Common use of Participating Vessel Catch Reports Clause in Contracts

Participating Vessel Catch Reports. All participating vessels are required to report to NMFS as required by the FMP in addition to reporting to their sector manager. To enable each Member and the Sector to monitor the Members’ compliance with this Agreement, each Member agrees to report each of its Participating Vessels’ entire catch from sector trips (including discards) by pounds, by species, by broad groundfish statistical area so the Sector Manager can easily determine which stock of a species was caught on a daily basis, by providing the Manager with an electronic copy of estimates of daily catch and discards via VMS. Sector vessels which do not fish on sector trips agree that the Sector Manager will use VTR and dealer data as submitted to NMFS to do compile the required annual report. Additionally, Members will provide a copy of their official Vessel Trip Reports and other reporting documents authorized by NMFS within 24 hours of offloading fish in the form and manner prescribed by the Manager. The Members agree that the Manager shall maintain these records. The Manager shall, upon the request of any Member, provide such Member with the Sector’s aggregate catch information that is generated from such records. Vessel operators may be subject to investigation and/ or penalty by the sector if they do not meet the sector-determined deadlines for submitting their VTRs, dealer and dockside monitoring reports. Each member acknowledges and agrees that (a) it is responsible for complying with all permitting requirements, recordkeeping, catch reporting, and VMS requirements described in 50 CFR part 648.