Multispecies catch report

Form Macros. The following pages display all VMS forms or reports, and instructions (red boxes)
for completing them. Remember - Use the ‘Up’ or ‘Down’ arrow button to move the cursor up or
down the macro page. Use the ‘Enter’ button to move the cursor to the right (for example, when
there is more than one field on a line). The ‘Up’ arrow button may also be used to move back to a
previous field on that line. Enter the information into the appropriate fields, verify your selections,
and then click the ‘Send’ button. The screen will ask you to confirm your selection by entering a ‘Y’
before sending.
***You will receive a rejection message from McMurdo Fleet Management if you enter invalid
information in any field. If so, simply send a new report while being sure to send the correct
information. Contact the VMS Team if you need assistance.
Macro #35 - Multispecies Catch Report:
Trip-Level Reporting.
Submit one report before
crossing the VMS
demarcation line if:
(1) You are declared
into a single Broad Stock
Area (BSA), and you have
not declared into the
Eastern US/Canada Area
or a sector exemption(s).
Complete Steps 1 and 2.
(2) You are declared
into multiple BSAs outside
of the Gulf of Maine
(GOM) BSA, and you
have not declared into the
Eastern US/Canada Area
or a sector exemption(s).
Complete Steps 1, 2 & 3.

All catch reports must
contain at least the
operator’s permit number
and VTR number.
Step 1. Enter your 8-digit
operator permit number.
Step 2. Enter your 8-digit
VTR or 14-digit e-VTR
number.
Step 3. Enter the 2-digit
month, day and year of the
reported catch. Use the
‘Enter’ key to move the
cursor to the next field to
the right.
Step 4. First, enter the 3digit statistical (stat) area
where the species kept
was harvested (you may
enter up to 4 different stat
areas on a single catch
report).
Next, below each stat area
enter the estimated weight
of each species kept (up to
6 digits). Finally, be sure to
enter the total amount of
NON-groundfish kept for
each stat area.
Step 5. Go to the next
page

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Daily Reporting. Submit
a report for each day of
your entire trip by
completing Steps 1-4.
Each daily report must
include an estimate of all
catch from 0000 to 2359
hours and must be
submitted by 9 AM the
following day. A report is
required even if you do
not catch fish, and
regardless of the area
actually fished. Daily
catch reports are required
if: (1) You are declared
into the GOM BSA and
any other BSA.
(2) You are declared
into any part of the
Eastern US/Canada Area.
(3) You are declared
into the Redfish
Exemption Area.

Macro #35 - Multispecies Catch Report (cont’d)
Step 5. Redfish Exemption reporting. Submit a report before switching codends by completing Steps 1-5. Provide an
estimate of all catch that day between 0000 hours and the time of the report. The daily report the following day at 9 AM
must include any catch from the time you switched codends, until 11:59 PM. You must submit a final report once you have
stopped fishing and begin your return to port by completing Steps 1-4.
Small-Mesh Exemption in Southern New England. You must submit a report by completing Steps 1, 2, 4 & 5 with an
estimate of all catch on board, upon completing the large-mesh portion of the trip. You must submit a final report by
completing Steps 1, 2 & 4 with an estimate of all catch on board once you have stopped fishing and begin your return to
port.

Macro #36 - Multispecies Trip START Hail:
The trip start hail is
required by NMFS only if
a sector vessel intends to
fish on a NMFS
exemption granted to
your sector or on a
Sector Ops Plan
provision.
Step 1. Enter your 8-digit
operator permit number.

Steps 8. Enter the 2digit month, day, year,
hour (24-hour clock)
and minute of your
estimated return to
port. Use the ‘Enter’
key to move the
cursor to the next
field to the right.

Step 2. Enter your 8-digit
VTR or 14-digit e-VTR
number.
Step 3. Enter ‘Y’ for ‘yes’
if you will be taking a
NMFS observer or at-sea
monitor onboard this trip.
Otherwise, enter ‘N’ for
‘no’.

Step 9. See the ‘Note’
to determine if you
must enter the
estimated offload
date/time.

Steps 4 & 5. Enter an ‘X’
by all appropriate
exemptions and/or
provisions to be fished
under for this trip.

If so, enter the 2-digit
month, day, year, hour
(24-hour clock) and
minute of your
estimated offload

Steps 6 & 7. Enter the
name of the city
(characters A-Z only) and
enter the 2-character
state (postal
abbreviation) where the
catch will be landed.

Step 10. Optional
field. NMFS may
provide instructions for
use from time-to-time.

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