IERS mothership dcpl

0648-0213
OMB Control OMB
No. No.
0648-0213
ExpirationDate:0
Date: 10/31/2011
Expiration
WHITE - Vessel Copy: Keep in Logbook
GOLDENROD - Observer copy
YELLOW - NMFS Copy: Remit

Revised:
10/31/08
Revised:
08/1933/2005

Date (M - D - Y)

VESSEL NAME

IDENTIFICATION

MOTHERSHIP
DCPL
START

END

INACTIVE

ADF&G Vessel No.
OPERATOR NAME AND SIGNATURE
Federal Fisheries Permit No.

Pot

Non-pelagic trawl

RECEIVE
DISCARD
REPORT

Pelagic trawl

Jig

Troll

NAME

lb. or

PRODUCT

mt.

DISCARD/
DISPOSITION

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

SPECIES CODE
PRODUCT CODE
BALANCE FORWARD
DAILY TOTAL
WEEKLY CUMULATIVE TOTAL
SPECIES CODE
PRODUCT CODE
BALANCE FORWARD
DAILY TOTAL
WEEKLY CUMULATIVE TOTAL

COMMENTS

OBSERVER INFORMATION
NO. OF OBSERVERS
ONBOARD

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CV
or
BS

Indicate

CREW SIZE

REASON

GEAR TYPE (circle one)
Hook & Line

PAGE

Other

FEDERAL
REPORTING AREA

ADF&G NO.

RECEIPT
TIME

TRAWL GEAR ONLY (Circle one)

COBLZ

RKCSA

LONGITUDE

(Check if applicable and enter number)

CDQ

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

Research

Exempted
AIP

No.

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

ROUND CATCH WEIGHT

RECEIPT POSITION
LATITUDE

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

TOTAL
HAUL WEIGHT
(Circle one LB or MT)

IR/IU SPECIES
SPECIES CODE

(Circle one LB or MT)

FISH TICKET
NUMBER

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
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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
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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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Instructions for
MOTHERSHIP
DAILY CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION LOGBOOK (DCPL)
RESPONSIBILITY
The owner of a mothership that receives groundfish from vessels issued a Federal fisheries permit under
§ 679.4 is responsible for compliance with the applicable recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 50 CFR part
679.5, including completion of a DCPL. The signature of the owner or operator on the DCPL is verification of
acceptance of that responsibility.

Use a separate logsheet

For each day of an active period
For each reporting area where harvest occurred
For each separate management program (see below)

TIME LIMITS
The operator of a mothership must
Record whether delivery is from catcher vessel or buying
station, whether received blue DFL, name and ADF&G
vessel registration of delivery vessel, receipt time and receipt
position where mothership received catch, estimated total
haul weight, and fish ticket numbers issued to catcher
vessels.
Record discard/disposition information

Record all other information required in the DCPL
Record product information
Sign the completed DCPL logsheets
Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the observer
Submit the yellow logsheets each quarter to:
NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
P.O. Box 21767
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1767

Mothership DCPL
Updated April 3, 2005

Within This Time Limit
Within 2 hours after completion of receipt of each
groundfish delivery

By noon each day to record the previous day’s
discard/disposition that:
(1) Occurred on site after receipt of groundfish
from a catcher vessel or buying station and during
processing of groundfish;
(2) Was reported on a blue DFL received from a
catcher vessel delivering groundfish;
(3) Was reported on a BSR received from a
buying station delivering groundfish.
By noon of the day following completion of
production
By noon each day for the previous day’s production
By noon of the day following the week-ending date
of the weekly reporting period
After signed by the operator
Quarter
Submit by
1
Jan 1 - Mar 31 May 1
2
Apr 1 - Jun 30 August 1
3
Jul 1 - Sep 30
November 1
4
Oct 1 - Dec 31 February 1 of the
following year.

