Observer Programs

Australia Fisheries Management Authority Observer Program (AFMA)

Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)

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

Azores Fisheries Observers Programme (POPA)

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 

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

International

• Improving Fisheries Governance

• 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

• Liberia Observer Program (LOP)

• MRAG