West Coast Commercial Catcher Vessel Cost and Earnings S

OMB Control No. 0648-XXXX

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WEST COAST COMMERCIAL CATCHER VESSEL

COST EARNINGS SURVEY

Conducted by:

NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

This survey is being sent to all owners of a commercial fishing vessel that (i) operated during 2017 with a limited entry groundfish permit having a fixed gear endorsement, (ii) landed at least $1,000 of fish on the West Coast (California, Oregon, and Washington) during 2017, and (iii) did not participate in the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery. Please see the accompanying letter for instructions about completing this survey.

CONTACT INFORMATION

You and other vessel owners are the only ones that can provide this information to this survey. In order to track who has responded please list your contact information here. Your individual responses will be kept confidential and reported only in combination with all other participants.

¹ Name:

² Relationships of Respondent to Vessel:  Vessel Owner  Spouse/Relative of Owner

 Vessel Captain  Accountant/Bookkeeper for Owner  Other

³ Email Address:

⁴ Telephone: ( )

⁵ Mailing Address Street:

City: State: Zip Code:

⁶ Date of Survey Response (Month/Day/Year):

VESSEL OWNERSHIP AND CHARACTERISTICS

⁷ 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	Response
a. Vessel Name	__________
b.Vessel ID (USCG or State)	__________
c. Home Port (city and state)	__________
d. Length Overall (feet)	__________
e. Fuel Capacity (gallons)	__________
f. Total Horsepower of Main Engines	__________

⁸Has a marine survey been performed for this vessel?

• Yes (proceed to question 9)

• No (proceed to question 10)

⁹ 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 

¹⁰ Please 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).

• 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 trawl gear	______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	______

ANNUAL DAYS AT SEA, COSTS AND EARNINGS

¹¹ On what date did your 2017 fiscal year begin?

Month _______ mm

b. Day _____ dd

c. Year ______ yyyy

¹² Provide the number of days this vessel was at sea during the 2017 fiscal year 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 2017
a. West Coast groundfish fixed gear (longline or pots)	_______ days
b. West Coast crab	________ days
c. West Coast salmon	________ days
d. West Coast shrimp trawl gear	________ days
e. West Coast tuna	________ days
f. West Coast halibut (Pacific or California)	________ days
g. Other West Coast fisheries	________ days
h. West Coast chartering, research, or tendering	________ days
i. Alaska chartering, research, or tendering	________ days
j. Alaska fisheries (not including chartering research, or tendering	________ days
k. Steaming between West Coast and Alaska	________ days

Questions 13 and 14 collect information about this vessel’s costs and earnings while operating in all fisheries (groundfish, crab, halibut, etc.) in all locations (West Coast, Alaska, etc.).

¹³ Provide total costs (both expenses and capitalized expenditures) during fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017 in each of the following categories for this vessel’s operations in all fisheries..

• 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	2016 ($)	2017 ($)
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	$_________	$_______
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. Communications, including VMS, satellite phone, skymate	$_________	$_______
n. Trucking of fish to buyer	$_________	$_______
o. Vessel and on-board equipment purchases, upgrades, repair, and maintenance Include all electronics, safety equipment, and machinery not used to harvest fish Exclude fishing gear and processing equipment	$_________	$_______
p. Fishing gear purchases, upgrades, repair, and maintenance Include nets, doors, traps, pots, cables, and fishing machinery	$_________	$_______
q. Processing equipment purchases, upgrades repair, and maintenance Include any equipment used to process or head and gut fish on-board the vessel	$_________	$_______
r. Insurance premium payments (hull and machinery, protection and indemnity, and pollution insurance)	$_________	$_______
s Moorage	$_________	$_______
t. Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel	$_________	$_______
u. Purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel	$_________	$_______
v. Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)	$_________	$_________
w. Total depreciation (vessel, on-board equipment, processing equipment, and quota) taken during the year	$_________	$_______

¹⁴ For each of the earnings sources listed below, indicate the income earned during fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2017.

• 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

2016

2017

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

_b. Alaska shoreside landings and at-sea deliveries of fish harvested with this vessel

$_________

$_______

_c. Sale of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$_________

$_______

_d. Leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel

$_________

$_______

_e. Leasing of vessel

$_________

$_______

_f. West Coast chartering, research, or tendering: include direct reimbursements

$_________

$_______

_g Alaska chartering, research, or tendering: include direct reimbursements

$_________

$_______

_h. Other, Please describe ___________________________

$_________

$_______

LABOR COMPENSATION IN THE WEST COAST GROUNDFISH FISHERY

¹⁵. In which of the following fisheries did this vessel derive the most revenue from West Coast landings during fiscal year 2015?

• Groundfish

• Salmon

• Crab

• Shrimp

• Other West Coast Fishery

¹⁶ When operating in the fishery identified in the previous question, did this vessel make any trips during fiscal year 2017 where a crew share system was used to pay the crew?

• Yes (proceed to question 17)

• No (proceed to question 21)

¹⁷ 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 15? 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 2017, 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	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. Insurance premium payments	Yes  No 
p. Lease or charter of this vessel	Yes  No 
q. Expenses for purchase and leasing of permits and quota associated with this vessel	Yes  No 
r. Other, Please describe: _________________________________	Yes  No 

¹⁸ On what percentage of fishing trips in the fishery identified in question 15 did the vessel owner serve as captain during 2017?

________ %

¹⁹ On trips in the fishery identified in question 15 when the vessel owner serves 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 did not serve as captain on any trips write “NA”.

a. Vessel share	________ %
b Captain share	________ %
c. Crew share	________ %

²⁰ 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

²¹ 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 three hours per respondent. Any questions about this survey may be directed to either Jerry Leonard of NOAA Fisheries (206-302-1742). This survey is conducted under OMB Control No. 0648-XXXX, which expires on XXXX.

Privacy Act Statement: Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq. Purpose: The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that conservation and management measures must prevent overfishing while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery. Economic surveys of fisheries are essential tools in the management of fishery resources. Section 303(a)(5) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifically identifies the kinds of data to be collected for fishery management plans (FMPs). Routine Uses: The Department of Commerce will use this information for effective fishery management. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS offices, in order to coordinate monitoring and management of sustainability of fisheries and protected resources, as well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine Fisheries Commissions and International Organizations. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the COMMERCE/NOAA-6, Fishermen's Statistical Data. Disclosure: Submission is voluntary; however, the more information is collected, the better we can manage fisheries resources.

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