Visual Guide to VMRC s Electronic Harvest Reporting System

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1 1. Sign Up First time users will have to request log in information by contacting Stephanie Iverson at gov or You can also request an account by going to and clicking Request New Account. It will take 1-2 business days for you to receive your temporary password. 2. Log in Once you have been ed your temporary password, you can log on at the above website using your address and password. After you ve logged in, click Change Password at the top of the page under your name. Follow the instructions to create a new unique password. You will need to change this password once a year to maintain the security of your account.

2 3. Report Vessel Before you begin reporting, click Review Vessels on the main page. Then click Add Vessels in the far right column. A pop-up box will appear to enter the VRMC assigned vessel number of your boat, and associate it with your account.

3 4. Reporting Harvest Return to the main page, and click Report Blue Crabs. After your first report, you can begin reporting from this step. All fields marked with an asterisk () are required information to report. Enter your data, beginning with the year, month, and day of harvest. If you used an agent, select yes and enter their ID.

4 Next, enter the name of your buyer. The fields highlighted in red are a reminder that it will autofill the information. Begin typing, and a drop-down list will pop up for you to click on the code. Enter the hours your gear was in the water, and the amount of gear you used. Make sure that you enter the amount of gear used that day, not the amount allowed by your license. Select the gear type from the drop-down menu.

5 Next, enter the water body where you fish your gear. A dropdown menu will appear with abbreviations for the water body. The next field is entered in the same way. Type in where you bring your catch ashore, and select the correct abbreviation from the drop-down list.

6 Enter the species and specific type of blue crab here. You will have to submit a separate report for each species and type you harvested that day. Select one of the options from the dropdown list. You can report for other species from the main page. Enter the unit and amount of blue crabs harvested. BU = bushels LBS = pounds NU = number

7 The following lines contain required information which can aid VMRC in making timely management decisions. Enter the number of people in your crew, and how many hours you spent on the water. In the Helper VMRC ID fields, you are required to add the VMRC ID of any additional licensed harvesters who worked on your vessel on this date. Finally, select your vessel number from the drop-down menu. If you need to look up a code for fields with autofill information while reporting any of the above information, return to the main page, and click Field Lookups, then the relevant category.

8 Once you verify that the information you entered is accurate, you can submit your report by clicking Submit at the bottom right of the page. Once you have done that, your reporting is complete and you do not need to submit paper reports for that day s harvest. The next time you submit a report, click Last Recall at the top of the reporting page to autofill the fields with your previous information. Then type in fields that changed, such as the day. You are able to edit or delete reports within 30 days of submission. On the main page, click Review Records to see all the reports you have submitted. Click Harvest History to search and print your records by month and year. If you have any more questions, please contact Stephanie Iverson at Stephanie.Iverson@mrc.virginia.gov or , or read the FAQs at vacrabbers.com/electronic-harvest-reporting/faq/.