SPC / FFA REGIONAL PURSE-SEINE LOGSHEET INSTRUCTIONS

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SPC / FFA REGIONAL PURSE-SEINE LOGSHEET

NAME OF VESSEL

FISHING PERMIT OR LICENCE NUMBER(S)

NAME OF FISHING COMPANY

FFA VESSEL REGISTER NUMBER

COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION

UNIQUE VESSEL IDENTIFICATION (UVI)

YEAR

NAME OF AGENT IN PORT OF UNLOADING

TRIP No. THIS YEAR

PORT OF DEPARTURE

PLACE OF UNLOADING

DATE AND TIME OF DEPARTURE

DATE AND TIME OF ARRIVAL IN PORT

AMOUNT OF FISH ONBOARD AT START OF TRIP

AMT OF FISH ONBOARD AFTER UNLOADING

• ALL DATES AND TIMES MUST BE IN UTC TIME
REGISTRATION NUMBER IN COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION

INTERNATIONAL RADIO CALLSIGN

• RECORD SMALL AND LARGE YELLOWFIN AND BIGEYE SEPARATELY
01:00 UTC OR SET POSITION
MONTH

DAY

ACTIVITY

LATITUDE

N

LONGITUDE

SCHOOL
E

CODE

CODE
DDMM.MMM

ACTIVITY CODES

S

DDDMM.MMM

START

RETAINED CATCH

END

YELLOWFIN

ASSOC OF SET OF SET
TIME

TIME

SKIPJACK

W

SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CODES
1 UNASSOCIATED
• RECORD ALL SETS
2 FEEDING ON BAITFISH
• IF NO FISHING SET MADE IN A DAY, 3 DRIFTING LOG, DEBRIS OR
RECORD THE MAIN ACTIVITY FOR
DEAD ANIMAL
THAT DAY
4 DRIFTING RAFT, FAD OR PAYAO
5 ANCHORED RAFT, FAD OR
1 FISHING SET
PAYAO
2 SEARCHING
6 LIVE WHALE
3 TRANSIT
7 LIVE WHALE SHARK
4 NO FISHING - BREAKDOWN
8 OTHER - PLEASE SPECIFY
5 NO FISHING - BAD WEATHER
6 IN PORT - PLEASE SPECIFY
7 NET CLEANING SET
TUNA DISCARD CODES
10 DEPLOYING OR RETREIVING
1 FISH DAMAGED / UNFIT FOR
RAFTS, FADS OR PAYAOS
CONSUMPTION
2 VESSEL FULLY LOADED
3 GEAR FAILURE
4 OTHER REASON (SPECIFY)

Small
≤ 9 kgs

Large
> 9 kgs

(METRIC TONNES)

BIGEYE

Small
≤ 9 kgs

Large
> 9 kgs

DISCARDS

OTHER SPECIES
NAME

METRIC
TONNES

TUNA SPECIES

WELL
NUMBERS
NAME

METRIC
TONNES

OTHER SPECIES
METRIC
TONNES

CODE

NAME

NUMBER

YELLOWFIN BIGEYE

MIXED

OTHERS REJECTS

PAGE TOTAL
TRIP TOTAL

UNLOADINGS TO CANNERY, COLD STORAGE, CARRIER OR OTHER VESSEL
START DATE

NAME OF CAPTAIN

END DATE

CANNERY

OR

VESSEL AND DESTINATION

INTL RADIO CALL SIGN

SIGNATURE OF CAPTAIN

SKIPJACK

DATE

SPC / FFA REGIONAL PURSE-SEINE LOGSHEET INSTRUCTIONS
Logsheets must be completed for each trip. The start of a trip is defined to occur when a vessel leaves port to transit to a fishing area
or to transit to another port to complete unloading. The end of a trip is defined to occur when a vessel enters port to unload part or all
of the catch.

