Daily FAD report

U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OMB No. 0648-0649

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSHPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Expires xx/xx/xxxx

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITING DAILY REPORTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATING AND PROJECTING FAD SETS WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNUAL FAD SET LIMIT IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN PURSE SEINE FISHERY

For the purpose of estimating and projecting FAD sets with respect to the annual FAD set limit set by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), the owner and operator of any U.S. purse seine vessel that is on a fishing trip in the WCPFC Convention Area will be required to submit a daily report to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) within 24 hours at the end of each day that the vessel is on a fishing trip in the Convention Area.

NMFS requests that the information be submitted to the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Administrator by the following methods:

• Electronic Mail: Submit written information via email to: [email address]

NMFS requests that the following information be submitted:

1. Vessel name and international radio call sign; and

2. Whether or not a set was made on a floating object during the previous day.

The Reports must be in the following format:

NAME/VESSELCALLSIGN/FISHING ACTIVITY

Example:

TUNABOAT/WDE1234/Associated set on drifting FAD

For further details on this information request, see the [insert date of publication] Federal Register notice [insert link to FR Notice].