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On fishing vessels harvesting seafood from federal waters off Alaska, key information about performance and rule compliance comes from employees who observe the catches or from electronic equipment that monitors the amount and types of marine life that are brought aboard.
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About 350 individual observers were trained and equipped to be deployed on vessels and report on the seafood catches in 2023, the annual report said.
Over the years I have probably worked with 50 fishery observers. Many fisheries require at least partial observer coverage, so every once in a while we went to sea with
CFR Part: "50 CFR Parts 600, 648, 660, and 679". Agency: "National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce." DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 21, 2022.