VMS check-in report

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

Please fax page 1 of 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 Official #:_
Alaska Federal Fisheries Permit #:
or
Alaska 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.

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Purpose: In order to manage U.S. fisheries, the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service requires tracking of vessel
location using VMS. The collection of this information is required to monitor compliance with complicated time and
area closures designed to protect Steller sea lions or essential fish habitat, to monitor compliance with area-specific
catch allocations, and to monitor compliance with requirements to redeploy or remove fishing gear from commercial
fishing grounds.
Routine Uses: The Department will use this information to facilitate enforcement of area closures in certain
fisheries and to check the accuracy of vessel position information reported by the vessel operator in the daily
logbooks. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5U.S.C. Section 552a), to be
shared with authorized Federal and State of Alaska law enforcement agencies or individuals in those agencies to
coordinate fishery conservation, management, and monitoring responsibilities. Disclosure of this information is also
subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice for
COMMERCE/NOAA-6, Fishermen’s Statistical Data (http://www.osec.doc.gov/opog/PrivacyAct/SORNs/noaa6.html).
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is mandatory and is required to manage the VMS data collection program
under 50 CFR part 679 (groundfish) and 50 CFR part 680 (crab). Failure to supply the information may result in action by
NMFS Office of Law Enforcement.