This Annual Report provides information, analysis, and recommendations based on the deployment of observers and Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems by the North Pacific Observer Program in the halibut and groundfish fisheries off Alaska during 2022.
This Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) describes how the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
intends to assign at-sea and shoreside fishery observers and electronic monitoring (EM) to vessels and
processing plants engaged in halibut and groundfish fishing operations in the North Pacific during the
calendar year 2024.
Draft analysis determining the Proposed Rule to Modify the Halibut Individual Fishing Quota Vessel Harvest Limitations for the 2023 through 2027 fishing years in IFQ Regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D is categorically excluded from further NEPA review.
This review evaluates the costs and benefits of a regulatory action to modify the halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program to remove vessel cap limitations in International Pacific Halibut Commission regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D from 2023-27
The 2023 Annual Deployment Plan documents how NOAA Fisheries intends to assign fishery observers and electronic monitoring to vessels fishing in the partial observer coverage category (50 CFR 679.51(a)) in the North Pacific during the calendar year 2023.
Final analysis on linking the Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit for the Amendment 80 commercial groundfish trawl fleet in the BSAI to halibut abundance.
This Annual Report provides information, analysis, and recommendations based on the deployment of observers and Electronic Monitoring systems by the North Pacific Observer Program during 2021.
Draft of plans of NOAA Fisheries to assign observers to collect independent information from fishing operations conducted in the North Pacific under the authority of the Fishery Management Plans for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska.
This Annual Report provides information, analysis, and recommendations based on the deployment of observers and Electronic Monitoring (EM) systems by the North Pacific Observer Program during 2019.
The Catch Sharing Plan authorizes transfers of Alaska commercial halibut individual fishing quota as guided angler fish (GAF) in IPHC Areas 2C and 3A. These reports are annual summaries of GAF activity and provide details of the Program since inception.