Catcher/processor trawl gear daily cumulative production

IDENTIFICATION

CATCHER PROCESSOR DCPL
GROUNDFISH
TRAWL GEAR
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
(Check if applicable and enter number)

CDQ

AIP

CATCH BY HAUL

TIME OF GEAR
DEPLOYMENT

PAGE

ADF&G Vessel No.
OPERATOR NAME AND SIGNATURE

START

Federal Fisheries Permit No.
END

INACTIVE

REASON

OBSERVER INFORMATION
OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

GEAR TYPE (circle one)
Non-pelagic trawl

No.

COMMENTS

Date (M - D - Y)

VESSEL NAME

Exempted

Research

HAUL
NO.

OMB Control No. 0648-0213
Expiration Date: 03/31/2015

COPY DISTRIBUTION: WHITE Vessel Copy: Keep in Logbook • GOLDENROD Observer copy

Revised: 10/14/11

CREW SIZE
Pelagic trawl

BEGIN POSITION OF HAUL
LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

AVE. SEA
DEPTH
(Circle
M or FM)

TRAWL GEAR ONLY (Circle one)

FEDERAL
REPORTING
AREA

AVE. GEAR
DEPTH
(Circle
M or FM)

NO. OF
OBSERVERS
ONBOARD

COBLZ
DATE AND TIME
OF GEAR
RETRIEVAL

RKCSA
END POSITION OF HAUL

LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

TARGET
SPECIES
CODE

ROUND CATCH WEIGHT
TOTAL
HAIL WEIGHT
(Circle one LB or MT)

IR/IU SPECIES
SPECIES
CODE

WT. (Circle one LB or MT)

Instructions for
CATCHER/PROCESSOR: TRAWL GEAR
DAILY CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION LOGBOOK (DCPL)

RESPONSIBILITY
Unless using a NMFS-approved catcher/processor
trawl gear electronic logbook (ELB), the operator of
a catcher/processor that is required to have a Federal
Fisheries Permit (FFP) under § 679.4(b) and that is
using trawl gear to harvest groundfish must use a
combination of catcher/ processor trawl gear DCPL
and eLandings to record and report daily processor
identification information, catch–by–haul landings
information, groundfish production data, and
groundfish and prohibited species discard or
disposition data.

The owner of a catcher/processor is responsible for
compliance with the applicable recordkeeping and
reporting requirements in § 679.5 and in § 679.28,
including maintaining a trawl gear DCPL, and must
ensure that the operator or representative complies
with the applicable requirements. The signature of
the owner or operator on the DCPL is verification of
acceptance of that responsibility.
REPORTING TIME LIMITS
The operator must record in the DCPL the
information in the following table for each haul
within the specified time limit.

REPORTING TIME LIMITS, CATCHER/PROCESSOR TRAWL GEAR
Required information
Management program, except CDQ
Program, haul number, time and date gear
set, time and date gear hauled, begin and
end positions of gear, and, if not required
to weigh catch on a scale approved by
NMFS, total estimated hail weight for each
haul
CDQ group number (if applicable) and, if
required to weigh catch on a scale
approved by NMFS, the scale weight of
total catch for each haul
All other required information

Operator sign the completed logsheets

Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the
observer

Catcher/processor Trawl Gear DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

Time limit for Reporting
Within 2 hours after completion of gear
retrieval.

Within 2 hours after completion of weighing all
catch in the haul.

By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day following
completion of production to record all other
required information
By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day following the
week-ending date of the weekly reporting
period
After signature of operator and prior to
departure of observer from the vessel.

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GROUNDFISH LOGBOOKS.

Logsheet distribution and submittal.

The Regional Administrator will prescribe and
provide all groundfish logbooks. Additional
logbooks may be requested by calling the Sustainable
Fisheries Division at 907–586–7228 or faxing 907–
586–7465. All groundfish logsheets and instructions
may be read on the Alaska Region website at
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.

White: The operator must retain permanently
bound in logbook. No person except an authorized
officer may remove any original white logsheet of
any logbook.

Current edition.
The operator must use the current edition of the
DCPL. Upon written notification and approval by
the Regional Administrator, DCPLs from the
previous year may be used.
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.
Use of Two or More Vessel Logbooks
of Same Gear Type.
If using more than one logbook of the same gear type
in a fishing year onboard a vessel, the operator must
ensure that the page numbers follow the consecutive
order of the previous logbook.
Use of Two or More Vessel Logbooks
of Different Gear Types.
If two or more different gear types are used onboard
a vessel in a fishing year, the operator(s) of this
vessel must use the same number of separate vessel
logbooks for the different gear types, each separately
paginated. The page numbers in each logbook must
start with page one.
Two Vessel Logbooks for Pair Trawl.
If two vessels are dragging a trawl between them
(pair trawl), the operator of each vessel must
maintain a separate logbook to record the amount of
the catch retained and fish discarded by that vessel.
Each of the two logbooks must be separately
paginated.

Goldenrod: The operator must submit to
observer after signature of operator and prior to
departure of observer from the vessel.
The operator is no longer required to submit yellow
logsheets quarterly to NMFS, because the
catcher/processor is using eLandings.

RECORDING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE TIME
PERIODS IN THE DCPL
The operator must account for each day of the fishing
year, January 1 through December 31, in the DCPL
and indicate whether the catcher/ processor was
active or inactive during the time period. The
operator must record time periods consecutively.
Page number.
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.
Vessel and permit information.
Name of catcher/ processor as displayed in official
documentation, FFP number, and Alaska Department
of Fish and Game (ADF&G) processor code.
Printed name and signature of operator.
The operator’s name must be printed in the DCPL.
The operator must sign each completed DCPL
logsheet as verification of acceptance of the
responsibility to provide accurate and complete
information.

REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF INACTIVE
Alteration of logbook information.
No person may alter or change any entry or record in
a logbook. An inaccurate or incorrect entry or record
must be corrected by lining out the original and
inserting the correction, provided that the original
entry or record remains legible. All corrections must
be made in ink.
Catcher/processor Trawl Gear DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

If inactive, the operator must mark “inactive” and
record the following information on one logsheet in
the DCPL:
Inactive start date.
Record the date (mm/dd) of the first day when
inactive under “Start date.”
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Why inactive.
Write brief explanation why inactive, e.g., bad
weather or equipment failure. If inactive due to
surrender of an FFP, write “surrender of permit” as
the reason for inactivity.

Record the Federal reporting area code where gear
retrieval was completed, regardless of where the
majority of the set took place. Use a separate logsheet
for each reporting area.

Inactive end date.
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
must indicate the first and last day of the first inactive
quarter. Successive logsheets must indicate the first
and last day of its respective inactive quarter.

REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF ACTIVE.
A catcher/processor using trawl gear is active
when processing groundfish or when all or part of the
trawl net is in the water.

Use a
separate
logsheet

Each day of an active period
Each reporting area where
harvest occurred
Each separate management
program
For each gear type

C. Opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone (COBLZ) or
Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA).
If gear retrieval occurred in the COBLZ (see Figure
13 to part 679) or RKCSA (see Figure 11 to part 679)
area within a reporting area, use two separate
logsheets, the first to record the information from the
reporting area that includes COBLZ or RKCSA, and
the second to record the information from the
reporting area that does not include COBLZ or
RKCSA.
Crew size.
Record the number of crew members (including
operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the last
day of the weekly reporting period.
Gear type.
Use a separate logsheet for each gear type. Indicate
whether pelagic trawl or non-pelagic trawl gear was
used to harvest the fish.
Management program.
A “management program” is a unique fishery
program with a specific management strategy and/or
allocation. Harvest that occurred under the
management programs listed in the following table
must be recorded separately.

If the catcher/processor is active, the operator must
record for each day per logsheet in the DCPL, the
information described below.

Indicate whether harvest occurred under one of the
management programs listed in the following table.

Date.
Enter date of each day (mm/dd/yyyy). This date is
also the date of gear deployment.

Use a separate logsheet for each management
program. If harvest is not under one of the listed
management programs, leave blank.

Federal reporting area.
If harvest made
under . . . program
Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ)
Exempted Fishery
Research Fishery
Aleutian Islands Pollock (AIP)

Catcher/processor Trawl Gear DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

CDQ group number

For more information,
see . . .
subpart C of part 679

Exempted fishery permit number
Research fishery permit number
n/a

§ 679.6
§ 600.745(a)
subpart F of part 679

Record the . . .

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Observer information.
Record the number of observers aboard, the name of
the observer(s), and the observer cruise number(s).

CATCH–BY–HAUL INFORMATION.
The operator must record the following information
for each haul. If no catch occurred for a given day,
write “no catch.”
Haul number.
Number hauls sequentially by year.
Gear deployment (or to set gear).
Record the following information for trawl gear
deployment:
The time (in military format, A.l.t.) when the
trawl net enters the water, and
The position (latitude and longitude to the nearest
minute; indicate E or W for longitude) where the
trawl net enters the water.

Total estimated hail weight.
If not using scales. If not using NMFS-approved
scales, the operator must record the hail weight of
each haul. Total hail weight is an estimate of the
total weight of the entire catch without regard to
species. Indicate whether estimated weight is to the
nearest pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
If using scales. If required to use a NMFSapproved scale, the operator must record the scale
weight of each haul without regard to species.
Indicate whether weight is to the nearest pound or to
the nearest 0.001 mt.
IR/IU species (see § 679.27).
Enter species code of Improved Retention/Improved
Utilization Program (IR/IU) species and estimated
total round weight for each IR/IU species, if
applicable.
Indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest
pound or the nearest 0.001 mt.

Gear retrieval (or to haul gear).
Record the following information for trawl gear
retrieval:

Use one line to record information for each IR/IU
species, including species code and amount of catch.
If more than one IR/IU species are to be recorded, the
operator must use a separate line for each species.

The date (mm/dd) and time (in military format,
A.l.t.) when retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.

INSPECTION AND RETENTION OF
RECORDS.

The position (in latitude and longitude to the
nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) where
retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.

Inspection of records.
The operator must make available for inspection the
DCPL upon the request of an authorized officer.

Average sea depth and average gear depth.
Record average sea depth and average gear depth;
indicate whether average is reported to the nearest
meter or fathom.

Retention of records.
The operator must retain the DCPL:

Target species code.
Enter the species code of the species to be harvested.
Enter only one target species code.

Onboard. Retain the DCPL onboard the vessel
until the end of the fishing year during which the
records were made and for as long thereafter as fish
or fish products recorded in the DCPL are retained.
For 3 years. Retain the DCPL for 3 years after
the end of the fishing year during which the records
were made.

Catcher/processor Trawl Gear DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

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REPORTING BURDEN:
Public reporting burden for this logbook is estimated to average 30 minutes per response. This time includes reviewing instructions, searching 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 this burden, to: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska
Region, Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, Alaska 99802.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Before completing this form please note the following: 1) 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; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing effort
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. It is also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures
to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.