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Title 50 - WILDLIFE AND FISHERIESChapter VI - FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEPart 660 - FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES
Subpart C - WEST COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERIES
Section 660.16 - Groundfish observer program

50 C.F.R. § 660.16

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Section 660.16 - Groundfish observer program
(a)General. Vessel owners, operators, and managers are jointly and severally responsible for their vessel's compliance with observer requirements specified in this section and within §§ 660.140 , 660.150 , 660.160 , 660.216 , or 660.316 .
(b)Purpose. The purpose of the Groundfish Observer Program is to collect fisheries data necessary and appropriate for, among other relevant purposes, management, compliance monitoring, and research in the groundfish fisheries and for the conservation of living marine resources.
(c)Observer coverage requirements. The following table provides references to the paragraphs in the Pacific coast groundfish subparts that contain fishery specific requirements. Observer coverage required for the Shorebased IFQ Program, MS Co-op Program, or C/P Co-op Program shall not be used to comply with observer coverage requirements for any other Pacific coast groundfish fishery in which that vessel may also participate.

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(1) Shorebased IFQ Program-Trawl Fishery§ 660.140(h) West Coast Groundfish.
(2) MS Co-op Program-Whiting At-sea Trawl Fishery§ 660.150(j)
(i) MothershipsAt-sea Hake.
(ii) Catcher VesselsWest Coast Groundfish.
(3) C/P Co-op Program-Whiting At-sea Trawl Fishery§ 660.160(g) At-sea Hake.
(4) Fixed Gear Fisheries§ 660.216
(i) Harvester vesselsWest Coast Groundfish.
(ii) Processing vesselsWest Coast Groundfish.
(5) Open Access Fisheries§ 660.316
(i) Harvester vesselsWest Coast Groundfish.
(ii) Processing vesselsWest Coast Groundfish.

(d)Observer certifications and responsibilities. For the Shorebased IFQ Program see § 660.140(h) , for the MS Co-op Program see § 660.150(j) , and, for the C/P Co-op Program see § 660.160(g) .
(e)Application process to become an observer provider. See § 660.18 .

50 C.F.R. §660.16

75 FR 78376, Dec. 15, 2010, as amended at 80 FR 22280, Apr. 21, 2015; 88 FR 81358, Nov. 22, 2023