National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Region
NEWS RELEASE

NMFS 2000 RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING WORKSHOP AT FISH EXPO

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, and the United States Coast Guard North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center (USCG), will present an integrated approach to clarify and simplify NMFS 2000 recordkeeping and reporting requirements (R&R) for the Alaska groundfish fisheries on November 19, 1999, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, at FISH EXPO, Room 210, Seattle, WA, according to Steven Pennoyer, Alaska Region Administrator.

The workshop also will introduce the electronic logbook delivery report and provide detailed instructions on completion and submittal of the required logsheets and reporting forms developed for the American Fisheries Act, open-access groundfish, Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ), Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ), and at-sea scale programs.

Other R&R workshops are scheduled as follows:

December 15, 1999	Homer, AK
December 16 and 17, 1999	USCG, Kodiak, AK
January 6, 2000	Seattle, WA
February 9, 2000	Sitka, AK

Exact locations and times will be published in the near future.

For more information contact: Patsy A. Bearden, NMFS, phone (907)586-7008, FAX (907)586-7465, patsy.bearden@noaa.gov and Scott Tobias, USCG, phone (907)487-5699 X306, FAX (907)487-5716, Stobias@CGAlaska.uscg.mil.