Tournament summary report

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Tournament Summary Report
OMB #0648-0323, expires 06/30/2009

Tournament Name: ________________________________________________________________
Fishing Date(s): __________________________________________
Tournament Location (city & state): __________________________________________
Total Boats Fishing or # Boats Fishing Per Day:_________________ Hours Fished (Lines in-Lines Out):________
Recorder’s Name: ___________________________________ Phone:____________________________________
ATLANTIC BILLFISHES

OTHER SPECIES

Number Released
No.
Kept

Alive Alive
no
tag + tag + Dead = Total

Number Released
Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

No.
Kept

Blue Marlin

Swordfish

White Marlin

OTHER

Alive Alive
no
tag + tag + Dead = Total

Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

Sailfish
Spearfish

ATLANTIC PELAGIC SHARKS

ATLANTIC COASTAL SHARKS

Number Released
No.
Kept

Alive Alive
no
tag + tag + Dead = Total

Number Released
Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

Blue
Longfin Mako

No.
Kept
Bignose

N/A

N/A

Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Blacktip

Shortfin Mako

Dusky

Oceanic
Whitetip

Great

Common
Thresher

Scalloped
Hammerhead

Bigeye

Alive Alive
no tag + tag + Dead = Total

Hammerhead

N/A

N/A

Thresher

Smooth
Hammerhead

Porbeagle

Night

OTHER

Sandbar
Silky
Spinner
Tiger
White
OTHER

ATLANTIC TUNAS
Number Released
No.
Kept

Alive Alive
no
tag + tag + Dead = Total

Number Released
Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

No.
Kept

Yellowfin
Tuna

Albacore Tuna

Bluefin Tuna

OTHER TUNA

Alive Alive
no
tag + tag + Dead = Total

Size of Fish
Kept (lbs.)

Skipjack Tuna
Bigeye Tuna
N/A - Not Applicable (Retention of this species is prohibited)
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species tournament information is required by NOAA Fisheries under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, as amended. Catch and effort information will be used in stock assessments, to monitor total catch of species under quota management, and in reports to
international commissions with respect to catch sharing agreements. It is NOAA policy to preserve the confidentiality of information submitted under this reporting requirement, except that NMFS may release such
information in aggregate or summary form, such that individual identifiers are not disclosed (NAO 216-100). Upon request, some individual responses, stripped of personal identifiers, may be released to the
public. 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 of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
20 minutes per respondent (reporting of selected tournaments), including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 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 suggestions for reducing this burden to the Highly Migratory Species Management Division, NOAA Fisheries,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Under Federal Regulations at 50 CFR part 644, persons conducting fishing tournaments for Atlantic highly
migratory species are REQUIRED to do the following:
1. All Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournaments MUST register using form (OMB # 0648-0323) at
least four weeks prior to commencement of the tournament;
2. If selected, tournament operators MUST submit an Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament
Summary Report (OMB # 0648-0323) postmarked not later than the seventh day after the final day of
tournament fishing;
3. If selected, billfish tournament operators MUST submit radio logs or catch certificates containing detailed
capture information including: tournament dates, fishing hours, name of each boat fishing that day, bait types
and fight times for all billfish captured or released, and weight, length, and sex of each billfish brought
ashore.
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INSTRUCTIONS - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament Summary Report OMB#0648-0323
Tournament Name: Record the entire name of the fishing tournament as it was reported on the tournament
registration form.
Fishing Date(s): Record the actual fishing dates of the tournament (don’t include days or days canceled due to bad
weather).
Tournament Location (city & state): Record the city and state of the fishing tournament.
Total Boats Fishing: Record the number of boats fishing (Please note if this number changes each day).
Hours Fished (Lines in-Lines Out): Record tournament start times and ending times (please note if different days have
different hours).
Recorder’s Name: Record the name of the person who completes this form.
Phone: Record the phone number of the recorder.
No. Kept: Record the total number of fish kept for each species.
Number Released:
- Alive, No Tag: Record the total number of fish released alive (no tag) for each species.
- Alive, Tag: Record the total number of fish released (with tags) for each species.
- Dead: Record the total number of fish thrown back dead for each species.
- Total: Record the total number of fish released for each species.
Size of Fish Kept (lbs.): Record the weights (lbs.) of each individual fish kept for each species ( if you need more
space, please attach additional pages).
No. of Fish Lost: Record total number of fish hooked but lost on an additional page, if identification is available.

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