Documentation for NEFSC Electronic Monitoring API

EM Reviewer Guidance Document

NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

Video Review Protocols for Multispecies Sector and IFM Herring Trips

[2024-09-05]

FY24_Audit_Reviewer_Guidance_V2.pdf: Updated reviewer guidance for Fishing Year 2024 Audit Model review.
- Added Flatfish ID Guide (image and hyperlink) to Appendix C, added White Hake annotation decision tree to new Appendix F, added ICH clarification text and updated Grade Code and Description paragraph

[2024-05-28]

FY24_Audit_Reviewer_Guidance_V1.pdf: Updated reviewer guidance for Fishing Year 2024 Audit Model review.

[2023-09-08]

L-W_Conversion_V6.pdf: Updates include the following items:
- expanded length ranges to include Legal-Sized Unmarketable Fish (LUMF) weight estimations
- rounding to the hundredths place for an easier and cleaner read
- even-numbered lengths only for easier odd-numbered interpolation
- narrowing the columns to seasonal groups rather than monthly estimates

[2023-05-23]

FY23_Audit_Reviewer_Guidance_V1.pdf: Updated reviewer guidance for Fishing Year 2023 Audit Model review. Reflects changes made and additional details added to data collection protocols.
FY23_MREM_Reviewer_Guidance_V1.pdf: Updated reviewer guidance for Fishing Year 2023 Maximized Retention EM Model review. Reflects changes made and additional details added to data collection protocols.

[2023-04-27]

L-W_Conversion_V2.pdf: Updated this reference to include Scorpionfish, NK.

[2023-03-30]

L-W-Conversion-Final.pdf: Length-Weight conversion document added to this page.

[2023-02-23]

FY22 Audit Reviewer Guidance_V4.pdf: Includes updating the secondary review reference, added ICH examples, and added clarifying language throughout the manual.
FY22 MREM Reviewer Guidance_V1.pdf: Reviewer guidance for the Maximized Retention groundfish EM program.

[2022-04-06]

FY22 Video Reviewer Guidance Manual_V2.pdf: Updates include revisions to the ALL_EFFORT_CONFIRMED requirements in the EMS Events section, and the addition of 1 new Bulk Discarding example.

[2022-04-01]

FY22 EM Audit ModelReviewer Guidance Manual.pdf: FY22 Audit Model Reviewer Guidance Document (no longer "draft"). Introduction stating the protocols are subject to change.

[2022-03-04]

FY22 IFM_EM Herring Reviewer Manual.pdf: New guidance for FY22 API Specification, more information on the gears from the Obs Ops Manual and provided images of each, some formatting changes to make document flow better.

[2022-01-12]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V20.pdf: Revisions in this version include adding definitions of terminology used in the document, updated guidance for prolonged system malfunctions, and updates to the camera blocking event definition.

[2021-10-07]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V19.pdf: Revised protocols for non-approved gear and revised protocols for DCP documentation.

[2021-07-26]

IFM_EM Atl Herring Reviewer Manual_V1.pdf: Initial publication of RGD for IFM Herring trips.

[2021-07-26]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V18.pdf: Updates to the introduction providing more of a background on the Delta model, and an updated Electronic Scale and Volumetric sampling sections.

[2021-04-02]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V17.pdf: Includes a new section on submitting trips with no data.

[2021-03-25]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V16.pdf: Guidance for review of fishing year FY2021 trips.

[2021-01-29]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V15.pdf: Added the reviewer requirements for annotating for the data collection for the volumetric sub-sampling plan.

[2020-10-28]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V14.pdf: Added Review Start and Review Stop definitions; Clarified Gear Conflicts, duration and point events; Updated/Clarified VQE 'Out of Focus'; CSE 'Bulk Discarding', CSE 'Camera Blocking', CSE ' Improper Fish Handling' Added language that tangled longline gear will be documented as FOE 'Other'

[2020-08-28]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V13_FINAL.pdf: Revised Definition for Bulk Discarding; Added 6th example of when reviewers are permitted to group discards into a single catch entry; Included a haul definition for 'Other Gear'

[2020-07-23]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V12_FINAL.pdf: New Jig Set Start def and the addition of the null haul element language in the Haul Times section.

[2020-06-09]

Video Reviewer Guidance_V11.pdf published.

[2020-04-16]

Video Reviewer Guidance_FinalDraft_FY20.pdf published.

EM Reviewer Guidance Document

Current Document - Groundfish, Audit Model

Electronic Monitoring Groundfish Length – Weight Conversion

Current Document - Groundfish, Max Retention

Current Document - Herring

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