562) 980-4027tim.price~noaa.gov

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Becky RenkoNMFS - Alaska Fisheries Science Center7600 Sand Point Way NESeattle, WA 98115 USATel (206) 526-4209Fax (206) 526-4066becky .renko~noaa.gov

Ben Rogers

DFO - Newfoundland RegionO. Box 5667

St. John' , NF AIC 5Xl CanadaTel (709) 772-4495Fax (709) 772-5983rogersb~dfo-mpo.gc.

Lionel RoweDFO - Ottawa200 Kent StreetOttawa, ON KIA OE6 CanadaTel (613) 789-5901Faxlione1.rowe~sympatico. ca

Sue SalvesonNMFS - Alaska RegionPO Box 21668

Juneau, AK 99802 USATel (907) 586-7228Fax (907) 586-7465susan. salveson~noaa. gov

Robert SciocchettiDFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 550 Station "Halifax, NS B3J 2S7 CanadaTel (902) 426- 1780Fax (902) 426-9380sciocchettir~mar. dfo- mpo. gc. ca

Mark ShowellDFO - Maritime RegionBedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2 CanadaTel (902) 426-3501Fax (902) 426-7750m - showell~bionet. bio. dfo. ca

Lauren Smoker

NOAA General Council - Alaska Region709 W. 9th Street Rm 909a, PO Box 21109Juneau, AK 99801 USATel (907) 586-7414Fax (907) 586-7263lauren. smoker~noaa. gov

Leslie Rider-ArakiChemonics International Inc.Suite 600, 1133 20th Street NWWashington, DC 20036 USATel (202) 955-3419Fax (202) 955-7531lrider~chemonics. com

Cheslie RoseSeawatch Inc.17 - 19 Pippy PlaceSt. John' , NF AIB 3R9Tel (709) 753-3880Fax (709) 754-9530bds~avalon.nf.ca

Canada

Mark SaelensOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife2040 SE Marine Science DriveNewport, OR 97365 USATel (541) 867-0300 loc 251Fax (541) 867-0311mark. saalens~hmsc. orst. edu

Mark SaundersDFO - Pacific RegionPacific Biological Station, Hammond Bay RoadNanaimo, BC V9R 5K6 CanadaTel (250) 756-7154Fax (250) 756-7053saundersm~dfo- mpo .gc. ca

Elizabeth Scott-DentonNMFS - Southeast Region4700 Avenue UGalveston, TX 77551 USATel (409) 766-3571Fax (409) 766-3508

lizabeth. scott -denton~no aa. g ov

Allen SinclairDFO - Maritime RegionPO Box 5030 , 343 Archibald St.Moncton, NB E 1 C 9B6 CanadaTel (506) 851-2721Fax (506) 851-2387sinclaira~dfo- mpo. gc.

Shawn StebbinsArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.#200 - 525 Head StreetVictoria, BC V9A 5S1 CanadaTel (250) 383-4535Fax (250) 383-0103sha wns~archipelago. bc.

CANADA/U. S. OBSERVER PROGRAM WORKSHOP

Mike Tork

NMFS - Northeast Fisheries Science Center166 Water StreetWoods Hole, MA 02543 USATelFax (508) 495-2258mike. tork(illnoaa.gov

Denis TremblayDFO - Laurentian Region104 Dalhousie

Quebec City, PQ GIK 7Y7 CanadaTelFaxtremblayd(illdfo- mpo. gc. ca

Donn TracyAlaska Dept. of Fish and Game211 Mission RoadKodiak, AK 99615 USATel (907) 486- 1822Fax (907) 496- 1824donnt(illfishfgame. state. ak

Bob Trumble

International Pacifc Halibut CommissionPO Box 95009

Seattle, W A 98145-2009 USATel (206) 634- 1838 209Fax (206) 632-2983bo b(illiphc. washington. edu

Bruce TurrisPacific Fisheries Management Inc.333 Third StreetNew Westminster, BC V3L 2R8 CanadaTel (604) 524-0005Fax (604) 524-0150bruce - turris(illbc.sympatico.

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Teresa TurkAssociation of Professional ObserversPO Box 30167

Seattle, W 98103 USATel (206) 685-2104 or (206) 860-5828Fax

. turk(illfish.washington.edu

John TwomeyWorkshop Rapporteur#200 - 525 Head StreetVictoria, BC V9A 5S Tel (250) 370- 1663Faxsedwell(illii.

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Jay WennemerManomet ObservatoryPO Box 1770

Manomet, MA 02345 USATel (508) 224-6521Fax (508) 224-9220j wennemer(illaol. com

Wendy WilliamsArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.#200 - 525 Head StreetVictoria, BC V9A 5S1 CanadaTel (250) 383-4535Fax (250) 383-0103