American Samoa Pelagic Longline Fishery Cost-Earnings Su

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

File Name: 119214001

AMERICAN SAMOA LONGLINE ECONOMIC DATA COLLECTION

FOR 202X OPERATIONS

Date of interview: ___________________

Interviewer: ___________________

Vessel Name: ______________________(Please provide all vessel specific information for this vessel.)

Vessel permit number: ______________

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

Interviewee’s position: (Please select one) Vessel/business owner  Owner operator

 Hired captain  Vessel manager  Other (Please specify)____________________________

I. About the owner OR owner operator

1. How many fishing vessels did you (or the company you work for) own in 202X? _______ vessel(s)

How many vessels fished in Am. Samoa Longline Fishery? _______

How many vessels fished in other fisheries? _______

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

3. In 202X, did 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 (or the fishing company you work for) income

4. Did the vessel owner live in Am. Samoa in 202X?  Yes  No

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

6. Was this vessel operated by a hired captain or by its owner in 202X?

 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 this Vessel

8. When was this vessel built? ___________ year

9. When was this vessel purchased?___________ year

10. What was the purchase price? $______________;

10a. Did the purchase price include a permit? Yes  No.

10b. If NO, did you  purchase it,  lease it OR  receive it from the initial allocation?

11. What was the start-up costs (the cost of getting it ready for fishing the first time after it was purchase)? $______________

12. When was the last appraisal performed __________ (year) and what was the appraised value? $______

12a. When was the last major upgrade (not including the start-up costs) that would have changed the vessel’s market value ______ (year) and what was the cost of the upgrade?

$ _________

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

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

14. What is the vessel length? _____________ ft

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

16. What is its fuel capacity? ____________ gallons

17. What is its fish holding capacity?___________ pounds

III. About Vessel Operation and Fish Sold in 202X

18. How many fishing trips did this vessels make in 202X __________________ trips

19. In what areas did this vessel operate/fish in 202X? (Check all that apply)

 American Samoa EEZ

 Other EEZ _________ (i.e. Cook Islands)

 High Seas

 Other (Please specify)

20. How did you usually sell/distribute fish landed by this vessel and what was the % distribution to each?

 Gave away to friend or family ________ %

 Sold to the Cannery _________ %

 Sold to a restaurant _________%

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

IV. About Labor Costs in 202X

21. How many crew did the vessel usually have (NOT including the captain)? ___

22. How many foreign crew did that include (NOT including the captain)? ___

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

_________ years

24. What is the longest time a current crew had been working with this vessel/company? _________ years

In the following questions, the term ‘share’ (%) is interpreted as the part of the gross or net revenue from a fishing trip that was paid to the captain or crew. This is in contrast to a ‘flat rate’, which was paid per fishing trip or month regardless of the revenues from a fishing trip or month. Trip revenue is defined as fish sales revenue. Net revenue is defined as trip revenue minus any trip costs that were deducted before calculating what the captain or crew were paid.

25. How was the captain paid?

 By shares ______ % of GROSS revenue

______ % of NET revenue

 Flat rate $______ per trip or  per month or  per year

 Flat rate $______ AND bonus $_______  per trip  per month or  per year

If a bonus was paid, please describe how it was determined or explain the bonus schedule. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

26. If shares were based on net revenue, which of the following trip expenses did you subtract to calculate net revenue? (Check all that apply)

 Fuel

 Bait

 Provision

 Fishing gear

 Freon

 Engine oil

 Communications

 Agent fee, insurance, parts for repairs

 Any others (Please specify)______

27. Did all the crew get paid by the same method?  Yes  No

If YES

 By shares ______ % of GROSS revenue

______ % of NET revenue

 Flat rate average per crew $_______  per trip  per month or  per year

 Flat rate average per crew $ ____ AND average bonus per crew $_______  per trip  per month or  per year

If bonuses were paid, please describe how they were determined or explain the bonus schedule. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If NO, please provide the following information for each crewmember.

