North Pacific Observer Program

This is a resubmission with the final rule, of a request by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, for extension and revision of this currently approved information collection. This collection is revised due to the final rule to implement electronic monitoring (EM) for pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels and tender vessels delivering pollock to shoreside processors or stationary floating processors in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska (RIN 0648-BM40). This action is intended to improve salmon accounting, reduce monitoring costs, and improve the quality of monitoring data. This collection is revised to add requirements for vessels in the trawl EM category, four new collection instruments, and increase submission methods for observer provider requirements. The name of the collection instrument “Request to be placed in or removed from the electronic monitoring selection pool” is changed to “Request to be placed in or removed from electronic monitoring” because it will include the trawl EM category. From the proposed rule to the final rule, in response to comments NMFS clarified a regulation for the EM hardware service provider permit and added to what must be included in the Trawl EM Incentive Plan Agreement Annual Report; updated public burden statements on forms; and updated hourly wage rates in question #12 to use the most current rates. This final rule also affects OMB Control Numbers -0213, -0330, -0515, and -0711. NMFS is submitting separate requests to revise these collections. OMB Control Number 0648-0815 is being merged into this collection and will be discontinued upon issuance of the final rule.

The latest form for North Pacific Observer Program expires 2027-09-30 and is listed under ICR 202406-0648-016.

NMFS Alaska Region Observer Providers - Candidate College Transcripts

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