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Calibrate ES80 Deck General Software and Hardware Trawl net

Calibrate ES80

Task	FPC	Deck Lead	Safety Lead
1. Calibrate ES80	✓
2. Check FPC filebox or print copies of blank ES80 log forms for skipper	✓
3. Fill-out ES80 Parameter change form	✓
4. Fill-out ES80 Pre-cruise settings sheet	✓
5. Following the calibration of a vessel's ES80 Simrad sounder, the down riggers and appropriate associated gear should be rinsed with freshwater dried and stowed in a dry location. The clamps provided should be greased or at the very least, oiled to prevent corrosion and seizing of the screw mechanism.	✓

Deck

Task	FPC	Deck Lead	Safety Lead
1. Add tablet mount and length strip to length boards		✓
2. Check contents of your vessel's bottom contact sensor (BCS) tool box. Turning the BCS tool box over to the vessel's deck crew does not release you from responsibility for the condition of its contents	✓
3. Check glycerol/thymol solution to make sure it is not floculent and has proper dilution and viscosity		✓
4. Check that you have bleach in your inventory for cleaning otolith trays		✓
5. Check to see if there is a meter stick for measuring trawl alley catches		✓
6. Provide gloves & hard hats required by scientific crew	✓	✓	✓
7. Set up catch, length, stomach, and specimen tablets (back up Paper Forms available)		✓
8. Set up otolith and specimen supplies (ethanol, glycerol, otolith trays and vials/caps, tweezers, knives, formalin, buckets, specimen labels, plastic bags)		✓
9. Stuff otolith vials with labels (otolithlabels.xls)		✓

General

Task	FPC	Deck Lead	Safety Lead
1. Conduct pre-cruise Safety check	✓		✓
2. Conduct pre-cruise Safety meeting with skipper, scientific staff, and crew • Discuss SASH prevention standards with scientific and vessel crew	✓
• FPC Orientation checklist	✓
• Safety Briefing Form	✓	✓	✓
• Watch Sexual Harassment Video	✓	✓	✓
3. Conduct survival suit inspection • Check serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBS			✓
• Check survival suit inventory and assign a suitably-sized survival suit to each scientific staff			✓
• Email RACE Deputy Director that Safety Briefing was completed with list of serial numbers for survival suits and 406MHz EPIRBs			✓
• Record personal survival suit and EPIRB identification numbers on the Safety Briefing form			✓
4. Get a record of the starting amount of fuel on the boat before the survey begins	✓
5. Provide Fuel PO# (purchase order number) and sign and obtain copy of fuel receipt if fuel taken. Keep hard copy of receipts for Lyle.	✓
6. Provide clean bedding for all new scientists	✓	✓	✓
7. Review at-sea Safety action plan	✓	✓	✓
8. Review inter-leg communication log prepared by FPC from previous leg (if applicable)	✓
9. Review inventory list	✓	✓
10. Review survey map (indicating completed tows & those yet to be completed by vessel)	✓

Software and Hardware

Task	FPC	Deck Lead	Safety Lead
1. Confirm that all scales, tablets, and computers are working before leaving the dock		✓
2. If using Olex, provide skipper with these files	✓
3. Make sure new ES80 hard drive was installed for each new leg	✓
4. Make sure there are back up media, e.g., thumb drives, for daily backup of bridge and catch computer	✓	✓
5. Provide skipper with most current version of TimeZero files	✓
6. Set TimeZero program on bridge to RECORD TRACK	✓
7. Update SCS/Poseidon applications (if necessary)	✓

Trawl net

Task	FPC	Deck Lead	Safety Lead
1. Begin new Fishing Gear Field Report, which should be passed to subsequent FPCs to continue filling in, and then emailed to Shawn Russell (Shawn.Russel@noaa.gov) at the end of the survey • EBS/NBS	✓
• GOA/AI	✓
2. Conduct practice trawl and fill out Standard Trawling Procedures form	✓
3. Configure attachment of net jewelry (see attached picture) • EBS	✓	✓
4. Initialize MK9 light meter and secure for use on trawl headrope	✓
5. Mark trawl wires • Check that you have sufficient wire marking paint in your inventory	✓
• Mark trawl wires - step-by-step wire marking protocol	✓
• Wire marking photos (AI/GOA)	✓
6. Refer to net swapping procedure to randomly determine the sequential order of net usage and record on the Net Swapping Log Form.	✓