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permitted
Control
#
0648-0328
and
expires
on
12/31/2022
Length
(inches):
**Weight
(lbs)
Roundscale
Spearfish
Control # 0648-0328 and expires on 12/31/2022

Tag
#:
Billfish
TagONLY.
#: Do not record estimated weight.
**Billfish
Scale weight
(Obtain
(Obtain at
at Reporting
Reporting Station)
Station)

Maryland Billfish

vessel
must
complete
and
submit
a
catch
card
for
vessel
must
complete
submit
a and
catch
carddead
for
Write the
# of billfish
released alive inand
the Live
Releases Box
the # released
in the
Dead Release
Box.
every
billfish
landed.
Live
Releases
Dead Releases
every
billfish
landed.

Write the # of billfish released alive in the Live Releases Box and the # released dead
in the Dead Release Box.

Dead Releases

This
information
This
information collected
collected is
is approved
approved under
under OMB
OMB
Write the # of billfish released alive in the Live Releases Box and the # released dead
Control
#
0648-0328
and
expires
on
12/31/2022
Control
#
0648-0328
and
expires
on
12/31/2022
in the Dead Release Box.