NOAA Fisheries News Releases
NEWS RELEASE
September 21, 2000
Patsy Bearden, Sustainable Fisheries Division
(907) 586-7008
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Notice of Public Workshops
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center will present five workshops, the first to be held at FISH EXPO in November, concerning 2001 recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements at 50 CFR part 679 for the Alaska groundfish fisheries. The workshop 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 workshop at FISH EXPO is scheduled for November 17, 2000, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon in Room 310, at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Other R&R workshops are scheduled as follows:
- 4 January, 2001 NOAA/NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Building 9, Rooms A/B, Seattle, WA
- 16 January 2001 USCG Training Center, Kodiak, AK
- 18 and 19 January 2001 Unalaska City Hall, Council Chambers, Unalaska, AK
Contacts: Patsy A. Bearden, NMFS (907) 586-7008, FAX (907) 586-7465, patsy.bearden@noaa.gov or Charles Case, USCG (907) 487-5699, ext 314, FAX (907) 487-5716, ccase@CGAlaska.uscg.mil.