Reef fish trip record with economic data collection

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

2006
Fishing Vessel Logbook Record
Gulf Of Mexico Reef Fish
South Atlantic Snapper - Grouper
King And Spanish Mackerel
Shark
Atlantic Dolphin / Wahoo
With Economic Survey

YOU ARE ADVISED THAT DISCLOSURE OF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THIS
REPORT IS MANDATORY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANAGING THE FISHERIES IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976
(16 U.S.C. 1801 ET. SEQ.). FAILURE TO REPORT OR FILING A FALSE REPORT MAY
RESULT IN CIVIL OR CRIMINAL SANCTIONS. SEE, E.G., 16 U.S.C. 1857, 1858, 1859; 18
U.S.C. 1001.
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NAME OF VESSEL ________________________________________________

PERMIT NUMBER ________________________________________________

NOAA FORM 88-186

OMB Control No.: 0648-0016

Expiration Date: 12/31/2006

2006 LOGBOOK TRIP REPORT FORM
INSTRUCTIONS
Please read instructions carefully
This form is to be used to report fishing activity for South Atlantic snapper-grouper, King and Spanish
mackerel and shark permits. Under current regulations, ALL fishermen are responsible for submitting
a logbook for every fishing trip for the permits listed above.
All forms must be submitted no later than seven (7) days after the completion of each trip (the date of
landing) or 7 days after the end of a month for which you are reporting no fishing activity. Completed
forms are to be mailed to:
National Marine Fisheries Service
Logbook Program
P.O. Box 491500
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149-9916
When additional forms or envelopes are needed, include a note with your logbook submission. Include
your name, address and your vessel identification number. If you have any questions, please contact
the Logbook Program at (305) 361-4581, or go to our website at http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/fls.jsp
Please print all requested information clearly. A form with incomplete or unclear information cannot
be entered into the database and will be returned. This missing form may cause you to be out of
compliance and your permit renewal denied.
The following instructions are for fishing forms:
You must fill out a separate form for EACH fishing trip made. DO NOT report multiple trips on one
form. Do not submit more than one log for each fishing trip. All information for one fishing trip
should be entered on one form. There are three sections for each form.
VESSEL SECTION - Fill in each information block on each log as described below:
Captain’s Signature - The person responsible for the operation of the vessel during the trip
must sign the form to verify all information.
Vessel ID. Number - Enter the official US Coast Guard documentation number or state
registration number for the vessel as it appears on the permit application.
Vessel Name - Enter the vessel name as it appears on the permit application.
Trip ticket number - Please include the trip ticket number from your state sales receipt
(FL,GA,NC,LA).
Phone Number - Include a phone number where you can be reached.
Start Date - Enter the numerical date (month, day and year) when the vessel departed for the
trip.
Unload Date - Enter the numerical date (month, day and year) when the catch was unloaded at
a dealer. If the catch was unloaded at more than one dealer, enter the date when the catch was
unloaded at the first dealer.
Days At Sea - Enter the number of days spent away from port. Include traveling time to and
from fishing area. Count any fraction of a day as a whole day. If you left in the morning and
returned any time before midnight, you would enter ‘1’.
Number Of Crew - Enter the total number of people that fished during the trip. The captain is
to be included in the number of crew.
County and State of Unloading - Enter the name of the county and the state where the fish
from the trip were unloaded. Do not use code numbers.
Dealer Number – enter the state dealer number, if known.
Dealer Name - Enter the complete name of the seafood dealer to whom you sold your catch. If
the catch was unloaded at more than one dealer, enter the name of either the dealer where the
majority of the catch was sold, or in the case of equal sales, the first dealer where the catch
was sold. If you kept the catch, write in PERSONAL USE. If there was no catch, please
write in NO CATCH.

