West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Cr

Economic Surveys for U.S. Commercial Fisheries

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West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Crab, and Shrimp 2013 Economic Data Collection

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W EST COAST COMMERCIAL CATCHER VESSEL COST EARNINGS SURVEY


Conducted by:

NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

This survey is being sent to all non-tribal commercial fishing vessel owners who (1) landed at least $1,000 of fish on the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California) during 2012, (2) earned at least 33% of their landings revenue in the groundfish, salmon, crab, or shrimp fisheries, and (3) did not operate with a limited entry groundfish permit during 2012. Please see the accompanying letter for instructions about completing this survey..

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SURVEY RESPONDENT


1. Name: _____________________________________________________________

2. Email: _____________________________________________________________

3. Telephone: (____)_______________________

4. Mailing Address (Street, City, State, and Zip Code): _____________________________________________________________________

5. Date of Survey Response (Month/Day/Year): ______________________________


VESSEL OWNERSHIP AND CHARACTERISTICS


6. Please verify the following information on record about your vessel. If the information on record is correct, please place a check mark in the Corrections column. If the information on record is incorrect or there is no information on record, please provide the correct information in the Corrections column.


Item

Information on Record

Corrections

a. Vessel Name

Sea Breeze

__________

b.Vessel ID (USCG or State)

CA123456

__________

c. Home Port (city and state)

San Luis Obispo, CA

__________

d. Length Overall (feet)

41

__________

e. Fuel Capacity (gallons)

300

__________

f. Total Horsepower of Main Engines

225

__________




7. Has a marine survey been performed for this vessel?

a. Yes (proceed to question 8)

b. No (proceed to question 9)



8. Answer the following questions referring to the most recent marine survey value of the vessel.


a. What was the year of this vessel’s last value survey?

______

yyyy

b. What was the market value of the vessel from the survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?

$________

c. What was the replacement value of the vessel from this survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?

$________

d. Do the survey values given above include the value of permits associated with the vessel at the time of the survey?

Yes No

e. Do the survey values given above include the value of all fishing gear on the vessel at the time of the survey?

Yes No



9. Provide this vessel’s average fuel use (for propulsion or other uses) per day, speed, and crew size (not including captain) when engaged in each of the following activities on the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California). s

  • Fuel use per day should be an average that includes steaming to the fishing grounds, harvesting fish, and steaming back to port and should include all fuels used for propulsion or other uses.

  • Put an “NA” for all activities in which you did not operate this vessel.


Activity

Fuel Use



Speed While

Fishing

Crew Size (not including captain)


a. West Coast groundfish fixed gear

______gal/day



A

________

b. West Coast crab

______gal/day



A

________

c. West Coast salmon

______gal/day

______knots

________

d. West Coast shrimp

______gal/day

______knots

________

e. West Coast tuna

______gal/day

______knots

________

f. West Coast halibut (Pacific or California)

______gal/day



A

________

g. Alaska fisheries (not including tendering)

______gal/day

______knots

________

h. Tendering

______gal/day

______knots

________

i. Steaming between the West Coast and Alaska

______gal/day

______knots

________

10. Provide the number of days this vessel was at sea during 2012 in each of the following activities. Please note that there is a special category for days at sea traveling between the West Coast and Alaska. (This information will be used to allocate some expenditures among the fisheries in which this vessel participates.)

  • Count partial days as full days.

  • Count days tendering as well as days fishing


Fishery

Days at Sea During 2012

a. West Coast groundfish fixed gear (longline or pots)

_______ days

b. West Coast crab

________ days

c. West Coast salmon

________ days

d. West Coast shrimp

________ days

e. West Coast tuna

________ days

f. West Coast halibut (Pacific or California)

________ days

g. Other West Coast fisheries

________ days

h. Alaska fisheries (not including tendering)

________ days

i. Tendering

________ days

j. Chartering

________ days

k. Steaming between West Coast and Alaska

________ days




ANNUAL COSTS AND EARNINGS IN ALL FISHERIES


Questions 11 through 13 collect information about this vessel’s costs and earnings while operating in all fisheries (groundfish, crab, shrimp, salmon, etc.) in all locations (West Coast, Alaska, etc.).


11. On what date did your 2012 fiscal year begin?


a. Month: __________

b. Day: ____

c. Year: _____


12. Provide total costs (both expenses and capitalized expenditures) during fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012 in each of the following categories for this vessel.

  • If you do not track expenses for captain and crew separately, report combined expenses under captain and put “NA” under crew.

  • Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.

  • Include all chartering expenses, even if directly reimbursed

  • Include both expenses and capitalized expenditures


Expense Category

2011 ($)

2012 ($)

a. Captain (including wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)

$_________

$_________

b. Crew (including wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)

$_________

$_________

c. Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages

$_________

$_________

d. Observer fees and electronic monitoring

$_________

$_________

e. Fishing association and commission costs

$_________

$_________

f. State licensing and federal permit fees

$_________

$_________

g. Fuel and lubrication

$_________

$_________

h. Food

$_________

$_________

i. Ice

$_________

$_________

j. Bait

$_________

$_________

k. Off-load expenses (cross dock fees, port tariffs, hoist fees, etc.)

