Form Type
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Current Question
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Proposed Change
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Reason for Change
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CV
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“If the vessel was leased or bareboat chartered during
2010, provide the contact information for the leaseholder or
charterer of the vessel. If necessary, use the last page for
additional leaseholders or charterers.” (Question 4)
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In addition to the current question, we added “Was the
vessel leased or bareboat chartered during 2011?” and
“If the vessel was leased or bareboat chartered during 2011,
provide the contact information for the leaseholder or charterer
of the vessel. If necessary, use the last page for additional
leaseholders or charterers.”
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The new format for the question allows us to allocate the recorded
landings between the owner and lessees of the vessel and reduces
the occurrence of blanks on the form.
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CV
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Annual Expenses (Question 17)
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We added the category, “State licensing and federal permit
fees”; we clarified that “Communications”
includes VMS, satellite phone, skymate; we clarified that
“Depreciation” is “Total depreciation”,
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We added the extra category and clarified the definitions of the
other two categories based on conversation with participants in
the baseline collection.
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CV
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Crew Shares (Question 22)
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We removed three categories for repair and maintenance
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We removed them because based on the baseline data, it is unlikely
that these types of expenses are deducted.
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CV
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Crew Shares (Question 24 & 25)
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We added the categories “state licensing and federal permit
fees”, and , “buyback fees”, we appended
“commission costs” to “fishing association”,
and “electronic monitoring” to “observer fees”
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We added the extra categories and clarified the definitions of the
other two categories based on conversation with participants in
the baseline collection.
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CV
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On trips when the vessel owner served as captain, please indicate
the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in
question 22) going to the vessel, captain, and crew.
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We added the option to include Other” categories
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We added this option because during the baseline collection,
participants frequently indicated that they wanted the flexibility
to choose different options.
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CV
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Requirements to complete a partial form (Question 6).
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During the baseline data collection, participants who did not
harvest any fish were not required to complete the entire form, in
the revised form, all participants are required to complete the
entire form.
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Since participants can still make investments into their vessels
and sell and lease quota shares/quota pounds and permits, it is
important that they provide their cost and earnings information,
regardless of whether the vessel fished.
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CP
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Requirements to complete a partial form (no longer has an
associated question).
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During the baseline data collection, participants who did not
harvest any fish were not required to complete the entire form, in
the revised form, all participants are required to complete the
entire form.
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Since participants can still make investments into their vessels
and sell and lease quota shares/quota pounds and permits, it is
important that they provide their cost and earnings information,
regardless of whether the vessel fished.
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MS
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Requirements to complete a partial form (no longer has an
associated question)
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During the baseline data collection, participants who did not
process any fish were not required to complete the entire form, in
the revised form, all participants are required to complete the
entire form.
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Since participants can still make investments into their vessels
and sell and lease quota shares/quota pounds and permits, it is
important that they provide their cost and earnings information,
regardless of whether the vessel fished.
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FR
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Requirements to complete a partial form (no longer has an
associated question)
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During the baseline data collection, participants who did not
process any fish were not required to complete the entire form, in
the revised form, all participants are required to complete the
entire form.
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We had originally intended to collect information about fish
purchasing operations, not just fish processing operations, this
revision fixes that error.
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FR
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Utilities (Question 12)
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We added the category “Nitrogen gas”.
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We added the extra category based on conversation with
participants in the baseline collection.
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FR
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Other Expenses (Question 17)
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We added the categories “cleaning and custodial supplies”,
“property and excise taxes”.
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We added the extra categories based on conversation with
participants in the baseline collection.
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FR
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New Question
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The form now asks about the source of seafood purchases, which are
broken into the categories of West Coast, Alaska, Canada, and
Other (question 18).
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We added this question due to participant concerns that we do not
adequately account for seafood product sourcing.
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FR
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Question 19: Fish Purchases
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The sources of fish
purchases were modified from LE Trawl, Fixed Gear, and Other
Sources to LE Trawl Vessels, LE Fixed Gear Vessels, Open Access
Vessels, and Non-Vessel Sources
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We changed the categories based on conversations with participants
and the understanding that the original categories were confusing.
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FR
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Question 20: Fish Sales
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Bait was added to Other
Non-Species Specific Products
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We changed the categories based on responses the baseline survey.
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