The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and the United States Coast Guard, North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center (USCG), will present workshops for the fishing industry on 2001 recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements at 50 CFR part 679 for the Alaska groundfish fisheries, according to Jim Balsiger, Alaska Region Administrator. 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:
| Homer USCG Cutter Roanoke Shoreside Office Building Homer Harbor Freight Dock Road (end of spit) Homer, Alaska | February 27, 2001 3:00 p.m. for shoreside processors 6:30 p.m. for vessels |
| Seward Alaska Sealife Center Bear Mountain Conference Room 301 Railway Avenue (mile 0 of Seward Highway) Seward, Alaska | March 6, 2001 3:00 p.m. for shoreside processors 6:30 p.m. for vessels |
| Sitka Harrigan Centennial Hall Exhibit Room 330 Harbor Drive Sitka, Alaska | March 13, 2001 (NEW DATE!!) 3:00 a.m. for vessels 6:30 p.m. for 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 or Homer, Seward, or Sitka NOAA Offices for Enforcement.
