Limited Entry Fixed Gear Cost and Earnings Survey

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OMB Control No. 0648-0369

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W EST COAST LIMITED ENTRY FIXED GEAR CATCHER VESSEL COST EARNINGS SURVEY

Conducted by:

NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

This survey is being sent to all commercial fishing vessels that operated with a West Coast limited entry groundfish fixed gear permit during 2012. You may respond to this voluntary survey through an in-person interview, telephone interview, mail (using the enclosed seslf-addressed stamped envelope), or on-line questionnaire.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SURVEY RESPONDENT

1. Name: ____________________________________________________________________

2. Email: ____________________________________________________________________

3. Telephone: (____)_______________________

4. Mailing Address (Street, City, State, and Zip Code):

___________________________________________________________________________

5. Date of Survey Response (Month/Day/Year): ____________________________________

VESSEL OWNERSHIP AND CHARACTERISTICS

6. Please verify the following information on record about your vessel. If the information on record is correct, please place a check mark in the Corrections column. If the information on record is incorrect or there is no information on record, please provide the correct information in the Corrections column.

Item	Information on Record	Corrections
a. Vessel Name	Sea Breese	___________
b.Vessel ID (USCG or State)	123456	___________
c. Home Port (city and state)	Newport, OR	___________
d. Length Overall (feet)	48	___________
e. Fuel Capacity (gallons)	600	___________
f. Total Horsepower of Main Engines	300	___________

7. Has a marine survey been performed for this vessel?

a. Yes (proceed to question 8)

b. No (proceed to question 9)

8. Please answer the following questions referring to the most recent marine survey value of the vessel.

a. What was the year of this vessel’s last value survey?	______ yyyy
b. What was the market value of the vessel from the survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?	$________
c. What was the replacement value of the vessel from this survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?	$________
d. Do the survey values given above include the value of permits associated with the vessel at the time of the survey?	Yes  No 
e. Do the survey values given above include the value of all fishing gear on the vessel at the time of the survey?	Yes  No 

9. Provide this vessel’s average fuel use (for propulsion or other uses) per day, speed, and crew size (not including captain) when engaged in each of the following activities on the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California). s

• Fuel use per day should be an average that includes steaming to the fishing grounds, harvesting fish, and steaming back to port and should include all fuels used for propulsion or other uses.

• Put an “NA” for all activities in which you did not operate this vessel.

Activity

Fuel Use

Speed While

Fishing

Crew Size (not including captain)

a. West Coast groundfish fixed gear

______gal/day

A

________

b. West Coast crab

______gal/day

A

________

c. West Coast salmon

______gal/day

______knots

________

d. West Coast shrimp

______gal/day

______knots

________

e. West Coast tuna

______gal/day

______knots

________

f. West Coast halibut (Pacific or California)

______gal/day

A

________

g. Alaska fisheries (not including tendering)

______gal/day

______knots

________

h. Tendering

______gal/day

______knots

________

i. Steaming between the West Coast and Alaska

______gal/day

______knots

________

10. Provide the number of days this vessel was at sea during 2012 in each of the following activities. Please note that there is a special category for days at sea traveling between the West Coast and Alaska. (This information will be used to allocate some expenditures among the fisheries in which this vessel participates.)

• Count partial days as full days.

• Count days tendering as well as days fishing

Fishery	Days at Sea During 2012
a. West Coast groundfish fixed gear (longline or pots)	_______ days
b. West Coast crab	________ days
c. West Coast salmon	________ days
d. West Coast shrimp	________ days
e. West Coast tuna	________ days
f. West Coast halibut (Pacific or California)	________ days
g. Other West Coast fisheries	________ days
h. Alaska fisheries (not including tendering)	________ days
i. Tendering	________ days
j. Chartering	________ days
k. Steaming between West Coast and Alaska	________ days

ANNUAL COSTS AND EARNINGS IN ALL FISHERIES

Questions 11 through 13 collect information about this vessel’s costs and earnings while operating in all fisheries (groundfish, crab, shrimp, salmon, etc.) in all locations (West Coast, Alaska, etc.).

11. On what date did your 2012 fiscal year begin?

a. Month: __________

b. Day: ____

c. Year: _____

12. Provide total costs (both expenses and capitalized expenditures) during fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012 in each of the following categories for this vessel.

• If you do not track expenses for captain and crew separately, report combined expenses under captain and put “NA” under crew.

• Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.

