United States
National Observer Program within NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Science and Technology
Greater Atlantic
- At-Sea Monitoring Program
- Industry-Funded Scallop Observer Program
- Northeast Fisheries Observer Program
Southeast
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Observer Program
- Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Observer Program
- Southeast Gillnet Observer Program
- Southeast Pelagic Observer Program
- Southeast Shark Bottom Longline Observer Program
- Investigation into allegations of Mis-management of Southeast Observer Programs
Alaska
- North Pacific Observer Program (NPOP)
- Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program (AMMOP) – not operational due to a lack of funding, as of June 2021
West Coast
- The West Coast Region Observer Program (WCROP) comprises of:
Pacific Islands
Northwest
National
- National Review of Observer Program Management (arising out of the Southeast Administrative Review)
Western, Central and South Pacific Ocean
- Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
- Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
- Pacific Islands Regional Fisheries Observer (PIRFO)
- Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) – the parties to this agreement are the island nations of Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu