Catcher/processor electronic logbook (eLog)

Revised: 06/19//2014 OMB Control No. 0648-0515, Expiration Date: 11/30/2015

CATCHER/PROCESSOR & MOTHERSHIP ELECTRONIC LOGBOOK (eLOG) DAILY SCALE TEST INFORMATION

NOAA/NMFS Alaska Region P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802-1668 Telephone: 928-774-4362 or 907-586-7228 FAX: 928-774-4362 or 907-586-7465

The operator of any groundfish catcher/processor or mothership must use a combination of NMFS-approved catcher/processor eLog or mothership eLog and seaLandings or eLandings to record and report groundfish and Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) information. seaLandings is a fishery harvest reporting software program that functions without constant Internet connectivity and is installed on computer workstations. This interface targets at-sea vessels that use a satellite phone for email transmission. seaLandings eLog may be sent via direct transmission. The zipped report file is attached to an email that is sent to the email server, elecrep@noaa.gov. eLandings is the web-based version of the fishery harvest reporting program and requires consistent Internet connectivity on the vessel workstation computer.

In addition, catcher/processors and motherships required to weigh catch on a NMFS-approved scale must use a NMFS-approved eLog to daily record and report the results and timing of daily scale tests to NMFS. This allows NMFS staff to continuously monitor daily scale tests by vessels when they are at sea and to work with vessel crew to ensure that any bias in daily scale tests is discovered and corrected quickly. Allowing NMFS to identify potential scale problems during, rather than after, a fishing year will result in more effective analysis of overall trends in scale testing.

The operator must first manually enter the daily flow scale test information onto the paper Record of Daily Scale Tests form (see http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/dailytest_fl.pdf). Then enter the following information from all scale tests, including failed tests, into the eLog within 24 hours of the testing. The daily test entry screen is shown below.

All users of the seaLandings or eLandings software application must Register their Operation in eLandings (see https://elandings.alaska.gov/) prior to use of the eLog program to identify who is reporting and what type of operation they are running.

Questions or Comments
Scales & Catch Weighing	Daily Scale Test or eLog Daily Scale Test Information	Register Operation in eLandings
Alan Kinsolving alan.kinsolving@noaa.gov	Jennifer Watson jennifer.watson@noaa.gov	Suja Hall Suja.hall@noaa.gov

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3 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 (Attn: Records Officer).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1) NMFS cannot conduct or sponsor this information request, and you are not required to respond this information request, unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number; 2) this information is being used to manage the At-Sea Scales Program; 3) Federal law and regulations require and authorize NMFS to manage commercial fishing effort; 4) Submission of this information is required for scales approved by NMFS to weigh catch at sea; 5) Responses to this information request are not confidential except as required under the Privacy Act.

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eLog Daily Scale Test Information

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