1996 Pacific Whiting Shoreside Observation Program

Identification Information

Citation

Originator: Weeks, Hal and Steve Kupillas

Publish Date: 1996

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: The Pacific Whiting Shoreside Observation Program was established in 1992 to provide information for evaluating bycatch in the directed Pacific whiting fishery and for evaluating conservation measures adopted to protect salmon and other prohibited species. The program has been continued annually in order to develop an accounting of all catch in targeted whiting trips and to accommodate the landing of non-sorted catch from these trips. In 1995, the program changed its emphasis from a high rate of observation and a focus on prohibited species to a lower rate of observation (10%) and the collection of biological samples and information (otoliths, length, age, weight, sex, maturity) from Pacific whiting and selected bycatch species (yellowtail and widow rockfish, Pacific mackerel, jack mackerel and prohibited species). The program emphasis this year was very similar to 1995. The program is a cooperative effort between the fishing industry and management agencies to observe and collect information on directed Pacific whiting landings at shoreside processing plants. Participants are mid-water trawlers delivering whiting to shoreside processing plants in California, Oregon and Washington (43 vessels participated in 1996, compared to 35 vessels in 1995), shoreside processing plants receiving whiting, the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

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Time Period of Content: 1996

Geographic Extent: Washington, Oregon, and California Coast

Status: Final

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