The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center will present workshops concerning 2001 recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements at 50 CFR part 679 for the Alaska groundfish fisheries, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS. The workshops will include discussion of proposed changes to the R&R requirements along with instructions for completion and submittal of the required forms and logsheets. Suggestions and feedback on existing procedures are welcome. The workshops are scheduled as follows:
| FISH EXPO Room 310 Washington State Trade and Convention Center Seattle, Washington | November 17, 2000 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Anchorage Federal Building Room 154 222 West 7th Avenue Anchorage, Alaska | December 4, 2000 9:00 a.m. for vessels 12:30 p.m. for shoreside processors |
| NOAA Western Regional Center Building 9, Room A/B 7600 Sandpoint Way N.E. Seattle, Washington | January 4, 2001 9:00 a.m. for vessels 12:30 p.m. for shoreside processors |
| USCG Fisheries Training Center USCG Base Kodiak, Alaska | January 16, 2001 9:00 a.m. for vessels 12:30 p.m. for shoreside processors |
| Unalaska City Hall Council Chambers Unalaska, Alaska | January 18, 2001 9:00 a.m. for vessels January 19, 2001 9:00 a.m. shoreside processors |
For more information contact: Patsy A. Bearden, NMFS (907) 586-7008, FAX (907) 586-7465, patsy.bearden@noaa.gov or Charles Case, USCG (907) 487-5699, ext 314, FAX (907) 487-5716, ccase@CGAlaska.uscg.mil.
