American Samoan Longline Cost-Earnings Questionnaire

Economic Surveys of Specific US Commercial Fisheries

PI IC Survey Form Am Samoa LL Cost Earnings 20202028_DK_MP3_070620

American Samoa Longline Fishery

OMB: 0648-0773

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AMERICAN SAMOAN LONGLINE COST-EARNINGS QUESTIONNAIRE

XXXX (survey year) OPERATION


Date of interview: ____________________


Vessel Name: ______________________


Vessel’s permit number: ______________


Interviewee’s name:________________________ Contact (phone): _______________


Interviewee position (check all if apply)

Vessel/business owner

Agent

Operator Captain


I. About the owner OR owner operator


  1. How many fishing vessels do you (or the company you work for) own? _______ vessel(s)

How many vessels fish in Am. Samoa Longline Fishery _______

How many vessels fish in other fisheries _______


  1. When did you (or your company) start longline fishing in Am. Samoa? _________yr


  1. In XXXX(Year of survey), does your household (or the fishing company you work for) have other income sources besides the fishing business in Am. Samoa?

No

Yes. Income from longline fishing was _______% of the total household income


  1. Do the vessel owner live in Am. Samoa? Yes No


  1. How long have you (or the fishing company you work for) owned this vessel? _________ yrs


  1. Is this vessel operated by a hired captain or by owner?

by hired captain

by owner


  1. If it was operated by a hired a captain, how did you find the captain for this vessel– write down the details _____________________


II. About the Vessel


  1. When was the vessel built? ___________ year

  1. When was the vessel purchased?___________ year



  1. What was the vessel purchasing price? $______________;

10a: Did the vessel purchase price included permit: Yes No. If No, the price for the permit $_____________ (for lease purchase free from initial allocation)


  1. What was the start-up costs (to get it ready for fishing first time after purchase) $______________


  1. What is the vessel current (appraisal) value? $_____________ and when was the last appraisal performed __________ (year)?


12a. When was the last major upgrade (not including the state-up costs) that would have changed the vessel market value ______ (year)? and the costs for the upgrades $ _________


  1. How much you think your vessel (include all gears and equipment and permit) could be sold for? $_____________


13a. How much you think your permit could be sold for? $_________


  1. What is the vessel length? _____________ ft


  1. What is the vessel width/beam? _____________ ft


  1. Holding capacity of fuel: ____________ Gallons?

  1. Holding capacity of fish:___________ (lbs)



III. About Vessel Operation and Fish Sold in XXXX(Year of survey)


  1. How many trips this vessels landed in XXXX(Year of survey) __________________ trips


  1. What areas did this vessels operated (fishing) in XXXX(Year of survey) (check all if apply)

American Samoa EEZ

Other EEZ _________ (i.e. Cook Islands)

High Sea


  1. Where do you usually sell/distribute fish landed by this vessel? What was the % among those outlets?

Give away to friend to family ________ %

Sell to the Cannery _________ %

Sell to restaurant _________%

Other distributors or brokers (list the name(s) _______


IV. About Labor Costs in XXXX(Year of survey)


  1. How many crew do the vessel usually had __________ (NOT including captain)?


  1. How many crew are foreign __________ (NOT including captain)?


  1. On average, how long of the crew have been working with this vessel/company?

_________ yr


  1. What is the longest time a current crew has been working with this vessel? _________ yr


  1. How captain was paid?

By shares ______ % of GROSS revenue

______ % of NET revenue

Flat rate $______

Flat rate with bonus (details: $______ + )


  1. If shares by net revenue, which of the following trip expenses do you include as the trip costs?

Trip costs (fuel, bait, gears, provision, fishing gears, freon, engine oil, communications)

Agent fee, insurance, parts for repairs

Any others ______


  1. Does all the crew get pay by the same method?


If YES

By shares ______ % of GROSS revenue

______ % of NET revenue

Flat rate $_______ per month or year

Flat rate with bonus $_______ + _________ bonus


If NO, (means that each crew paid differently), please fill out the table below


Position

Shares or flat


If share

by Net Revenue

If flat rate

Trip or

Month

Flat

rate $

Bonuses

(how)

Initial payment

(get this crew)

What year

Owner operator

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Hired captain

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 1

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 2

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 3

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 4

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 5

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 

Crewmember 6

Share

Flat

Net Rev

Rev

month

Trip


 

 

 



  1. As an owner of a fishing vessel, do you hire an agent to take care of the fishing business?

Yes

No


If NO, what types of works that the owner usually takes care of?

Book keeping

Buying parts

Look for crew and captain

Getting the boats ready to depart (such as getting supplies, parts, call PIRO)

Others __________ ?




V. About Trip Costs


  1. Does trip cost varied by trip by trip?

If Yes. The main reasons for the variation by trip length? Or others ?


  1. To list the costs of one trip in Jun and the one of the last trip landed XXXX(Year of survey)






VI. Fixed Costs


  1. Total mooring fees (port fees for all the trips before departures) in XXXX(Year of survey)? $ ___________


  1. Did you hire someone to do XXXX(Year of survey) bookkeeping or share bookkeepers with other family business?

Yes. Pay $ ___________ a month/year

No. Owner does it.

No. It is done by the agent.

No. Share with business $ __________ of total


  1. What were your insurance costs per year for this vessel (or for the all ______ the fishing vessels) in XXXX(Year of survey)? $ ________________

This includes (Check if all apply)

Vessel only

Liability only (“P” and “I”)

Vessel and liability

Pollution

Health (Please specify who is covered) __________________


  1. Did you have any vessel loan payments in XXXX(Year of survey)? Yes No


If yes 1) How much were your payments in XXXX(Year of survey)? $_______________


  1. When did you last dry dock your vessel? ______________ yr


  1. When do you plan for the next dry dock? ______________yr


  1. How much it costs in in total for the last drydock $ ____________ …


Please list the major repairs in the dry dock and the cost associated with the report (if the data are available)

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

  1. Have you overhauled your engine in the past? Yes No


If yes 1) When did you last overhaul your engine? ______________ yr


2) How much did it cost $ ____________________


3) How often do you overhaul your engine? _______ yrs



  1. Do you have any routine repairs and maintenance in trip or annual base? Yes No

If YES, does it include in the trip costs above? Yes No

If NOT, how much it costs? $_______________ in XXXX(Year of survey)


  1. Beside the routine repairs and maintenance list above, do you have any major repairs and upgrades and maintenance works done in XXXX(Year of survey) for this vessel? If yes, the cost is $________________


Please list the major repairs and the cost associated with the report (if the data are available)

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________


  1. Are there any other vessel costs which I haven’t included? Yes No


If yes (Please list)______________________________________ $________________



  1. Open Ended Questions? Is there anything else you would like to say? (present challenges, comments on fishing management)






























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