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Alternative Sampling Designs for the 2019 Annual Deployment Plan of the North Pacific Observer Program
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2019
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Description:The North Pacific Observer Program uses a hierarchical sampling design with randomization at all levels to achieve unbiased data from fishing operations in the region. The Annual Deployment Plan (ADP) documents how NMFS plans to deploy observers and electronic fisheries monitoring tools (EM) in the partial coverage category onto fishing trips in the upcoming year under the limits of available funding. The ADP provides an annual process for NMFS and the Council to evaluate deployment of fishery monitoring tools and improve the sampling design of the monitoring program. In the Draft 2018 ADP, NMFS presented six alternative deployment designs for observers (NMFS 2017a). The exclusive focus on observers and not EM is due to the fact that participation in EM is set up such that only vessels and vessel operators that volunteer for the upcoming year can be considered for EM, and NMFS only has the power to refuse volunteer vessels rather than select vessels to carry EM. The Council has established EM as a valid catch estimation tool in the North Pacific through its workgroup process, and that process has resulted in a policy decision to set selection rates at 30% of trips.
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