VMS check-in

OMB Control No. 0648-0445 Expiration Date: 11/30/2017

Please fax this completed form to:
NOAA Fisheries Service
Office For Law Enforcement
VMS Fax number: 907-586-7703

VMS Fax
Note: Please register your VMS unit
with an approved service provider prior to using this fax.

Date:__________________
Vessel Name:___________________________________
U.S. Coast Guard DOC#:______________________________
Federal Fisheries Permit #:_________________________
or
Federal Crab Vessel permit #:_______________________
Contact Person: _________________________________
Contact Telephone: ____________________________
VMS Transmitter Name and ID or serial #:________________________________

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 12 minutes per response, including
the time for 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 the burden, to Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form please note the following: 1) NMFS cannot conduct or sponsor this information
request, and you are not required to respond to this information request, unless the form displays a currently valid
OMB control number; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage the VMS data collection program
for groundfish under 50 CFR part 679 and CR crab fisheries under 50 CFR part 680, and under section 402(a) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and 16 U.S.C. 1862(j) ; 3) Federal law and regulations require and
authorize NMFS to manage commercial fishing effort; 4) Responses to this information request are not confidential.