2019 National Observer Program Annual Reports
September 27, 2021
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.
The National Observer Program supports observer programs and increases their effectiveness in meeting the overall goals of NOAA Fisheries through improvements in data collection, observer training, and integration of observer data with other research. In FY 2019 (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019), 850 observers provided 71,607 days of fishery observations.