INFORMATION BULLETIN (01-09)          February 1, 2001       
 Sustainable Fisheries Division        3:00 p.m.                
 907-586-7228                           
                                
                        NMFS ANNOUNCES 
          2001 RECORDKEEPING & REPORTING WORKSHOPS IN
                HOMER, SEWARD, AND SITKA, ALASKA
                                
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and
the United States Coast Guard, North Pacific Regional Fisheries
Training Center (USCG), will present workshops for the fishing
industry on 2001 recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements
at 50 CFR part 679 for the Alaska groundfish fisheries, according
to Jim Balsiger, Alaska Region Administrator.  The workshops will
include discussion of proposed changes to the R&R requirements
along with instructions for completion and submittal of the
required forms and logsheets.  Suggestions and feedback on
existing procedures are welcome.  The workshops are scheduled as
follows:

Homer
USCG Cutter Roanoke                   February 27, 2001
Shoreside Office Building
Homer Harbor Freight Dock Road        3:00 p.m. for shoreside processors
(end of spit)                         6:30 p.m. for vessels
Homer, Alaska

Seward
Alaska Sealife Center                 March 6, 2001
Bear Mountain Conference Room
301 Railway Avenue                    3:00 p.m. for shoreside processors
(mile 0 of Seward Highway)            6:30 p.m. for vessels
Seward, Alaska

Sitka
Harrigan Centennial Hall              March 13, 2001 (NEW DATE!!)
Exhibit Room
330 Harbor Drive                      3:00 p.m. for shoreside processors
Sitka, Alaska                         6:30 p.m. for vessels

For more information contact:  Patsy A. Bearden, NOAA Fisheries, 
(907) 586-7008; Charles Case, USCG, (907) 487-5699, or Homer,
Seward, or Sitka NOAA Offices for Enforcement.