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GEAR SECTION - Check the box in the header of each type of gear used: traps, longline, trolling, line, hook &
line/bandit, diving, or other gear. Fill in ALL information blocks under each gear type
you used.
Traps - This category includes fish traps or fish pots. This category does not include lobster or crab traps.
Traps Used - Enter the total numbers of traps that were used.
Hauls - Enter the total number of hauls made. For example, if you used 10 traps and pulled each trap 3
times, enter 30 trap hauls. Include hauls with no catch.
Soak Time - Enter the total time in HOURS that the traps were in the water for the trip. For example, if
you hauled 30 traps and each trap was in the water for 4 hours, then soak time would be 120 hours.
Mesh - Mesh size refers to the size of the openings in the material that covers the trap. Enter the mesh
size in inches (a mesh size of 1 in. x 2 in. should be entered as 1x2, a mesh size of 1 ½ in. x 1 ½ in.
should be entered as 1.5x1.5).
In the catch section, enter a T in the column labeled ‘Gear’ next to each species where trap gear was
used.
Longline - This gear refers to mid-water or bottom longline.
# of Sets Made - Enter the number of times that this gear was set.
# of Hooks/Line - Enter the average number of hooks used per line.
Line Length (miles) - Enter the average length in miles of the line used.
Total Soak Time (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that this gear was used. For example, if you made
4 sets and each set was 2 hours, then total time fished would be 8 hours.
In the catch section, enter L in the column labeled ‘Gear’ by species where trap gear was used.
Gill Nets - This gear is for runaround gill nets, etc.
Length - Enter the length of the net in yards.
Depth - Enter the depth of the net in yards.
Mesh - Enter the size of the net opening in inches. The size should be measured as the distance between
two diagonal knots when the mesh is stretched fully closed.
Total Soak Time (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that this gear was used. For example, if you made
4 sets and each set was 2 hours, then total time fished would be 8 hours. For strike and run-around nets
with soak times less then 1 hour please report 1.
In the catch section, enter GN in column labeled ‘Gear’ by species where gill nets were used.
Rod & Reel Handline - This gear includes rod & reel and handlines. This gear type is associated with
fishing when the boat is not moving under its own power, but stationary (or drifting) over a fishing location.
# of Lines - Enter the number of lines used.
# of Hooks/Line - Enter the average number of hooks per line.
Total Time Fished (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that the gear was in the water fishing.
In the catch section, enter an H in the column labeled ‘Gear’ next to each species where handlines were
used.
Electric Reel / Bandit - This gear includes bandits and electric reels. This gear type is associated with
fishing when the boat is not moving under its own power, but stationary (or drifting) over a fishing location.
# of Lines - Enter the number of lines used.
# of Hooks/Line - Enter the average number of hooks per line.
Total Time Fished (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that gear was in the water fishing.
In the catch section, enter an E in the column labeled ‘Gear’ next to each species where handlines were
used.
Trolling Lines - These are lines that are used from a boat that is moving under its own engine power with
the lines in the water trailing the boat.
# of Lines - Enter the number of lines used.
# of Hooks/Line - Enter the average number of hooks used per line.
Total Time Fished (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that gear was in the water fishing.
In the catch section, enter a TR in the column labeled ‘Gear’ next to each species where trolling lines
were used.
Diving - This includes speargun, gigs, powerhead, bangstick and hand caught while diving.
Type of Gear - Enter a P for gear with explosive devices (i.e., powerheads or bangsticks). Enter an S for
gear without explosive devices (i.e., spearguns, gigs, hand nets or by hand).
# Divers - Enter the total number of divers that were in the water.
Total Time Fished (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours that the divers were in the water.
In the catch section, enter an S or P in the column labeled ‘Gear’ next to each species taken by divers.
Other Gear - This gear includes cast net, lobster pots, stone crab pots and any other type of gear. Please do
not record bandits, electric reels, or rod & reels here (See Handline instructions).
Type of gear - Enter the name of the gear.
Total Time Fished (hrs) - Enter the total time in hours this gear was used.

