Vessel Monitoring System Workshops
Scheduled
April 02, 2002
Tuesday - 2:00 pm
The National Marine Fisheries Service Office for Law Enforcement,
in cooperation with the Coast Guard's North Pacific Regional
Fisheries Training Team, is holding Vessel Monitoring System
workshops in Alaska fishing communities this spring.
These workshops address the VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) Program,
scheduled to start in the Pacific cod, pollock and Atka mackerel
directed fisheries on June 10, 2002.
The VMS system is a method of periodically reporting-through
satellite communications-the location and identity of boats.
Workshop leaders will discuss in detail which fisheries and fishing
activities are affected, permit requirements, program design,
regulations and equipment requirements.
Workshops have been scheduled for:
| April 5 |
Kodiak |
"Comfish"
Trade show, 3 PM |
| April 15 |
Homer |
City Hall,
6 PM |
| April 16 |
Seward |
Alaska Vocational
Technical. Center, 6 PM |
| April 19 |
Unalaska |
City Council
Meeting Room, 5 PM |
| April 23 |
Juneau |
Regional Admin.
Conference Room, 4th Floor Federal Bldg. 1:30 PM |
| April 25 |
Petersburg |
Omni Building,
6 PM |
| April 30 |
Ketchikan |
NMFS Enforcement
Office, 1 PM |
| May 1 |
Sitka |
Centennial
Hall, 6 PM |
| May 6 |
Cordova |
Labor Hall,
7 PM |
| May 8 |
Sand Point |
City Chambers,
6 PM |
For more information on the
workshop schedule or the VMS Program, contact your local NMFS
Enforcement office or the Regional Enforcement Office at 907
586-7225.
Related Information:
VMS Program
Vessel
Monitoring System
Source of News Release:
NOAA - National Marine Fisheries
Service - Alaska Region
Web Site
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