Analysis of regulatory amendments related to observer providers, observers, and industry participating in the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program
Yakutat observer manual. The Marine Mammal Protection Act gives NOAA Fisheries the authority to place observers aboard commercial fishing vessels to collect data for the purposes of assessing the impacts of commercial fisheries on marine mammals.
Analysis of the potential impacts of a regulatory amendment. This amendment would require upgrades to data processing and communications technology on groundfish catcher vessels, catcher/processors, motherships, and on-shore processors.
Manual for Kodiak set gillnet fishery observers. The Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program operates to obtain the necessary data needed to classify fisheries and otherwise manage marine mammal interactions.