January 8, 2014 — The following was released by NOAA Fisheries:
NOAA Fisheries is announcing the selection of the 2014 Fishing Year at-sea monitoring service providers for groundfish sectors. Independent, third-party monitoring of sector at-sea catch is required under existing groundfish fishery regulations. Each year NOAA Fisheries reviews applications submitted by companies interested in providing this service. Five companies were authorized for the 2014 fishing year including A.I.S., Inc.; Atlantic Catch Data Limited; East West Technical Services, LLC; Fathom Research, LLC; and MRAG Americas, Inc. All, but Fathom Research, were approved to provide at-sea monitoring services to sectors in previous fishing years.
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