U.S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OMB No. 0648-0649
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSHPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Expires xx/xx/xxxx
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITING DAILY REPORTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATING AND PROJECTING FAD SETS WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNUAL FAD SET LIMIT IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN PURSE SEINE FISHERY
For the purpose of estimating and projecting FAD sets with respect to the annual FAD set limit set by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), the owner and operator of any U.S. purse seine vessel that is on a fishing trip in the WCPFC Convention Area will be required to submit a daily report to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) within 24 hours at the end of each day that the vessel is on a fishing trip in the Convention Area.
NMFS requests that the information be submitted to the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Administrator by the following methods:
Electronic Mail: Submit written information via email to: [email address]
NMFS requests that the following information be submitted:
Vessel name and international radio call sign; and
Whether or not a set was made on a floating object during the previous day.
The Reports must be in the following format:
NAME/VESSELCALLSIGN/FISHING ACTIVITY
Example:
TUNABOAT/WDE1234/Associated set on drifting FAD
For further details on this information request, see the [insert date of publication] Federal Register notice [insert link to FR Notice].
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