Catch event log

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program

Observer ID
Year

2 0

This Catch Page No.

Sketch(es)?

Photo(s)?

Tag(s)?

Measurement

Length 4

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Code
916
167
002
001
005
094
092
909
914
908
295
013
057
467
147
091

Common Name
Bigeye Tuna
Blue Shark
Skipjack Tuna
Yellowfin Tuna
Albacore
ShortBill Spearfish
Striped Marlin
Longnose Lancetfish
Dolphinfish
Sickle Pomfret
Snake Mackerel
Escolar
Wahoo
Opah
Bigeye Thresher Shark
Swordfish

Most Common Protected Species

Most Common Fish

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Code Common Name
dNG Black-Footed Albatross
dIM Laysan Albatross
aVE Birds, Unidentified
CC
LV
DC
CM
UH

Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Unid. Hard Shell Sea Turtles

PC
GG
GM
UW
TT
MN

False Killer Whale
Risso's Dolphin
Shortfinned Pilot Whale
Unid. Cetacean
Bottlenose Dolphin
Humpback Whale

Code
BD
CC
CO
MM
SB
SH
ST
SQ
UN
UO
ND

Damage
Bird Damage
Cookie Cutter damage
Other Damage, see comments
Marine mammal damage
Shark damage to body
Shark damage - Head on hook
Shark damage to tail
Squid damage
Undetermined source of damage
Unobserved
Observation shows No Damage

Note: Code CO must have comments
but others may need comments also.

Measurement Codes
AL Approximate Fork Length (ft)
FL Fork Length (cm)
TL Total Length (cm)
EF Eye to Fork (cm)
CK Cleithrum to Keel (cm)
DD D1 - D2 (cm)
CL Clasper Inner Length (cm)
PC Precaudal Length (cm)
HG Half Girth
Measurement Protocols
Tunas, Opahs, Pomfrets: FL
Sharks: TL, FL, DD, CL
Billfish: EF, CK, HG

Caught Condition Codes
A Caught Alive
D Caught Dead
I Caught Injured
U Caught Condition Unknown
Kept/Return Codes
Gender Codes
K Kept
M Male
A Returned alive
F Female
D Returned dead
U Unknown
F Returned Finned
A blank Gender field
I Returned Injured
U Returned, Unknown indicates Unknown.
condition
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Comment(s)?

Length 3

Code

Measurement

Code

Code

Length 2

Specimen(s)?

Length 1

Measurement

Hook
No.

Measurement

Float
No.

Kept/Return Code
( K / A, D, F, I, U)

Species
Code

Caught
Condition Code
( A, D, I, U )

Line No.

Page No.

Log comments for specific Catch Log records on the back of this form.

Species Common Name

Set No.

Catch Event Log
Code

Haul Date

Gender Code
( M, F, U )

Month

Damaged Code

Day

Trip No.

Observer ID
Year

2 0

Sketch(es)?

Photo(s)?

Comment(s)?

Length 4

Tag(s)?

Measurement

Code

Measurement

Length 3

Specimen(s)?

Length 2

Code

Code

Code

Length 1

Measurement

Hook
No.

Measurement

Float
No.

Caught
Condition Code
( A, D, I, U )

Line No.

Page No.

Species
Code

Set No.
This Catch Page No.

Log comments for specific Catch Log records on the back of this form.

Species Common Name

Trip No.

Catch Event Log
Gender Code
( M, F, U )

Haul Date

Damaged Code

Month

Kept/Return Code
( K / A, D, F, I, U )

Day

From
front of
this form

DOC/NOAA Fisheries
Pacific Islands Region
Longline Observer Program

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Catch Record Comments (from either the front or back of this form, indicate appropriate catch record page and line number for each comment)

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