Commercial Shark Fishery Observer Program
Observer Training
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Acknowledgements
Authority to place observers aboard commercial shark fishing boats is granted by the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This program was operated as voluntary, cooperative
initiative between commercial fishers and non-NMFS research biologists during the 1994-2001 period
and became a mandatory program in 2002. Funding for the CSFOP historically has come from a variety
of Department of Commerce funding sources, including Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN),
Saltonstall-Kennedy (SK), and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The CSFOP currently
receives funding from the Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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