Trawl Deck Form

Haul Details
Visual OTC

OTC Weight Method

Target

BRD Present?

Fit #

Wt Cal

Biolist         1       2       3
EFP?

Gear Type

Gear Perf
Latitude

Date

Time

Degrees

Beaufort

Longitude
Minutes

Degrees

Minutes

Average
Depth (fm)

Start
Up
Additional Locations
OTC Weight Method: 14 - Visual Experience 6 - Other
Gear Type: 1 - Trawl Small Footrope 2 - Trawl Large Footrope 3 - Midwater Trawl 4 - Danish/Scottish Seine 5 - Other Trawl Gear 12 - Shrimp Trawl Single Rigged 13 - Shrimp Trawl Double Rigged 17 - OR Setback Flatfish Net
Gear Perf: 1 - No Problem 2 - Pot in Haul 3 - Net Hung 4 - Net Ripped 5 - Net or Other Gear Lost 7 - Other 8 - Retrieved Gear

Vessel Retained Catch Weights
Catch
Code
Catch
Weight

Notes and Additional Biospecimen Data

Trawl Deck Form 2020

OMB Control No. 0648-0593 Expires 12-31-2021

Must record all necessary data to complete additional OPTECS entry when using Trawl Weight Methods:
3 BWD – Weights for all full/partial baskets and tally of unweighed baskets. Include Sp. Comp. baskets (clearly labeled).
8 Extrapolation – Total # of fish
15 Visual Spatial – Ratio
19 PHLB L/W Extrapolation – Total # of fish

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Species Name

Discard
Reason

Trawl Weight Methods
3 - BWD 5 - OTC – R 6 - Other 7 - Vessel est. 8 - Extrapolation 9 - PHLB L/W
14 - Visual Experience 15 - Visual Spatial 19 - PHLB L/W Extrapolation
20 - Actual Weight [Whole Haul] 21 - Actual Weight [Subsample]

Weights & Counts

Reasons for Discard
11 - Incidental/Accidental 12 - Drop off 13 - Market
14 - Other 15 - Predation 16 - Regulation 17 - Safety
18 - Market (Dockside) 19 - Utilized on board 20 - Survival

BioMethod

R
or
D

Weight
Method

Catch Code

Trip #

Date

Haul #

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Biospecimens /
Comments

Bio-method
12 – Random Sample
13 – Opportunistic (non-random)
10 – PHLB Visual Length