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INFORMATION REQUIRED ON ALL LOGSHEETS
Active/Inactive
The owner or operator must account for each day of the fishing year and indicate in the DCPL whether the
mothership is active or inactive throughout the year.
If a mothership is
Active
A period of time when the mothership is checked-in or
processing.
Inactive.
A period of time when the mothership is not active.

Then
Complete one logsheet per day

Use one logsheet for up to one quarter.
1) Check “inactive”.
2) Record the first and last day when
inactive.
3) Indicate why inactive

If the inactive time period extends across two or more successive quarters, complete two logsheets: the one to
indicate the last day of the first inactive quarter and the next page to indicate the first day of the second inactive
quarter.
Vessel Name.
Enter complete name as displayed in official
documentation.
Operator Name and Signature.
Enter printed name and signature of operator; signature
verifies the accuracy and completeness of data on the
logsheet.
Page Numbering.
Number the pages in each logbook consecutively,
beginning with page 1 for January 1 and continuing
throughout the logbook for the remainder of the fishing
year.

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR EACH
DAY THE VESSEL IS ACTIVE.
Gear Type.
Indicate the gear type of harvester.
If gear type used to harvest fish is not listed, circle
OTHER and describe gear.
Federal Reporting Area.
Enter the reporting area code where groundfish were
harvested.
Use the reporting area codes
presented in Figure 1 and Figure 3.

Logbook Numbering.
If more than one logbook is used in a fishing year, the
page numbers should follow the consecutive order of
the previous logbook.

COBLZ or RKCSA.
If groundfish were harvested using trawl gear, indicate
whether catch was harvested in COBLZ or RKCSA.

ADF&G Processor Code.
Enter State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G) processor code number of the mothership.

Management Program.
Indicate whether harvest was made under a separate
management program. If YES, enter identification
number, if appropriate.

Federal Fisheries Permit No.
Enter Federal Fisheries Permit Number of the
mothership.

Crew Size.
Enter the number of crew, excluding certified
observer(s), on the last day of the weekly reporting
period.
Observer Information.
Enter the number of NMFS-certified observers aboard
the vessel. Enter printed name and cruise number of
each observer aboard the vessel.

Mothership DCPL
Updated April 3, 2005

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DELIVERY INFORMATION.
Record the following information for all deliveries
received from a catcher vessel or buying station.
CV or BS.
Enter CV or BS to indicate delivery by a catcher vessel
or buying station, respectively.
Receive Discard Report.
Enter YES or NO to indicate whether Catcher Vessel
submitted blue discard copy of DFL to mothership (or
to buying station delivering to mothership). If NO,
enter code to explain.
Code

Reason for Non-submittal
Catcher vessel does not have a Federal
fisheries permit
P
Catcher vessel is under 60 ft LOA and also
does not have a Federal fisheries permit
L
Catcher vessel is under 60 ft length overall
U
Catcher vessel delivered an unsorted codend
If blue discard copy of DFL is not submitted by catcher
vessel, and no reason was given, enter NO without a
code.
Name.
Enter the name of the Catcher Vessel or Buying Station
delivering the groundfish.
ADF&G NO.
Enter the 5-digit ADF&G vessel registration number
of the Catcher Vessel or Buying Station delivering
the groundfish.
Receipt Time.
Record the time ( A.l.t.) when receipt of groundfish
delivery was completed.
Receipt Position.
Enter latitude and longitude of Mothership’s begin
position (to at least the nearest minute) when the
groundfish delivery is received.
Option: record to nearest second or fraction of minute.
Estimated Total Haul Weight.
Enter the estimated total haul weight of groundfish to
the nearest pound or metric ton.
Circle either lb or mt.
Use the same units to report weight throughout the
year.
IR/IU Species.
If applicable, enter the species code and weight for any
IR/IU received.
Indicate whether in lb or mt.
Mothership DCPL
Updated April 3, 2005

Fish Ticket Number.
Enter the ADF&G fish ticket number issued to the
catcher vessel.
No deliveries.
If there are no deliveries for a day, write "NO
DELIVERIES", "0", or "ZERO" on the "daily total"
line.

