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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

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

Observer Fee Analysis

February 20, 2018

The Council reviewed a progress report on the observer fee analysis. The Council adopted a purpose and need statement, as well as three action alternatives for the fee analysis: Alternative 1: Status quo. Observer fee of 1.25% applies equally to all landings in the partial coverage category. Alternative 2: Increase the observer fee up to… Read More →

Tagged With: February 2018, Observer

Final 2018 Annual Deployment Plan

December 14, 2017

NMFS reported on the Final 2018 Observer Annual Deployment Plan (ADP), which was released in early December. Although NMFS did not ultimately accept the Council’s ADP recommendations from October where they differed from those of the agency, the outcome is similar to the Council’s intent to allocate more coverage in the hook and line and… Read More →

Tagged With: ADP, December 2017, Observer

Tendering Scoping Paper

October 17, 2017

The Council reviewed a scoping paper identifying the specific observer data concerns with respect to vessels engaged in tendering, and the OAC recommendations for developing short-term and long-term solutions. The Council agreed with the OAC recommendations, and initiated the following two projects. To address the issue of salmon monitoring and sampling in the GOA pollock… Read More →

Tagged With: OAC, Observer, October 2017

Low Sampling Rates Discussion Paper

October 17, 2017

The Council reviewed a discussion paper that considered options for increasing partial coverage selection rates. The Council opted to initiate an analysis to consider increasing the observer fee, with the first steps of the analytical process to follow the Observer Advisory Committee recommendations to develop observer coverage reference points. The paper was prepared by a… Read More →

Tagged With: OAC, Observer, October 2017

Draft 2018 ADP

October 17, 2017

The Council reviewed the Draft 2018 Observer Annual Deployment Plan (ADP), received a report from its Observer Advisory Committee (OAC) and its Electronic Monitoring Workgroup (EMWG), and provided recommendations to NMFS. The Council supports the ADP’s continuing recommendation to deploy observers by gear type in 2018, for trawl, longline, and pot gear (regardless of vessel… Read More →

Tagged With: ADP, Observer, October 2017

Other Observer Issues

October 17, 2017

The Council reviewed the EMWG and the OAC recommendations on draft Statement of Work for the EM and observer service provider contracts for partial coverage, on which the NMFS Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO) is currently soliciting input. In staff tasking, the Council requested that the OAC, EMWG, and Advisory Panel comments be compiled and… Read More →

Tagged With: OAC, Observer, October 2017

Observer Issues

June 20, 2017

The Council reviewed the 2016 Annual Report for the North Pacific Observer Program, and made recommendations for the 2018 Annual Deployment Plan (ADP), which will be developed over the summer. The Annual Report provides a scientific evaluation of the deployment of observers in 2016, to assess whether the objectives of the Observer Program have been… Read More →

Tagged With: 2017, June, OAC, Observer

Lead Level 2 Observers

June 20, 2017

The Council took final action to recommend a regulatory change expanding the ways that an eligible observer can qualify to become a fixed gear lead level 2 (LL2) observer. This action is intended to address the potential for a shortage of fixed-gear LL2 observers for deployment on freezer longline vessels, or other fixed gear vessels… Read More →

Tagged With: 2017, June, Observer

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