Catcher Vessel Daily Fishing Log (DFL) Groundfish Trawl

Revised: 5/11/2018

COPY DISTRIBUTION: WHITE Vessel Copy: Keep in Logbook • GOLDENROD Observer copy • BLUE Discard copy - YELLOW NMFS Copy: Remit

IDENTIFICATION

MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
(Check if applicable and enter number)

CDQ

AIP

ADF&G Vessel No.
Federal Fisheries Permit No.

START

END

INACTIVE

REASON

OBSERVER INFORMATION
OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

GEAR TYPE (circle one)
Non-pelagic trawl

No.

CREW SIZE
Pelagic trawl

BEGIN POSITION OF HAUL
LATITUDE

LONGITUDE

AVE. SEA
DEPTH
(Circle
M or FM)

FEDERAL
REPORTING
AREA

AVE. GEAR
DEPTH
(Circle
M or FM)

NO. OF
OBSERVERS
ONBOARD

TRAWL GEAR ONLY (Circle one)

COBLZ
DATE AND TIME
OF GEAR
RETRIEVAL

OBSERVER NAME AND CRUISE #

RKCSA
END POSITION OF HAUL

LONGITUDE

LATITUDE

TARGET
SPECIES
CODE

TOTAL
HAIL WEIGHT
(lbs. or mt.)

CATCH BY HAUL

TIME OF GEAR
DEPLOYMENT

PAGE

OPERATOR NAME AND SIGNATURE

Exempted

Research

HAUL
NO.

Date (M - D - Y)

VESSEL NAME

CATCHER VESSEL DFL
GROUNDFISH
TRAWL GEAR

OMB Control No. 0648-0213
Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

DISCARD/DISPOSITION

For groundfish and Pacific herring, circle lbs. or

nearest 0.001 mt. For Pacific halibut, Pacific salmon, king crab, and Tanner crab, record in numbers.

DATE
SPECIES CODE
PRODUCT CODE
BALANCE FORWARD
DAILY TOTAL
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
SINCE LAST DELIVERY

INSTRUCTION FOR CHECK BOX: IF YOU HAVE MOVED THIS VESSEL PRIOR TO THIS HAUL
PRIMARILY TO AVOID ENCOUNTERING CHINOOK SALMON BYCATCH, PLACE A CHECK IN THIS BOX.

DELIVERY

COMMENTS
DELIVERY
DATE

ADF&G FISH
TICKET NO.

RECIPIENT’S NAME

ADF&G PROCESSOR CODE

CHECK IF
MOVED
PRIMARILY
TO AVOID
CHINOOK
SALMON
BYCATCH

Catcher Vessel DFL
Trawl Gear
The pages of this logbook are self copying. Please insert this page between each set
of logsheets (white, goldenrod, blue and yellow pages) to prevent print-through.
Distribution of Logsheets:
• White – Vessel copy; stays in logbook
• Goldenrod – Observer copy
• Blue - Discard Report; give to processor when delivering catch
• Yellow – NMFS copy; submit each quarter
Quarter
January 1 – March 31
April 1 – June 30
July 1 – September 30
October 1 – December 31

Submit By
May 1
August 1
November 1
February of following year

Mail Yellow Logsheets to:
NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
Alaska Region Logbook Program
P.O. Box 21767
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1767

REPORTING BURDEN:
Public reporting burden for this logbook is estimated to average 18 minutes per response. This time includes reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for
reducing this burden, to:
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region
Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99801
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that conservation
and management measures must prevent over fishing 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 (FMPs).
The Department 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. Submission is
mandatory for those persons falling under the requirements of 50 CFR 679.5. If the information is not provided, enforcement action may result.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Before completing this form please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number; 2) This
information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing effort under 50 CFR part 679 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq); 3) 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.

Instructions for
GROUNDFISH DAILY FISHING LOGBOOK (DFL)
CATCHER VESSEL TRAWL GEAR
RESPONSIBILITY
Unless using a NMFS-approved catcher vessel trawl
gear electronic logbook (ELB), the owner or operator
of a catcher vessel 60 feet or greater length overall,
required to have a Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP),
and using trawl gear to harvest groundfish is
responsible for compliance with the applicable
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including
maintaining a trawl gear DFL. The signature of the
owner or operator on the DFL is verification of
acceptance of that responsibility.

