Dan Hardin, Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Coordinator for the 13th Coast Guard District conducts training on distress signals for National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) observers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northwest Regional Office here, Jan. 13, 2010. Annually NMFS observers attend a refresher course to reinforce the survival training they initially received. U.S. Coast Guard photo Petty Officer Colin White.