October 8, 2010 Fish News

Fish News

Oct. 8, 2010

NPFMC Adopts Alternative 3; Includes Modified Versions of Option 2 for Observer Program

This afternoon (Friday, Oct. 8, 2010), the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) adopted Alternative 3, including a modified version of Option 2 to restructure the observer program.

Two tier system for general coverage categories: All vessels and processors in the groundfish and halibut fisheries off Alaska would be placed into one of two observer categories. These categories would be established in regulation:

1. the “greater than or egual to 100% (>100%) coverage category, and
2. the “less than 100 percent” (<100%) coverage category.

Vessels and processors that would be placed in the > 100% include:

1. all catcher/processors and motherships participating in the groundfish and halibut fisheries,
2. all catcher vessels while fishing under a management system that uses prohibited species caps in conjunction with a catch share program, and
3. all shoreside and floating processors when taking deliveries of AFA or CDQ pollock.


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