Final EIS on proposed issuance of exempted fishing permits for alternative practices to harvest swordfish and other marketable highly migratory species off the U.S. West Coast
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.
Pacific Islands Region Observer Program American Samoa deep-set longline data reports of observer coverage, sea turtle, marine mammal, seabird, ESA-listed elasmobranch interactions, and set and hook unit effort for vessels departing with observers during 2024.
NOAA Fisheries announces a public meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee, May 28, 2025, to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.
American Samoa and Hawaiʻi longline reports include data on observer coverage for vessel departures, vessels arriving with observers, protected species interactions, and set and hook unit effort for vessels arriving with observers.