The National Observer Program Annual Report provides an overview of the observer program nationally and includes information on regional accomplishments and budgets for the 2019 fiscal year.
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 2020.
Fishery observers collect data from U.S. commercial fishing and processing vessels as well as from shore-side processing plants. The data they collect are used to monitor fisheries, assess fish populations, set fishing quotas, and inform management.
The 2021 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 2021.
The number of sea days the North East Fisheries Observer Program observer provider is tasked with achieving during the 2020/2021 SBRM year running from April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021.
Fishery observers and electronic monitoring on vessels fishing in the partial observer coverage category in the North Pacific during the calendar year 2021.