Form 3-2310 Horseshoe Crab Recapture Report

FWS Form 3-2310 (Rev. 07/2017)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

OMB Control. No. 1018-0127
Expiration Date ##/##/####

HORSESHOE CRAB RECAPTURE REPORT
Maryland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
177 Admiral Cochrane Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401
General (410) 263-2604
Tag Reports (800) 448-8322 or (888) 546-8587
Website: https://www.fws.gov/northeast/marylandfisheries/

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Date Report Received: 1/18/18
Circular White Tag:
Present:
Yes
No
Tag Number: 123456
Removed:
Yes
No
Yes
No
Other Tag: Present:
Tag Number:
No
Yes
Removed:
Crab Condition:
Alive
Dead

Interviewer:

JN

Unknown

Date Captured or Found:
Crab Fate: (Please Check One)

Sold or Bought
Kept for Personal Bait
Other (Explain):

Released (Left on Beach)
Found Dead
Tag Found Only
Reporter Type: (Please Check One)

Horseshoe Crab Spawning Surveyor
Horseshoe Crab Researcher
Commercial Fisherman
Other (Explain):

Beach Comber (General Public)
Sport Fisherman (Hook & Line)
Biomedical Company
Shorebird Surveyor
Capture Method (Please Check One):

Hand (Found on Beach)
Hook & Line
Dredge
Gillnet
Other (Explain):
Capture Location
Body of Water:

Nearest City:

Beach Name or Capture Location:

State:

Capture Coordinates (Optional): Latitude:

Longitude:

Reward Type:

Postal

Email

None

Reporter Information: (Complete this section to receive a reward package)
Street Address 1:
Street Address 2:
State:

City:

Zip Code:

Email Address:
Comments:

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NOTICES
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The information requested is authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act (P.L. 105-242), the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act
(P.L. 96-118) and the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-297).
Purpose: The contact information requested is to assist in the description and location of the individual’s capture of horseshoe crab.
The capture location helps to provide data on distribution, movement, longevity and mortality of horseshoe crabs and is used to develop
a management strategy that will benefit wildlife and industry.
Routine Uses: The contact information requested may be used by Fishery Managers and FWS biologists to determine location of
capture. More information about the routine uses may be found in the Systems of Records Notice, FWS-21 Permits System.
Disclosure: The contact information requested is voluntary.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT
We are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to collect vital information used by fishery
managers about the migration patterns, distribution, and abundance of horseshoe crabs along the Atlantic coast and to respond to
requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. Your response is voluntary. According to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a
valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned Control No. 1018-0127.

ESTIMATED BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information varies with the convenient availability of the requested information. The relevant
burden to complete FWS Form 3-2310, “Horseshoe Crab Recapture Report” averages 5 minutes. This burden estimate includes time
for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding the
burden estimate or any other aspect of the form to the Service Information Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: BPHC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. Please do not send your completed form to
this address.

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