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CATCH SECTION - Catch is defined as the pounds of fish that were caught and sold. Space is
provided at the bottom of the log for species not listed.
Gutted Column - Enter the amount of catch in pounds for each species sold in gutted form in
this column.
Whole Column - Enter the amount of catch in pounds for each species sold in whole form in
this column.
Gear Column - Enter gear code (T, L, GN, H, E, TR, S, P, or O) for the type of gear that
caught the species in the ‘Gear’ column. Gear codes are in the parentheses next to the type of
gear in the GEAR SECTION.
Area Column - Enter the numeric code for the fishing area where the majority of your catch for
this trip was made. Maps with the numeric codes and the associated latitudes and longitudes
are on the following page. Do not use state codes or Loran coordinates.
Depth Column – Enter the depth in feet where the majority of fish were caught.
Do not include fractions of pounds.
Do not enter the number of fish, only enter the weight in pounds.
Do not enter a number in both gutted and whole column for a species unless you actually sold fish
in both forms.
You must enter a gear, area and depth for each species reported.

TRIP EXPENSE AND PAYMENT SECTION - Fill in the information blocks on each log as
described below:
NOTE: This section is mandatory only if you received separate notification that your vessel was
selected to report cost data.
Gallons of Fuel Used This Trip - Estimate gallons of fuel actually used during this trip.
Price Per Gallon - Enter price per gallon paid for fuel when you last refueled.
Trip Fuel Cost - Enter total cost of fuel used during this trip.
Pounds of Frozen or Dead Bait Used – Please enter the approximate pounds of frozen or dead
bait actually used on this trip. (Report total pounds of bait purchased only if the unused portion
of the box cannot remain frozen for use on another trip.) Enter zero if you did not use frozen or
dead bait.
Number of Live Bait Used – Please enter the number of bait fish used. (Report total number of
live bait purchased only if unused bait cannot be saved for another trip.) Enter zero if you did
not use live bait.
Trip Bait Cost - Enter total cost of bait (frozen, dead and live bait) used on this trip. Enter zero if
there was no cost for bait.
Ice Pounds Used - Estimate pounds of ice used on this trip, including both purchased ice and ice
from your own icemaker. Enter zero if you did not use ice on this trip.
Trip Ice Cost - Enter total cost of ice purchased for this trip. Enter zero if there was no cost for
ice.
Food and Other Supplies - Record the sum of other trip-related expenditures, such as groceries, oil and
other lubricants, gas for dive tanks, packing fees and other costs that you usually incur each trip. Please
do not include costs that may occur infrequently during the year, such as lost anchors and chains, lost
tackle or gear, new gear purchases, major repairs to hull or engine, and so forth. Enter zero if there were
no trip expenses other than fuel, bait and ice.

Owner-Operated - Check YES if the boat’s owner worked as captain or crew member on this trip.
Check NO if the owner was not on board.
Captain and Crew Share Payout - Record total cash payments for labor by captain and crew. This
amount can be calculated as total trip revenue minus boat share and trip costs. Please do not enter the
amount of revenues earned from the sale of your catch. Enter zero if there were no cash payments for
labor by captain and crew.
As owner-operator, you may pay yourself a captain’s and/or crew share at the conclusion of each trip as
payment for your labor, as well as a boat share to cover fixed and other ownership costs. If so, please add
your share as captain and/or crew (but not the boat share) to your other crew payments, and enter the total
amount in the boxes for “Captain and Crew Share Payout.”
However, you may not pay yourself on a regular trip by trip basis. If both boat and captain’s shares
remain in your business account and you pay yourself a salary, then please include only your cash
payments to crew members for this trip in the boxes labeled “Captain and Crew Share Payout.” If you
pay yourself a salary as owner-operator and you were the only person on board on this trip (you entered
“01” for No. of Crew in the Vessel Section), then enter zero in the boxes for “Captain and Crew Share
Payout.”