The owner of a catcher vessel is responsible for
compliance with the applicable recordkeeping and
reporting requirements in § 679.5 and in § 679.28 and
must ensure that the operator or representative
complies with the applicable requirements.
REPORTING TIME LIMITS
The operator of a catcher vessel using trawl gear
must record in the DFL the information shown in the
following table for each haul within the specified
time limit:

REPORTING TIME LIMITS, CATCHER VESSEL TRAWL GEAR
Required information

Time limit for reporting

Haul number, time and date gear set,
time and date gear hauled, begin and
end positions of gear, CDQ group
number (if applicable), and total
estimated hail weight for each haul.

Within 2 hours after completion of gear retrieval,
except that catcher vessels harvesting pollock CDQ
in the Bering Sea and delivering unsorted codends to
a mothership must record CDQ group number within
2 hours after completion of weighing all catch in the
haul on the mothership.
By 2400 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.) each day to
record the previous day’s discard and disposition
information.
Within 2 hours after the vessel’s catch is off-loaded,
notwithstanding other time limits.
Within 2 hours after completion of catch delivery.

Discard and disposition information

All other required information
Operator sign the completed
logsheets

GROUNDFISH LOGBOOKS.
The Regional Administrator will prescribe and
provide all groundfish logbooks. Additional
logbooks may be requested by calling the
Sustainable Fisheries Division at 907-586-7228 or
faxing 907-586-7465. All groundfish logsheets
and instructions may be read on the Alaska
Region website at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
Current edition.
The operator must use the current edition of the
DFL. Upon written notification and approval by
the Regional Administrator, DFLs from the
previous year may be used.

Catcher Vessel Trawl DFL
Updated May 12, 2015

Use of Two or More Vessel Logbooks
of Same Gear Type.
If using more than one logbook of the same gear
type in a fishing year onboard a vessel, the
operator must ensure that the page numbers
follow the consecutive order of the previous
logbook.
Use of Two or More Vessel Logbooks
of Different Gear Types.
If two or more different gear types are used
onboard a vessel in a fishing year, the operator(s)
of this vessel must use the same number of
separate vessel logbooks for the different gear
types, each separately paginated. The page
numbers in each logbook must start with page
one.
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Two Vessel Logbooks for Pair Trawl.
If two vessels are dragging a trawl between them
(pair trawl), the operator of each vessel must
maintain a separate logbook to record the amount
of the catch retained and fish discarded by that
vessel. Each of the two logbooks must be
separately paginated.
Alteration of logbook information.
No person may alter or change any entry or record
in a logbook. An inaccurate or incorrect entry or
record 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.
Logsheet distribution and submittal.
The operator must distribute and submit logsheets
as indicated below:
White: The operator must retain white
logsheets permanently bound in logbook. No
person except an authorized officer may remove
any original white logsheet of any logbook.
Goldenrod: The operator must submit
goldenrod logsheets to observer after signature of
operator and prior to departure of observer from
the vessel.
Yellow: The operator must submit yellow
logsheets quarterly to:
NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement
Alaska Region Logbook Program
P.O. Box 21767
Juneau, AK 99802-1767
(Telephone: 907-586-7225)
Blue: The operator must submit blue
logsheets to the mothership, shoreside processor,
SFP, or buying station that receives the harvest
within 2 hours after completion of catch delivery.

the DFL and indicate whether the catcher vessel
was active or inactive during the time period.
If a catcher vessel
using trawl gear is
Active
when all or part of
the trawl net is in
the water.
Inactive.
An inactive period
is a time period
other than active.

