Attachment C, sample of previous survey

Attachment C

OMB Control No. 0648-0369; Expiration Date: 07/31/2009

WEST COAST CATCHER VESSEL IDENTIFICATION SHEET
Person completing the survey
Name: ______________________________________
FAX: ______________________________________

Date: _______________________________________
Telephone Number: ___________________________
e-mail address: _______________________________

Vessel Identification, Ownership and Permit information
1. Please verify the information about the primary owner of this vessel.
Item
Information on record
Corrections/Additions
a. Name
b. Address
c. City/State/Zip
If all of the above information is correct, please check (9) this box ….
2. Please verify the information about the primary contact for operations of this vessel.
Information on record
Corrections/Additions
Item
a. Name
Not available, please provide º
b. Address
c. City/State/Zip
If all of the above information is correct, please check (9) this box ….
3. Please verify the following information about this vessel.
Item
Information on record
Corrections/Additions
a. USCG vessel ID
b. State vessel ID
c. Vessel name
d. Home port
e. Gross registered tons
f. Length overall
g. Beam
h. Shaft horsepower
Not available, please provide
i. Fuel capacity (gallons)
º
j. Hull type
k. Year built
Not available, please provide
º
If all of the above information is correct, please check (9) this box ….
l. Number of berths

For Office Use Only

Survey #

Rec'd __________

Ent'd _________

OSU __________

4. Does the entity that operates this vessel own or lease this vessel? (Circle one number)
1 NEITHER OWN NOR LEASE (Skip to Question Number 4)
2 OWN (Skip to Question Number 4)
3 LEASE
4a. For how many months did it lease this vessel in 1997 and 1998?
__________ MONTHS IN 1997
__________ MONTHS IN 1998
5. Does a processor to which this vessel delivered catch in 1997 or 1998 own this vessel or partly own
this vessel? (Circle one number for each year)
PROCESSOR
PROCESSOR
PROCESSOR
PARTLY
DOES NOT
OWNS
OWNS
OWN
a. 1997....................
1
2
3
b. 1998 ...................
1
2
3
If you own all or part of this vessel please go on to question number 6. Otherwise, please skip
now to question number 7.
6. To better protect the confidentiality of cost and revenue information about this vessel we need to
collect information about other boats that you may own. Does the entity that owns this vessel, also
own other fishing vessels? (Circle one number)
1 NO (Skip to Question 7)
2 YES
6a. For the other vessels, please give the USCG and state vessel ID and the vessel name.
USCG VESSEL ID STATE VESSEL ID VESSEL NAME
a._________________ b._________________
c.____________________________________
d._________________ e._________________
f.____________________________________
g._________________ h._________________
i.____________________________________
7. For each state and federal limited access permit/license the vessel holds, please provide a description of
the license and, if transferable, your estimate of its market value at the beginning of 1998. If you don’t
know the market value, please tell us by circling “Don’t Know”. For state permits, please indicate the
issuing state.
DESCRIPTION
a. Groundfish limited entry permit
b. State crab permit WA / OR / CA
c. State shrimp permit WA / CA / OR
Other (specify)
d.__________________________
e.__________________________
f.__________________________
g.__________________________
h.__________________________

MARKET VALUE
$_____________
$______________
$______________

DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW

$______________
$______________
$______________
$______________
$______________

DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW
DON’T KNOW

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OMB Control No. 0648-0369; Expiration Date: 07/31/2009

WEST COAST CATCHER VESSEL SURVEY

Vessel Characteristics
1. What is the maximum pounds of fish and live fish this vessel can safely deliver per trip?
a. ______________ LBS. OF FISH
b. ______________ LBS. OF LIVE
FISH
2. Please indicate whether or not the vessel has each of the following storage facilities:
(Circle one number for each)
YES
NO
a. Freezer Hold .....................................
1
2
b. Live Fish/Crab Hold ........................
1
2
c. Ice Hold ............................................
1
2
d. RSW .................................................
1
2
3. For each of the following activities, please give the average fuel consumption of the vessel per
hour during 1998. If not applicable, please write “NA”.
ACTIVITY

