Catcher vessel longline or potgear logbook form and inst

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No. 0648-0213
OMOMB Control
Expiration
ExpirationDate:
Date:09/30/2008
7/31/05
WHITE - Vessel Copy: Keep in Logbook
GREEN - IFQ Distribution
GOLDENROD - Observer copy
BLUE - Discard Report: Submit to Processor
YELLOW - NMFS Copy: Remit

Revised:
10/28/0
Revised:
08/19/2005
VESSEL NAME

CATCHER VESSEL DFL
LONGLINE AND POT GEAR

IFQ Permit #

IFQ Permit #

CDQ Group #

IFQ Permit #

Halibut CDQ Permit #

SET #

DATE SET
TIME SET

CDQ

DATE HAULED

Exempted

Buoy
or
TIME HAULED Bag #

Research

AIP

OBSERVER INFORMATION

GEAR
ID

NO. OF OBSERVERS ONBOARD

If same
as
previous
page
check

OBSERVER NAME & CRUISE #

LATITUDE
LONGITUDE

Hook & Line

FIXED HOOK

B

D

Complete these boxes once per delivery

Buoy
or
Bag #

END POSITION
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE

BEGIN &
END
DEPTH
(Fath.)

IPHC
OFFICE
USE
ONLY

GEAR
ID

NUMBER OF
SKATES OR POTS
Set

Lost

TARGET
SPECIES
CODE

CDQ/IFQ
HALIBUT
(Pounds)

IFQ SABL

(Pounds)
RD Round wt.
WC Western cut
EC Eastern cut

CATCH BY SET

Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.

PRODUCT CODE
BALANCE FORWARD
DAILY TOTAL
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
SINCE LAST DELIVERY

DELIVERY

DISCARD/DISPOSITION

Wt.

SPECIES CODE

No.
Per
Skate

Spacing
(feet)

Size

C

Wt.

DATE

HOOK

LENGTH
OF SKATE
(feet)

Wt.

For groundfish and Pacific herring, circle: lbs. or nearest 0.001 mt.
For Pacific halibut, Pacific salmon, king crab, and Tanner crab, record in numbers

Other

A

No.

LOCATION OF SET

BEGIN POSITION

Handline

GEAR TYPE

OBSERVER NAME & CRUISE #

(Check if applicable and enter number)

Troll

If Hook & Line, complete boxes immediately below.

IFQ Permit #

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Jig

SNAP

IFQ Permit #

Pot

AUTOLINE

CDQ

GEAR TYPE (check one)

CREW
SIZE

FEDERAL
REPORTING
AREA

REASON

IFQ

Operator IFQ Permit #

FEDERAL FISHERIES PERMIT NO.

TUB

IDENTIFICATION

END

PAGE

ADF&G VESSEL NO.
OPERATOR NAME AND SIGNATURE

CONV

START

INACTIVE

IPHC USE ONLY

FEDERAL CRAB VESSEL PERMIT NO.

DATE

COMMENTS

ADF&G FISH
TICKET NO.

RECIPIENT’S NAME or
IFQ REGISTERED BUYER

No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.

CR CRAB

HAUL
WEIGHT
(lbs. or mt.)

Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.
Wt.

BIRD
AVOID
GEAR

No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.

UNLOADING
PORT

IPHC USE
ONLY

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
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data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA National
Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form, please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 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; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 679 and under section 402(a) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. They are also
confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.

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OMB Control No. 0648-0213
Expiration Date: 09/30/2008

Instructions
CATCHER VESSEL: LONGLINE & POT GEAR
DAILY FISHING LOGBOOK (DFL)

REQUIREMENTS
Groundfish Fisheries
Unless approved to use an electronic logbook, the operator of a catcher vessel with a length overall
(LOA) greater than 60 ft (18.3 m), issued a Federal fisheries permit (FFP) under § 679.4(b), that is using
longline or pot gear to harvest groundfish, and that retains any groundfish from the Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) must use the catcher vessel longline or pot
gear DFL.
IFQ Halibut, CDQ Halibut, and IFQ Sablefish Fisheries.
Unless approved to use an electronic logbook, the operator of a catcher vessel with an LOA greater than
60 ft (18.3 m), issued a FFP, and using fixed gear (NMFS), setline (IPHC), or pot gear to harvest
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) sablefish, IFQ halibut, or CDQ halibut from the GOA or BSAI must
maintain a longline and pot gear DFL.
Crab Rationalization (CR) Fisheries.
Unless approved to use an electronic logbook, the operator of a catcher vessel with LOA greater than
60 ft (18.3 m), issued a Federal crab vessel permit, and using pot gear to harvest Crab Rationalization
Program (CR) crab from the BSAI, must maintain a longline and pot gear DFL.
Account for each day of the fishing year.
The operator must account for each day of the fishing year, January 1 through December 31, in the DFL.
DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS
The operator of a catcher vessel using longline or pot gear must record in the DFL the information
provided in the following table for each set within the specified time limit:
Required information
Set number, time and date gear set, time and date gear
hauled, beginning and end positions, Western Alaska
Community Development Quota (CDQ) group number,
halibut CDQ permit number, halibut IFQ permit number,
sablefish IFQ permit number, crab IFQ permit number,
FFP number and/or Federal crab vessel permit number (if
applicable), number of pots set, and estimated total hail
weight for each set
Discard and disposition information
Submit the blue DFL to mothership, shoreside processor,
SFP, or buying station receiving catch
All other required information

