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Search Again| Division: | Commercial Fish |
| Title: | Alaska groundfish monitoring assessment: July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1996 |
| Author: | Simonson, B. P. |
| Year: | 1996 |
| Report ID: | Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, Regional Information Report 5J96-16, Juneau |
| Abstract: | The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), Commercial Fisheries Management and Development (CFMD) Division has received funding assistance from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to collect landing information relevant to groundfish fisheries in the North Pacific since 1988. This document is the final report for Grant No. NA37FN0268 97 Alaska Groundfish Monitoring Agreement, which covered the period July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1996. (NMFS has continued financial support for the collection of groundfish landing information in Grant No. NA67FNOI 76.) Major activities discussed in this report include the role of ADF&G groundfish fish tickets in the implementation of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council92s (NPFMC) program for Individual Fishery Quotas (LFQ) for sablefish and halibut, the NPFMC program for billing industry for observer coverage on groundfish and shellfish vessels (North Pacific Research Plan), increased groundfish fishery management by ADF&G in state waters, and preliminary work with geographic information systems (GIS) in groundfish fisheries at ADF&G. Future directions for coordinated data collection of groundfish fisheries information between ADF&G and NMFS are discussed. |
| Keywords: | groundfish groundfish fisheries Alaska landing information fish ticket information |