Tournament InstructionsThe National Marine Fisheries Service collects information on fishing tournaments involving the catch and/or landing of Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS), i.e., Atlantic tunas, sharks, swordfish, or billfish. This information is used to estimate tournament fishing effort and landings of HMS for stock assessments and national statistical reports.The HMS regulations require that a tournament operator notify NMFS of the purpose, dates, and location of the tournament conducted from a port in an Atlantic coastal state, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, at least 4 weeks prior to commencement of the tournament. NMFS will notify a tournament operator in writing, when his or her tournament has been selected for reporting. The tournament operator that is selected must maintain and submit to NMFS a record of catch and effort on forms available from NMFS. Tournament operators must submit completed forms to NMFS, at an address designated by NMFS, postmarked no later than the 7th day after the conclusion of the tournament and must attach a copy of the tournament rules. You may download a tournament registration form from the library area of this website. |
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