An Observer Program for At-Sea Processing Vessels in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

This collection affects businesses that provide certified-observers and certified-catch monitors. The information collected from these businesses is necessary for scheduling candidates for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) trainings, briefings and debriefings and for monitoring the observer's wellbeing and safety while deployed. This data collection also affects vessels in the limited entry fixed gear and open access sectors in that it requires representatives for vessels (owner, operator or manager) to provide logistical information necessary to place observers on vessels when requested by NMFS.

The latest form for An Observer Program for At-Sea Processing Vessels in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery expires 2021-05-31 and can be found here.

Observer/catch monitor provider contracts with observers/monitors

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