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Trip-Level Reporting for Fixed Gear Fishermen

Have questions about reporting fixed gear trips? Learn about fixed gear fields and find resources.

DMF updated trip-level reporting requirements for all fixed gear fishermen. This is in response to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Addendum XXVI to Amendment 3 of the Lobster Fishery Management Plan.

Detailed Definitions

Massachusetts state reporting fixed gear fishermen must report the fields defined below. Fixed gear includes all pot gear types and gillnets. These are additions to traditional fields. This is true for all reporting methods. Note that field names differ in SAFIS eTRIPS from the paper form; the list below lists the paper field name followed by the eTRIPS field name in parentheses.  

  • Strings Hauled (Gear Sets): The number of trawls or strings hauled in a statistical area.  

  • Gear in area (Gears fishing): The number of individual traps or nets in the specified statistical area at the start of the day.  

  • Buoylines in area (Number of Buoy Lines): The number of buoylines in the specified statistical area at the start of the day.  

  • Total gear (Gear Size): The total number of traps or nets in the water by gear type at the start of the day, regardless of statistical area.  

  • Total buoylines (Total Buoylines in Water): Total number of buoylines in the water by gear type at the start of the day, regardless of statistical area.  

  • Ten minute squares: all ten minute square(s) fished by federally permitted fixed gear fishermen. Ten minute squares are 10 minute longitude by 10 minute latitude. Each square has specific name; links to maps of ten minute squares are at the bottom of the page. 

 

Reporting Platforms

Data reporting will look different on each reporting platform. See help links below for each platform:

Please note that trips cannot be submitted on old paper forms.

Additional Resources

Open file,  Instructions for SAFIS eTRIPS Online Data Entry

Maps for Reporting

Maps of reporting areas can be found at the links below:

More Information

  • If you need further help, please call our office during business hours at (978) 491-6279, or email us anytime at dmf.stats@Mass.gov.

  • If we miss your call please leave a message and we will respond within one business day. 

Additional Resources

Open file,  Get help with eTRIPS
Open file,  Learn about Trip-Level Reporting
Open file,  SAFIS eTRIPS Online Application
Open file,  eTRIPS Mobile Info
Open file,  ACCSP

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