Hook and Line Fleet Characterization Form

Vessel Name:

USCG #:

State Reg #:

Vessel Characteristics
Mast

1. Does the vessel have a mast or boom? (See Figure 4)
Mast

Boom

Both

Neither

2. Is the vessel’s propeller single or double screw?
Single

Double

3. What direction does the propeller turn?
Clockwise

Counter-Clockwise

As viewed from aft of stern

Figure 4:
Vessel Set-up

Opposite (If 2 props)

4. Where is the longline deployed (set from)?
Midline of Stern

Port side of Stern

Port side of Vessel

Starboard side of Stern

Starboard side of Vessel
cm

5. Measure the height of the setting point to the water (cm)
6. Is the product delivered whole or head and gutted?

Whole

Head and Gutted

Both

7. Does the vessel discharge offal? Offal is defined as any type of processing waste, including fish guts and bait.
Bait only

Fish parts only

Bait and fish parts

No

If no, skip questions 8 and 9

8. Is the offal discharged on the opposite or same side of the hauling area? If both, what percentage
(best guess) on each side?
Same
Opposite
Both
Same _____% Opposite _____%
9. Is offal discharged only during hauling, only during setting, or both?
Hauling
Setting
Both
Gear Characteristics (Longline Gear ONLY)
1. Does the vessel hand bait the gear or use an auto-baiter? Hand Bait

Autobaiter

2. Who is the manufacturer of the longline gear?
3. What type of longline gear does the vessel use?
4 strand silverline
3 strand nylon
3 strand poly

Other

4. What is the diameter of the longline gear (mm)?

mm

5. Is the vessel using circle or J hooks? (circle one)
Circle

J

J - Hook

Circle Hook

Circle hook - A non-offset hook with the point turned perpendicularly back to the shank.
J Hook - Barbed point is almost parallel to the shank of the hook.

6. What size are the hooks?
7. What color are the gangions?
FG Fleet Characterization form v.3 Jan 2010 OMB Control No. 0648-0593 expires 9-30-2012

Graphic provided by Joan Forsberg, IPHC, Seattle, WA

Gear Characteristics Continued (Longline Gear ONLY)
Please note: If vessel does not want you to touch their gear, leave this section blank.
8. Select 5 gangions from all the gear on the vessel. Measure the length of each gangion in mm,
from where it’s attached to the groundline to where it attaches to the hook. Then, measure the
distance between where the gangion attaches on the groundline to where the next gangion
attaches on the groundline.
Gangion Length:
Distance between gangions

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

mm

SECTIONS BELOW DESCRIBE SEABIRD DETERRENT DEVICES. ONLY COMPLETE THE SECTION
THAT DESCRIBES THE TYPE OF DETERRENT USED ON THE VESSEL.
Streamer Line Characteristics
1. How many streamer lines were used?

One

Two

2. Where were the streamer lines deployed relative to sinking hooks?
Windward
Leeward
Over the hooks
3. Was there a towed object on the end of the streamer line?

Yes

No

If YES, what was the object?
4. Do the streamers extend to the water surface in the absence of wind?

Yes

No

5. How many streamers are on each line?
6. What color and material are the streamers?
7. What is the distance between streamers,
in meters?
8. What is the distance from the stern
to the first streamer, in meters?

Fig. 5: Aerial
Extent (C) and
Buoy/ Streamer
Line Height (A+B)

9. What are the lengths of A, B, & C (Fig. 5)
in meters?
A
B

C
Buoy Line Characteristics

1. Where were the buoy lines deployed relative to sinking hooks?

Windward
Leeward
Over the hooks

2. What size and kind of buoy was used?
3. What are the lengths of A, B, & C (Fig. 5)
A
in meters?
Weight Characteristics

B

1. How much weight is added and where is it placed?
Night Setting (Exclusively)
1. Does the vessel set gear exclusively at night?

Yes

No

C