| Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation |
| Activity Sheet # | N-23.02 | November 15, 2005 |
| Activity: | STATE JURISDICTION: Internal waters foreign processing [Sec. 112(c)]: Establish a Northeast |
| Region reporting system for IWP vessels |
| Completion date: | September 1, 1997 | August 30, 1997 |
| Product (s): | Implement a system for collecting and distributing IWP landings data |
| Overview and scope of task and sub-tasks: |
| Completed | A. Work with IWP states to identify vessels participating in these fisheries; |
| Completed | B. Identify landing (species and fishing location) information collected by IWP states, its |
| availability for NMFS use, and whether existing data collections meet SFA mandated |
| data needs; |
| Completed | C. Determine the extent to which SFA-mandated data is captured in existing vessel |
| logbook data requirements; |
| Completed | D. Determine the criteria for monitoring SFA-mandated data using efficient, |
| non-duplicative state and Federal data sources and any necessary new data |
| collections; |
| Completed | E. Design the data collection process |
| Completed | F. Test (a-e) above on a subset of available IWP data; adjust and refine process as |
| necessary |
| Completed | G. Implement IWP data collection and distribution system |
| Completed | H. Publishing implementing regulations in FEREAL REGISTER |