$_________

$_________

l. Freight to the vessel on supplies

$_________

$_________

m. Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)

$_________

$_________

n. Communications

$_________

$_________

o. Trucking of fish to the buyer

$_________

$_________

p. Vessel and on-board equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance

  • Include all electronics, safety equipment, and machinery not used to harvest fish

  • Exclude fishing gear and processing equipment

$_________

$_________

q. Fishing gear purchases, repair, and maintenance

  • Include nets, doors, traps, pots, cables, and fishing machinery

$_________

$_________

r. On-board processing equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance

  • Include any equipment used to process or head and gut fish on-board the vessel

$_________

$_________

s. Insurance premium payments (hull and machinery, protection and indemnity, and pollution insurance)

$_________

$_________

t. Moorage

$_________

$_________

u. Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel

$_________

$_________

v. Purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$_________

$_________

w. Total depreciation (vessel, on-board equipment, processing equipment, and quota) taken during the year

$_________

$_________



13. For each of the earnings sources listed below, indicate the income earned during your fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2012.

  • If no income was earned from a source during a particular fiscal year, enter $0 in the appropriate cell.

  • Round all answers to the nearest 100 dollars.


Earnings (Income) Source

2011

2012

  1. West Coast shoreside landings; this information will be obtained from fish ticket data







b. Landings and at sea deliveries outside the West Coast (Alaska and other). Include taxes, fees, and post-season adjustments.

$________

$________

_

c. Sale of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$________

$________

d. Leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$________

$________

e. Tendering

$________

$________

f. Salmon disaster relief payments

$________

$________

g Chartering / research / leasing vessel: include direct reimbursements

$________

$________

h. Other. Please describe

$________

$________




LABOR COMPENSATION IN THE WEST COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY



14. In which of the following fisheries did this vessel derive the most revenue from West Coast landings during fiscal year 2012?


a. Groundfish

b Salmon

c. Crab

d. Shrimp

e. Other West Coast Fishery



15 When operating in the fishery identified in question 14, did this vessel make any trips during fiscal years 2011 and 2012 where a crew share system was used to pay the crew?

a. Yes (proceed to question 16)

b. No (proceed to question 20)



16. Which of the following expenses were deducted from total revenue before calculating the crew share when this vessel operated in the fishery identified in question 14? Mark “Yes” for expenses which were deducted from total revenue and “No” for expenses which were not deducted from total revenue. If the calculation of crew share changed during the 2011-12 period, please report the method used most frequently.


Deduction from Total Revenue


a. Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages

Yes No

b. Observer fees and electronic monitoring

Yes No

c. Fishing association and commission costs

Yes No

d. State licensing and Federal permit fees

Yes No

e. Buyback fees

Yes No

f. Fuel and lubrication

Yes No

g. Food

Yes No

h. Ice

Yes No

i. Bait

Yes No

j. Off-load expenses

Yes No

k. Freight to the vessel on supplies

Yes No

l. Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)

Yes No

m. Communications

Yes No

n. Trucking of fish to the buyer

Yes No

o. Vessel and on-board equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance

Yes No

p. Fishing gear purchases, repair, and maintenance

Yes No

q. On-board processing equipment purchases, repair, and maintenance

Yes No

r. Insurance premium payments

Yes No

s. Moorage

Yes No

t. Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel

Yes No

u. Expenses for purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel

Yes No

v. Other ___________________________________

Yes No



17. On what percentage of fishing trips in the fishery identified in question 14 did the vessel owner serve as captain during the 2011-12 period?


________ %



18. On trips in the fishery identified in question 14 when the vessel owner serves as captain, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in question 16) going to the vessel, captain, and crew. If the vessel owner did not serve as captain on any trips write “NA”.

a. Vessel share

________ %

b Captain share

________ %

c. Crew share

________ %



19. On trips in the fishery identified in question 15 when the vessel owner did not serve as captain, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in question 17) going to the vessel, captain, and crew. If the vessel owner always serves as captain, please write “NA”.

a. Vessel share

________ %

b Captain share

________ %

c. Crew share

________ %




SURVEY CONCLUSION AND PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT



20. Is there any other information you would like to share with us?

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________


Thank you for participating in this survey. The information you have provided will improve studies of the economic performance and economic impact of the West Coast limited entry fishery. Public reporting burden for this information collection, including time for gathering data needed, and completing the survey is estimated to average two hours per respondent. Any questions about this survey may be directed to either Carl Lian of NOAA Fisheries (206-302-2414) or Dave Colpo of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (503-595-3100). This survey is conducted under OMB No. 0648-0369, which expires on February 28, 2013. 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.

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