Mothership or catcher processor check-in/check-out repor

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

Revised: 06/02/2008

CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT
REPORT
MOTHERSHIP OR
CATCHER/PROCESSOR

[_] Original
Report
[_] Revised
Report

Vessel Name

National Marine Fisheries Service
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802
Fax: 907-586-7131
Telephone: 907-586-7269
E-Mail: [email protected]

ADF&G Processor Code
Federal Processor Permit Number

Representative Name

Telephone Number

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (Check if applicable and enter number)
[ ] CDQ
[ ] Exempted
[ ] Research [ ] AIP
No.

FAX Number

Processor Type (check one)
[ ] Mothership
[ ] Catcher/Processor

Gear Type (check one)
[ ] Hook & Line [ ] Pot [ ] Pelagic Trawl [ ] Non-Pelagic Trawl [ ] Jig [ ] Troll

BEGIN Message

Latitude/Longitude

Date:

Federal
Reporting Area

Time (ALT)
CEASE Message
Date:
Time (ALT)

[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA
Latitude/Longitude
[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA

Federal
Reporting Area

BEGIN Message

Latitude/Longitude

Date:

Federal
Reporting Area

Time (ALT)
CEASE Message
Date:
Time (ALT)

[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA
Latitude/Longitude
[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA

Federal
Reporting Area

BEGIN Message

Latitude/Longitude

Date:

Federal
Reporting Area

Time (ALT)
CEASE Message
Date:
Time (ALT)

COMSAT Number

[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA
Latitude/Longitude
[ ] 508 [ ] 509 [ ] 512 [ ] 513 [ ] 514 [ ] 516 [ ] 517 [ ] 518 [ ] 519
[ ] 521 [ ] 523 [ ] 524 [ ] 530 [ ] 541 [ ] 542 [ ] 543 [ ] 610 [ ] 620
[ ] 630 [ ] 640 [ ] 649 [ ] 650 [ ] 659
Primary and Secondary Target Species Codes
TRAWL GEAR ONLY
[ ] COBLZ [ ] RKCSA

Federal
Reporting Area

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

Instructions
CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT REPORT
MOTHERSHIP OR CATCHER/PROCESSOR
REQUIREMENT.
Except as described below, the operator of a catcher/processor (C/P) or mothership (MS) must submit to
NMFS a check-in report (BEGIN message) prior to becoming active and a check-out report (CEASE
message) for every check-in report submitted.
The check-in report and check-out report may be submitted by
Fax to 907-586-7131, or
e-mail to [email protected].
If you need assistance in completing this report or need additional information:
Call: 907-586-7269
Fax: 907-586-7131
e-mail your questions: [email protected]
EXCEPTIONS
VMS onboard.
The operator of a catcher/processor or mothership is not required to submit to NMFS a check-in report or
check-out report if the vessel is carrying onboard a transmitting VMS that meets the requirements of
§ 679.28(f).
Two Adjacent Reporting Areas, Catcher/Processor.
If on the same day a catcher/processor intends to fish in two adjacent reporting areas (an action which
would require submittal of check-out reports and check-in reports multiple times a day when crossing
back and forth across a reporting area boundary), and the two reporting areas have on that day and time an
identical fishing status for every species, the operator must:
1. Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the first area prior to entering the first reporting area, and
2. Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the second area prior to entering the second reporting area.
3. Remain within 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary described in §679.5(h)(2)(i).
4. If the catcher/processor proceeds in the second reporting area beyond 10 nautical miles (18.5 km)
of the boundary between the two areas, the operator must submit a check-out report from the first
reporting area. The operator must submit a check-out report from the second area upon exiting
that reporting area.

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

TRANSIT THROUGH REPORTING AREAS.
The operator of a catcher/processor or mothership is not required to submit a check-in or check-out report
if the vessel is transiting through a reporting area and is not fishing or receiving fish.
TIME LIMITS AND SUBMITTAL.
Except as noted above, before a mothership (MS) commences receipt of groundfish or a catcher/processor
(C/P) commences harvest of groundfish, the operator must submit a check-in report (BEGIN message)
within the time limits given below. In addition, the operator must submit a check-out report (CEASE
message) within the time limits given in the table.
To …
Each
reporting area,
except area
300, 400, 550,
or 690

COBLZ or
RKCSA

If you are
a…
C/P using
trawl gear

Submit a BEGIN message within
this time limit
Before gear deployment.

C/P using
longline
or pot
gear

Before gear deployment.

MS

Before receiving groundfish, must
check-in to reporting area(s)
where groundfish were harvested.

C/P using
trawl gear

MS

Gear Type

C/P

MS

CDQ

MS

May be checked in to more than
one area simultaneously.
Prior to fishing. Submit one
check-in for the COBLZ or
RKCSA and another check-in for
the area outside the COBLZ or
RKCSA.
Before receiving groundfish
harvested with trawl gear that
were harvested in the COBLZ or
RKCSA, submit one check-in for
the COBLZ or RKCSA and
another check-in for the area
outside the COBLZ or RKCSA.
If in the same reporting area but
using more than one gear type,
prior to fishing submit a separate
check-in for each gear type.
If harvested in the same reporting
area but using more than one gear
type, prior to receiving groundfish
submit a separate check-in for
each gear type
Prior to receiving groundfish
CDQ, if receiving groundfish

Submit a CEASE message within this
time limit
Within 24 hours after departing a
reporting area but prior to checking-in
another reporting area.
May be checked in to more than one
area simultaneously.
Upon
completion of gear retrieval and within
24 hours after departing each reporting
area.
Within 24 hours after receipt of fish is
complete from that reporting area.

