The Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division’s North Pacific Observer Program collects, maintains, and distributes data for scientific, management, and regulatory compliance purposes in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands.
The number of sea days the Northeast Fisheries Observer Program observer provider is tasked with achieving during the 2025-2026 SBRM year running from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.
This final 2026 Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) describes how the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will 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.
This final 2025 Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) describes how the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will 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.
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 (Observer Program) in the halibut and groundfish fisheries off Alaska during 2023.
The following species have not been confirmed in Alaskan waters or are rare enough to need further confirmation. For confirmation, you must return with a specimen or photographic documentation. Any species encountered out of range also requires confirmation, including all species not listed in the field guides.
This notice is a reminder to all vessel owners and operators of the responsibility to provide a safe working environment for fisheries observers carried on their vessels.