All Species Tournament Summary

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Tournament Summary Report
OMB #0648-0323 (Expires **/**/****)

Tournament Name
Port Location (City, State)

Catch and Release Only? (Y/N)

Total # Registered Boats

Fishing Club Affiliation

Fishing Date (mm/dd/yy)
Number of Boats Fishing
Fishing Time (00:00 - 00:00)

Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Recorder’s Name

Phone

E-mail

BILLFISHES AND SWORDFISH
Species

Number Kept

Number
Released Alive

TUNAS
Number
Released Dead

Species

Blue Marlin

Bluefin

White Marlin*

Bigeye

Roundscale Spearfish*

Albacore

White Marlin /
Roundscale Spearfish
(not differentiated)*

Yellowfin

Sailfish

Skipjack

Swordfish

Blackfin

Number Kept

Number
Released Alive

Number
Released Dead

Longbill Spearfish

SHARKS
Species

Number Kept

Number
Released Alive

Number
Released Dead

Species

Blue

Nurse

White

Lemon

Porbeagle

Spinner

Shortfin Mako

Tiger

Common Thresher

Sandbar

Smooth-Hound

Blacktip

Atlantic Sharpnose

Bull

Blacknose

Dusky

Bonnethead

Great Hammerhead

Finetooth

Scalloped Hammerhead

Number
Kept

Number
Released
Alive

Number
Released
Dead

Write additional shark species under OTHER SPECIES.

OTHER SPECIES (Write-in)
Species

Number Kept

Number
Released
Alive

Number
Released
Dead

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Species

Number Kept

Number
Released
Alive

Number
Released
Dead

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Tournament Summary Report
OMB #0648-0323 (Expires **/**/2015)

FISH KEPT – INDIVIDUAL SIZES – ALL SPECIES
Species

Weight (pounds)

Length (inches)

Species

Weight (pounds)

Length (inches)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE ATLANTIC HMS TOURNAMENT SUMMARY REPORT
Tournament Name: Name of the fishing tournament as it was
reported on the HMS tournament registration form.
Port Location (City, State): City and state from which the fishing
tournament was held.
Catch and Release Only? (Y/N): Answer “Y” (yes) if this tournament
has a policy of catch and release only (no kill) for target species.
Total # Boats Registered: Total number of boats that are participating
in the tournament.
Fishing Club Affiliation: Name of the fishing club that held or
sponsored the tournament, if any.
Fishing Date(s): Actual fishing dates of the tournament (do not include
lay days or days canceled due to bad weather).
Number of Boats Fishing: Number of boats that fished each day.
Fishing Time (00:00 – 00:00): Tournament start time and end time for
each day of fishing.
Recorder’s Name, Phone, and E-mail: The name, phone number,
and e-mail address of the person who completes this form.

* White Marlin/Roundscale Spearfish (not differentiated): These
species are very similar in appearance. If the tournament did not
identify the species separately, record them as a group in this space.
NMFS encourages tournaments to differentiate between white marlin
and roundscale spearfish. For an identification guide, please visit
http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/miami.htm (under “How do I...”).
Number Kept: The total number of fish kept for each species.
Number Released Alive: The total number of fish that were released
alive for each species.
Number Released Dead: The total number of fish thrown back dead
(dead discards) for each species.
FISH KEPT – INDIVIDUAL SIZES – ALL SPECIES: The weight (in
pounds) and length (lower jaw fork length (LJFL); curved fork length
(CFL); straight-line fork length (SFL); or total length (TL)) of each fish
kept for all of the species listed on page 1. All billfish are measured
in LJFL. Attach additional pages if needed.

GULF OF MEXICO TOURNAMENTS
mail to: Tournament Reporting
3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, FL 32408
e-mail to: [email protected]
or FAX to: (850) 235-3559

ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN TOURNAMENTS
mail to: Tournament Reporting
75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149
e-mail to: [email protected]
or FAX to: (305) 361-4562

http://nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/Tournaments
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species tournament information is required by NOAA Fisheries under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, as amended. Catch and effort information will be used in stock assessments, to monitor total catch of species under quota management, and in
reports to international commissions with respect to catch sharing agreements. It is NOAA policy to preserve the confidentiality of information submitted under this reporting requirement, except that
NMFS may release such information in aggregate or summary form, such that individual identifiers are not disclosed (NAO 216-100). Upon request, some individual responses, stripped of personal
identifiers, may be released to the public. 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. Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 22 minutes per respondent (registration and reporting of selected tournaments), including the time for 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 suggestions for reducing this
burden to the Highly Migratory Species Management Division, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

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