Then
Complete one
logsheet per day

Use one logsheet.
1. Check
“inactive”.
2. Record the
first and last day
when inactive.
3. Indicate why
catcher vessel is
inactive

The operator must record the following
information on each DFL logsheet regardless of
whether the catcher vessel was active or inactive.
Page number.
The operator must record the first day of the
fishing year, January 1, on page one of the DFL
regardless of whether the catcher vessel was
active or inactive. Number the pages in each
logbook consecutively and continue throughout
the logbook for the remainder of the fishing year.
Vessel information.
The operator must record the name of catcher
vessel as displayed in official documentation, FFP
number, and Alaska Department of Fish and
Game (ADF&G) vessel registration number.
Printed name and signature of operator.
The operator’s name must be printed in the DFL,
and the operator must sign each completed
logsheet.
The signature of the owner or operator on the
DFL verifies acceptance of the responsibility to
provide complete and accurate information.

RECORDING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE
TIME PERIODS IN THE DCPL
REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF INACTIVE
A catcher vessel using trawl gear is active when
all or part of the trawl net is in the water.
The operator must account for each day of the
fishing year, January 1 through December 31, in
Catcher Vessel Trawl DFL
Updated May 12, 2015

If inactive, the operator must record the following
information for one day per logsheet in the DFL
and mark the checkbox for “inactive.”
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Inactive start date.
Record the date (mm/dd) of the first day when
inactive under “Start date.”
Why inactive.
Write brief explanation why inactive, e.g., bad
weather or equipment failure. If inactive due to
surrender of an FFP, write “surrender of permit”
as the reason for inactivity.
Inactive end date.
Record the date (mm/dd) of the last day when
inactive under “End date.”
Inactive two or more quarters.
If the inactive time period extends across two or
more successive quarters, the operator must
complete a logsheet for each inactive quarter. The
first logsheet must indicate the first and last day of
the first inactive quarter. Successive logsheets
must indicate the first and last day of its
respective inactive quarter.

REQUIRED INFORMATION, IF ACTIVE
If the catcher vessel is active, the operator must
record one day per logsheet in the DFL and must
start a separate logsheet as shown in the following
table.

Use a
separate
logsheet

For each day of an active period
For each reporting area in which harvest
occurred
If fishing in crab protection zones, use two
separate logsheets, the first to record the
information from the reporting area that
includes the COBLZ or RKCSA and the
second to record the information from the
reporting area that does not include the
COBLZ or RKCSA.
For each separate management program
type
If fishing under more than one
management program, use a separate
logsheet for each.

If the catcher vessel is active, the operator must
record the following information:
Date.
Enter date of each day (mm/dd/yyyy). This date is
also the date of gear deployment.
Federal reporting area.
Record the Federal reporting area code where gear
retrieval was completed, regardless of where the
majority of the set took place. Use a separate
logsheet for each reporting area.
C. Opilio Crab Bycatch Limitation Zone
(COBLZ) or Red King Crab Savings Area
(RKCSA).
If gear retrieval occurred in the COBLZ (see
Figure 13 to part 679) or RKCSA (see Figure 11
to part 679) area within a reporting area, use two
separate logsheets, the first to record the
information from the reporting area that includes
COBLZ or RKCSA, and the second to record the
information from the reporting area that does not
include COBLZ or RKCSA.
Crew Size.
Enter the number of crew members (including
operator) and excluding certified observer(s) on
the last day of a trip.
Gear type.
Indicate whether pelagic trawl or non-pelagic
trawl gear was used to harvest the fish. Use a
separate logsheet for each gear type.

Catcher Vessel Trawl DFL
Updated May 12, 2015

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Management program.
Indicate whether harvest occurred under one of the management programs listed in the following table. If
YES, use a separate logsheet for each management program. If harvest is not under one of the listed
management programs, leave blank.
If harvest made under . . . program
Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ)
Exempted Fishery
Research Fishery
Aleutian Islands Pollock (AIP)

Record the . . .
CDQ group number

For more information, see . . .
subpart C of part 679

Exempted fishery permit number
Research fishery permit number
n/a

§ 679.6
§ 600.745(a)
subpart F of part 679

Observer information. Record the number of observers aboard, the name of the observer(s), and the
observer cruise number(s).

