Groundfish and sablefish tagging forms

TAGGED GROUNDFISH FORM

AGGED GROUNDFISH FORM

OMB Control No. 0648-0276
Expiration Date: 07/31/2009

Please provide the following information, detach, and enclose in envelope with the tag.
SPECIES__________________
TAGGING AGENCY________________TAG PREFIX AND NUMBER__________________
DATE Caught________________LATITUDE_____________LONGITUDE_____________
Month, Day, Year
LORAN or Area_______________
Include Loran rate

FISH SEX ____FEMALE ____MALE

FISH FORK LENGTH ___round
___dressed_______
(indicate units)

FISH WEIGHT ___round
___dressed________
(indicate units)

VESSEL NAME___________________

GEAR_________________

NAME AND PERMANENT ADDRESS
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Information regarding tagging and recovery of this fish will be sent to you with a reward. Please provide
as much accurate information as you can. Thank you for returning this tag.
The groundfish tag recovery program is part of the fishery resource assessment that the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) conducts under the Magnuson-Stevens Act authority as codified in 16 U.S.C. 1854 (e) and 1801 (a)(8). Tagging
information provides essential biological and movement used in groundfish stock assessment. Public reporting burden for
this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response (20 minutes for electronic tags), including the time for reviewing
instructions, gathering andmaintaining 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
this burden, to the address on the envelope. Information you provide is treated as confidential per Section 402(b) of the
Magnuson-StevensFishery Conservation and Management Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, “Confidentiality of
Statistics”. 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.

TAGGED SABLEFISH FORM

OMB Control No. 0648-0276
Expiration Date: 07/31/2009

Please provide the following information, detach, and enclose in envelope with sablefish tag, and
mail.
Year - Mon - Day

Tag prefix and number______-______ Date Caught ____-____-____
Latitude________ Longitude____________ Depth_____________
Area or Loran ____________________________________________________________
(include loran rate)

Fish sex Male

9 Female 9

9
_______ kg 9

Fish weight_______ lb

9
_____ cm 9
Round 9 Dressed 9
Fish fork Length_____ Inch

Vessel name___________________________ Gear____________________
Name and permanent address _____________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Data regarding this tagged fish will be sent to you with a reward cap. Your name will be entered in the
sablefish prize drawing. Thank you.
The voluntary groundfish tag recovery program is part of the fishery resource assessment that the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) conducts under the Magnuson-Stevens Act authority as codified in 16 U.S.C. 1854 (e) and 1801 (a)(8).
Tag returns provide essential biological and movement information used in groundfish stock assessment. Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response (20 minutes for electronic tag), including the time
for reviewing instructions,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 this burden, to the address on the envelope. Information you provide is treated as confidential per Section 402(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, “Confidentiality
of Statistics”. 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.