Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery Cost-Earnings Survey

OMB Control No. 0648-0773 Expiration Date: xx/xx/20xx

File Name: 119214101

HAWAII PELAGIC LONGLINE COST-EARNINGS QUESTIONNAIRE

FOR 20XX OPERATIONS

Survey date: __________________________

Interviewer:_____________________________

Vessel Name: ______________________________________

Vessels permit number: ______________(can fill in later in office)

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

Interviewee’s position: (Please select one) Vessel/business owner (not vessel operator)  Owner operator  Hired captain  Vessel manager  Other (Please specify)______________________________

I. About the Owner OR Owner-Operator

1. How many longline fishing vessels did you or your company own with Hawaii longline permits in 20XX?

_______ # of active vessels in 20XX

_______# of permitted non-active vessels in 20XX

2. When did you first own a longline vessel in the Hawaii longline fishery? ______ year;

2a: Do you currently live in Hawaii?  Yes  No

3. Did you captain this longline vessel in 20XX?  Yes  No

If YES, did you captain all the trips taken by this vessel in 20XX?  Yes  No

In 20XX, what percentage of this vessel’s trips did the owner operator take? _____%

4. Last year (20XX), did you land and sell any fish on the West Coast?  Yes  No

If YES, why did you decide to land on the West Coast, instead Hawaii? (Check all that apply)

 Better prices on the West Coast

 Needed to pick up crew

 Needed to go to a West Coast dry dock

 Other (Please give details) _______________

5. Did you own other businesses besides fishing in 20XX?  Yes  No

5a. If YES, how important was fishing to your company portfolio (in term of % of revenue) in 20XX? _____%

6. Where did you usually sell your fish and how much did you pay for handling fees in 20XX?

% ________ of total landings sold to United Fishing Agency (Auction), & the handling fee was %_________of revenue

% __________ of total landings to other stores in Hawaii, & the handling fee was %_________ of revenue

%__________ of total landings to outside Hawaii, & the fee was %_____________ of revenue for handling

Other fee (such as Hawaii longline association) HLA ____% of revenue or $______

7. In what year were you born ________-(optional question)

II. About the Hired Captain and Crew (for owner operator, skip Questions #9 - 11 and go to #12)

8. Was the hired captain in 20XX a family member or relative of the owner?  Yes  No

9. What was the hired captain’s age in 20XX? __________years

10. How many years has your hired captain been with your company? ________ years

11. Number of crew working on this vessel in 20XX NOT including the captain _______

11a: number of local crew ____

11b: number of foreign crew ______ and where are they from

________ Pilipino (# of crew)

________ Indonesian (# of crew)

________ Other (# of crew) Please give details _________

12. Among the current crew, how many crew were on a renewed contract? __________

III. About this Vessel

13. What was this vessel’s fuel capacity in 20XX? ____________ gallons

14. What was this vessel’s fish holding capacity in 20XX? ________ metric tons or ________ lbs

15. When was this vessel purchased? ___________ year

16. What was the purchase price? $______________

16a. Did the purchase price include a permit? Yes  No.

16b. If NO, did you  purchase it,  lease it OR  receive it from the initial allocation?

16c. If you purchased or leased it, in what year did that happen ________ (year) AND what was the purchase price $________________ OR lease price $_____________ per year?

17. What was the start-up cost for this vessel (the cost of getting it ready for fishing the first time after it was purchase)?

$______________

18. When was the last appraisal for this vessel? _______year

19. What was the appraised value? $______

20. When was the last major upgrade (not including the start-up upgrade) that would have changed the vessel’s market value?

______ year

21. What was the cost of that upgrade? $__________

22. How much do you think your vessel (include all gear and equipment and permit) could be sold for? $______________

23. How much do you think your permit could be sold for? $______________

IV. Fixed Costs in 20XX (not including trip costs)

24. How did you pay mooring fees, by trip or by month?  by trip or  by month

26a. Annual total mooring fees in 20XX? $ ______________

25. Did you hire a vessel manager/agent to manage land-based business related to fishing in 20XX?  Yes  No

 Yes

 No

If YES, what was the agent’s fee? $ ____per trip, OR $ ____per month, OR $ ____ per year

If NO, what types of works did the owner usually do? (Check all that apply)

