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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 

 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 vi/lth current information. Listed belovy are necessary 

 facts needed to access these bulletin boards via a personal computer. 



Alaska Reg ion: 



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 14400 

 baud modems. A menu-driven system directs callers to 

 areas and manages vievylng of files, dovs/nloading, and 

 in certain cases, uploading files. A message utility 

 handles transfer of mall 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 

 Tim Beede, 907-586-7228, at tiie 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, fijil 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 fi-ansfers; and miscellaneous 

 Information. For additional information contact John 

 Bishop, 206-526-61 19, at the Northwest Regional Office. 



Southwest Region : 



The Southwest Regional Office ser^/ice 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 tijna 

 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. 



