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Observer Providers

We contract with or certify private observer provider companies to recruit, hire, and deploy observers.

National

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North Pacific

Programs and fisheries in the North Pacific region include:

  • North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program

  • Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program

Providers in the region include:

West Coast

Programs and fisheries in the West Coast region include:

  • At-Sea Hake

  • West Coast Groundfish

  • Driftnet

  • Purse Seine

  • Albacore Troll

  • California/Oregon Driftnet

  • California Longline

Providers in the region include:

Pacific Islands

Programs and fisheries in the Pacific Islands region include:

  • Swordfish

  • Tuna

  • American Samoa observer program

Providers in the region include:

Northeast

Programs and fisheries in the Northeast region include:

  • New England Groundfish

  • Small Mesh Trawl

  • Mid-Atlantic Squid Trawl

  • New England Gillnet

  • Mid Atlantic Gillnet

  • Atlantic Scallop Dredge

  • Northeast At-Sea Monitoring Program (groundfish)

  • Northeast Fishery Observer Program

Providers in the region include:

Southeast

Programs and fisheries in the Southeast region include:

  • Gulf of Mexico and Southeastern Atlantic Shrimp Trawl

  • Shark Bottom Longline

  • Gillnet Observer Program

  • Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish

  • Atlantic Longline

Providers in the region include:

Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean

Programs and fisheries in the Southeast region include:

  • Pelagic Longline

Providers in the region include:

Last updated by Office of Science and Technology on 05/27/2021

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