Record within this time limit
Within 2 hours after completion of gear
retrieval

By noon each day to record the previous
day's discard and disposition information
Within 2 hours after completion of catch
delivery
Within 2 hours after the vessel’s catch is
off-loaded, notwithstanding other time
limits

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Required information
Operator sign the completed logsheets
Submit goldenrod logsheet to the observer
Submit the yellow logsheets each quarter to:
NOAA Office for Law Enforcement (OLE)
P.O. Box 21767
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1767

Record within this time limit
Within 2 hours after completion of catch
delivery
After signature of operator and prior to
departure of observer from the vessel.
Quarter
1 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
2 (Apr 1 - Jun 30)
3 (Jul 1 - Sep 30)
4 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Submit by
May 1
August 1
November 1
February 1 of the
following year.

ACTIVE AND INACTIVE TIME PERIODS IN THE DFL
The operator must indicate whether the vessel was active or inactive during the time period. A catcher
vessel using longline or pot gear is active when gear remains on the grounds in a reporting area (except
reporting areas 300, 400, 550, or 690), regardless of the vessel location. An inactive period is defined as a
time period other than active.
Record January 1 on page 1.
The operator must record the first day of the fishing year, January 1, on page one of the DFL regardless of
whether the vessel was active or inactive. The operator must record time periods consecutively.
Required information for inactive periods. If inactive, the operator must record the following information
on one logsheet in the DFL:
Catcher vessel name, ADF&G vessel registration number, FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit
number, operator printed name, operator signature, and page number.
Mark “inactive.”
Record the date (mm/dd) of the first day when inactive under “Start date.”
Write brief explanation why inactive, e.g., bad weather or equipment failure. If inactive due to
surrender of a FFP, write “surrender of permit” as reason for inactivity.
Record the date (mm/dd) of the last day when inactive under “End date.”
Inactive two or more quarters.
If the inactive time period extends across two or more successive quarters, the operator must complete a
logsheet for each inactive quarter: the first logsheet to indicate the first and last day of the first inactive
quarter and the second logsheet to indicate the first and last day of the second inactive quarter.
REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF ACTIVE
If the catcher vessel is active, the operator must record in the DFL, for one or more days on each logsheet,
the information listed below.

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Expiration Date: 09/30/2008

For up to 7 days on one logsheet
Use a separate
logsheet

For each reporting area in which harvest occurred..
For each gear type
For each separate management program type
If fishing under more than one management program of the same type, use a
separate logsheet for each

Retain and Record Discard Quantities Over the MRA.
When a catcher vessel is fishing in an IFQ fishery and the fishery for Pacific cod or rockfish is closed to
directed fishing but not in Prohibited Species Closure (PSC) status in that reporting area as described in
§ 679.20, the operator must retain and record up to and including the maximum retainable amount (MRA)
for Pacific cod or rockfish as defined in Table 10 or 11 to part 679. Quantities over this amount must be
discarded and recorded as discard in the logbook.
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
Page Number.
Number the pages in each logbook consecutively, beginning on the first page of the DFL with page 1 for
January 1 and continuing for the remainder of the fishing year.
Printed Name And Signature Of Operator.
The operator’s name must be printed in the DFL. The operator must sign each completed logsheet of the
DFL as verification of acceptance of the responsibility noted above. The operator’s signature is due
within two hours after completion of the catch delivery.
Vessel Identification.
Name of catcher vessel as displayed in official documentation; FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit
number of the vessel; and ADF&G vessel registration number.
Other Permit Numbers (If Applicable). IFQ permit number of the operator, if any, and each permit
number of any IFQ permit on which anyone aboard is authorized to fish; groundfish CDQ group number;
and halibut CDQ permit number.
Reporting Area, Groundfish.
Record the Federal reporting area code (see Figures 1 and 3 to part 679) where gear retrieval was
completed, regardless of where the majority of the set took place. Use a separate logsheet for each
reporting area.
Reporting Area, IFQ Halibut and CDQ Halibut.
Record the IPHC regulatory area (see Figure 15 to part 679) where gear retrieval was completed,
regardless of where the majority of the set took place.
Reporting Area, CR Crab. Leave this field blank.
Crew size.
Record the number of crew members (including operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the last day
of a trip.
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Gear type.
Use a separate logsheet for each gear type. From the following table, indicate the gear type used to
harvest the fish and appropriate “gear ID.” In addition, if using hook-and-line gear, enter the alphabetical
letter that coincides with the gear description. If gear information is the same on subsequent logsheets,
mark the box instead of re-entering the gear type information on the next logsheet. If item is marked
optional, refer to IPHC regulations (see §§ 50 CFR 300.60 through 300.65).
If gear type is
...
Other gear
Pot gear
Hook-and-line
gear