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If fuel or groceries are used for more than one trip, please try to allocate these expenditures over the
trips which they cover. For instance, if you spend $100 at the beginning of the week to fill your fuel
tank and a full tank lasts for four similar trips, you would allocate $25 in fuel expenditures for each trip
taken that week. In regards to bait and ice costs, please report the pounds of ice used or number of live
bait caught even if no monetary expenditures were recorded for these items. Please take care to fill in
all entries as any blank entry will be counted as a zero cost, and systematic errors may require
resubmission of your entire Logbook Trip Report Form. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

The following instructions are for No Fishing forms:
If a permitted vessel did NOT fish during a calendar month, a NO-FISHING form must be completed.
NO-FISHING forms are in the BACK of the logbook, behind the trip forms. Please note the following:
A separate form must be completed for each month no fishing occurred.
Put a check by each permit for the fishery(ies) that no fishing occurred. Do not submit
more than one form for each month, multiple fisheries can be reported on one form.
Do not check fisheries for which you do NOT have a permit.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes per
response for fishing forms and 2 minutes to submit a no-fishing response including the time for
reviewing the instructions, searching the existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspects of this burden to Robert Sadler, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701. This reporting is required under and is
authorized under 50 CFR 622.5(a)(1)(v). Information submitted will be treated as confidential in
accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. Notwithstanding any other provision of the
law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
unless that collection displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The NMFS requires this
information for the conservation and management of marine fishery resources. These data will be used
to monitor quotas in this fishery. Data about prices, trip expenses and labor payments will be used to
evaluate the economic effects of proposed regulations in the fishery.

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Area Map:
South Atlantic Statistical Grid Map – Grid Numbers follow lines of longitude and latitude. The first
two digits in the four digit grid numbers are latitude degrees and the second two digits are longitude
degrees.
Gulf of Mexico Statistical Grid Map – Use the grid number of the area you fished. Note that gulf grid
numbers do not follow lines of longitude and latitude.
Florida Close-up (See Inset) - The close-up grid map of south Florida shows the 4 digit codes for the
South Atlantic Region and the 1 digit code in the Gulf of Mexico Region.
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OMB Control No.: 0648-0016
Expiration Date: 12/31/2006

OMB Control No.: 0648-0016; Expiration: 12/31/2006

2006 LOGBOOK TRIP REPORT FORM Use Black Ink only !
Phone No.

Signature:

(

)

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Start
Date:

Vessel
No.:

MM

YY

DD

NMFS Use Only

County
or Parish:

Unload
Date:

Vessel
Name:

Version Date 09/2005

Schedule No.

Dealer
Number:

State :

(if known)

State Trip
Ticket No.:
(if known)

GEAR SECTION:
Traps ( T )

Dealer
Name:

No of
Crew:

Days at
Sea:

See Instructions Check gear box and fill in all the boxes below.
on page 2.

Longline ( L )

Rod & Reel /
Handline (H)

Gill Net (GN)

Date Received:
NMFS use only

Electric Reel /
Bandit (E)

Trolling (TR)

Divers

# Traps
Used

# Sets:

Length
(yards)

# Lines

# Lines

# Lines

# of
Divers

# Hauls

# Hooks
per Line

Depth
(yards)

# Hooks
per Line

# Hooks
per Line

# Hooks
per Line

Hours

Total Soak
Time (hrs)

Length
(Miles)

Mesh

Total Hrs
Fished

Total Hrs
Fished

Total Hrs
Fished

Mesh:
X

Total Soak
Time (hrs)

X

Total Soak
Time (hrs)

Instructions
CATCH SECTION: See
on page 3.