GALLONS PER HOUR

a. Trawling
b. Crabbing
c. Shrimping
d. Steaming – fully loaded with fish
e. Steaming – empty
4. What was the starting date of this vessel’s 1998 fiscal year?
(_____/_____/_____) (mm/dd/yy) STARTING DATE OF 1998 FISCAL YEAR
5. If the vessel’s fiscal year changed in 1997, 1998 or 1999, please check this box ….
6. What was the most recent survey value (fair market value) of this vessel, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars, and
survey date?
6a.US $ _______________ SURVEY VALUE

6b. (__/__/__) (mm/dd/yy) DATE OF SURVEY

7. Does the survey value shown above reflect the value of permits and moratorium qualifications
associated with the vessel at the time of the survey? (Circle one number)
1 YES
2 NO
8. What was the insured value, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars, of this vessel and all on-board
equipment in fiscal year 1998, excluding permits and licenses?
US $ ____________________ 1998 INSURED VALUE
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Expenditures
9. For each of the expense categories below, first provide the total annual expenditures for fiscal year 1997
and then the amount attributable to each month. Then provide this information for 1998. Please record
the information in the month that the cost was incurred. If you were not active during a month, please
circle that month. If you do not maintain an expenditure category by month please provide those
expenditures that are tracked monthly. Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.
FISCAL YEAR 1997
EXPENSE CATEGORY
a. Fishery permit leasing and
catch quota purchases
b. Payments to skipper
(including bonuses and
payroll taxes but excluding
benefits and insurance)
c. Crew wages/crew shares
(including bonuses and
payroll taxes but excluding
benefits and insurance)
d. Fuel and lube

TOTAL

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

TOTAL

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

e. Landing taxes paid
f. Ice
g. Food and provisions
h. Bait
FISCAL YEAR 1998
EXPENSE CATEGORY
a. Fishery permit leasing and
catch quota purchases
b. Payments to skipper
(including bonuses and
payroll taxes but excluding
benefits and insurance)
c. Crew wages/crew shares
(including bonuses and
payroll taxes but excluding
benefits and insurance)
d. Fuel and lube
e. Landing taxes paid
f. Ice
g. Food and provisions
h. Bait
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Question 9 - continued.
1997 continued
MAY
JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1998 continued
MAY
JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

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10. Please provide the total capitalized expenditures associated with each of the following categories for this
vessel for fiscal years 1997 and 1998. Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.
CAPITALIZED EXPENDITURE

1997 (US$)

1998 (US$)

a. Purchases of fishery permits and licenses
(capitalized)
b. Fishing gear (nets, net electronics, doors,
cables, etc.)
c. Expenditures on vessel and on-board
equipment (other than fishing gear)
d. Other capital expenditures related to
vessel operations
11. In the table below, please provide the total expenses associated with the following categories for fiscal years
1997 and 1998. Do not include expenditures that were expenses listed in question 9 (pages 2 and 3) or
capitalized above in question 10. Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.
EXPENSE CATEGORY

1997 FISCAL YEAR
EXPENSES (US$)

a. Lease expenses for this vessel and all on-board
equipment
b. Repair and maintenance expenses for vessel and
equipment (including shipyard accrual and
purchases of parts and equipment that were
expensed in each fiscal year)
c. Fishing gear leases, repairs and purchases fully
expensed in each fiscal year (e.g., nets, net
electronics, doors, cables, etc.)
d. Insurance (vessel insurance, P&I, and other
insurance associated with operation of the vessel)
e. Recruitment, travel, benefits and other employee
related costs (excluding food and provisions and
other employee expenses included in question 9)
f. General and Administrative (including
professional services and management fees)
g. CCF contributions
h. Income taxes associated with this vessel
i. Interest payments associated with this vessel
j. Depreciation and amortization
k. All other expenses associated with this vessel not
included in questions 9 or 10 above

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1998 FISCAL YEAR
EXPENSES (US $)

Fishery Participation and Revenues
12. During either 1997 or 1998, did this vessel participate in fisheries that were not West Coast fisheries? (Circle
one number)
1 NO (Skip to Question number 13)

YES
12a. Please tell us the location of these non-West Coast fisheries and give the beginning and ending
dates (mm/yy) in which you were active in these fisheries. Also provide revenue estimates
(rounded to the nearest 100 dollars) and typical crew size (including skipper).
Start date
(mm/yy)
/
/
/
/

Fishery Name/Location
a.
b.
c.
d.

