Cost-Earning survey of American Samoa Lonline Fish

OMB Control No. 0648-xxxx Expiration Date xx/xx/2018

AMERICAN SAMOAN LONGLINE COST-EARNINGS QUESTIONNAIRE 2015

This is a voluntary survey.

Hello, please help us (NOAA) to better understand the importance of longline fishing in American Samoa. Your details of fishing expenditures are important to ensure accurate results. We want to best represent American Samoa fishermen, and we can only do that by hearing from as many fishermen as possible. While your response is voluntary, we hope that you can help us in this research.

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Date of interview: ____________________

Vessel Name: ______________________________________

Vessel’s permit number: ______________

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

Interviewee position: Vessel owner  Agent Captain

Vessel operator: Owner operated  Hired Captain

I. About the Owner OR Owner Operator

1. How many longline fishing vessels do you own with American Samoa longline permits? _______ vessel(s)

1a. How many vessels were active in 2015? _______

2. How long have you owned this vessel? ______ years

3. Besides selling fish in Cannery, did you sell fish in another place in 2015?  Yes  No

If yes, where did you sell your fish? Was there a fee? And how much?

3a. Where: ____________________

3b. Fee: $_____________________

If yes, what percent of your catch was sold to Cannery and others?

3c. ___________% to Cannery

3d. ___________% to others

II. About the Hired Captain (if you are intrviewing owner-operator, go to #8)

4. Is the hired captain…

 your family member  relative  other local  foreigner

5. Is the hired captain under a contract?

 Yes 5a. If yes, how long is the current contract? ______trips or ______years

 No

6. How long has your captain been with you company? ________ years

7. Was it difficult to find a hired captain to operate this vessel?

 Yes, always  Yes, sometime  No

8. Did you have difficult time finding crew as you needed?

 Yes, always  Yes, sometime  No

III. About the Vessel and Vessel Price

8. When was the vessel purchased? ___________ year

8. What was the vessel purchase price? $______________

8. What is the vessel current (appraisal) value? $_____________

8. What is the vessel replacement value? $______________

8. When was the vessel built? ___________ year

8. What is the vessel’s fuel capacity? ____________ gallons

8. What is the vessel’s holding (fish) capacity? ________ metric tons

8. What is the vessel length? _____________ feet

8. What is the vessel width/beam? _____________ feet

8. Number and horsepower of engines:

Engine 1: ___________________ horsepower

Engine 2: ___________________ horsepower

IV. Fixed Costs in 2015

19. How was the mooring fee paid, before every trip’s departure or by month?  before trip or  by month

19a. What was the estimated mooring fees in 2015? $ ______________ per year

20. Did you do your own bookkeeping/accounting?  Yes  No

20a. If no, how much did you spend on bookkeeping /accounting in 2015? $ _______________ per year

21. What was the annual insurance cost for this vessel in 2015? $ ________________ per year

21a. This included (please check):

 Vessel only

 Liability only (“P” and “I”)

 Health (Please specify who is covered) __________________

 Vessel and liability

 Vessel, liability, and health

 Pollution

22. Did you have any vessel loan payments in 2015?

 Yes 22a. If yes, how much? $ _____________ per month or $ _____________ per year

 No

23. What major repairs or gear replacement were done in 2015 and what were the costs? Including major repairs to get ready for the first trip, gear/equipment repaired or replaced or added in 2015, but NOT including dry dock and trip variable repair costs (examples: generators, engine transmission, gear box for engine, engine parts, spool, and exhaust system). Please specify:

______________________________________________ $ ________________

______________________________________________ $ ________________

______________________________________________ $ ________________

______________________________________________ $ ________________

24. Did you spend on any routine maintenance (performed at least once a year) in 2015 (not including dry dock & trip costs)? Please specify:

______________________________________________ $ ________________

______________________________________________ $ ________________

25. Are there any other fixed (annual) costs which I haven’t included? Please specify:

______________________________________________ $ ________________

______________________________________________ $ ________________

26. About dry dock cost …

26a. When did you last dry dock your vessel? ______________ year

26b. How much did it cost? $________________

26c. How often do you dry dock? How many years in between? _______ years

27. If the vessel dry docked in 2015, ask for cost information…

27a. What major repairs were done in drydock in 2015? (examples: costs paid to shipyard, painting, steel

replacement on bottom, new steering, sandblasting, shafting)

______________________________________________ cost $ ________________

______________________________________________ cost $ ________________

______________________________________________ cost $ ________________

______________________________________________ cost $ ________________

28. Have you overhauled your engine in the past?  Yes  No

28a. When did you last overhaul your vessel? ______________ year

28b. How much did it cost? $________________

28c. How often do you overhauled? How many years in between? _______ years

V. Labor Costs

In the following questions the terms ‘share’ and ‘percentage’ (%) are generally interpreted as the same concept —part of the revenue from a fishing trip goes towards the crew. This is in contrast to ‘flat rate’ ($) which is when a crewmember earns the same amount of money regardless of the revenues from a fishing trip.

Trip Revenue is defined as after sale revenue. Net revenue is defined as after sale and trip costs are deducted.

29. How was an agent paid if your boat was managed by an agent in 2015?

 Flat rate $ ________________  per trip per month  per year

 Shares __________% of  trip revenue  net revenue

 Some flat rate, some shares (details: ___________________________________________)

30. How was the captain paid in 2015?

 Flat rate $___________  per trip per month  per year

 Shares _________% of  trip revenue  Revenue

 Some flat rate, some shares (details: ___________________________________________)

31. Which of the following trip expenses did you subtract from the trip revenue to get net revenue (for captain

shares)?

 Trip costs (e.g. fuel, bait, resupply of gears, prevision, etc.)

 Agent fee

 Others (details: ___________________________________________)

32. How many crew does the vessel usually have? __________ (NOT including captain/owner operator)

33. What is the longest time a current crew has been working with this vessel? _________ years

34. What were the share percentages and/or flat rates for different positions in 2015? Any bonuses? Any initial

payment were paid and when? (please list details)

Position	Foreigner (Y/N)	Shares or %	Of Trip Revenue or Net Revenue	Flat Rate (Per Trip or Per Month)	Bonuses (Per Trip or Per Month)	Initial Payment (when hired)	What Year (for initial payment)
Owner(s)	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$___________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month ___ Per tripPer month	$_______
Owner/Operator	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month ___ Per tripPer month	$_______
Agent fee	Yes No	Generated from Q29	Generated from Q29	Generated from Q29	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______
Captain	Yes No	Generated from Q30	Generated from Q30	Generated from Q30	$___________ Per tripPer month ___ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 1	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month ___ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 2	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 3	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 4	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 5	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______
Crewmember 6	Yes No	_________%	trip rev net rev	$____________ Per tripPer month	$___________ Per tripPer month	$_______

VI. Trip Costs (the most recent landed trip)

Q35. For your most recent landed trip, when was it and how much did you spend?

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