West Coast Albacore Fishery Annual Cost and Earnings Sur

File Name: 119215901

WEST COAST ALBACORE FISHERY ANNUAL COST AND EARNINGS SURVEY

OMB Control Number: 0648-0773 Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX`

Section 1: Vessel Information

1	Owner/Operator
2	Captain
3	Vessel Name
4	Position of person filling out form
5	Email Address
6	Telephone ( )
7	Mailing Address (Street/City/State/Zip Code)
8	Date of Survey Response (Month/Day/Year)
9	Contract captain used? 202X □ Yes □ No 202X % of time: %		202Y □ Yes □ No 202Y % of time: %
10	Year current captain was born		____
11	Captain: years fishing		yrs
12	Captain: years operating current fishing vessel		yrs
13	Who handles vessel finances □ Captain □ Owner □ Spouse□ Partner □ Accountant Total Annual Cost (book keeping and tax preparation) 9a 202X:_________ 9b 202Y:________
14	Vessel Name
15	Vessel ID (USCG or State)
16	Home Port (City/State)
17	Length (feet)
18	Depth (feet)
19	Width (feet)
20	Fuel Capacity (gallons)
21	Total Horsepower of Main Engines
22	Engine Make and Model
23	Year Built
24	Year Purchased
25	Purchase price	$
26	Estimated replacement value of vessel	$
27	Vessel depreciation and amortization (method:__________)	202X $		202Y $
28	Total Insurance cost: (vessel, liability, and health combined)	202X $		202Y $
29	Electronics (Check all on vessel): □ INMARSAT □ Cellular phone □ VHF radio □ CB Radio □ SSB Radio □ Video plotter □ Autopilot □ Satellite navigation □ Computer □ Depth sounder □ Radar □ Sonar □ GPS □ Doppler Radar □ Temperature sensor □ Weather fax □ Other:
30	Total Electronics Cost	202X $		202Y $
31	Refrigeration: □ Brine Spray □ Chiller □ Blast Freeze □ Other
32	Year purchased
33	Purchase price $
34	Maintenance Costs	202X $		202Y $
35	Icemaker? □ Yes □ No
a)	Year purchased
b)	Purchase price $

Section 2: Annual Costs and Related Information

36	Total crew per trip (exclude captain)	Crew:
37	Fishing shares (percentage or actual cash)	202X ↓	202Y ↓
a)	Boat /Vessel	____% or $ ______	____% or $ ______
b)	Captain	____% or $ ______	____% or $ ______
c)	2nd Captain	____% or $ ______	____% or $ ______
d)	Engineer	____% or $ ______	____% or $ ______
e)	Crew	____% or $ ______	____% or $ ______
38	Annual mooring or slip / berthing fees	$	$
39	Annual permit renewal fee	$	$
40	Shipping costs	$	$
41 a)	Annual fuel and oil costs ($) If Total:	$	$
41 b)	Annual fuel and oil quantities (gallons) If Total:
41 c)	Fuel cost ($) If Separate:	$	$
41 d)	Fuel quantity (gallons) If Separate:
41 e)	Oil cost ($) If Separate:	$	$
41 f)	Oil quantity (gallons) If Separate:
42	Annual food costs	$	$
43 a)	Total salt purchases cost ($)	$	$
43 b)	Total salt purchases quantity (lbs.)
44 a)	Total bait purchases cost ($)	$	$
44 b)	Total bait purchases quantity (lbs.)
45 a)	Total ice purchases cost ($)	$
45 b)	Total ice purchases quantity (lbs.)		$
46	Total offloading cost	$	$
47	Gear and equipment cost	$	$
48	Engine maintenance costs	$	$
49	Engine replacement costs Year	$	$
50	Annual total vessel repairs and maintenance with haul out fees	$	$
51	Fishing association membership dues (Please circle monthly or annual) monthly / annual	$	$
52	Total license fees (local, state, federal, combined)	$	$
53	Total County or Landing, vessel and berthing fees	$	$
54	Total business travel (car, airplane, train, other____________________)	$	$
55	Total vehicle expenses	$	$
56	Storage expense	trips	trips
57	Office expenses	days	days
58	Total fishing trips per year this vessel (all types of commercial fishing)	days	days
59	Total days per trip on average
60	Total days fished per trip on average

The next group of questions are intended to help capture the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic response on fisheries.

61. How have you changed your fishing activities due to COVID-19?

61. What are the main reasons you made those changes?

61. By how much did your total annual fishing costs change in 202Y due to COVID-19? $_____.00

61. By how much did your total annual fishing revenue change in 202Y due to COVID-19? $_____.00

The next group of questions are intended to help capture the reasons for and the impacts of other substantial changes you made in 202X and 202Y.

65. Did you substantially change your fishing activities in 202X and/or 202Y? (Please check each that applies)  No, not in either year  Yes in 202X  Yes in 202Y

If YES in 202X, please answer the following questions.

65a. How did you change your fishing activities in 202X?

65b. What were the main reasons you made those changes in 202X?

65c .By how much 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______% in 202X

Fishing revenues decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202X

Total operating costs decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202X

Crew size decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202X

If YES in 202Y, please answer the following questions.

65d. How did you change your fishing activities in 202Y?

65e. What were the main reasons you made those changes in 202Y?

65f. By how much did each of the following increase or decrease for your vessel(s) in 202Y due to those changes? (Please enter “0” if there was no change)

Landings decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202Y

Fishing revenues decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202Y

Total operating costs decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202Y

Crew size decreased by ______% OR increased by______% in 202Y

66. Did you substantially change your non-fishing activities in 202X and/or 202Y? (Please check each that applies)  No, not in either year  Yes in 202X  Yes in 202Y

If YES in 202X, please answer the following questions.

66a.How did you change your non-fishing activities in 202X?

66b. What were the main reasons you made those changes in 202X?

If YES, in 202Y, please answer the following questions.

66c. How did you change your non-fishing activities in 202Y?

66d. What were the main reasons you made those changes in 202Y?

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

The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) is collecting this economic information to improve its ability to conduct analyses required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and other applicable law. The SWFSC and the Pacific Fishery Management Council will use this information to monitor, explain and predict changes in the economic performance and impacts of the West Coast Albacore 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.

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