[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: 50CFR300.17]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
        CHAPTER III--INTERNATIONAL FISHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
 
PART 300_INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_High Seas Fisheries
 
Sec. 300.17  Reporting.

    (a) General. The operator of any vessel permitted under this subpart 
must report high seas catch and effort information to NMFS in a manner 
set by this section. Reports must include: identification information 
for vessel and operator; operator signature; crew size; whether an 
observer is aboard; target species; gear used; dates, times, locations, 
and conditions under which fishing was conducted; species and amounts of 
fish retained and discarded; and details of any interactions with sea 
turtles or birds.
    (b) Reporting options. (1) For the following fisheries, a permit 
holder must maintain and submit the listed reporting forms to the 
appropriate address and in accordance with the time limits required by 
the relevant regulations:
    (i) Antarctic--CCAMLR Logbook (50 CFR 300.107);
    (ii) Atlantic--Fishing Vessel Log Reports (50 CFR 648.7(b));
    (iii) Atlantic Pelagic Longline--Longline Logbook (50 CFR 630.5);
    (iv) Atlantic Purse Seine--Vessel Logbook (50 CFR 635.5);
    (v) Pacific Pelagic Longline--Longline Logbook (50 CFR 660.14(a));
    (vi) Eastern Pacific Purse Seine--IATTC Logbook (50 CFR 300.22); or
    (vii) Western Pacific Purse Seine--South Pacific Tuna Treaty Logbook 
(50 CFR 300.34).

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    (2) For the albacore troll fisheries in the North and South Pacific, 
a permit holder must report high seas catch and effort by maintaining 
and submitting the log provided by the Regional Administrator, Southwest 
Region, NMFS.
    (3) For other fisheries, a permit holder must report high seas catch 
and effort by maintaining and submitting records, specific to the 
fishing gear being used, on forms provided by the Regional Administrator 
of the NMFS Region which issued the permit holder's HSFCA permit.
    (c) Confidentiality of statistics. Information submitted pursuant to 
this subpart will be treated in accordance with the provisions of 50 CFR 
part 600 of this title.

[64 FR 15, Jan. 4, 1999, as amended at 67 FR 64312, Oct. 18, 2002]