 Book keeping

 Buying parts

 Look for crew and captain

 Getting the boats ready to depart (such as getting supplies, parts, call PIRO)

 Others (Please describe)__________

25. What was the annual insurance cost for this vessel in 20XX? $ ________________ per year

26a. This included (Please check all that apply):

Vessel

 Liability (“P” and “I”)

 Health (Please specify who was covered) __________________

 Pollution

25. Did you have any vessel loan payments for this vessel in 20XX?

 Yes  No

If YES, how much? $ _____________ per month OR $ _____________ per year)

25. Please list the types of routine maintenance (not including trip costs) for this vessel in 20XX and the annual cost of each

1) _____________________________________________ $ ________________

2) ____________________________________________ $ ________________

3) _____________________________________________ $ ________________

4) _____________________________________________ $ ________________

25. Please list the major repairs (including dry dock if it was done in 20XX) and upgrades to this vessel in 20XX and the costs for each. This may include gear replacement, generators, engine transmission, gear box for engine, engine parts, spool, exhaust systems, etc. Do not include the routine maintenance and “start-up” costs listed above,

1)______________________________________________ $ ________________

2)______________________________________________ $ ________________

3)______________________________________________ $ ________________

4)______________________________________________ $ ________________

25. About dry-dock costs:

30a. How often do you dry dock this vessel? Every _______ years

30b. When did you last dry dock this vessel? ______________ year

30c. How much did it cost (including maintenance, repairs and upgrades done during in the dry dock)? $______________

30d. If a dry dock was done in 20XX, were any major repairs listed in Q30 included in this cost? (ask this to avoid double counting) _____________________________________________

25. Have you overhauled this vessel’s engine?  Yes  No

31a. How often do you overhaul the engine? Every _______ years

31b. When did you last overhaul the engine? ______________ year

31c. How much did it cost? $________________

25. Did I miss any items on other fixed costs?  Yes  No

32a. If YES, how much were the other fixed costs? $_________

32b. What were the other fixed costs for? (Please give details) _____________________?

V. About Labor Costs in 20XX

In the following questions, the term ‘share’ (%) is interpreted as the part of the gross or net revenue from a fishing trip that was paid to the captain or crew. This is in contrast to a ‘flat rate’, which was paid per fishing trip or month regardless of the revenues from a fishing trip or month. Trip revenue is defined as fish sales revenue. Net revenue is defined as trip revenue minus any trip costs that were deducted before calculating what the captain or crew were paid.

25. In 20XX, how many people were paid from this vessel’s trip revenue and how were they paid? _______ (number of people)

33a: Owner  Shares _________% of  gross revenue or  net revenue

33b: Vessel manager  Flat rate $___________  per trip or per month

Or  Shares _________% of  gross revenue or  net revenue

33c: Captain  Shares _________% of  gross revenue or  net revenue

33d: Crew ______# of Crew  Shares _________% of  gross revenue or  net revenue

______# of Crew  Flat rate only

______# of Crew  Flat rate & bonus

If bonuses were paid, please describe how they were determined or explain the bonus schedule.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

25. Initial cost/payment to retain a foreign/non-local crewmember?

34a. Initial payments for foreign crew (including agent fees, airfare/tickets, transit (min. 30 days from Samoa or Ensenada, etc.))

$_______________ per crew in in recruitment

34b. Non-local/Micronesian crew (fee for green cards, medical, etc.) $_______________ per crew

34c. Average years for a new contract/foreign crew that initial payment occurred ______________ years

25. If shares were based on by net revenue, which of the following trip expenses did you subtract from the trip revenue to get net revenue (for shares)

Common trip cost items:

 Fuel  Bait  Provision  Fishing gear  Engine oil  Communications

Other types of costs:

 Agent fee, insurance, parts for repairs

 Other (Please specify)______

25. Please use the table below to list the information for each crew position on this vessel in 20XX (related on # Question 34)

Position	Foreigner (Y/N)	Shares %	Share of Trip or Net Revenue	Flat Rate (Per Trip or Month)	Bonuses (Per Trip Month or pound caught	Initial Payment (when hired)	What Year (for initial payment)
Owner/Operator		_________%	Trip Ne
Hired Captain		_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught
Crewmember 1	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______
Crewmember 2	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______
Crewmember 3	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______
Crewmember 4	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______
Crewmember 5	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______
Crewmember 6	Yes No	_________%	Trip Net	$____________ Per trip Per month	$___________ Per trip Per month Per pound caught	$_______

