VMS daily catch reports

Macro
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VMS Form
Multispecies
Catch Report

Must be sent by:
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.

Purpose
To report VTR
and estimated
weights prior to
landing.

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.
Redfish Exemption reporting. In addition to daily reporting, you
must also submit a report before switching codends by completing
Steps 1-4. The report is sent before switching codends; 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 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.
All vessels on groundfish-declared trips at least 6 hours before
arrival.

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Multispecies
Trip End Hail

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Monkfish Trip
Limit Overage
DAS
Adjustment

Those vessels on monkfish-declared trips that exceed their DAS
charge, before crossing the VMS demarcation line on return to port.

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Scallop Daily
Catch Report

All Limited Access and LAGC IFQ scallop vessels on scallopdeclared trips by 9 am daily.

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To provide
advance notice for
the monitoring of
offloads.
To report that the
daily trip limit was
exceeded by one
extra limit so that
the vessel’s DAS
charge may be
adjusted.
To report VTR
and estimated
weights prior to
landing.