INFORMATION BULLETIN #00-88                             September 21, 2000     
Sustainable Fisheries Division  			2:30 p.m.                                                                							
907-586-7228                           

                                
                        NMFS ANNOUNCES R&R WORKSHOP AT FISH EXPO


The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, and the United States Coast
Guard (USCG) North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center will present a workshop at
FISH EXPO concerning 2001 recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements at 50 CFR part
679 for the Alaska groundfish fisheries, according to James W. Balsiger, Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS.  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, Seattle, WA.

Other R&R workshops are scheduled as follows:
                        
4 January, 2001   	NOAA/NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 										  					  			Building 9, Room A/B, Seattle, WA
      
16 January 2001   	USCG Training Center, Kodiak, AK
                        
18 and 19 January 2001  Unalaska City Hall, Council Chambers, Unalaska, AK

For more information call: 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.