NMFS Proposes Regulations for Electronic Transmission of Observer Data for Groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing regulations that would require catcher/processor and mothership processor vessels, as well as shoreside processors, to have the necessary equipment and software to electronically transmit observer data, aiming to improve fisheries management efficiency and reduce data collection costs.