50 Cfr 660.708

50 CFR 660.708 (up to date as of 10/21/2024)
Reporting and recordkeeping.

50 CFR 660.708 (Oct. 21, 2024)

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Title 50 —Wildlife and Fisheries
Chapter VI —Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce
Part 660 —Fisheries off West Coast States
Subpart K —Highly Migratory Fisheries
Source: 69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.
Source: 61 FR 34572, July 2, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 660 appear at 67 FR 65906, Oct. 29, 2002, 88 FR 81358, Nov. 22,
2023.

§ 660.708 Reporting and recordkeeping.
(a) Logbooks. The operator of any commercial fishing vessel and any recreational charter vessel fishing for
HMS in the management area must maintain on board the vessel an accurate and complete record of
catch, effort, and other data on report forms provided by the Regional Administrator or a state agency. All
information specified on the forms must be recorded on the forms within 24 hours after the completion of
each fishing day. The original logbook form for each day of the fishing trip must be submitted to either the
Regional Administrator or the appropriate state management agency within 30 days of each landing or
transhipment of HMS. Each form must be signed and dated by the fishing vessel operator.
(1) Logbooks that meet the logbook reporting requirement may be found at http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/
logbooks.htm and include:
(i)

The logbook required under 50 CFR 300.21 implementing the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950;

(ii) The logbook required under § 660.14 implementing the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region;
(iii) Any logbook required by the fishery management agency of the States of California, Oregon, or
Washington.
(2) Any holder of a permit who does not submit logbooks under any of the above authorities must
submit a written request to the SFD for the appropriate logbook. The applicant must provide his or
her name and address, the name of the vessel, and the type of fishing gear used.
(3) The Regional Administrator may, after consultation with the Council, act to modify the information to
be provided on the fishing record forms.
(b) Any person who is required to do so by the applicable state law must make and/or file, retain, or make
available any and all reports of HMS containing all data, and in the exact manner, required by the
applicable state law.
[69 FR 18453, Apr. 7, 2004, as amended at 80 FR 62501, Oct. 16, 2015]

50 CFR 660.708(b) (enhanced display)

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