NC Catch Card

Billfish, Shark and Tuna Catch Card
Reporting Station Copy
Year

Date

Month

CHECK SPECIES LANDED

Day

2018

Reporting Station:
Permit Number:
Vessel Name:
Trip Type: Charter

Private

Headboat

B
I
L
L
F
I
S
H

Blue Marlin
White Marlin
Sailfish
Roundscale Spearfish
Swordfish

S
H
A
R
K
S

Atlantic Sharpnose
Blacknose
Blacktip
Blue
Bonnethead
Bull
Common Thresher
Finetooth
Great Hammerhead

Tournament Name:
Tag Number:
Length (inches)
Pounds (optional)
Sex (SHARKS ONLY, see back for description)
Male

Female

SEE HOW TO TAG AND MEASURE FISH ON BACK

T
U
N
A

Atlantic
Bluefin Tuna

Lemon
Nurse
Oceanic Whitetip
Porbeagle
Scalloped Hammerhd.
Shortfin Mako
Smooth Dogfish
Smooth Hammerhd.
Spinner
Tiger

All the Highly Migratory Species landed in North Carolina must have a Landing Tag affixed before removal from the vessel. Tags are available at all HMS Reporting Stations.
To obtain a Landing Tag, captains or operators of permitted vessel must complete and submit a catch card for every HMS landed. This information collection is approved
under OMB Control #0648-328 (expires 07/31/2019).

Billfish, Shark and Tuna Catch Card Tag Receipt
Angler’s Copy
Official Use Only

Anglers should keep this receipt in
hand while in possession of the fish

Tag Number (from above)
NC HMS Catch Card Contact Information
Name

Telephone
Number

E-mail

Dallis Tucker
Chris Wilson

252-948-3816
252-946-6481

[email protected]
[email protected]

301-427-8110

[email protected]

888-872-8862

http://hmspermits.noaa.gov/

NOAA
Heather Austin

HMS Permits
Renewals/New

After Hours Reporting
800-682-2632

Use only when no other option available

REPORTING SITE
Seawater Marina
Captain Stacy Fishing Center
Anchorage Marina
Town Creek Marina
Olde Towne Yacht Club
Hurricane Fishing Center
Harker's Island Fishing Center
Oden's Dock
Hatteras Harbor Marina
Teach's Lair Marina
Holden Beach Marina
Pirate's Cove
Oregon Inlet Fishing Center
Shallowbag Bay Marina
Carolina Princess
Portside Marina
Ocean Isle Fishing Center
Anchorage Marina
Southport Marina
Outer Banks Marina
Bridge Tender Marina
Creekside Yacht Club

LOCATION
Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach
Beaufort
Beaufort
Calabash
Harker's Island
Hatteras
Hatteras
Hatteras
Holden Beach
Manteo
Manteo
Manteo
Morehead City
Morehead City
Ocean Isle
Ocracoke
Southport
Wanchese
Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach

TELEPHONE
252-726-1637
252-726-4675
252-726-4423
252-728-6111
252-726-3066
910-579-3660
252-728-3907
252-986-2555
252-986-2166
252-986-2460
910-842-5447
252-473-3906
252-441-6301
252-305-8726
252-726-5479
252-726-7678
910-575-3474
252-928-6661
910-457-9900
252-473-9991
910-256-6550
910-350-0023

HOW TO MEASURE AND TAG
Tagging
Location
Snout
(Upper Jaw)

Tail
Fork

HOW TO DETERMINE SEX
OF SHARKS
Male

Curved Fork Length Measurement

Tagging Location

Male (claspers very visible)
Tail
Fork

Lower Jaw
Lower Jaw to Tail Fork

Female (no claspers)
Tagging Location

Female

Tail
Fork

Snout

Snout to Tail Fork

PROHIBITED SHARK SPECIES
Sharks

Atlantic Angel
Basking
Bigeye Sandtiger
Bigeye Sixgill
Bigeye Thresher
Bignose
Caribbean Sharpnose
Caribbean Reef
Dusky
Galapagos
Longfin Mako

Narrowtooth
Night
Sandbar
Sandtiger
Sevengill
Silky
Sixgill
Smalltail
Whale
White