Catcher Vessel Daily Fishing Logbook Salmon Gillnet Gear

Instructions for
CATCHER VESSEL DAILY FISHING LOGSHEET (DFL)
SALMON GILLNET GEAR
RESPONSIBILITY
The owner or operator of a catcher vessel that is required to have a Salmon Federal Fisheries
Permit (SFFP) must maintain a DFL (§ 679.5):
The Regional Administrator will provide a downloadable Salmon Daily Fishing Logsheet (DFL)
for Catcher Vessels using gillnet gear free of charge. The DFL may be viewed, downloaded, or
printed at insert web link once posted.
Additional logsheets may be downloaded or printed at any time.
The operator must use the current edition of the logsheet.
FISH TO BE RECORDED AND REPORTED
All groundfish

Table 2a to 50 CFR 679

All salmon

Table 2b to 50 CFR 679

Prohibited species catch

Table 2b to 50 CFR 679

Forage fish

Table 2c to 50 CFR 679

Grenadiers

Table 2c to 50 CFR 679

Non-groundfish

Table 2d to 50 CFR 679

LOGSHEETS
The Regional Administrator will provide a downloadable Salmon Daily Fishing Logsheet (DFL)
for Catcher Vessels using gillnet gear free of charge. The DFL may be viewed, downloaded, or
printed at insert web link once posted.
No person may alter or change any entry or record in a logsheet.
An inaccurate or incorrect entry to a paper logsheet must be corrected by lining out the original
and inserting the correction, provided that the original entry or record remains legible. All
corrections must be made in ink.
If after an electronic logsheet is signed, an error is found in the data, the operator must make
any necessary changes to the data, sign the new logsheet, and provide the revised file to the
SFPP or RSRP who received the harvest and to NMFS. The operator must retain both the
original and revised logsheet reports.
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The operator must ensure that the logsheet page numbers are in consecutive order for the full
fishing season.
LOGSHEET DISTRIBUTION AND SUBMITTAL
Paper:
Retain original aboard vessel.
Submit a legible copy to the SFPP or RSRP authorized representative that receives the harvest
within 2 hours after completion of catch delivery.
Submit, within 30 days of season closure, copies of all logsheets to:
NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
Alaska Region Logbook Program
P.O. Box 21767 Juneau, AK 99802-1767
(Telephone: 907-586-7225)
Electronic:
Retain a readable file aboard the vessel
Submit a readable file to the SFPP or RSRP representative that receives the harvest within 2
hours of completion of catch delivery.
Submit, within 30 days of season closure, readable files to:
[email protected]
REPORTING TIME LIMITS
Record the information for each set within the following time limits.
REPORTING TIME LIMITS, CATCHER VESSEL GILLNET GEAR
Required information

Time limit for recording

(1) SFFP number, set number, date and time gear set, date
and time gear hauled, beginning and end positions of set,
length of net deployed, total number of salmon by species,
and estimated hail weight of any groundfish retained for each
set

Within 2 hours after
completion of gear retrieval.

(2) Discard and disposition information

Prior to landing

(3) Submit an accurate copy to shoreside processor, SRP,
buying station, or tender vessel receiving catch

At the time of catch delivery

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(4) All other required information

At the time of catch delivery

(5) Operator sign the completed logsheets

At the time of catch delivery

CATCH-BY-SET INFORMATION
A set
Includes a test set, unsuccessful harvest, or when gear is not working and is pulled in, even if
no fish are harvested.
A set begins at the time the first cork enters the water and ends when the last cork exits the
water.
A new set is created each time the net is retrieved and re-deployed.
Record the following information for each set.
Set number

Sequentially by year

Fishing start time

The time the first cork enters the water

Start location

Latitude and longitude when the first cork
enters the water

Fishing end time

The time the last cork exits the water

End location

Latitude and longitude when the last cork
exits the water

Species caught

Species code(s) for all species retained

# caught

Number of fish caught for each species listed

Est. Weight (lbs)

Estimated weight per species listed

Discards

Species code, count and estimated weight for
any species discarded at sea

INSPECTION AND RETENTION OF RECORDS
Inspection of records

The operator must make available for inspection the DFL
upon the request of an authorized officer.

Retention of records

Onboard

Retain the DFL onboard the
vessel as a legible paper
copy or a readable electronic
file until the end of the fishing
season during which the
records were made and for
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as long thereafter as fish or
fish products recorded in the
DFL are retained
For 3 years

Retain the DFL for 3 years
after the end of the fishing
season during which the
records were made

Every incidental death or injury of a marine mammal that results from commercial fishing
operations must be reported to the Marine Mammal Authorization Program. If you do not report
within 48 hours, you may be subject to suspension, revocation, or denial of a marine mammal
authorization certificate.

PUBLIC BURDEN 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 06480818. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this
information collection is estimated to be approximately 15 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
mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing effort under 50 CFR part 679 and under section
402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16
U.S.C. 1801, et seq.). Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to NOAA National Marine Fisheries
Service, Alaska Region, Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, P.O. Box
21688. Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C
1801 et seq.
Purpose: NMFS is collecting this information to manage the Cook Inlet EEZ salmon fishery. The
Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that conservation and management measures must prevent overfishing
while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery. Vessel logbooks are
essential tools in the management of fishery resources. Section 303(a)(5) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
specifically identifies the kinds of data to be collected for fishery management plans.
Routine Uses: NMFS will use this information for effective fishery management. Disclosure of this
information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS
offices, in order to coordinate monitoring and management of sustainability of fisheries and protected
resources, as well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine Fisheries Commissions and
International Organizations. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine
uses as identified in the COMMERCE/NOAA-6, Fishermen's Statistical Data. Responses to this
information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. It is also
confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect
confidentiality of fishery statistics.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is mandatory. If the information is not provided, enforcement
action may result.

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