Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to Required Observer Coverage

Zusammenfassung

NMFS issues an interim inseason adjustment to observer coverage requirements for owners/operators of vessels used to participate in the North Pacific groundfish fisheries and that are required to have observers onboard their vessels 30 percent of the vessel's fishing days. This adjustment is necessary to respond to an unanticipated increase in the demand for observers and to avoid jeopardizing the amount and quality of observer data used by NMFS to manage the groundfish fisheries.