• Include all chartering expenses, even if directly reimbursed

• Include both expenses and capitalized expenditures

Expense Category	2011 ($)	2012 ($)
a. Captain (including wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)	$_________	$_________
b. Crew (including wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)	$_________	$_________
c. Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages	$_________	$_________
d. Observer fees and electronic monitoring	$_________	$_________
e. Fishing association and commission costs	$_________	$_________
f. State licensing and federal permit fees	$_________	$_________
g. Fuel and lubrication	$_________	$_________
h. Food	$_________	$_________
i. Ice	$_________	$_________
j. Bait	$_________	$_________
k. Off-load expenses (cross dock fees, port tariffs, hoist fees, etc.)	$_________	$_________
l. Freight to the vessel on supplies	$_________	$_________
m. Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)	$_________	$_________
n. Communications	$_________	$_________
o. Trucking of fish to the buyer	$_________	$_________
p. Vessel and on-board equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance Include all electronics, safety equipment, and machinery not used to harvest fish Exclude fishing gear and processing equipment	$_________	$_________
q. Fishing gear purchases, repair, and maintenance Include nets, doors, traps, pots, cables, and fishing machinery	$_________	$_________
r. On-board processing equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance Include any equipment used to process or head and gut fish on-board the vessel	$_________	$_________
s. Insurance premium payments (hull and machinery, protection and indemnity, and pollution insurance)	$_________	$_________
t. Moorage	$_________	$_________
u. Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel	$_________	$_________
v. Purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel	$_________	$_________
w. Total depreciation (vessel, on-board equipment, processing equipment, and quota) taken during the year	$_________	$_________

13. For each of the earnings sources listed below, indicate the income earned during your fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012.

• If no income was earned from a source during a particular fiscal year, enter $0 in the appropriate cell.

• Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.

Earnings (Income) Source

2011

2012

1. West Coast shoreside landings; this information will be obtained from fish ticket data

b. Landings and at sea deliveries outside the West Coast (Alaska and other). Include taxes, fees, and post-season adjustments.

$________

$________

_

c. Sale of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$________

$________

d. Leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$________

$________

e. Tendering

$________

$________

f. Salmon disaster relief payments

$________

$________

g Chartering / research / leasing vessel: include direct reimbursements

$________

$________

h. Other. Please describe

$________

$________

LABOR COMPENSATION IN THE WEST COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY

Questions 14 through 18 collect information about labor compensation when this vessel is participating in the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California) groundfish fishery.

14 When operating in the West Coast groundfish fishery, did this vessel make any trips during fiscal years 2011 and 2012 where a crew share system was used to pay the crew?

a. Yes (proceed to question 16)

b. No (proceed to question 20)

15. Which of the following expenses were deducted from total revenue before calculating the crew share when this vessel operated in the West Coast groundfish fishery? Mark “Yes” for expenses which were deducted from total revenue and “No” for expenses which were not deducted from total revenue. If the calculation of crew share changed during the 2011-12 period, please report the method used most frequently.

Deduction from Total Revenue
a. Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages	Yes  No 
b. Observer fees and electronic monitoring	Yes  No 
c. Fishing association and commission costs	Yes  No 
d. State licensing and Federal permit fees	Yes  No 
e. Buyback fees	Yes  No 
f. Fuel and lubrication	Yes  No 
g. Food	Yes  No 
h. Ice	Yes  No 
i. Bait	Yes  No 
j. Off-load expenses	Yes  No 
k. Freight to the vessel on supplies	Yes  No 
l. Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)	Yes  No 
m. Communications	Yes  No 
n. Trucking of fish to the buyer	Yes  No 
o. Vessel and on-board equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance	Yes  No 
p. Fishing gear purchases, repair, and maintenance	Yes  No 
q. On-board processing equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance	Yes  No 
r. Insurance premium payments	Yes  No 
s. Moorage	Yes  No 
t. Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel	Yes  No 
u. Expenses for purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel	Yes  No 
v. Other ___________________________________	Yes  No 

16. On what percentage of fishing trips in the West Coast groundfish fishery did the vessel owner serve as captain during the 2012-12 period?

________ %

17. On trips in the West Coast groundfish fishery when the vessel owner serves as captain, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in question 15) going to the vessel, captain, and crew. If the vessel owner did not serve as captain on any trips write “NA”.

a. Vessel share	________ %
b Captain share	________ %
c. Crew share	________ %

18. On trips in the West Coast groundfish fishesry when the vessel owner did not serve as captain, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in question 15) going to the vessel, captain, and crew. If the vessel owner always serves as captain, please write “NA”.

a. Vessel share	________ %
b Captain share	________ %
c. Crew share	________ %

SURVEY CONCLUSION AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

19. Is there any other information you would like to share with us?

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for participating in this survey. The information you have provided will improve studies of the economic performance and economic impact of the West Coast limited entry fishery. Public reporting burden for this information collection, including time for gathering data needed, and completing the survey is estimated to average two hours per respondent. Any questions about this survey may be directed to either Carl Lian of NOAA Fisheries (206-302-2414) or Dave Colpo of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (503-595-3100). This survey is conducted under OMB No. 0648-0369, which expires on ??????. Responses to this information request are confidential under 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.). They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect the confidentiality of fishery statistics.

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