Groundfish Tagging Form

TAGGED GROUNDFISH FORM

OMB Control No. 0648-0276
Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX:

Please provide the following information, detach and enclose in envelope with the tag.
SPECIES_______________________
TAGGING AGENCY____________________TAG PREFIX AND NUMBER_____________________
DATE CAUGHT_______________LATITUDE________________LONGITUDE__________________
Month, Day, Year

(GPS)

(GPS)

AREA____________________

FISH SEX ______FEMALE ______MALE

FISH FORK LENGTH ________round

FISH WEIGHT ______round

_________dressed_________
(indicate units)

VESSEL NAME______________________________

_______dressed__________
(indicate units)

GEAR_______________________________

NAME AND PERMANENT ADDRESS
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Information regarding tagging and recovery of this fish will be sent to you with a reward. Thank you.
The groundfish tag recovery program is part of the fishery resource assessment that the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) conducts under the Magnuson-Stevens Act authority as codified in 16 U.S.C. 1854 (e) and 1801 (a)(8). Tagging
information provides essential biological and movement data used in groundfish stock assessment. Public reporting burden for
this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response (20 minutes for electronic tags), including the time for reviewing
instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Please send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to the address on the envelope. Information you provide is treated as confidential per Section 402(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, “Confidentiality of
Statistics”. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject
to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.