American Samoan Longline Cost-Earnings Questionnaire

OMB Control No. 0648-0773 Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

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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 _______

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

3. 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

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

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

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

 by hired captain

 by owner

7. 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

8. When was the vessel built? ___________ year

9. When was the vessel purchased?___________ year

10. 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)

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

12. 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 $ _________

13. 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? $_________

14. What is the vessel length? _____________ ft

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

16. Holding capacity of fuel: ____________ Gallons?

17. Holding capacity of fish:___________ (lbs)

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

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

19. 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

20. 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)

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

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

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

_________ yr

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

25. How captain was paid?

 By shares ______ % of GROSS revenue

______ % of NET revenue

 Flat rate $______

 Flat rate with bonus (details: $______ + )

26. 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 ______

27. 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

28. 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 ?

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

VI. Fixed Costs

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

30. 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

31. 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) __________________

32. 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)? $_______________

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

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

35. 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 ___________________________________________

36. 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

37. 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)

38. 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 ___________________________________________

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

If yes (Please list)______________________________________ $________________

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

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