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Trawl Electronic Monitoring

June 16, 2022

The Council conducted an initial review of a draft analysis to integrate Electronic Monitoring (EM) on Pollock Catcher Vessels using Pelagic Trawl Gear and Tender Vessels in the North Pacific Observer Program and recommended releasing the analysis for final action. The Council selected Alternative 2 as the preliminary preferred alternative which would implement EM on… Read More →

Tagged With: EM, June 2022, Trawl

Trawl Electronic Monitoring

February 14, 2022

The SSC completed a preliminary review of electronic monitoring (EM) on pelagic trawl pollock catcher vessels (CVs) and tenders both delivering to processing plants. The trawl EM program combines EM systems that provide at-sea monitoring of CVs for compliance with fishery management objectives to achieve maximized retention, electronic reporting of catch and discard information, and… Read More →

Tagged With: Electronic Monitoring, EM, February 2022, Trawl

Trawl Electronic Monitoring

June 18, 2021

The Council took action to initiate analysis to implement electronic monitoring (EM) on pollock catcher vessels (CVs) using pelagic trawl gear and tender vessels transporting pollock catch in the eastern Bering Sea (BS) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA). The principal investigators on the BS and GOA pelagic pollock EM exempted fishing permit (EFP) presented an… Read More →

Tagged With: Electronic Monitoring, EM, June 2021

Observer coverage update

June 15, 2020

The Council reviewed changes to observer deployment and data collection this year in the full and partial coverage program related to COVID-19, presented by the agency. After a report from its Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee (FMAC), the Council provided recommendations to NMFS about re-introducing observers into the partial coverage observer program as well as developing… Read More →

Tagged With: EM, June 2020, Observer

Trawl Electronic Monitoring

October 11, 2019

The Council reviewed an exempted fishing permit (EFP) application on Implementing Electronic Monitoring systems in the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Pollock Pelagic Trawl Catcher Vessel Fisheries and recommended that the EFP be approved, taking into account recommendations of the SSC and the Trawl EM Committee. This EFP would exempt participating… Read More →

Tagged With: EM, October 2019

Trawl Electronic Monitoring Research Plan

December 14, 2018

The Council approved a 2019 Trawl EM Cooperative Research Plan, developed by the Trawl Electronic Monitoring (EM) Committee. The 2019 cooperative research plan begins development of an EM program for compliance purposes, in accordance with Council direction from June 2018, and focuses on pelagic pollock trawl catcher vessels and tenders both delivering to shoreside processors,… Read More →

Tagged With: December 2018, EM

Electronic Monitoring

June 15, 2018

In Kodiak, the Council received an update about fixed gear and trawl EM development from the Electronic Monitoring Workgroup (which has now been renamed the EM Committee) and endorsed preliminary monitoring objectives for trawl EM development. In April 2018, the Council reconstituted membership on the EM Workgroup to reflect a transition from the development and… Read More →

Tagged With: Electronic Monitoring, EM, EM Committee, Fishery Monitoring Advisory Committee, June 2018, Observer

Appointments and Committee Changes

April 12, 2018

Four new members were appointed to the Social Science Planning Team: Sally Bibb (NMFS Regional Office) to replace Rachel Baker; Mike Fey (AKFIN); Dr. Mike Downs (SSC member); and Dr. Elizabeth Figus (Council staff). The Chair also appointed new industry and Electronic Monitoring (EM) provider members to the EM Workgroup, as its focus changes from… Read More →

Tagged With: Appointments, April 2018, Committees, EM

Trawl CVs to Join EM Workgroup

February 20, 2018

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS NOW CLOSED In February 2018, the Council changed priorities for the EM Workgroup to reflect a new focus in developing EM use on trawl catcher vessels. The Council formed the EM Workgroup in February 2014 to create an ongoing forum for EM discussions (initially with a fixed gear focus), and to inform… Read More →

Tagged With: EM, February 2018

Electronic Monitoring Priorities

February 20, 2018

At the February 2018 meeting in Seattle, the Council reviewed the status of observer and electronic monitoring (EM) projects in the groundfish and Pacific halibut fisheries off Alaska. The Council received a presentation from the National Observer Program about observer insurance issues. The presentation further provided an overview of the National Observer Program Safety Review.… Read More →

Tagged With: EM, February 2018, Observer

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