NOAA 88-197 US Pacific HMS Drift Gillnet Logbook

U.S. PACIFIC
HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
DRIFT GILLNET LOGBOOK

U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service
(First Edition, July 2019)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE LOGBOOK FORM
(Please print clearly)
INSERT THE FOLDED FLAP OF THE BACK COVER UNDER THE YELLOW COPY OF THE SHEET BEING WRITTEN ON. This will
prevent the entries from being transferred to the underlying sheets. Keep the yellow copy for your records. Start a new logbook page for every
trip. A trip begins when the vessel leaves port to go fishing and ends when the vessel returns to port to sell its catch. Complete one line of the
fishing effort section for each day of fishing. Sign and date each sheet that is submitted.
TOP OF THE PAGE
Enter the Vessel Name, Captain's Name, Coast Guard Document Number or State Marine Board Number (e.g. CF1234AB), Departure and
Arrival Ports, Departure and Arrival Dates, and other gears used during the trip (if applicable). A trip begins when the vessel leaves port to
begin fishing. A trip ends when the vessel arrives in port and sells its catch.
Landing Information: Enter the port landed, unloading date, pounds of fish unloaded, species unloaded, and record all landing receipt
numbers from all sales.
DAILY FISHING SECTIONS
Start a new line for each set

1. HAUL DATE: Enter the date for each haul.
2. HAUL LOCATION (LAT/LONG): Enter the haul location (to the nearest minute).
3. NET LENGTH: Enter the overall net length in fathoms.
4. BUOY LINE DEPTH: Enter the depth of the nets buoy line in fathoms.
5. HOURS SOAKED: Enter the number of hours the net was in the water for the set.
6. NUMBER OF FISH: List number of Swordfish and Thresher Shark kept and released in their respective columns.
7. NUMBER OF OTHER FISH: List number of other species kept and released in their respective columns.
8. OBSERVER ONBOARD: Indicated by circling ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ if there was an observer aboard the vessel during the trip.
8. COMMENTS: Record any observations related to fishing activities such as types of fish seen, discards, movement of fish, water color,
bird flocks, temperature "edges" or "fronts", etc.
8. SIGNATURE: Sign and date each page.

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SUBMITTING LOGBOOKS

HMS permit holders are required to submit the original, completed logbook within 30 days after each trip to the following
address:
HMS Logbook Program
8901 La Jolla Shores Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92037

ALL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM YOU WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL

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LARGE MESH DRIFT GILLNET LOGBOOK EXAMPLE
Vessel Name: Grey Wind

Captain: Rob Stark

Coast Guard ID or State Marine Board No.: 789456

Other Gear Used During Trip: None

Departure Port:
Arrival Port:

San Diego

Departure Date: (MM/DD/YYYY) 09/05/2018

San Diego

Landing Information:

Arrival Date: (MM/DD/YYYY) 09/07/2018

Port Landed:

Unload Date: (MM/DD/YYYY)

Pounds Landed:

Species:

Landing Receipt Number:

San Diego

09/08/2018

8018

Swordfish

P765432

San Diego

09/08/2018

412

Thresher Shark

P765846

FISHING EFFORT:
HAUL DATE

HAUL
LATITUDE
MIN

DEG

MIN

NET
LENGTH
(FMS)

BUOY
LINE
DEPTH
(FMS)

HOURS
SOAKED

DEG

HAUL
LONGITUDE

09/05/2018

33

12

117

17

200

15

18

09/06/2018

33

23

117

22

200

09/07/2018

33

25

117

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Observer onboard

200

16

15

8

NUMBER OF

KEPT

RELEASE

KEPT

0

0

8

0

0

6

0

2

COMMON THRESHER

P
M
10

A
X

E
23

15

E
L

NUMBER OF
SWORDFISH

RELEASE

NUMBER OF OTHER FISH
SPECIES

KEPT

RELEASED

Blue Shark

0

2

0

1

0

COMMENTS:

YES / NO

I certify that the above information is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge
SIGNATURE:

NOAA 88-197 (03/17)

Rob Stark

DATE:

9/08/2018

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LARGE MESH DRIFT GILLNET LOGBOOK

Vessel Name:

Captain:

Coast Guard ID or State Registration Number:

Other Gear Used During Trip:

Departure Port:

Departure Date: (MM/DD/YYYY)

Arrival Port:

Arrival Date: (MM/DD/YYYY)

Landing Information:
Port Landed:

Unload Date: (MM/DD/YYYY)

FISHING EFFORT:
HAUL DATE

(MM/DD/YYYY)

HAUL
LATITUDE
DEG

Observer onboard

MIN

HAUL
LONGITUDE
DEG

MIN

NET
LENGTH
(FMS)

BUOY
LINE
DEPTH
(FMS)

Pounds Landed:

HOURS
SOAKED

Species:

NUMBER OF
SWORDFISH

NUMBER OF

KEPT

KEPT

YES / NO

Landing Receipt Number:

COMMON THRESHER

RELEASE

RELEASE

NUMBER OF OTHER FISH
SPECIES

KEPT

RELEASED

COMMENTS:

I certify that the above information is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge
SIGNATURE:

NOAA 88-197 (03/17)

DATE:

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