GAF Electronic Report

Revised: 06/12/2020

OMB Control No. 0648-0575 Expiration Date:

The GAF permit holder must enter the following information for each retained GAF into the NMFS-approved electronic reporting system
at the end of a fishing trip.
NOAA Fisheries
Office for Law Enforcement
P.O. Box 21767
Juneau, AK 99802
Submit by FAX to Data Clerks at:
FAX: 907-586-7313
Telephone: 800-304-4846 (option 1)
E-Mail: [email protected]

GAF ELECTRONIC
LANDING REPORT
ADF&G Charter Logbook Number: _________________
1. Name of Vessel

2. ADF&G Vessel Registration Number:
3. USCG Documentation Number:

4. Community Charter Halibut Permit ONLY
Community or Port Where Charter Vessel Fishing Trip
Began
5. GAF Permit Number:

6. ADF&G Sport Fishing
Guide License Number (held
by charter vessel guide)

Community or Port Where Charter Vessel Fishing Trip
Ended
7. Total Number of GAF
Caught and Retained:

8. Was this count from a
Single day trip
Multi-day trip

CATCH INFORMATION
Date GAF Landed

Length of GAF (inches)

Date GAF Landed

1

6

2

7

3

8

4

9

5

10

Length of GAF (inches)

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Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for
failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the
information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is
0648-0575. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is
estimated to be approximately 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information
collection are required to obtain benefits. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection,
including suggestions for reducing this burden to the Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NMFS Alaska
Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
Privacy Act Statement
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801, et seq, and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c.
Purpose: NMFS is collecting this information to manage the Charter Halibut Limited Access Program and the Individual Fishing Quota
Program.
Routine Uses: NMFS will use this information to account for GAF landings. Responses to this information request are confidential under
section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth
procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. Section 552a) to be shared among authorized staff for work-related purposes. Disclosure of this information is also subject to the
published routine uses identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/NOAA-19, Permits and Registrations for the
United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is required to obtain or retain benefits. Failure to provide complete and accurate information may
delay or prevent the reporting of GAF harvests in accordance with regulations.