CATCH-BY-HAUL INFORMATION.
The operator must record the following
information for each haul. If no catch occurred
for a given day, write “no catch.”
Haul number.
Number hauls sequentially by year.
Gear deployment (or to set gear).
Record the following information for trawl gear
deployment:
The time (in military format, A.l.t.) when the
trawl net enters the water, and
The position (latitude and longitude to the
nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude)
where the trawl net enters the water.
Gear retrieval (or to haul gear).
Record the following information for trawl gear
retrieval:
The date (mm/dd) and time (in military format,
A.l.t.) when retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.
The position (in latitude and longitude to the
nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude)
where retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.
Average sea depth.
Enter average sea depth for the haul, recorded to
the nearest meter or fathom. Circle meters (M) or
fathoms (FM). Use the same units to report sea
depth throughout the year.
Average gear depth.
Catcher Vessel Trawl DFL
Updated May 12, 2015

Enter average gear depth for the haul, recorded to
the nearest meter or fathom. Circle meters (M) or
fathoms (FM). Use the same units to report gear
depth throughout the year.
Species codes.
The operator must record and report the required
information for all groundfish (see Table 2a to
part 679), prohibited species (see Table 2b to part
679), and forage fish (see Table 2c to part 679).
The operator may also record and report the
required information for non–groundfish (see
Table 2d to part 679).
Target species code.
Enter the species code of the species to be
harvested. Enter only one target species code.
Total estimated hail weight.
If not using NMFS-approved scales, the operator
must record the hail weight of each haul. Total
hail weight is an estimate of the total weight of the
entire catch without regard to species. Indicate
whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound
or to the nearest 0.001 mt.

DISCARD/DISPOSITION INFORMATION.
The operator must record the discard or
disposition that occurred prior to and during
delivery to a buying station, mothership, shoreside
processor, or SFP.
No discards or disposition.
If no discards or disposition occurred on a given
day, write “NO DISCARDS”, “0”, or “ZERO” on
the "daily total" line.
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Species and product codes.
Record the species code and product code for all
discards and disposition of groundfish and PSC
species (Pacific herring, Pacific salmon, steelhead
trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner
crabs).
Discard and disposition weight.
Record the daily estimated total round weight of
groundfish or Pacific herring PSC discards and
disposition, balance forward weight from the
previous day, and cumulative total weight since
last delivery, calculated by adding the daily totals
and balance carried forward from the day before;
indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest
pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
Discard and disposition PSC numbers.
Record the daily number of PSC discards and
disposition, balance forward from the previous
day, and cumulative total number since last
delivery of PSC species (Pacific salmon, steelhead
trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner
crabs).
Discards bled from an unsorted codend.
If fish are discarded (bled) from an unsorted
codend, estimate and record the amount of each
species discarded (use Code 98).
Discard and disposition cumulative total.
Summarize cumulative discard and disposition
totals of groundfish and PSC species separately by
reporting area, if harvest occurred in the COBLZ
or RKCSA, management program, and gear type.
Discard zero balance forward.
After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish
product onboard and prior to the beginning of
each fishing trip, the operator must record the
balance forward from the previous day as “zero”
and start a new logsheet. At the beginning of each
fishing trip, nothing shall be carried forward from
the previous fishing trip.

NOTE
If catch is delivered to more than one
processor, use a separate page to
record catch delivery information for
each processor.

Delivery Date.
Date (mm/dd) that delivery was completed.
ADF&G fish ticket number.
ADF&G fish ticket number issued to operator by
the recipient receiving the delivery.
Recipient's Name.
Enter name of recipient.
ADF&G Processor Code.
ADF&G processor code of recipient.

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.
The operator must retain the DFL:
Onboard. Retain the DFL onboard the vessel
until the end of the fishing year during which the
records were made and for 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 year during which the
records were made.

CATCH DELIVERY INFORMATION
The operator must enter the following delivery
information for groundfish delivered to a buying
station, mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP:

Catcher Vessel Trawl DFL
Updated May 12, 2015

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