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Observer Programs

Australia

Australia Fisheries Management Authority Observer Program (AFMA)

Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

New Zealand

  • Ministry for Primary Industries Summer Observer Programme (MIP-OP)

Portugal

Azores Fisheries Observers Programme (POPA)

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:
    • California Drift Gillnet Observer Program 
    • California Pelagic Longline Observer Program
    • Deep-Set Buoy Gear Observer Program

Pacific Islands

  • American Samoa Pelagic Longline Observer Program
  • Hawaii-Based Pelagic Longline Observer Program

Northwest

  • West Coast Groundfish Fishery Observer Program
  • West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program

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)
    • WCPFC – Authorised ROP Observer Providers
    • Regional Observer Programme (ROP)
  • Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)
    • FFA Observer Programme
  • 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
    • PNA Observer Program

West Africa Observer Program

  • Liberia Observer Program (LOP)

International

  • MRAG

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