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How to search for, modify or edit and reprint a landing report/fish ticket

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Where can I find the user's manual for the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (eLandings)?

Who is required to use eLandings for reporting fishery harvest in Alaska?

How do I register for an account to use the eLandings system?

 NMFS can also assist you with this process during regular business hours by emailing eLandings User Support at eLandings@alaska.gov/web.

Can I set up one account in the eLandings registration system, to be used by all my company's staff?

I have new staff that need to learn how to use the reporting system, is there a way for me to show them how to making landing reports in the eLandings system?

 How do I report landings when my Internet service is not operating?

When do I report and create a landing report / fish ticket?

How long do I need to keep old fishing logs, landing reports, or fish tickets?

Do I report donated catch on my Shoreside Production Report?

What information do I need to have on hand, from the vessel operator, to begin the eLandings reporting process?

 Groundfish landings:

Crab IFQ landings:

Halibut/Sablefish IFQ landings:

What is the difference between an initial report and a final report in eLandings?

If the initial report will not change, can I submit this report as the final report?

 How do I locate a finalized landing report?

 I started a landing report but did not submit it yet. How can I delete an unsubmitted landing report?

  

  

I messed up on my IFQ permit allocations but have already generated the IFQ report, can I still make changes?

 

I am a hired skipper/master in an IFQ fishery. I am also simultaneously fishing my own IFQ quota. I want to provide the coop manager (or other quota owner) with a receipt of their portion of the catch, but I don’t want to give them a copy of my fish ticket. Can I have a second fish ticket created for this portion of the landing?

I am having trouble distinguishing letters and numbers on the CFEC permit card. How can you differentiate the number zero (0) from the letter "O" and the number one (1) from the letter I?

 

I am getting an error that the CFEC permit or vessel ADF&G number is invalid. It is the middle of the night and I need to complete this landing report. What can I do?



Interim Values
ADF&G Vessel Number99998
CFEC Permit Fishery9998
CFEC Permit Number00098A
CFEC Permit Year Sequence9999W
Management ProgramOA



I am getting an warning that a sablefish C06B or C61B permit should be used for directed sablefish fishery, but this landing report is for CDQ. What can I do?

Another Processor would like us to custom process the fish they are purchasing. Is it possible for us to do this in the eLandings system?

Why does eLandings show decimal’s on weights? We do everything rounded to whole pounds, why can’t eLandings do the same?

Why are you asking for the number of crew on-board the vessel? Does this include processing crew for a Catcher Processor operation?

In the landings report, there is a field asking for number of Observers Onboard. Why are you asking for information about Observers on a fishing vessel that delivered to our plant?

What are the vessel categories and selection pool for Observer selection?

Additional information regarding the Deployment Plan for Observers can be found online at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/tags/north-pacific-observer-program?title=annual%20deployment&field_species_vocab_target_id=&sort_by=created

How do I view Observer Fee information in eLandings?

What specifically do you want when you ask for the "number of days fished"?

I am a Hired Master for a cooperative or another IFQ permit holder for whom I'm authorized to fish. I have a NMFS ID number and the IFQ permit holder has a NMFS ID number. Which NMFS ID should be recorded for the landing report?

Do I need to print out the ADF&G fish ticket from the eLandings system? Do I need to have these forms signed by the CFEC Permit holders? Do I need to imprint the CFEC Permit Card?

Do I continue to complete an ADF&G paper fish ticket form, in addition to the eLandings reporting system?

What do I do if I receive an error message in the eLandings system and cannot submit my report?

It is between midnight and 6 a.m. and I just received an IFQ Red Line error message, to contact NOAA Fisheries Enforcement. What do I do now?

I submitted an IFQ report but afterward the fisher told me he wants to change the poundage assigned to his IFQ permits, what should I do?

How can I capture the electronic version of the landing report for our own operation/bookkeeping system?

What is XML? How can I obtain the schema for the XML output?

eLangings gives me an error message telling me the delivery condition code is not correct for the species, what condition code can I use?  

IFQ Crab Landings 

More information on the Rationalized Crab Program can be found here: https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/crab/crfaq.htm

How do I report rationalized crab landings?

I am a Catcher Processor that will participate in the CDQ crab fishery using seaLandings as my reporting method. How often should I be reporting?

I am a shoreside processor that will be receiving CDQ crab. Do I use the eLandings system to report this harvest? How do I report catch in the CDQ crab fishery, using the eLandings system?

The eLandings system for the Rationalized Crab fishery requires price for sold product. Why is price required? Can I record the interim price paid to QS holders? If the price is adjusted up or down, how do I record this post-season adjustment?

Discards of at-sea crab: As a participant in the directed crab fishery, do you expect me to document discarded at-sea undersized and female crab?

I am a Catcher Processor. I do not know the price per pound that I will receive for crab. What price do I record in the eLandings system?

How do I record IFQ, CDQ and/or Adak CR Crab for the same trip in the eLandings system?

eLandings and Groundfish (including IFQ halibut/sablefish)

How can I max-out pounds when the IFQ quota is for more than one IPHC regulatory area?

I am trying to record IFQ halibut and sablefish in addition to by-catch for each species from multiple stat areas. How do I record multiple species and non-proportional catch in multiple stat areas?

As a participant in a directed halibut fishery, do you expect me to document discarded at sea undersized halibut?

As a shoreside processor, how can I document after hours landings if we do not have office staff available?

We are a trawl vessel that uses both pelagic and non-pelagic gear for a single fishing trip. How do I document this in eLandings/seaLandings when only 1 gear code is allowed?


IFQ/IPQ Annual Account Information Questions

How do I check on my IFQ balance within the eLandings system?

What if my IFQ or IPQ balance does not match the NMFS RAM balance as displayed on the Internet site?

I'm a harvesting cooperative manager, how do I obtain my cooperative's account balance?

I am interested in finding out more about Sablefish Pot Gear Requirements, but I can't find a lot of information. What are the best resources for Sablefish Pot Gear requirements? 

For more Information on Longline Pot Gear Requirements see: NOAA Fisheries FAQs

https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/pot-tag-faq

Regulations quick references:

679.42(k) - Pot tag and VMS requirements, set and retrieval requirements

679.5(c)(3)(B) - Specific Logbook regulations

679.7(f) 17-25 - Prohibitions

Additionally some reporting FAQs that come up often are:

What are the requirements for reporting Pots Fished on the PNOL?

How do I report a landing when I fished both Longline and Pot gear?

Is it legal to retain Halibut bycatch from sablefish pot gear? How do I report this?

I need a paper logbook. How do I get one?

How can I get Help?