End date
(mm/yy)
/
/
/
/

Landings
Revenue (US$)

Typical
crew

13. For each fishery in which this vessel participated in 1998, please provide the typical trip length in days and the
typical crew size (including skipper).
1998
a. Whiting shoreside
b. Whiting at-sea
c. DTS
d. Slope Rockfish
e. Shelf Rockfish
f. Near shore flatfish

Typical
Trip days

Typical
Crew Size

Typical
Trip days

1998

Typical
Crew Size

g. Crab
h. Shrimp
Other (specify)
i.
j.
k.

14. Excluding revenues for which there is a West Coast fish ticket and revenues reported in question 12, please give
the total amount of revenue received in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (rounded to the nearest 100 dollars) for each
of the following categories for this vessel:
Revenue Category
a. Income derived from leasing of permits or catch rights normally
associated with this vessel (exc. fish tickets)
b. All other income derived from other vessel operation (e.g.,
tendering, charters)
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1997 ($)

1998 ($)

Other
15. Please give the total dollar amount of gear lost in 1997 by gear type and then the dollar amount
lost in each month. Record lost gear value in the month of loss, not the month of replacement.
Give this same information for 1998.
1997
Value of Gear Lost
Gear Type
TOTAL
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
a. Trawl
b. Pot
c. Net
d. Line
e. Other
1997 continued
JUN
JUL

Question 15 continued.
1998
Gear Type
TOTAL
a. Trawl
b. Pot
c. Net
d. Line
e. Other
1998 continued
JUN
JUL

Value of Gear Lost
OCT

AUG

SEP

JAN

Value of Gear Lost
FEB
MAR

AUG

SEP

Value of Gear Lost
OCT

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NOV

DEC

APR

MAY

NOV

DEC

16. In the table below, please estimate your average monthly per gallon fuel prices in 1998 for this vessel.
1998
Estimated price per gallon of fuel
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
Price/gallon of
Fuel
1998
continued
Price/gallon of
Fuel

JUL

AUG

Estimated price per gallon of fuel
SEP
OCT

NOV

JUN

DEC

17. Does this vessel use a crew share system to pay its crew? (Circle one number)
1 NO (Please turn the page)
2 YES
17a. In the West Coast groundfish fisheries, which of the following expenses were
subtracted from your total revenues (gross stock) before calculating the crew share?
(Circle one number for each)
NOT
DEDUCTED
DEDUCTED

a. Fuel and Lube ............................................
b. Food ...........................................................
c. Fish landings taxes .....................................
d. Other (specify) _____________________
e. Other (specify) _____________________

1
1
1
1
1

2
2
2
2
2

17b. In the West Coast groundfish fisheries, what percentage of the net share (gross stock
minus the expenses indicated above in 17a) goes to:
a. Boat share .........................................
b. Crew share (including skipper) ........

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________%
________%

Thank you for your time and cooperation. Please feel free to provide comments about the survey below. To help us
understand problems you may have had with the questions and to help us collect this information in the future more
easily and efficiently, let us know which questions were particularly troublesome.
Alternatively, if you have questions about the survey and would like to talk to me directly please feel free to call me
at (206) 526-4251 or toll-free at (888) 421-4251. I can also be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
In the event that the return envelope has been lost or misplaced, the completed survey and comments can be returned
to me at:
Dave Colpo
7600 Sand Point Way NE. - Building 4
Seattle, WA 98115-0070

It is very important that you understand that this is a voluntary survey. 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.

