Large Pelagics Telephone Survey logsheet

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Appendix K
LPTS Sample Logsheet

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OMB No. 0648-0380 (Exp. 6/30/2009)
FOR PERIOD - Monday through Sunday

LARGE PELAGIC FISHERY

VESSEL NAME PERMIT CATEGORY -

PHONE SURVEY FORM

PERMIT NUMBER PRINCIPAL PORT STATE -

(Instructions on the back)
TOTAL # TRIPS = _____________

TOTAL # “LARGE PELAGIC TRIPS” = ______________

TRIP TYPE
TRIP

ORIGIN
OF TRIP

TARGET

ACCESS SITE

TRIP

GEAR

DATE
LARGE
PELAGIC
SPECIES?
Yes No

Charter
Private
Headboat
Other

FISH
SPECIES

STATE

TYPE
Marina
Priv. Dock
Ramp

START
TIME

NAME
of
SITE

END
TIME

NUMBER
OF
ANGLERS

FISHING
METHOD

Rod/Reel
Handline
Harpoon
Other

Trolling
Chumming
Chunking
Other

BAIT TYPE

FISHING LOCATION

Live
Dead
Artificial
Other

NUMBER
OF LINES

FISHING
GROUNDS
or
Latitude/
Longitude

WATER
TEMP.

WATER
DEPTH

HOURS
FISHED

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

DETAILED INFORMATION ON CATCHES OF SELECTED LARGE PELAGIC SPECIES (Numbers of fish)
BLUEFIN TUNA (Numbers of fish)
TRIP

TOURNAMENT
(yes or no; if yes
name of tournament)

Young School
K

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

D

L

School
K

D

Large School
L

K

D

L

Small Medium
K

D

L

Large Medium
K

D

L

K

D

WHITE
MARLIN

BIGEYE
TUNA

Giant
L

K

D

L

K

D

L

SHORTFIN
MAKO
K

D

L

BLUE SHARK
K

D

L

SANDBAR
SHARK

DUSKY
SHARK
K

D

L

K

D

L

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING IN FORM
We are providing this form so that you can see what fishing effort information we will ask you to supply in a telephone
interview. You may choose to use this form to document your fishing activity for the vessel and week designated on this form.
Survey personnel will contact you by phone sometime during the week after the fishing activity occurred. Please help us to
accurately represent your industry by cooperating with the telephone interview. You may also choose to complete the survey by
faxing this information to <>, or by completing an online survey at <>. [If you choose to complete the survey
via one of these alternate methods, all effort will be made to cancel the scheduled telephone interview once the data have been
received by the contractor.] Please call <> if you would like additional logsheets.
This form should be filled out for the week of <>, only.
Trip - The sequential number of the trip taken that week beginning on Monday.
Date - The date of the trip (month/day/year).
Trip Type - The type of trip taken as defined below.
Charter Trip - A fishing trip with paying passengers who hired the vessel as a group (enter “1").
Private Trip - A fishing trip with no paying passengers made on a privately owned vessel, i.e. a trip not made on a forhire basis (enter “2").
Headboat Trip - A fishing trip with paying passengers who paid to fish as individuals (enter”3").
Other Trip - A non-fishing trip (enter “4").
Target - The target species for the fishing trip, if any.
Large Pelagic Species - Whether the target of your trip was a Large Pelagic Species - if yes enter “1", if no enter “2".
Fish Species - The name of the target species, if any (enter name of fish species).
State of Departure - The state from which the fishing trip originated (enter state abbrev.).
Type (of Access Site) - Marina (enter “1"), Private Dock (enter “2"), Public Ramp (enter “3"), Other (enter “4").
Access Site - The name of the site from which the trip originated (enter name of site).
Trip Start Time - Time of day vessel departed the dock or ramp for the fishing trip.
Trip End Time - Time of day vessel arrived back at the dock or ramp.
Number of Anglers - The number of people fishing on the trip (excluding captain and crew for charter trips) (enter number).
Fishing Gear - The type of fishing gear primarily used during the trip, rod and reel (enter “1"), handline (enter “2"), harpoon
(enter “3"), other (enter “4").
Fishing Method - The main or primary method of fishing on this trip as defined below. Up to two methods can be entered, with
the primary method entered first.
Trolling - Lines fished by pulling baits or lures through the water while under power (enter “1").
Chumming - Lines fished off the side of the boat while typically not under power, as chum (ground fish) is dropped
overboard to attract fish (enter “2").
Chunking - Lines fished off the side of the boat while typically not under power, as chunks of fish are dropped overboard (enter
“3").
Other - Lines fished in a manner not described above (enter “4").
Bait Type - Enter the type of bait used: live bait (enter “1") dead (enter “2"), artificial (enter “3").
Fishing Location - Enter the name of the fishing grounds for that trip or the latitude/longitude coordinates to the nearest five (5)
minutes.
Number of Lines - Enter the number of lines fished.
Hours Fished - The amount of time spent actively fishing with gear in the water to the nearest half-hour.
Water Depth - Enter the average water depth of the area fished in feet, if known.
Water Temperature - Enter the surface water temperature, if known.
Tournament - If you were participating in a tournament enter “1" for yes and print the name of the tournament; if no, enter “2".
Detailed Information on Catch of Selected Species - enter the number of fish kept (K), discarded dead (D), and released alive
(L) for each of the species listed on the form.
[Please keep in mind that there is a complementary dockside survey which also collects catch information from anglers. The
detailed information requested here is for species under quotas (Bluefin tuna), rare event species and/or species of special
concern relative to their stock status.]