March 1, 2018 — DOVER, Del. — The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a public webinar from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, to help for-hire vessel operators prepare for upcoming electronic reporting requirements.
This webinar will be recorded and made available on the council’s website, www.mafmc.org, for later viewing for those who cannot attend. Beginning Monday, March 12, all vessels with federal charter or party permits for species managed by the mid-Atlantic council will be required to submit electronic vessel trip reports while on trips carrying passengers for hire. These reports must be submitted through a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-approved software application within 48 hours following the completion of a fishing trip.
This action only changes the required method of transmitting the reports and the submission date; the required data elements and all other existing reporting requirements will not change.
This regulation impacts any for-hire vessel holding federal charter or party permits for council-managed species, regardless of home port or fishing location. For more information about for-hire electronic reporting requirements, visit the For-Hire eVTR page at the website www.mafmc.org/for-hire-evtr/ or review the For-Hire eVTR Q&A summary at that website through the “For-Hire eVTR Q&A” link.
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