The OMB Control Number for this survey is OMB Control No. 0648-0369 and Expiration Date
is 07/31/2009.
While this is a voluntary survey, this information is needed to respond to requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. In accordance with Section 402(b), the Regulatory Flexibility Act and
NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, "Confidentiality of Fishery Statistics", any information submitted to NMFS
by any person in response to this survey shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed except to: (1)
federal employees and council employees who are responsible for fishery management plan development and
monitoring; (2) state employees pursuant to an agreement with the Secretary of Commerce that prevents public
disclosure of this information; or (3) when required by court order.
Public burden for this collection of information is estimated at 2 hours per survey, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing the survey.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this data collection, including suggestion for
reducing the burden,to: Dave Colpo, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg.
4, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.

(THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION)
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Instructions for West Coast Catcher Vessel Survey
These surveys are designed to collect information on individual vessels even if this vessel is part of a larger
company. While the first year of the surveys is focussing on the groundfish limited entry trawlers, information on
all aspects of your operation, not just trawling for groundfish, is being requested. For example, if, besides trawling
for groundfish, you also fished for crab in 1997 or 1998, information about this harvest is essential and should be
reported. The intent is to enable analysts to evaluate all activities of a vessel as a stand-alone entity. If this vessel is
part of a larger company with multiple vessels or other operations we request that you report in the survey only costs
and revenues that are clearly allocable to this vessel. If this vessel is part of a larger company, surveys have also
been sent to the other vessels.
This survey is divided into 5 separate components: Vessel Identification, Ownership and Permit Information section,
a Vessel Characteristics section, an Expenditures section, a Fishery Participation and Revenues section and finally
an 'Other' section. These sections are described below.
Vessel Identification, Ownership and Permit Information Section
The first component is on the loose double-sided sheet. This single sheet identifies you and the vessel about which
you are providing information. As noted in the cover letter, this sheet should be returned with the survey booklet
and will be retained by my office. This section includes questions about the physical attributes of the vessel, the
company that operated it in 1997 and 1998, permits held as well as contacts information in case we have questions
about your responses.
Question 3 on page 1 sometimes has more than one value for an entry. For instance, we may have 2 different gross
registered ton values for this vessel. This usually comes from having a conflicting numbers in the Coast Guard and
Washington, Oregon and California registration files. When this happens, we provide all values. Please circle the
correct value listed or if both values are incorrect please provide the correct value.
Vessel Characteristics Section
This section starts on the first page of the survey booklet. This section has questions on some of the operating
characteristics of the vessel as well as information about the value of the vessel in 1998.
Expenditures Section
The Expenditures section of the survey starts on page 2 of the booklet. The first table is a 2-page table on pages 2
and 3. This table asks for annual and monthly information on 7 different expenditure categories. It is important that
this cost information be provided in the month that the cost was incurred, which may not necessarily be the month in
which the cost was actually paid. Providing a monthly breakdown of these costs allows analysts to more closely
track the expenditures you incurred with the activity for that month as shown on your fishtickets. Finally, if you
were not active in a month, please indicate this by circling the appropriate month.
Page 4 has a table for capital expenses and one for other expenses. We ask that you separate out capital
expenditures from other expenses in the same way that you do for accounting purposes so that the total expenses
listed in the survey will be in accord with your own financial records. For both capital expenditures and expenses we
request the total expenditures for the fiscal year. These 3 expenditure tables were written such that there should be
no overlap between the data in these tables.
The Fishery Participation and Revenues section starts on page 5 of the booklet. This section asks for information in
which fisheries, West Coast and other, you were active. In addition, questions about average crew size, day of trip
length and revenues from non-West Coast fisheries are asked.
Other section
This last section starts on page 6. There are 2 tables and a question in this section. The first table asks about
information on the value of lost gear. This question pertains to all fishing gear lost by this vessel in 1997 or 1998,
not just trawl related losses. As with the cost questions above, please report gear losses in the month that they
occurred not the month you replaced the gear. The second table of this section asks about fuel prices in 1998. This
information will allow analysts to track trends in fuel prices over time. The Commission is currently collecting this
information, but that effort did not start until this year. The final question of this section pertains to crew shares and
the formula used to calculate them.
It is very important that you understand that this is a voluntary survey. 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.