Upon completion of gear retrieval for
groundfish, submit a separate check-out
for the COBLZ or RKCSA and another
check-out for the area outside the
COBLZ or RKCSA.
Upon completion of groundfish receipt,
submit a separate check-out for the
COBLZ or RKCSA and another checkout for the area outside the COBLZ or
RKCSA.

Upon completion of gear retrieval for
groundfish, submit a separate check-out
for each gear type for which a check-in
was submitted.
Upon completion of receipt of
groundfish, submit a separate check-out
for each gear type for which a check-in
was submitted.
Within 24 hours after receipt of
groundfish CDQ has ceased for each

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

To …

If you are
a…

C/P

Exempted or
Research
Fishery

Submit a BEGIN message within
this time limit
under more than one CDQ
number, use a separate check-in
for each CDQ number.
Prior to fishing, submit a separate
check-in for each CDQ number.

C/P

Prior to fishing, submit a separate
check-in for each type.

MS

Prior to receiving groundfish,
submit a separate check-in for
each type.

C/P

Prior to AIP fishing.

MS

Before receiving AIP.

Processor
Type

C/P, MS

Change of
fishing year

C/P, MS

If a catcher/processor and
functioning simultaneously as a
mothership in the same reporting
area, before functioning as either
processor type.
If continually active through the
end of one fishing year and at the
beginning of a second fishing
year, submit a check-in to start the
year on January 1.

Interruption of
groundfish
participation

C/P, MS

Cease
groundfish
participation

C/P, MS

Aleutian
Islands
Pollock (AIP)

Submit a CEASE message within this
time limit
CDQ number.

Within 24 hours after groundfish CDQ
fishing for each CDQ number has
ceased.
Upon completion of receipt of
groundfish submit a separate check-out
for each type for which a check-in was
submitted.
Upon completion of receipt of
groundfish submit a separate check-out
for each type for which a check-in was
submitted.
Within 24 hours after completion of
gear retrieval for AIP.
Within 24 hours after receipt of AIP has
ceased
Upon completion of simultaneous
activity as both catcher/processor and
mothership, a separate check-out, one
for catcher/processor and one for
mothership.
If a check-out report was not previously
submitted during a fishing year, submit
on December 31, a check-out report.

If a MS and receipt of groundfish from
a reporting area is expected to stop for
at least one month during the fishing
year and then start up again, may
submit check-out report for that
reporting area.
Within 48 hours after the end of the
applicable weekly reporting period that
a shoreside processor or SFP ceases to
receive, process, purchase, or arrange to
purchase groundfish for the fishing
year.

REQUIRED INFORMATION.
The operator of a catcher/processor or mothership must record the following information
on a check-in report and a check-out report, as appropriate.

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

FOR EACH MOTHERSHIP OR CATCHER/PROCESSOR CHECK-IN AND
CHECK-OUT REPORT
Original/revised Report.
If Check-in/Check-out Report is the first one sent for this date and reporting area, check "ORIGINAL
REPORT".
If Check-in/Check-out Report is a correction or addition to a previously sent report for this date and
reporting area, check "REVISED REPORT."
Vessel Name.
Enter the name of Mothership or Catcher/Processor as listed on the Federal Fisheries Permit.
ADF&G Processor Code.
Enter State of Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) processor code.
Federal Fisheries Permit Number.
Enter Federal Fisheries Permit number (AK9).
Representative Information.
Enter name, telephone number, and fax number of representative.
COMSAT No.
Enter the satellite communications number of the vessel (if available).
Management Program.
Circle to indicate whether fishing activity is under the CDQ Program, a Research Fishery, Exempted
Fishery, or AIP and add identifying number, if appropriate.
Processor Type.
Circle to indicate Mothership or Catcher/Processor.
Gear Type.
Circle the gear type used to harvest the groundfish.
CHECK-IN REPORT (BEGIN MESSAGE).
Date and Time.
If a C/P -- Enter date (month-day-year) and time (A.l.t.) when gear deployment will begin.
If a MS -- Enter date (month-day-year) and time (A.l.t.) when receipt of groundfish will begin.
Position Coordinates.
If a C/P -- Enter latitude and longitude of vessel’s position in degrees and minutes (e.g., 54 30' N,
167 45' W) where the gear is deployed.
If a MS -- Enter latitude and longitude of mothership position in degrees and minutes (e.g., 54 30' N,
167 45'W) where groundfish receipt begins.
Option: record to the nearest second or fraction of minute.
Federal Reporting Area.
Circle the reporting area code where groundfish were harvested.
COBLZ or RKCSA.
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If harvest was caught using trawl gear, indicate whether catch was harvested in COBLZ or RKCSA.
Primary And Secondary Target Species Codes.
Record the two main species expected to harvest (if a C/P) or receive (if MS) in the following week. A
change in intended target species within the same reporting area does not require a new BEGIN message.
CATCHER/PROCESSOR CHECK-OUT REPORT (CEASE MESSAGE).
Date and Time.
If a C/P -- Enter date (month-day-year) and time (A.l.t.) when the catcher/processor departed the
reporting area.
If a MS -- Enter date (month-day-year) and time (A.l.t.) when the last receipt of groundfish was made
Position Coordinates.
If a C/P -- Enter latitude and longitude of vessel’s position in degrees and minutes (e.g., 54º 30' N,
167º 45' W) where the catcher/processor departed the reporting area.
If MS -- Enter latitude and longitude of mothership position in degrees and minutes (e.g., 54º 30' N,
167º 45' W) where the last receipt of groundfish was completed.
Option: record to the nearest second or fraction of minute.
Federal Reporting Area.
If a C/P -- Circle the reporting area code where the catcher/processor departed.
If a MS -- Circle the reporting area code where last receipt of groundfish was completed.

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 7 minutes per 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 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) The information collected is
confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, as amended in 2006. They are also confidential under
NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.
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