VI. Trip Costs in 20XX (Only for the vessels without any cost data collected from the observers)

25. Did your vessel conduct tuna and swordfish trips in 20XX? (Please select one)

 Only tuna

 Only swordfish

 Both tuna and swordfish

25. If this vessel took both tuna and swordfish trips in 20XX or did that previously, were there any costs for switching between gear types?  Yes  No

38a. If YES, what was the cost to switch from swordfish fishing to tuna fishing (cash and labor)? $_________

38b. If YES, what was the cost to switch from tuna fishing to swordfish fishing (cash and labor)? $: _________

25. How much did you “average” 20XX tuna trip cost? (skip if they took no tuna trips)$_____

How much did you “average” 20XX swordfish trip cost? (skip if they took no swordfish trips) $_____

25. For your 20XX tuna trips, how much did you spend on “average” per trip for each of the following? (skip if they took no tuna trips)

1. Fuel cost per trip: Fuel used: ___________ Gallons, Fuel price ($/gallon)_______, Fuel cost $ ____________

2. Bait cost per trip: Bait used: ____________ Boxes, Bait price ($ per box)________, Bait cost $ __________

3. Oil cost per trip (include engine oil & hydraulic oil): _________ gallons per trip, and total oil cost per trip = $_________

4. Ice cost per trip $_________

5. Fishing gear costs per trip $__________

6. Provisions (food) costs per trip $__________

7. Communications per trip $__________

41. For your 20XX swordfish trips, how much did you spend on “average” per trip for each of the following? (skip if they took no swordfish trips)

1. Fuel cost per trip : Fuel used: ___________ Gallons, Fuel price ($/gallon)_______, Fuel cost $ ____________

2. Bait cost per trip: Bait used: ____________ Boxes, Bait price ($ per box)________, Bait cost $ __________

3. Oil cost per trip (include engine oil & hydraulic oil): _________ gallons per trip, and total oil cost per trip = $_________

4. Ice cost per trip $_________

5. Fishing gear costs per trip $__________

6. Provisions (food) costs per trip $__________

7. Communications per trip $__________

8. Lightstick costs per trip $________________

VII. Industry Perspectives

42. Did you substantially change your fishing activities in 202X?   No    Yes

 

If YES, please answer the following questions.

 

How did you change your fishing activities in 202X?_______________________________________________

 

What were the main reasons you made those changes?______________________________________________

 

By what percentage did each of the following increase or decrease for your vessel(s) in 202X due to those changes?  (Please enter “0” if there was no change)

Landings decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

Fishing revenues decreased by ______% OR increased by______%  

Total operating costs decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

Crew size decreased by ______% OR increased by______%

 

43. Did you substantially change your non-fishing activities in 202X?   No    Yes

 

If YES, please answer the following questions.

 

Why did you substantially change your non-fishing activities in 202X? ______________________________________

 

How did you change your non-fishing activities in 202X?_________________________________________________

 

What were the main reasons you made those changes?___________________________________________________

44. What are the three biggest constrains or challenges that impact the economic performance of your fishing business

1. __________________________

2. __________________________

3. __________________________

45. Open Ended Questions: Is there anything else you would like to say? (present challenges, COVID-19 pandemic, comments on fishing management)

We appreciate the confidential nature of the data being collected by this survey. NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) will handle individual survey data as confidential business information and a form of protected personal information and will maintain the confidentiality of the information consistent with legal authorities available to it, including but not limited to the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) and the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1905). The PIFSC will protect individual survey data from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law and it has instituted procedures to provide that protection.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement. The PIFSC is collecting this economic information to improve its ability to conduct the analyses required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and other applicable law. The PIFSC and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will use this information to monitor, explain and predict changes in the economic performance and impacts of the Hawaii pelagic longline fishery. Among other things, this will enable fisheries managers and the public to more fully consider the economic effects of proposed and existing regulations for this important fishery.

A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0648-0773 and its expiration data is XX/XX/20XX. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 60 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the NOAA Fisheries at: 1845 Wasp Blvd., Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818, Attn: Minling Pan, and Minling.Pan@noaa.gov if desired.

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