Aquaculture & Fisheries

Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring

The Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring, monitors ground fish and halibut fishing activities in the Federal fisheries off Alaska and conducts research associated with sampling commercial fishery catches, estimation of catch and by catch mortality, and analysis of fishery-dependent data. The division is responsible for training, briefing, debriefing, and oversight of observers who collect catch data onboard fishing vessels and at onshore processing plants and for quality control/quality assurance of the data provided by these observers.