case study Staffing to Support the Vital Work of NOAA West Coast Groundfish Catch Share Observer Program SECURE - PRECISE - TRUSTED Rebecca was just one person, one contractor, provided to a federal agency, but her professionalism and demeanor reflect the kind of staff TDEC strives to provide all of its federal clients. Challenge: Under new NOAA regulations, the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery transitioned to a Catch Share program in 2011. Instead of the traditional, single fleet-wide quota, which pitted fishermen against each other, this new approach used a Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program, providing equitable shares of the overall allowable catch (or “catch shares”). The catch shares, according to NOAA Fisheries, are “designed to benefit both fish and fish

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