Species Name Code Gutted
Amberjack-Great

Whole

Other Gear : (O) : ________________

Gear Area

Depth Species Name Code
P
O
R
G
Y

Amberjack-Lesser 1815
1810

Banded Rudder

1817

Jolthead

3312

Knobbed

3308

Red

3302

Whitebone

3306
3485

Crevalle

0870

Blacknose

Cobia

0570

Blacktip

3495

Dolphin Fish

1050

Bonnethead

3483

Black

1422

Gag

1423

Misty

1420

Red

1416

G
R
O
U
P
E
R

S Bull
H
A Dusky
R Finetooth
K

3517
3513

1414

Sharpnose

3518

Yellowedge

1415

Blackfin

3757

Lane

3761

Mangrove

3762

Mutton

3763

Queen

3770

Red

3764

1413

Hind, Rock

1412

Hind, Speckled 1411

G
R
U
N
T

Lemon

Snowy

Hind, Red

Bluestriped

1444

French

1445

Silk/Yelloweye 3758

White

1441

Vermillion

3765

1442

Yellowtail

3767

Margate, Black 1443

Triggerfish, Gray

4561

Grunts, Unc.

1440

Triggerfish, Ocean 4562

Hogfish

1790

Triggerfish,Queen 4563

King Mackerel

1940

Tilefish, Gray

4474

Spanish Mackerel 3840

Tilefish, Golden

4470

Wahoo

4710

Sea trout, White

3455

Black Sea Bass

3360

Puffers, blowfish

2760

Bluefish

0230

Barracuda

0180

Blue Runner

0270

Hake

1550

Margate

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TRIP EXPENSE & PAYMENT SECTION: MANDATORY FOR SELECTED VESSELS.
Gal. of Fuel
Fuel: Used This Trip

Price per
Gallon

Pounds Of Frozen
or Dead Bait

Number Of
Live Bait
Total Ice Cost
(Approximate)

$

Captain & Crew
Share Payout

$

Ice: Pounds Used
Owner Operated?

Yes

No

$

0

0 0

Area

Depth

.
.
.

See Instructions on the bottom of page 3.

Trip Fuel Cost
(Approximate)

.
.

Gear

3481

1424

1426

Whole

3514

Scamp

S
N
A
P
P
E
R

Gutted

3497

Sandbar

Yellowfin

________

Weight- Record pounds sold (DO NOT include fractions of pounds) GUTTED OR WHOLE
Gear- Record gear used for MAJORITY of catch as T, L, GN, H, E, TR, S, P or O. Do not use multiple gears.
Area- Areas can be found on maps in logbook (Page 5). Do not use state area codes.
Depth- Record depth where the MAJORITY of fish were caught in FEET.

1812

Almaco

(O) Hrs
Fished

(P)

(S)

Trip Bait Cost
(Approximate)
Food&Other supplies
(Approximate)

$
$
$

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OMB Control No.: 0648-0016
Expiration
Date: 12/31/2006
OMB Control
No.: 0648-0016
Exp 12/31/2006
Version Date 09/2005

NO FISHING REPORTING FORM
NMFS Use Only:
Opened:

Schedule #

Vessel Name:

Vessel ID. NO.
During the entire month of
>
>
>

, year

this vessel DID NOT FISH in the
fisheries checked below:

more than one fishery may be checked
DO NOT check any fishery if your vessel does not have a permit for it

Use Black Ink

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (swordfish/tunas)
South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
Shark
King Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel
Atlantic Dolphin/Wahoo

Phone: (

Signature:

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MAIL THIS COPY TO NMFS, P.O. BOX 491500, MIAMI, FL 33149-9916
OMB 00648-0016 Exp 12/31/2006
Version Date 09/05

NO FISHING REPORTING FORM
NMFS Use Only:
Opened:

Schedule #

Vessel ID. NO.

Vessel Name:

During the entire month of
>
>
>

, year

this vessel DID NOT FISH in the
fisheries checked below:

more than one fishery may be checked
DO NOT check any fishery if your vessel does not have a permit for it

Use Black Ink

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (swordfish/tunas)
South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
Shark
King Mackerel
Spanish Mackerel
Atlantic Dolphin/Wahoo
Signature:

Phone: (

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MAIL THIS COPY TO NMFS, P.O. BOX 491500, MIAMI, FL 33149-9916