Attachment_1-Glossary.pdf

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ATTACHMENTS

Attachment 1

GLOSSARY

Briefing A returning observer is ‘briefed’ on any changes that the program has made during their absence or as required by the program prior to being deployed.

Bycatch The unintentional taking of non-targeted species that is composed of a variety of marine life – fish, mammals, turtles, and birds.

Contractor’s Quality Assurance Plan (QAP)

The contractor’s plan and systematic description of the activities it will perform to achieve a successful outcome and provide the quality standards the government expects in the performance of its services.

Debriefing

Review process of trip information or data collected by an observer at the completion of a deployment.

Debriefings can be conducted via email, over the telephone, or in-person.

Experienced Observer

An observer who has successfully completed 30 sampling days or 3 trips while serving as an observer in the program they are currently serving in or from a similar observer program.

Debriefer

A NMFS employee responsible for reviewing observer submitted data and conducting debriefings following each observer deployment for data reconciliation purposes.

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New Observer An observer who has successfully completed observer training, but has no previous observer experience.

NMFS NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Observer Candidate An individual selected by the observer contractor in accordance with the specified qualifications that will initiate appropriate training and approval to become a new observer.

Observer Coverage

The numbers of days observers are deployed with assigned vessels in a particular fishery multiplied by a unit of total effort in the fishery (often the number fishing days in the season or total landed catch is used) as a percentage measurement.

Observer Program and Biological Sampling Manual

These manuals are fishery specific (manuals available online at the NMFS website) and detail data collection and sampling procedures relative to that fishery.

Observer Training Day For the purposes of compensation, any day an observer is engaged in training, briefing, or debriefing. Observers will be compensated for a regular 8 hour work day.

Project Manager Responsible person for managing personnel resources and other items specified in this contract.

Quality Assurance (QA) Quality Assurance is all the planned and systematic activities implemented within the quality system to provide confidence that the project will satisfy the relevant quality standards.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan is the Government’s process that will be used to ensure that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken. It describes the roles and responsibility and methodology used to monitor the contractor’s performance in meeting the performance measures and standards under the contract.

Quality Control (QC)

Quality control is the monitoring of specific project results to determine if they comply with relevant quality standards, and eliminating causes of unsatisfactory results.

Retained Observer An observer who is employed by the current contractor, is currently working in the fishery specified in the current contract and is available and being assigned work.

Sea Day Any day an observer is deployed on a vessel at sea (leaves port, is out at sea, or returns to port).

Training One to three week period of education for observer candidate to become a new observer.

US Exclusive Economic Zone

The waters governed seaward 3 miles out to 200 miles off the United States coast.