U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Observer Programs’ Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions
OMB Control No. 0648-0593
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Pelagic Observer Program is requesting to add an additional page to its observer selection letters in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For fisheries with mandated observer coverage rates (under the Magnuson-Stevens Act or Endangered Species Act requirements), the decreased fishing pressure and temporary waivers of observer coverage due to COVID-19 (see 85 FR 17285) may mean that observer coverage rates will need to be updated for the remainder of the 2020 fishing year. This additional letter is informational only and does not require any response on the part of the industry. A copy of the standard observer selection letter is included with this submission for reference.
| File Type | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
| File Title | DOC PRA TOOLS 2020 |
| Subject | 2020 |
| Author | Dumas, Sheleen (Federal) |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-14 |