The 2023 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 2023.
Final analysis on linking the Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limit for the Amendment 80 commercial groundfish trawl fleet in the BSAI to halibut abundance.
This Finding of No Significant Impact analyzes management measures that would apply to fishery participants in the halibut and sablefish individual fishing quota and Community Development Quota fisheries off Alaska.
This document analyzes several management measures that would apply to fishery participants in the halibut and sablefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) fisheries off Alaska.
This Annual Report provides information, analysis, and recommendations based on the deployment of observers and Electronic Monitoring systems by the North Pacific Observer Program during 2021.
The Alaska Regional Office and Alaska Fisheries Science Center continue coordinated efforts to support the growing Alaska aquaculture industry. This report provides a summary of the accomplishments for each of our identified priority areas.
This research brief presents a summary of the issues faced by new fishermen and farmers and the differences in how issues across these two sectors are being addressed.
Categorical Exclusion to examine the Temporary Rule for Emergency Action to implement Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program; Crew Quota Share Emergency Rule for its potential to impact the quality of the human environment.
Draft of plans of NOAA Fisheries to assign observers to collect independent information from fishing operations conducted in the North Pacific under the authority of the Fishery Management Plans for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska.
