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Vessel Name:
USCG #:
State Reg #:
Vessel Characteristics
Mast
1. Does the vessel have a mast or boom? (See Figure 4)
Mast
Both
Boom
Neither
2. Is the vessel’s propeller single or double screw?
Single
Double
3. What direction does the propeller turn?
Clockwise
Counter-Clockwise
As viewed from aft of stern
Figure 4:
Vessel Set-up
Opposite (If 2 props)
4. Where is the longline deployed (set from)?
Port side of Stern
Starboard side of Vessel
cm
5. Measure the height of the setting point to the water (cm)
6. Is the product delivered whole or head and gutted?
Whole
Head and Gutted
Both
7. Does the vessel discharge offal? Offal is defined as any type of processing waste, including fish guts and bait.
Bait only
Fish parts only
Bait and fish parts
No
If no, skip questions 8 and 9
8. Is the offal discharged on the opposite or same side of the hauling area? If both, what percentage
(best guess) on each side?
Same
Opposite
Both
Same _____% Opposite _____%
9. Is offal discharged only during hauling, only during setting, or both?
Hauling
Setting
Both
Gear Characteristics (Longline Gear ONLY)
1. Does the vessel hand bait the gear or use an auto-baiter? Hand Bait
Autobaiter
2. Who is the manufacturer of the longline gear?
3. What type of longline gear does the vessel use?
4 strand silverline
3 strand nylon
3 strand poly
Other
4. What is the diameter of the longline gear (mm)?
mm
5. Is the vessel using circle or J hooks? (circle one)
Circle
J
J - Hook
Circle Hook
Circle hook - A non-offset hook with the point turned perpendicularly back to the shank.
J Hook - Barbed point is almost parallel to the shank of the hook.
6. What size are the hooks?
7. What color are the gangions?
Graphic provided by Joan Forsberg, IPHC, Seattle, WA
OMB Control No. 0648-0593 expires 9-30-2012
Port side of Vessel
Starboard side of Stern
FG Fleet Characterization form v.2 Jan 2010
Midline of Stern
Gear Characteristics Continued (Longline Gear ONLY)
Please note: If vessel does not want you to touch their gear, leave this section blank.
8. Select 5 gangions from all the gear on the vessel. Measure the length of each gangion in mm,
from where it’s attached to the groundline to where it attaches to the hook. Then, measure the
distance between where the gangion attaches on the groundline to where the next gangion
attaches on the groundline.
Gangion Length:
Distance between gangions
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
SECTIONS BELOW DESCRIBE SEABIRD DETERRENT DEVICES. ONLY COMPLETE THE SECTION
THAT DESCRIBES THE TYPE OF DETERRENT USED ON THE VESSEL.
Streamer Line Characteristics
1. How many streamer lines were used?
One
Two
2. Where were the streamer lines deployed relative to sinking hooks?
Windward
Leeward
Over the hooks
3. Was there a towed object on the end of the streamer line?
Yes
No
If YES, what was the object?
4. Do the streamers extend to the water surface in the absence of wind?
Yes
No
5. How many streamers are on each line?
6. What color and material are the streamers?
OMB Control No. 0648-0593 expires 9-30-2012
8. What is the distance from the stern
to the first streamer, in meters?
Fig. 5: Aerial
Extent (C) and
Buoy/ Streamer
Line Height (A+B)
9. What are the lengths of A, B, & C (Fig. 5)
in meters?
A
B
C
Buoy Line Characteristics
1. Where were the buoy lines deployed relative to sinking hooks?
Windward
Leeward
Over the hooks
2. What size and kind of buoy was used?
3. What are the lengths of A, B, & C (Fig. 5)
A
in meters?
Weight Characteristics
B
1. How much weight is added and where is it placed?
Night Setting (Exclusively)
1. Does the vessel set gear exclusively at night?
Yes
No
C
FG Fleet Characterization form v.2 Jan 2010
7. What is the distance between streamers,
in meters?
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Author | Phillip.Bizzell |
File Modified | 2015-07-23 |
File Created | 2015-07-23 |