Links
The following links will lead you to information about Alaska and our fisheries.
Alaska Groundfish 3-week Pre-Reading Training Material
Wikipedia Description Fisheries Observer. Gives you a description on fisheries observers.
National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region Office. This is an excellent site to appreciate the complexity of our Alaskan waters.
Pacific Islands Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service. This is an excellent site to appreciate the complexity of our Hawaiian waters.
North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program Sampling Manual, 2010 Edition -This is a large PDF file and will take awhile to download.
NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program This site will give you more information on what an observer does.
North Pacific Fisheries Observer Training Center If you training in Anchorage, Alaska as an observer you will be at this training center.
At-Sea Processors Associations
ObserverNet If you have more questions that being an observer this site will likely answer them. The site is online form for observers.
Biology-Online.org Biology-Online.org is a free resource of biology in forms of tutorials, articles, dictionary and forums. It is where enthusiasts and visitors from all around the world gather to discuss and share various topics in biology and other related disciplines.
For information on how groundfish vessel operates search on Apple's iTunes for the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs on Floating Fish Factory. Paste the phase in the iTunes search box "Dirty Jobs Floating Fish Factory." The show costs $1.99 to watch. The show is 41 minutes long. You have to have the iTunes install on your Mac or PC and have an iTunes account.
Ports and Cities Observers Work out of
Unalaska, Alaska
Unalaska / Port of Dutch Harbor, The Undiscovered Alaska Experience a place like no other! This is a must visit site.
City of Unalaska is one of the city you will be working out of as an observer
The current weather in Unalaska.
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Island The city of Kodiak is located on Kodiak Island.
City of Kodiak is one of the cities in which you will be working out of as an observer.
The current weather in Kodiak
Akutan, Alaska
City of Akutan is the location of the plant where some of the observers work.
The current weather in Akutan.
King Cove, Alaska
City of King Cove King Cove is the location of the plant where some of the observers work.
The current weather in King Cove.
Anchorage, Alaska
City of Anchorage The main office of Saltwater is located in Anchorage which is Alaska largest city.
The current weather in Anchorage.
