Northeast Fishing Vessel Annual Cost Survey

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Northeast Fishing Vessel Annual Cost Survey

	United State Department of Commerce National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Social Science Branch 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Please take note of the following points while answering the survey questions, Record the annual costs associated with only the vessel identified below If you own more than one vessel, certain costs may need to be divided among vessels (for example, divide office expenses by the number of vessels owned). Record the combined annual cost for all fisheries you may have participated in this fiscal year. Please consult the detailed instructions if you are unsure about any questions.
Vessel Information Coast Guard Documentation or State Registration Number: 12345678 (one survey per vessel)
Fiscal year that corresponds with the annual costs you will provide below (use the most recent year for which you have complete records). Please provide information for one year only. Format: (mm/dd/yyyy) Start date: ׀__׀__׀ / ׀__׀__׀ / ׀__׀__׀__׀__׀ End date: ׀__׀__׀ / ׀__׀__׀ / ׀__׀__׀__׀__׀
1. a) Vessel Ownership Type (check one): A. Sole proprietorship B. General partnership C. Limited partnership D. Corporation E. Other |__׀__׀__׀__׀		b) If you checked “D” (Corporation), please check which type: C corporation S corporation Limited Liability Corporation
2. Please list the number of owners: ׀__׀__׀
3. Was the vessel purchased from a previous owner or was it bought new? Previous owner New 4. In what calendar year did you acquire the vessel? ׀__׀__׀__׀__׀
5. Please estimate the market value of your vessel (including all equipment, fishing gear, permits, and fishing history): $ ׀__׀__׀ , ׀__׀__׀__׀ , ׀__׀__׀__׀

Repair/Maintenance/Upgrade/Improvements Costs

6. Please use this table to record any repair, maintenance, improvement, or upgrade costs that were made to the vessel this fiscal year. For each category listed in the first column of the table below, indicate whether you spent any amount by checking the “Yes” box and listing the dollar amount spent in the blank space. If you did not have an expense this fiscal year, then check the “No” box. In the third column indicate the type of the expense by checking the appropriate box.

Expense Category	Annual Amount Spent	Type of Expense	Comments
Propulsion Engine (engine, drive train, exhaust/cooling systems)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Deck equipment/other machinery (winches, haulers, generators, hydraulics, compressors, reels, pumps)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair U pgrade/Improvement
Hull (including frame, deck, wheelhouse, keel, steering, rigging, fish holds, fuel tanks)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Fishing Gear (Codends, nets/panels, dredges, buoys, highfliers, doors, pots/traps, cables)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Wheelhouse and gear electronics (Radar, GPS, VMS, sounder, radio, depth/temperature/net sensors)	Yes; : $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Processing/ Refrigeration (RSW, packaging equipment)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Safety equipment (EPIRB, rafts, fire extinguishers, flares, survival suits)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement
Haul-out cost (the cost for taking the boat in and out of the water only, excluding costs mentioned in above categories)	Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	General Maintenance/Repair Major Repair Upgrade/Improvement

Fishing Business Related Costs

7. For each category listed in the table below, indicate whether you have spent any amount by checking the “Yes” box and listing the ANNUAL amount spent in the blank space. If you did not have an expense this fiscal year, then check the “No” box.

Mooring/Dockage Fees: Yes; $ _ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $ 0.00	Storage Expenses (eg: gear shed rental etc.): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Office Expenses: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Business Vehicle Usage costs: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Business travel costs: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Professional Fees (eg: settlement, accounting, legal fees etc.): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Association fees (eg: co-operative, fishing, organization , sector fees etc.): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Permit and/or License fees: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Vessel insurance premium: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00 Number of months insured: __ __	Business taxes: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Principal paid on business loans (not outstanding balance): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Interest paid on business loan: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Total crew payment (including captain): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Crew benefits (e.g., retirement benefits; your portion of health, life, or disability insurance premiums; unemployment insurance): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Non-crew labor services (eg: night watchman etc.): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00

Trip Costs

8. These questions are relating to your trip costs. For each category of expenses listed in the table below, indicate whether you have spent any amount by checking the “Yes” box and listing the ANNUAL amount spent in the blank space. If you have did not have an expense this fiscal year, then check the “No” box.

Fuel: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Oil/lube: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Food/water: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Bait: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Catch handling (eg: auction, lumping, grading, transportation etc): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Settlement fees: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Ice: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Electronics: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
Communication Cost (eg: cell phones, radio etc.): Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Quota or DAS lease: Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00
General Fishing Supplies (eg: gloves, boot liners, foul weather gear, knives, picks, hooks, boxes, bags, ties, lobster bands, rags, tape, links/rings, lines/twine/rope, etc.) Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00	Others: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Yes; $_ _, _ _ _,_ _ _.00 No; $0.00

Typical Lay System

9. a) What was your primary fishery (based on revenue) this fiscal year? Please list only one (e.g., groundfish, scallops, etc.)

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b) For the primary fishery you listed above, did you hire a captain? Owner operated Hired captain

c) How many years of experience does the captain (or the owner if owner-operated) have in the primary fishery you listed above? |__׀__׀ years

d) What is the size of the crew in the primary fishery you listed above? ׀__׀__׀ crew members

( EXCLUDE the captain)

e) For the primary fishery you listed above, which best describes how the crew (including the captain) is paid:

Clear lay (gross stock is split between boat and crew; then trip expenses are deducted from the crew’s share)

Broken lay (trip expenses are deducted from the gross stock; then split between boat and crew)

Per-trip or hourly wage Other -- please describe in the comments sections on page – 6

Not applicable (no crew)

f) If you chose clear lay or broken lay for question (e) then provide the percentage share to the boat and crew below (should add to 100%), otherwise go to question 9 (g).

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g) For clear or broken lay systems, which trip expenses are normally deducted? (check all that apply) Check the “Not applicable” box if it does not apply to you.

Fuel Food and Water Oil/lubrication Bait Catch handling costs

Settlement fees Ice Electronics Communication costs General fishing supplies

Quota and DAS lease Others _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (explain here) Not applicable

Other Annual Costs (not Listed in Previous Sections) 10. Please record costs regarding your fishing activity here that you have incurred but have not reported anywhere else in this survey. (Please do not report you personal costs, such as personal health insurance and house mortgage etc.)
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