Mothership daily cumulative production logbook or electr

OMB Control No. 0648-0213
Expiration Date: 01/31/2012

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

Revised: 06/30/09

Date (M - D - Y)

VESSEL NAME

IDENTIFICATION

MOTHERSHIP
DCPL
START

END

INACTIVE

ADF&G Vessel No.
OPERATOR NAME AND SIGNATURE
Federal Fisheries Permit No.
CREW SIZE

REASON

Pot

RECEIVE
DISCARD
REPORT

DELIVERY INFORMATION

CV
or
BS

COMMENTS

OBSERVER INFORMATION
NO. OF OBSERVERS
ONBOARD

GEAR TYPE (circle one)
Hook & Line

Non-pelagic trawl

Pelagic trawl

NAME

PAGE

Jig

Troll

Other

FEDERAL
REPORTING AREA

ADF&G NO.

RECEIPT
TIME

TRAWL GEAR ONLY (Circle one)

COBLZ

RKCSA

LONGITUDE

(Check if applicable and enter number)

CDQ

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

Research

Exempted
AIP

No.

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

ROUND CATCH WEIGHT

RECEIPT POSITION
LATITUDE

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

TOTAL
HAIL WEIGHT
(Circle one LB or MT)

IR/IU SPECIES
SPECIES CODE

(Circle one LB or MT)

FISH TICKET
NUMBER

Instructions for
MOTHERSHIP
DAILY CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION LOGBOOK (DCPL)

RESPONSIBILITY.
Unless using a NMFS-approved mothership
electronic logbook (ELB), the operator of a
mothership that is required to have an Federal
Fisheries Permit (FFP) under § 679.4(b) and that
receives or processes any groundfish from the Gulf of
Alaska or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area from vessels issued an FFP under
§ 679.4(b) is required to use a combination of
mothership DCPL and eLandings to record and report
daily processor identification information, delivery
information, groundfish production data, and
groundfish and prohibited species discard or
disposition data.
The operator must enter into the DCPL any
information for groundfish received from a catcher

vessel, groundfish received from processors for
reprocessing or rehandling, and groundfish received
from an associated buying station documented on a
Buying Station Report (BSR).
The owner of a mothership is responsible for
compliance with the applicable recordkeeping and
reporting requirements in § 679.5 and in § 679.28,
including maintaining a mothership DCPL, and must
ensure that the operator or representative complies
with the applicable requirements.

REPORTING TIME LIMITS.
The operator must record in the DCPL the
information in the following table for each
groundfish delivery within the specified time limit.

REPORTING TIME LIMITS, MOTHERSHIP
Required information

Time limit for reporting

All catcher vessel or buying
station delivery information
All other required information

Within 2 hours after completion of receipt of each
groundfish delivery
By 2400 hours A.l.t. of the day following completion
of production
By 2400 hours A.l.t. of the day following the weekending date of the weekly reporting period
After signed by the operator and prior to departure of
observer from the mothership.

Operator sign the completed
logsheets
Submit the goldenrod logsheet
to the observer

GROUNDFISH LOGBOOKS.
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.

Mothership DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

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.
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.
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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.

Vessel and permit information.
Name of mothership as displayed in official
documentation, FFP number, and Alaska Department
of Fish and Game (ADF&G) processor code.

Two logbooks of different operation.
If a vessel functions both as a mothership and as a
catcher/processor in the same fishing year, the
operator(s) must maintain two logbooks, a separate
logbook for each operation type, each separately
paginated.

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.

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.
Logsheet distribution and submittal.
The operator must distribute and submit logsheets as
indicated below.

REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF INACTIVE
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.”

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

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.

Goldenrod: The operator must submit to
observer after signature of operator and prior to
departure of observer from the vessel.

Inactive end date.
Record the date (mm/dd) of the last day when
inactive under ‘‘End date.’’

The operator is no longer required to submit yellow
logsheets quarterly to NMFS, because the mothership
is using eLandings.

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.

