Post cruise observer evaluation

OMB Control No. 0648-xxxx
Expires xx/xx/2012
Observer Evaluation Questions
Vessel Name: ________________________

Date of interview: ______________

Captain Name: _______________________

Observer: _____________________

-Conduct this interview away from the observer.
-Give the completed interview forms to the Training Coordinator.
Questions for captains and crew:
1. Where was observer positioned during the haul back?

2. How did the observer get the fishing positions?

3. Did the observer tell you how to fish or dictate fishing procedures?

4. Did the observer help with house keeping? If no, was the observer asked?

5. Did the observer maintain reasonable hygiene?

6. Would you have this observer again?

7. Did the observer unnecessarily interfere with fishing operations? If so, how often?
Please describe.

8. Was the observer courteous and polite?

9. Was the observer respectful towards the crew?

10. Did the observer monitor all the sets for the first hour, and all the haul backs?

11. Please list any additional comments you have about this observer or the observer
program.

12. Did the observer ask to take home any fish? If yes, did the observer pay you for the
fish?

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT: The information provided on this
form will be used by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to improve observer
training under section 403(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.),
which will assist NMFS to collect information that is used in analyses that support the
conservation and management of living marine resources and that are required under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), Executive
Order 12866 (EO 12866), and other applicable law. The public reporting burden for this
form is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for hearing,
understanding, and responding to the questions on the form. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing the burden to: National Marine Fisheries Service, F/SF1,
National Observer Program, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Providing the requested information is voluntary. All identifying data submitted will be
handled as confidential material in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216100, Protection of Confidential Fishery Statistics. Other information collected on this
form may be subject to public release under various statutes. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject
to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.