Economic Data Collection (EDC) West Coast Groundfish QS

OMB Control No. 0648-0618 Expiration Date: xx/xx/xxxx

Economic Data Collection (EDC) Form

W EST COAST GROUNDFISH

QUOTA SHARE

OWNER SURVEY

2019

NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Who is responsible for submitting: All owners of a Quota Share permit and account at any time in 2019.

Complete all questions. If a question is not applicable, write "NA" in the answer box. The survey will not be considered complete unless there is an answer to every question.

Submit by November 30, 2020.

Web form submission: Completed EDC web forms must be submitted electronically no later than November 30, 2020.

More information: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/sustainable-fisheries/west-coast-groundfish-trawl-quota-share-owner-survey-overview

Questions: Visit the website above or contact Erin Steiner at (866) 791-3726 or NWFSC.EDC@noaa.gov.

Public Reporting Burden Statement

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to take 1 hours per response, including time for reviewing the instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden to Erin Steiner, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112.

Additional Information

Before completing this form, please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 660 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 3) 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.

1. Is this quota share account solely owned by a Not-for-Profit organization? If yes, proceed to question 3; if no, continue to question 2.

Yes No

2. For each owner/partial owner of this quota share permit, provide the relevant information.

Description	Yes/No
Owner of a vessel that fished in the IFQ program in 2019	Yes No
Owner of a vessel that fished on the West Coast in 2019	Yes No
Vessel operator or crew member that fished in the IFQ program in 2019	Yes No
Vessel operator or crew member that fished on the West Coast in 2019	Yes No
Retired vessel operator or crew member	Yes No
Vessel operator or crew member who did not fish in 2019	Yes No
Owner of a fish dealer or fish processor in 2019	Yes No
Employee of a fish dealer or fish processor in 2019	Yes No
Family1 member of any of the above	Yes No
No affiliation with fishing industry	Yes No
Affiliation unknown	Yes No
No longer an owner of this Quota Share permit	Yes No
Deceased	Yes No
Other role in fishing industry or fishing-related industry2, please specify	Yes No

¹Family is defined as spouse, party to a civil union, parents, children, and siblings (13 C.F.R. § 121.103(f))

²Fishing-related businesses include net suppliers, gear suppliers, equipment suppliers, fuel, shipyards, various repair services, etc.

3. How much was received for leasing quota from this permit in 2019?

Include:

• Gross amounts from all cash transactions, including sales, contracts, etc.

• Any earnings occurring after self-trades (i.e. at the point the quota leaves the company).

Do not include:

• Estimates of barters or self-trades values

• Earnings already recorded on a 2019 EDC Catcher Vessel form, i.e. earnings received by a vessel for leasing out quota

• Earnings already recorded on a 2019 EDC First Receiver and Shorebased Processor form; i.e. earnings received by a company for leasing out quota

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