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 mothership 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.
Mothership DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF ACTIVE.
A mothership is active when receiving or processing
groundfish.
If the mothership is active, the operator must record
for one day per logsheet in the DCPL, the
information described below.

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Use a
separate
logsheet

Federal reporting areas.
Record Federal reporting area code (see Figures 1
and 3 to part 679) where harvest was completed. Use
a separate logsheet for each reporting area.

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

C. Opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone (COBLZ) or
Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA).
If groundfish was harvested with trawl gear in the
COBLZ or RKCSA (see Figures 11 and 13 to part
679), use two separate logsheets to record the
information: one logsheet for the reporting area that
includes COBLZ or RKCSA, and a second logsheet
to record the information from the reporting area that
does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.

If the mothership is active, the operator must record
for each day per logsheet in the DCPL, the
information described below.
Date.
Enter date (mm/dd/yyyy) of each operating day.

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

Crew size.
Record the number of crew members (including
operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the last
day of the weekly reporting period.

Management program.
Indicate whether harvest occurred under one of the
management programs listed in the following table.
Use a separate logsheet for each management
program. If harvest is not under one of the listed
management programs, leave blank.

Gear type.
Indicate the gear type of harvester. If gear type is
other than those listed, circle “Other” and describe.
Use a separate logsheet for each gear type.

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

Record the . . .
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

DELIVERY INFORMATION.
The operator must record delivery information when
unprocessed groundfish deliveries are received by the
mothership from a buying station or a catcher vessel.
If no deliveries are received for a given day, write
‘‘no deliveries.’’
Type of delivery.
Enter ‘‘CV’’ or ‘‘BS’’ to indicate if delivery was
from a catcher vessel or buying station, respectively.
Non–submittal of discard report.
Indicate whether the blue logsheet was received from
the catcher vessel at the time of catch delivery. If the
delivery was from a buying station, leave this column
blank. If the blue logsheet is not received from the
Mothership DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

catcher vessel, enter ‘‘NO’’ and one of the response
codes from the following table to describe the reason
for non–submittal.

NON-SUBMITTAL OF
DISCARD REPORT
The catcher vessel does not have an FFP
The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)
LOA and does not have an FFP
The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)
LOA and has an FFP
The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted
codend
Another reason; describe circumstances

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CODE
‘‘P’’
‘‘P’’
‘‘L’’
‘‘U’’
‘‘O’’

Vessel identification.
Name and ADF&G vessel registration number of the
catcher vessel or buying station (if applicable)
delivering the groundfish.
Receipt time.
Record time (in military format, A.l.t.) when receipt
of groundfish delivery was completed.
Beginning position of receipt.
Record the position coordinates (in latitude and
longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for
longitude) where receipt of the groundfish delivery
began.
Estimated total groundfish hail weight.
Enter the estimated total hail weight of the combined
species of each delivery from a catcher vessel or
buying station. Total estimated hail weight is an
estimate of the total weight of the entire catch
without regard to species. Indicate whether the
estimated weight is to the nearest pound or to the
nearest 0.001 mt.

INSPECTION AND RETENTION OF
RECORDS.
Inspection of records.
The operator must make available for inspection the
DCPL upon the request of an authorized officer.
Retention of records.
The operator must retain the DCPL:
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.

If a catcher vessel reported discards on a blue DFL
but did not deliver groundfish, enter ‘‘0’’ in this
column.
IR/IU species (see § 679.27).
Enter the species code of Improved
Retention/Improved Utilization Program (IR/IU)
species and the 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.
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.
ADF&G fish ticket numbers.
If receiving unprocessed groundfish from a catcher
vessel, record the ADF&G fish ticket number that the
mothership issued to each catcher vessel.
If receiving unprocessed groundfish from an
associated buying station, record the ADF&G fish
ticket numbers issued by the buying station on behalf
of the mothership to the catcher vessel.
Mothership DCPL
Updated August 30, 2011

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this for this logsheet is estimated to average 31 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing the 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 the burden, to
Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this logsheet 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 in the GOA and BSAI under 50 CFR 679 and under 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 as
amended in 2006. It is also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of
fishery statistics.