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MRAG has designed and implemented fishery observer programs in the south Atlantic (South Georgia), south west Indian Ocean (Prince Edward Islands), central western Indian Ocean (British Indian Ocean Territory) and the northwest Atlantic (NAFO Regulatory Area). The scope of these operations has ranged from the supply of an individual observer to servicing a fleet of 30 or more offshore vessels, requiring substantial logistic support and management. MRAG has also conducted an independent review of the largest observer program in the world, the North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program off the coast of Alaska.
MRAG provides a complete end-to-end service involving:
- Observer recruitment
- Training
- Program oversight
- Scientific and safety equipment supply
- Development of observer manuals specific to the fishery
- Data collection and handling including database design and management
- Travel logistics
- Safety and work clothing
- Insurance
- Technical support
- Data analysis and report production
MRAG has supplied experienced observers to operate on a wide range of fishing vessels. These have included: demersal trawl, gill net and longline vessels; pelagic longline and purse seine vessels; pot vessels (crab and fish) and inshore reef fishing mothership-dory vessels.
Details of specific programmes can be viewed for:
| South Atlantic |  |
| Southwest Indian Ocean & British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT) | |
| North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) | |
| Scientific research survey programmes | |