Position	Foreigner (Y/N)	Shares %	Share of Trip or Net Revenue	Flat Rate (Per Trip, Month or Year)	Bonuses (Per Trip Month or year	Initial Payment (when hired)	What Year (for initial payment)
Owner/Operator		_________%	Trip Ne
Hired Captain		_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year
Crewmember 1	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______
Crewmember 2	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______
Crewmember 3	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______
Crewmember 4	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______
Crewmember 5	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______
Crewmember 6	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month Per year	$___________ Per trip Per month Per year	$_______

28. As an owner of a fishing vessel, did you hire an agent to take care of the fishing business in 202X?

 Yes

 No

If YES, what was the agent’s fee? $ ____per trip, OR $ ____per month, OR $ ____ per year

If NO, what types of works did the owner usually do? (Check all that apply)

 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 in 202X

29. Did trip cost vary trip by trip?

If YES, was the main reason the variation in trip length? Yes  No

What were the others reasons? (Please specify)__________________

30. Please provide the following information for the last trip landed in 202X

31. Please provide the following information for one trip in or near June 202X

VI. About Fixed Costs

32. Total mooring fees (port fees for all the trips before departures) in 202X? $ ___________

33. Did you hire someone to do 202X bookkeeping?

 Yes. Paid someone $ ___________ per month OR $ ____ per year

 No. Owner or a family member did it (no fee was charged).

 No. It was done by the agent, and agent fee was $ ____per trip, OR $ ____per month, OR $ ____ per year

 No. Shared with other family business, share was $ ____per month OR $ ____ per year

34. What were your insurance costs for this vessel (or for the all ______ of your fishing vessels) in 202X? $ ________________

This included (Check all that apply)

 Vessel only

 Liability only (“P” and “I”)

 Vessel and liability

 Pollution

 Health (Please specify who is covered) __________________

35. Did you have loan payments for this vessel in 202X?  Yes  No

If YES, how much were your payments in 202X?

$ ____ per month OR $ ____ per year

36. When did you last dry dock your vessel? ______________ year

37. When do you plan the next dry dock? ______________year

38. How much did it cost in total for the last dry dock $ ____________ …

Please list the major repairs and upgrades in the last dry dock and the associated costs (if the data are available)

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

39. Have you overhauled this vessel’s engine?  Yes  No

If YES,

1) when did you last overhaul your engine? ______________ year

2) How much did it cost $ ____________________

3) How often do you overhaul your engine? Every _______ years

40. Did you have any routine repairs and maintenance on a trip or annual base?  Yes  No

If YES, were they included in the trip costs above?  Yes  No

If NO, how much did the routine repairs and maintenance cost in 202X? $_______________

41. Beside the routine repairs, dry dock and overhaul costs list above, did you have any major repairs, upgrades and maintenance work done in 202X for this vessel?

 Yes  No

If YES, what was the cost? $________________

Please list the major repairs, upgrades and maintenance and the associated costs (if the data are available)

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

cost $________________ for ___________________________________________

42. Did I miss any items on other fixed costs?  Yes  No

If YES, how much were the other fixed costs? $_________

What were the other fixed costs for? (Please give details) _____________________?

43. Did you substantially change your fishing activities in 202X?   No    Yes

If YES, please answer the following questions.

43a: How did you change your fishing activities in 202X? ________________________

43b: What were the main reasons you made those changes?_______________________

43c: By what percentage did each of the following increase or decrease for your vessel(s) in 202X due to those changes?  (Please enter “0” if there was no change)

Landings decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

Fishing revenues decreased by ______% OR increased by______%  

Total operating costs decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

Crew size decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

44. What are the three biggest constrains or challenges that impact the economic performance of your fishing business

1. __________________________

2. __________________________

3. __________________________

45. Open Ended Questions: Is there anything else you would like to say? (present challenges, COVID-19 pandemic, comments on fishing management)

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

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We appreciate the confidential nature of the data being collected by this survey. NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) will handle individual survey data as confidential business information and a form of protected personal information and will maintain the confidentiality of the information consistent with legal authorities available to it, including but not limited to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) and the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1905). The PIFSC will protect individual survey data from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law and it has instituted procedures to provide that protection.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. The PIFSC is collecting this economic information to improve its ability to conduct the analyses required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and other applicable law. The PIFSC and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will use this information to monitor, explain and predict changes in the economic performance and impacts of the American Samoan longline fishery. Among other things, this will enable fisheries managers and the public to more fully consider the economic effects of proposed and existing regulations for this important fishery.

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