The OMB Control Number for this survey is OMB Control No. 0648-0369; Expiration Date: 07/31/2009. While
this is a voluntary survey, this information is needed to respond to requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. In accordance with Section 402(b), the Regulatory Flexibility Act and NOAA
Administrative Order 216-100, "Confidentiality of Fishery Statistics", any information submitted to NMFS by any
person in response to this survey shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed except to: (1) federal
employees and council employees who are responsible for fishery management plan development and monitoring;
(2) state employees pursuant to an agreement with the Secretary of Commerce that prevents public disclosure of this
information; or (3) when required by court order.
Public burden for this collection of information is estimated at 2 hours per survey, including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing the survey.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this data collection, including suggestion for
reducing the burden, to: Dave Colpo, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg.
4, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.

August 30, 1999
{Name}
{Company Name}
{Address}
{City, State, Zip}
{Dear:}
Within the next week you will receive a request to complete a questionnaire we are conducting of West Coast
limited entry groundfish trawlers. This survey will be used to collect cost, earnings and employment information
about your vessel. This information will help us gain a better gain a better understanding of how various factors can
affect the value of the fishery and will provide valuable input into the management decision making process.
The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is administering this survey under a cooperative agreement with
the National Marine Fisheries Service. This work is being done in accordance to the West Coast Economic Data
Collection Plan adopted jointly by the Pacific Fishery Management Council and the Commission. In addition, the
people and organizations whose names and logos appear below support this effort.
I am writing to let you know ahead of time that you will be contacted to participate in the study. I would greatly
appreciate your taking the time to complete and return the questionnaire.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sincerely,

Dave Colpo
Program Manager

Ralph Brown,
PFMC

August 30, 1999
{Name}
{Company Name}
{Address}
{City, State, Zip}
{Dear:}
As a participant of the West Coast groundfish fisheries, you know the economic importance of these
fisheries. However, the ability to conduct economic analyses for management purposes is limited by
a lack of data. For this reason, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, under a cooperative
agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service, is developing an economic program to gather
this data. The purpose of this survey is to gather information needed to assess the economic effects of
fisheries management decisions on the industry and for assessments of community income impacts
and regulatory burden.
As a limited entry groundfish trawler, we are asking that you please provide needed cost, earnings
and employment information about your operation. While this is a voluntary survey, these analyses
are needed to respond to the requirements of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and Executive Order
12866 on Regulatory Planning and Review. This survey is being conducted pursuant to the West
Coast Economic Data Collection Plan adopted jointly by the Pacific Fishery Management Council
and the Commission.
You may be assured of complete confidentiality of the data you provide. The attached letter, written
by NOAA/NMFS explains their confidentiality policies. In addition, your questionnaire has an
identification number for mailing purposes only. This is so that we may check your name off the
mailing list when your questionnaire is returned. Your name will never be placed on the
questionnaire itself. In addition, the information that identifies you and your vessel is collected on a
single sheet, separate from the survey booklet. When you return your questionnaire this sheet will be
removed and retained by my office. The surveys will be delivered to Oregon State University Survey
Research Center for data entry.
I have included 2 pamphlets that provide more information about this program as well as the survey
itself. If you have any questions about this program please feel free to contact me at (206) 526-4251
or toll-free at (888) 425-4251.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Dave Colpo
Program manager

