[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR229.6]

[Page 603]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 229_AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL FISHERIES UNDER THE MARINE 
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 229.6  Reporting requirements.

    (a) Vessel owners or operators engaged in any commercial fishery 
must report all incidental mortality and injury of marine mammals in the 
course of commercial fishing operations to the Assistant Administrator, 
or appropriate Regional Office, by mail or other means, such as fax or 
overnight mail specified by the Assistant Administrator. Reports must be 
sent within 48 hours after the end of each fishing trip during which the 
incidental mortality or injury occurred, or, for nonvessel fisheries, 
within 48 hours of an occurrence of an incidental mortality or injury. 
Reports must be submitted on a standard postage-paid form as provided by 
the Assistant Administrator. The vessel owner or operator must provide 
the following information on this form:
    (1) The vessel name, and Federal, state, or tribal registration 
numbers of the registered vessel;
    (2) The name and address of the vessel owner or operator;
    (3) The name and description of the fishery, including gear type and 
target species; and
    (4) The species and number of each marine mammal incidentally killed 
or injured, and the date, time, and approximate geographic location of 
such occurrence. A description of the animal(s) killed or injured must 
be provided if the species is unknown.
    (b) Participants in nonvessel fisheries must provide all of the 
information in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(4) of this section except, 
instead of providing the vessel name and vessel registration number, 
participants in nonvessel fisheries must provide the gear permit number.

[60 FR 45100, Aug. 30, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 9087, Feb. 24, 1999]