Then ...
If gear is other than those listed within this table, indicate “Other” and describe
Enter the number of pots lost (optional, but may be required by IPHC) and
number of pots set
Indicate:
Whether gear is fixed hook (conventional or tub), autoline, or snap (optional, but
may be required by IPHC).
Length of skate to the nearest foot (optional, but may be required by IPHC),
number of skates lost (optional, but may be required by IPHC), and number of
skates set
Number of hooks per skate (optional, but may be required by IPHC), size of
hooks, and hook spacing in feet
Seabird avoidance gear code(s) (see Table 19 to part 679)

Management program.
Indicate whether harvest occurred under a special management program: CDQ Program, Research
Fishery, Exempted Fishery, or Aleutian Islands Pollock Fishery (AIP) and add identifying number, if
appropriate. Use a separate logsheet for each special management program. Use a separate logsheet for
each identifying number of the same program type. If harvest is not under one of these management
programs, leave blank.
Observer information.
Record the number of observers aboard, the name of the observer(s), and the observer cruise number(s).
CATCH-BY-SET INFORMATION.
A set includes a test set, unsuccessful harvest, or when gear is not working and is pulled in, even if no fish
are harvested. A set means:
a string of longline gear,
a string of pots, or
a group of pots with individual pots deployed and retrieved in the water in a similar location with
similar soak time.
In the case of pot gear, when the pots in a string are hauled more than once in the same position, a new set
is created each time the string is retrieved and re-deployed.

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The operator must record the following information for each set in the DFL. If no catch occurred for a
given day, write “no catch.”
Set number. Sequentially by year.
Gear deployment (or to set gear)
Hook-and-line gear begin position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and the
begin position (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) when the
first hook-and-line gear of a set enters the water.
Jig or troll gear begin position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and the begin
position (latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) when the jig or troll
gear enters the water.
Pot gear begin position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and the begin position
(latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) when the pot gear enters the
water.
Begin and end buoy or bag numbers. (optional, but may be required by IPHC).
Gear retrieval (or to haul gear)
Hook-and-line gear end position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and end position
coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude), where the last
hook-and-line gear of a set leaves the water, regardless of where the majority of the set took place.
Jig or troll gear end position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and end position
coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) where the jig
or troll gear leaves the water.
Pot gear end position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and end position coordinates
(in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) where the last pot of a set
is retrieved, regardless of where the majority of the set took place.

Begin and end gear depths. Recorded to the nearest fathom (optional, but may be required by IPHC).
Target species code.
Enter the species code of the species you intended to catch this set. Enter only a single target species
code of the desired target (see Table 2a to part 679 – Species Codes: FMP Groundfish).
Estimated total hail weight. Enter the estimated hail weight, which is an estimate of the total weight of
the entire catch without regard to species. Indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest pound or to
the nearest 0.001 mt;
IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut.
Estimated total net weight of IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut to the nearest pound.
IFQ sablefish.

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Number and estimated total round weight of IFQ sablefish to the nearest pound. Indicate whether IFQ
sablefish product is Western cut, Eastern cut, or round weight.
CR crab.
If in a CR crab fishery, record the number and scale weight of raw CR crab to the nearest pound.
DISCARD OR DISPOSITION INFORMATION
The operator must record in a DFL the discard or disposition information that occurred prior to and
during delivery to a buying station, mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP. Discard or disposition
information must include the daily weight of groundfish, daily weight of herring PSC, and daily number
of PSC animals. If no discard or disposition occurred for a given day, the operator must write “no
discards or disposition.”
Enter discard or disposition information by species codes and product codes as follows:
Date (mm/dd) of discard or disposition (day that discard or disposition occurred).
For whole fish discard or disposition of groundfish or Pacific herring PSC, daily estimated total
weight, balance forward weight from the previous day, and cumulative total weight since last delivery
for each species; indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
For whole fish discard or disposition of each prohibited species (Pacific salmon, steelhead trout,
Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs) record the daily estimated total number, balance
forward from the previous day, and cumulative total number since the last delivery.
Summarize the weekly cumulative discard and disposition totals of groundfish weights and number of
PSC animals separately by reporting area, management program, and gear type. Determine the
cumulative total since last delivery by adding daily totals and the balance carried forward from the
day before.
Balance Forward
The operator must record “0” or zero balance forward and start a new logsheet after the offload or transfer
of all fish or fish product onboard and prior to the beginning of each fishing trip. Nothing shall be carried
forward from the previous fishing trip.

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CATCHER VESSEL DELIVERY INFORMATION.
The operator must enter the following information for delivery to a buying station, mothership, shoreside
processor, or SFP:
Date (mm/dd) that delivery of harvest was completed.
ADF&G fish ticket issued to operator by the recipient, Registered Buyer, or RCR receiving the
delivery.
Name of recipient, Registered Buyer, or RCR.
Unloading port. Name of port or port code (see Tables 14a and 14b to part 679) of delivery location.

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