August 30, 1999
{Name}
{Company Name}
{Address}
{City, State, Zip}
{Dear:}
This letter was prepared to explain National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) policies regarding the protection of confidential data.
This includes data submitted in response to the voluntary Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey
being undertaken by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission in cooperation with NMFS
Northwest Region.
Protecting the confidentiality of proprietary data provided to the NMFS is not only required by
Federal statute and regulation, it is critical to NMFS efforts to obtain the data required to meet its
fishery conservation and management responsibilities. NMFS collects and maintains a wide variety
of confidential data and has been successful both in preventing unauthorized access to data and in
protecting confidential data from release under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
It is NOAA’s position that the information submitted in the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey
will be treated as confidential and will be protected from FOIA requests by Exemption 4 of FOIA.
Under NOAA policy on confidential data, only the results of the survey, aggregated at a level that
will not compromise individual confidentiality, will be reported to the public. The basis for this
position is presented below.
Exemption 4 states that information which is: 1) commercial or financial; and 2) privileged or
confidential is generally exempt from disclosure. Commercial or financial information specifically
includes business sales statistics, profit and loss data, overhead and operating costs, and information
on financial conditions. Commercial or financial information is considered confidential for purposes
of Exemption 4 if the disclosure of the information is likely to: 1) impair the government’s ability to
obtain necessary information in the future; or 2) cause substantial harm to the competitive position
of the person submitting the information. It is NOAA’s position that both of these conditions are met
by the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey data.
Additional protection may be provided to the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey data because it
will be submitted voluntarily. In Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory Comm’n, 975
F.2d 871 (D.C. Cir 1992) (en banc), the court ruled that Exemption 4 protects any commercial or
financial information voluntarily supplied to the government if the information is of a kind that the
provider would not customarily release to the public. It is NOAA’s position that this conditions is
met for the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey data. NMFS has implemented a series of
controls to protect the identity of submitters of confidential data. The control system for a particular
region is described in a Regional Data Security Handbook maintained by each region's Data Base
Administrator (RDBA). Specifically it:
(1) Identifies those persons who have access to statistics/data files on a named basis and
under what conditions;
(2) Contains procedures to limit access to confidential data to authorized users on a "need to
know basis;" and

(3) Provides for safeguarding the data through user and password restrictions that govern
access to databases. Source data (e.g., paper records) are maintained under lock and key
until no longer needed; then they are burned or shredded.
This system requires that all persons who have authorized access to the data be informed of the
confidentiality of the data. These persons are required to sign and file with the regional RDBA a
statement of non-disclosure that includes statements that they:
(1) Have been informed that the data are confidential; and
(2) Have reviewed and are familiar with the procedures to protect confidential statistics
(3) Are aware of the penalties for violation of the non-disclosure statement
Persons having access to these data are prohibited from unauthorized use or disclosure, and are
subject to the civil and criminal penalty provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1905, 16 U.S.C. 1857, and
NOAA/NMFS internal procedures, including NOAA Administrative Order 216-100.
NMFS realizes that the data collected through the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey is
particularly sensitive. Authorized access to this data will be strictly limited and all necessary
precautions will be taken to assure that the data is secure from unauthorized access.
With your cooperation, we believe that the Cost, Earnings and Employment Survey will provide
information that is critical for improving our ability both to measure the economic importance of the
West Coast groundfish fisheries and to determine the economic effects of fishery management
decisions. Therefore, we encourage you to participate in the survey.
Please contact one of us if you want additional information about the confidentiality of the survey
data.

Sincerely,

Randy Fisher

William W. Stelle, Jr.

Usha S. Varanasi

August 30, 1999
{Name}
{Company Name}
{Address}
{City, State, Zip}
{Dear:}
About 3 weeks ago a questionnaire seeking cost, earnings and employment information for your
vessel was mailed to you. If you have already completed and returned the questionnaire to us, please
accept our sincere thanks. If not, please do so today. We are especially grateful for your help, as this
information is important to West Coast fisheries analysts and managers.
If you did not receive a questionnaire, or if it was misplaced, please call me at (206) 526-4251 or tollfree at (888) 421-4251 and we will send you a new copy.
Sincerely,

Dave Colpo
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4
Seattle, WA 98115-0070

August 30, 1999
{Name}
{Company Name}
{Address}
{City, State, Zip}
{Dear:}
About 5 weeks ago we wrote to you asking for information about your fishing operation. As of
today, we have not received your completed questionnaire. We realize that you may not have had
time to complete it. However, we would genuinely appreciate hearing from you.
This work is being done to help provide the Pacific Fishery Management Council, its analysts and the
analysts of the National Marine Fisheries Service with important cost, earning and employment
information. In order for the results of the study to be useful, it is essential that each person make
every effort to return a completed survey.
In the event that your questionnaire has been misplaced, a replacement is enclosed. I would be happy
to answer any questions you may have about this work. Please write or call me at (206) 526-4251 or
toll-free at (888) 421-4251.
Sincerely,

Dave Colpo
Program Manager