SERVICES 155 



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

 FISHERIES MARKET NEWS 



BULLETIN BOARDS 



Several National Marine Fisheries Service offices provide public access to electronic bulletin board services operating 

 24-hours a day to furnish the fishing industry with current information. Listed below are necessary facts needed to 

 access these bulletin boards via a personal computer. 



Alaska Region : 



The Alaska Regional service is available by dialing 907-586-7259 at no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, full duplex. The 

 bulletin board operates on a 80486 standalone PC with 4 MB of memory and four 14,400 baud modems. A menu- 

 driven system directs callers to areas and manages viewing of files, downloading, and in certain cases, uploading 

 files. A message utility handles transfer of mail between users and to the sysop. Information is organized in ANSI 

 format into categories consisting of: news releases; regulations; current catch statistics; allocations / seasons / closure 

 histories; PacFIN data; and miscellaneous information. Catch statistics are updated weekly, other files are added as 

 needed. For additional information contact Galen Tromble, 907-586-7228, at the Alaska Regional Office. 



Northwest Region : 



The Northwest Regional Office service is available by dialing 206-526-6405 at 2400 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop 

 bit, full duplex. (The region plans to upgrade baud rate to 28.8 by January 1995.) Information is presented through a 

 system of menus and displayed on-line. A variety of reports are included: current groundfish and salmon 

 regulations;current entry program, limited entry groundfish permits; foreign trade news and data files; HACCP FDA 

 information; Saltonstall / Kennedy Program; view your account; testing system; NMFS news and phone numbers; list 

 of files or transfers; and miscellaneous information. For additional information contact John Bishop, 206-526-6119, at 

 the Northwest Regional Office. 



Southwest Region: 



The Southwest Regional Office service is available by dialing 310-980-4059 at 2400 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop 

 bit, full duplex. Information is presented in the form of bulletins organized through a system of menus and displayed 

 on-line. Announcements include Federal Register notices of seasons, trip limits, and quotas for groundfish, salmon, 

 and coastal pelagic fisheries. Trade and industry reports are available for fishery product imports into Southern 

 California / Arizona / Hawaii, canned tuna industry updates and status of canned tuna import quotas, catch reports and 

 the status of quotas or allocations for various California fisheries, a calendar of public meetings and events, Pacific 

 Council News and information concerning protected species and marine recreational fisheries. For additional 

 information contact Dan Viele, 310-980-4039, at the Southwest Regional Office. 



