South Atlantic Shrimp Vessel Logbook - Daily Catch Repor

SOUTH ATLANTIC SHRIMP VESSEL LOGBOOK
INSTRUCTIONS

OMB Control No. 0648-0016
Expiration Date: 03/31/2010

The purpose of this logbook is to collect detailed information on the amount and location of individual tows for an entire fishing trip.
Fishing effort is very important to analyze various aspects of the shrimp fleet and the data from this reporting form will be used to
estimate the effort for the fishing fleet in the South Atlantic region. The success of this program depends largely on the reliable
information that you provide when each form is completed.
This form is to be completed for each day and submitted collectively for each trip. When completing each form, write the official
vessel number, either the US Coast Guard documentation or state registration number and the vessel name on each form. Enter the
date you departed and the date you returned for this trip. Enter the port and state where you unloaded the catch. Write the types of
bycatch reduction devices and/or turtle excluder devices that you used on this trip. Enter the total pounds of shrimp landed for the
trip.
The information for each tow should be entered on a separate line. The date of the tow should be entered in the first column. The
length of the foot rope (leadline) should be entered for each tow. The time and location in latitude and longitude for the start of each
tow should be entered. Be sure to specify whether it’s a.m. or p.m. Enter the time and location in latitude and longitude for the haul
back, again be sure to enter whether it’s a.m. or p.m. In the last column of each row, enter the estimated amount of catch in pounds
heads-on for each tow.
Please send all completed forms from each trip to the National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 491740, Key Biscayne, Florida
33149-9915. Return Envelopes are enclosed.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response including the time for
reviewing the instructions, searching the 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 aspects of this burden to Robert
Walker, National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, Florida 33149. This reporting is required under and and
emergency rulemaking and is authorized under 50 CFR 622.5(a)(iii). Information submitted will be treated as confidential in
accordance with NOAA Administrative. 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 displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

OMB 00648-0016
Expires
3/31/2010
OMB
Control No.
0648-0016
Expiration Date: 03/31/2010

SHRIMP VESSEL LOGBOOK – DAILY CATCH REPORT
Vessel Id. No. _________________

Vessel Name: ______________________

Date of Departure : ___/_____/____

Date of Landing; ____/_____/____

Month

Day

Year

Month

Day

Sheet ____ Of ________

Port Landed: __________________

Year

State Landed: _________________

Type of BRDs: _________________
Date of Tow
(mm/dd/yy)

Leadline (ft.)
(foot rope)

Type of TEDs: _________________

Start Time and Location
Time (am/pm) Latitude Longitude

Total catch (lbs)
For Trip:
_________________

Haul Back Time and location
Time (am/pm) Latitude

Longitude

Estimated Catch
(Pounds heads-on)