•  On the modules page you have subscribed to, select “GROUNDFISH”.

  •  You are directed to the trip register page. It consists of 3 sections: opened trips, closed trips and sent trips. To create a trip, click on the “ADD TRIP” button.

  • Page 1 provides general trip information. Some information is filled in automatically from your settings, but you can modify it if necessary.

  •  This is the case for the crew register. If one of your helpers is absent, you can delete it by clicking on the “REMOVE CREWMAN” button. It will only be deleted for this trip.

  •  To move on to the next page, click on the “NEXT” button.

  •  Page 2 contains information about the START.

  •  Complete the hailout call information. The “Service provider” is automatically filled in from your settings, but you can change it by clicking on the blue arrow. Then enter the “Call confirmation number” provided by the company.

  •  Enter your departure date and time by clicking on the “Automatic clock” button. Click on the “NEXT” button to move on to the next page.

  • Page 3 provides information about your fishing EFFORT.

  •  The gear type is filled in from your settings, but you can modify it by clicking on the blue arrow. Depending on the type of fishing Complete other requested information about the type of gears.

  •  Complete other information: Soak duration, Optimal depth catches and number of tows…

  •  Fill in the catch information. The estimated kept weight in Kg or pounds, and JOBEL will convert it.

  •  Then complete the End of effort information. Click on the “Automatic clock” button to enter the date and time.
  • Then answer the questions concerning interactions with a species at risk, a marine mammal, and whether you have lost any of your fishing gear, as well as the inactivity report i you ansewer ”YES” in your settings.

  • If you answer “YES” a message appears asking you to complete the form that will appear on the following pages. (Consult visual guides for declaring interactions, gear loss and inactivity reports).

  •  When you have completed your fishing efforts, click on the “NEXT” button.

  •  Page 4 provides information on Arrival and Personal use.

  •  In the hailin call section, the Service Provider is filled in from your settings, but you can modify it by clicking on the blue arrow. Enter the Call Confirmation Number. The summary noted above is the information to be transmitted to your provider when you call.

  •  If you are keeping catches for personal consumption, click on “ADD PERSONAL USE”, and fill in the information requested: species, weight and foreseen usage. If you have several species to declare, click on “Add personal use”.

  •  When you’ve finished filling in your pages, click on the “REVIEW” button.

  •  This takes you to the Trip Data page, which summarizes all the information you have entered. Check that all the data you have entered is correct, as you can still modify it.

  •  If you have made a mistake, click on the “EDIT TRIP” button at the bottom of the page.

  •  You are directed to first page of tour trip.

  •  If, for example, you’ve made a mistake on the personnal consumption estimated weight, go to page 4, make your correction, then click on the “NEXT” button to go to the last page of the trip. Click on the “REVIEW” button to return to the data page.

  •  Now that your trip information is correct, click on the “CLOSE TRIP” button.

  •  Now that your trip information is correct, click on the “CLOSE TRIP” button.

  •  Your trip is now closed, click on the “OK” button.

  • Your trip appears in the CLOSED TRIP section. Click on the “LANDING” button.

  • Indicate the landing date and time by cking to ”Automatic clock” button.

  • The Weighing section allows you to record your dockside weighing (which is not sent to DFO).
  • Once you have recorded your landing data, click on the “CLOSE LANDING” button.

  • When you have a good Internet connection, click on the “SEND TRIP TO DFO” button.

  • And click on the “OK” button.

  •  Your trip now appears in the “SENT TRIPS” section. A green mark indicates that your trip has been sent. To view the transmission, click on the “SEE IRSOMQ” button.

  • The message “Fully processed and validated by DFO” appears in the TRANSMISSION LOG at the bottom of the trip data page.
  • To return to the trip register, click on “Return to trip register”.

  •  You can individually close data groups for the following sections: Hail Out call, fishing effort, interactions, lost gear, inactivity period, arrival call, personal consumption. If you close them, make sure you have checked the data entered, as you will no longer be able to modify it. Example: in the Hailout call section, to close this section once completed, press the “Close hail out call 1” button. A message appears on the screen, warning you that closing this data group means you will no longer be able to modify it.