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Electronic Reporting Information
- Frequently Asked Questions for Lobster Harvesters (pdf file, 177 kb)
- Which Electronic Reporting is Best for Me? (pdf file, 67 kb)
Electronic Reporting via the "VESL" Reporting Application
VESL Harvester App is Available Via the Following Links:
VESL Manuals for State Harvesters:
- Accessing the VESL Harvester Reporting Application, State-only version (PDF file, 827 kb)
- Creating a Scallop Dive Report (PDF file, 2.4 MB)
- Creating a Scallop Drag Report (PDF file, 3 MB)
- Creating an Elver Fyke Report (PDF file, 2.1 MB)
- Creating an Elver Dip Report (PDF file, 2.1 MB)
- Creating an Eel Pot Report (PDF file, 2.7 MB)
- Creating a Halibut Report (PDF file, 2.8 MB)
- Creating a Lobster Report (PDF file, 2.4 MB)
- Creating a Menhaden Report (PDF file, 2.7 MB)
- Creating a Herring Report (PDF file, 2.9 MB)
- Creating an Urchin Dive Report (PDF file, 2.3 MB)
- Creating an Urchin Drag Report (PDF file, 2.6 MB)
- Creating a Mussel Drag Report (PDF file, 2.4 MB)
- Creating a Mussel Hand Report (PDF file, 2.5 MB)
- Creating a Sea Cucumber Drag Report (PDF file, 2.5 MB)
- Creating a Seaweed Report (PDF file, 2.4 MB)
- Creating a Did Not Fish Report (PDF file, 556 kb)
- How To Download VESL Data (PDF file, 219 kb)
- How To Edit a Report (PDF file, 476 kb)
- How To Refresh App Data (PDF file, 1 kb)
- How To Change 'Find Report' Date Range (PDF file, 358 kb)
- How To Use Map Function to Enter Fishing Location (PDF file, 563 kb)
- How To Enter Lobster Fishing Effort in VESL (PDF file, 408 kb)
- How To View Your Reporting Compliance Status (PDF file, 330 kb)
- How To Create a QR Code in VESL (PDF file, 449kb)
VESL Manuals for Federal Harvesters:
- Accessing the VESL Harvester Reporting Application, Federal-only version (PDF file, 1 MB)
- Creating a Scallop Drag Report (PDF file, 3.4 MB)
- Creating a Halibut Report (PDF file, 3.9 MB)
- Creating a Lobster Report (PDF file, 3.2 MB)
- Creating a Menhaden Report (PDF file, 3.1 MB)
- Creating a Herring Report (PDF file, 3.9 MB)
- Creating an Urchin Drag Report (PDF file, 3.4 MB)
- Creating a Mussel Drag Report (PDF file, 3 MB)
- Creating a Sea Cucumber Drag Report (PDF file, 3.2 MB)
- Creating a Did Not Fish Report (PDF file, 556 kb)
- How To Download VESL Data (PDF file, 219 kb)
- How To Edit a Report (PDF file, 476 kb)
- How To Refresh App Data (PDF file, 1 kb)
- How To Change 'Find Report' Date Range (PDF file, 358 kb)
- How To Use Map Function to Enter Fishing Location (PDF file, 563 kb)
- How To View Your Reporting Compliance Status (PDF file, 330 kb)
- How To Create a QR Code in VESL (PDF file, 449kb)