Block One: Vessel Identification and Trip Information
Country of Registration and Registration Number in Country of Registration: Print the name of the country in which the vessel is
registered (e.g. “Japan”) and the registration number issued by the country in which the vessel is registered (e.g. “ME1-808”).
FFA Vessel Register Number: Print the number issued by the Forum Fisheries Agency for inclusion of the vessel on the FFA Vessel
Register (e.g. “12345”). Unique Vessel Identifier: Print the vessel’s UVI number.
Fishing Permit or License Number(s): If the vessel fished under one or more bilateral access agreements, then print the fishing permit
number issued by each of the coastal states in whose waters the vessel fished during the trip. If the vessel fished under a multilateral
treaty, then print the fishing permit number issued to the vessel under the multilateral treaty. If the vessel is registered in the coastal
state, then print the fishing license number issued by the coastal state.
Name of Agent in Port of Unloading: Print the name of the agency or agencies which represented the vessel in the port or ports in
which the vessel unloaded the catch recorded on the logsheet. Place of Unloading Specify the name of the port where the catch was
unloaded, or the GPS position where unloading occurs at sea.
Year and Trip Number This Year: Print the year in which the vessel departed from port at the start of the trip and the number of trips
the vessel has taken this year, including this trip. (See the definitions of the start and end of a trip above.) Date and Time of Departure,
and Date and Time of Arrival in Port: Specify the start date and time when the catch was unloaded in port, or was transhipped where
permissible. Use UTC time and this format (YYYY-MM-DD: hh:mm)
Amount of Fish Onboard at Start of Trip: If any fish caught during a previous trip have not been unloaded before the departure of the
current trip, then print the amount of fish onboard the vessel at the start of the current trip.
Amount of Fish Onboard After Unloading: If any fish remained onboard after the unloading of the catch from the current trip and
before the departure of the next trip, then print the amount of fish onboard the vessel at the start of the next trip.

Block Two: Catches and Discards
Complete at least one line of Block Two for each set made, either fishing set or net cleaning set, even if the fishing set was
unsuccessful. If no fishing sets were made during the day, then provide the Month, Day, Activity Code and the 01:00 UTC position.
All columns must be completed for each fishing set, including the discards columns. If necessary, use more than one line to record
the retained catch of other species, well numbers, and discards.
Activity Code: Use Activity Code 1 (‘Fishing set’) when a set on a school of fish was made. Use Activity Code 2 (‘Searching’) for
days on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was searching for schools of fish. Use Activity Code 3 (‘Transit’) for
days on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was transiting. Use Activity Code 4 (‘No fishing - breakdown’) for
days on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was being inactive due to breakdown. Use Activity Code 5 (‘No
fishing - bad weather’) for days on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was being inactive due to bad weather. Use
Activity Code 6 (‘In port - please specify’) for days on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was being in port (e.g.
to disembark an injured crew member). Use Activity Code 7 (‘Net cleaning set’) for any sets that were not made on a school of fish. If
no code exists, please describe the activity on the form. Use Activity Code 10 (‘Deploying or retrieving raft, FAD or payao’) for days
on which no fishing sets were made and the main activity was deploying or retrieving rafts, FADs or payaos.
01:00 UTC or Set Position: If a set was made, print the position of the set. If no sets were made during the day, print the vessel’s
position at 01:00 UTC. The position should be recorded to the nearest thousandth of a minute of latitude and longitude (e.g. “08–
22.334 N” and “165–45.556 E”).
School Assoc Code: Schools of tuna are often associated with a floating object or an animal. If the school was not associated with
anything, then use School Association Code 1 (‘Unassociated’). If the school was associated with an object that is not on the list of
School Association Codes, then use School Association Code 8 (‘Other’) and please describe the object.
Set Start Time: Print the vessel’s UTC time at which the skiff was put in the water.
Retained Catch: Skipjack, Yellowfin, Bigeye, and Other: Print the amounts caught in the set, rounded to the nearest metric tonne. If a
species other than skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye was caught and not discarded, print the name of the species in the column under
Other Species, Name, and the amount caught under Other Species, Weight. If a species of special interest (such as a marine turtle,
marine mammal or sea bird) is caught, then record the capture Other Species, Name. When more than one ‘other’ species occurs in a
set, use additional lines on the logsheet.
Well Numbers: Print the number of the wells in which the catch from the set was stored initially and note any transfers amongst wells
with arrows, for example: “S4 → P3, P2, P5” and “S4, S5 → P3”.
Discards: If tuna were discarded or released, then print the name of the species, the amount discarded, and the Discard Code. If any
other species was discarded or released/struck off (alive or dead), print the name of the species, and the total number of fish discarded
or the total weight of fish discarded.
Vessels Sighted: If other fishing vessels are sighted, write the name of the vessel, and other identifiers, such as the vessel type, on one
line of the logsheet.

Block Three: Unloadings
Unloadings to Cannery, Cold Storage, Carrier or Other Vessel: When fish are unloaded at the end of a trip, record the date on which
unloading began, the date on which unloading ended, the name of the cannery or vessel to which the fish were unloaded, the port in
which the fish were unloaded, the international radio call sign of the vessel to which the fish were unloaded, and the amount of each
species unloaded. If transhipping to a vessel, also record the destination of the fish beside the name of vessel. Use one line for each
cannery or vessel to which the fish were unloaded. If unloadings of skipjack and yellowfin were not recorded separately, then record
the total amount unloaded under Mixed.