DISCARD/DISPOSITION INFORMATION.
Record the following information for all
discard/disposition reported to you by a catcher vessel
or buying station, and all discard/disposition that
occurred at the mothership.
Use species and product codes presented
in Table 1 and Table 2.
Daily Total Weight.
Record daily the species code, product code, and the
total estimated discard/disposition amounts in whole
fish weight for each groundfish species or species
group and Pacific herring in pounds or to at least the
nearest 0.001 mt.
Daily Total Numbers of animals.
Record daily the species code, product code, and
discard/disposition amounts by number of Pacific
salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crab, and
Tanner crab.
No discard/disposition.
If there are no discard/disposition for a day, write "0",
"ZERO" or "NO DISCARDS" on the "daily total" line.
Daily Balance Forward.
Enter the total amount of discard/disposition, by
species and product codes, carried forward from the
previous day.
NOTE
At the beginning of each weekly reporting period,
the discard/disposition amount is zero, and
nothing shall be carried forward from the
previous weekly reporting period.
Discard/disposition Weekly Cumulative Total.
Enter the total discard/disposition amount by species
and product codes, calculated by adding the relevant
daily total and the total carried forward.
Calculate cumulative discard/disposition totals for each
reporting area, gear type, IFQ, and CDQ program.

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PRODUCT INFORMATION.
Calculate and record the following information for
each product made from fish delivered by a catcher
vessel, buying station, or transferred from a groundfish
processor.
Check either pounds (lb) or metric tons (mt).
Ancillary product.
A product, such as meal, heads, internal organs,
pectoral girdles, or any other product that may be made
from the same fish as the primary product.
Primary product.
A product, such as fillets, made from each fish, with
the highest recovery rate.
Reprocessed or rehandled product.
A product, such as meal, that results from processing a
previously reported product or from rehandling a
previously reported product.
Daily Production Total.
Enter the total amount of product -- by species codes,
product codes, and product designation -- that was
produced each day.
Use the species codes, product codes, and
product designations presented
in Table 1 and Table 2.

No production.
If no production occurred for a day, write "NO
PRODUCTION" on the "daily total" line.
Daily Balance Forward.
Enter the total amount of product, by species codes,
product codes, and product designation, carried
forward from the previous day.
NOTE
At the beginning of each weekly reporting period
or after the offload or transfer of all fish or fish
product onboard if such offload occurs prior to
the end of a weekly reporting period, the amount is
zero, and nothing shall be carried forward from the
previous weekly reporting period.

Production Weekly Cumulative Total.
At the end of each weekly reporting period, enter the
cumulative total product weight, by species codes,
product codes, and product designation calculated by
adding the relevant daily total and the total carried
forward for that week.
Calculate cumulative production totals for each
reporting area, gear type, and CDQ number.
COMMENTS (optional)

Description
Example 1 – describe a single
product:
Example 2 – describe two
products from the same fish
Example 3 – describe multiple
products

Example 4 – describe an
unlisted, ancillary product

Mothership DCPL
Updated April 3, 2005

Pollock made into primary product,
minced
Pollock made into primary product,
fillets and ancillary product, roe
Starting with 100 mt of pollock -90 mt were processed
[into 13.5 mt deep skin fillets
and 2.7 mt roe]
10 mt small and damaged pollock
were processed into meal along
with 73.8 mt pollock parts
12% (10/83.8) of the meal =
1.68 mt is primary
88% (73.8/83.8) of the meal =
12.32 mt is ancillary
Pollock livers made into ancillary
product. Use product code 97, which
means miscellaneous products, and
write in the name of the product.

Species
Code
270

Primary/
Ancillary
P

Product
Code
31

270
270

P
A

23
14

270
270

P
A

24
14

270

P

32

270

A

32

270

A

97 livers

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