Catcher Vessel Survey

OMB Control No. 0648-0618 Expiration Date: 04/30/2024

Economic Data Collection (EDC) Form

W EST COAST GROUNDFISH

LIMITED ENTRY TRAWL

CATCHER VESSEL

2023

NOAA Fisheries – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Who is responsible for submitting: All owners, lessees, and charterers of a catcher vessel registered to a limited entry trawl endorsed permit at any time in 2023.

Complete all questions. If a question is not applicable, write "NA" in the answer box. The survey will not be considered complete unless there is an answer to every question.

Submit by September 1, 2024.

Submissions: Completed EDC web forms must be submitted electronically or submitted as paper forms mailed and postmarked by, or hand-delivered to NMFS no later than September 1, 2024. Mail or deliver to

Economic Data Collection Program (FRAM Division)

Northwest Fisheries Science Center

2725 Montlake Boulevard East

Seattle, WA 98112

Retain a copy. Retain a copy of the completed form.

More information & questions: www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/edc or contact Erin Steiner at (866) 791-3726 or [email protected].

Public Reporting Burden Statement

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to take 8 hours per response, including time for reviewing the instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden to Erin Steiner, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112.

Additional Information

Before completing this form, please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 660 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.). They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect the confidentiality of fishery statistics.

Privacy Act Statement

The Department of Commerce Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) requires that forms used to collect Business Identifiable Information (BII) be notified of their protections under the Privacy Act.

Authority to Collect : All participants of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery must complete an annual Economic Data Collection (EDC) form as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (50 CFR 660.114). Purpose The web-based system contains the EDC forms required to be submitted by regulation 50 CFR 660.114. Fishery participants use the system to submit EDC forms. The information is used for economic analysis of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery. Routine Uses: The data submitted are confidential under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS offices, for use in economic analysis of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in and managed as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/NOAA-23. The individual level data will only be studied by NMFS employees or their contractors. Disclosure: Furnishing this information is mandatory. Failure to provide accurate information may prevent renewal of limited entry trawl permits or first receiver site licenses, changes in vessel registration, and/or participation in the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery; or result in a violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act or regulations promulgated under the Act.

I. Contact Information and Vessel Characteristics

1. Provide the following information about this vessel and its physical characteristics.

Item	Vessel Information
Vessel Name
USCG Vessel Number (if none exists enter State ID)
Home Port
Length Overall (feet)
Fuel Capacity (gallons)
Total Horsepower of Main Engines

2. Provide the contact information for the owner of the vessel in 2023. Please make sure that the name provided matches the name of the holder of the limited entry trawl permit registered to this vessel in 2023.

Name of Company, Partnership, or Other Business Entity
Business Mailing Address Street / PO Box			Business Phone ( )
			Business Fax ( )
City	State	Zip Code	Business Email

3. List the limited entry groundfish permit(s) registered to this vessel during 2023 in the West Coast fisheries (Washington, Oregon, and California) – do NOT include state fishing permits, e.g., shrimp, crab, or salmon.

Limited Entry Permit Number	Permit Owned or Leased? Owned Leased
Limited Entry Permit Number (2)	Permit Owned or Leased? Owned Leased
Limited Entry Permit Number (3)	Permit Owned or Leased? Owned Leased
Limited Entry Permit Number (4)	Permit Owned or Leased? Owned Leased

1. Was the vessel leased or bareboat chartered during 2023?

Yes			Continue to Question 4b
No			Skip to Question 5

2. If the vessel was leased or bareboat chartered during 2023, provide the contact information for the lessee or charterer of the vessel. If necessary, use the last page for additional lessees or charterers.

Name of Company, Partnership, or Other Business Entity
Business Mailing Address Street / PO Box			Business Phone ( )
			Business Fax ( )
City	State	Zip Code	Business Email

3. Provide the dates the vessel was leased or bareboat chartered in 2023. If necessary, use the last page for additional lessees or charterers.

Begin: _____/_____/__________ End: _____/_____/__________

mm dd yyyy mm dd yyyy

5. Provide the contact information for the individual responsible for follow-up questions pertaining to this report. If your address, phone, and email are provided in the owner or lessee/charterer information, you do not need to repeat them here, but please provide your name and title.

Vessel Owner or Designated Representative Vessel Lessee or Charterer or Designated Representative
Name			Title
Business Mailing Address Street / PO Box				Business Phone ( )
				Business Fax ( )
City	State	Zip Code		Business Email

6. Did you harvest (catch) any fish (including shellfish) using this vessel during the 2023 calendar year?

Yes No

7. Answer the following questions related to the most recent marine survey of the vessel.

What was the year of this vessel's last marine survey?	_________ yyyy
What was the market value of this vessel from the survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?	$ ________________
What was the replacement value of this vessel from the survey, rounded to the nearest 100 dollars?	$ ________________
Did the survey values given above include the value of permits associated with this vessel at the time of the survey?	Yes No
Did the survey values given above include the value of quota associated with this vessel at the time of the survey?	Yes No
Did the survey values given above include the value of all fishing gear on this vessel at the time of the survey?	Yes No

8. For the remainder of the survey, report values from your 2023 fiscal year. When did this vessel’s 2023 fiscal year begin?

_____/_____/__________

mm dd yyyy

Please report values related to your operation of this vessel from your 2023 fiscal year for the remainder of this survey.

9. Did you have this vessel hauled out in 2023?

Yes No

10. Provide this vessel’s average fuel use 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) in 2023.

• 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 fuel used for propulsion or other uses.

• If you did not participate in a particular activity, please write “NA”.

Activity	Fuel Use	Speed While Fishing	Crew Size not including captain
West Coast whiting trawl gear (not including other groundfish)	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	____________
West Coast midwater trawl gear (not including whiting)	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	____________
West Coast groundfish trawl gear (not including whiting)	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	____________
West Coast groundfish fixed gear with a trawl permit	__________ gal/day		____________
West Coast groundfish fixed gear with a fixed gear permit	__________ gal/day		____________
West Coast shrimp trawl gear	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	____________
West Coast crab	__________ gal/day		____________
West Coast Pacific halibut	__________ gal/day		____________
West Coast California halibut	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	____________
West Coast salmon	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	___________
West Coast tuna	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	___________
Steaming between the West Coast and Alaska	__________ gal/day	___________ knots	___________

11. Provide the total number of individuals who worked as captain or crew on this vessel during 2023 while fishing on the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California).

• This value should represent the total number of individuals who worked at any point during the year, rather than the number of positions reported in Question 10.

• Do not include observers.

Total number of individuals who worked on this vessel

______________ individuals

12. How many gallons of fuel did this vessel use (for all purposes) during 2023 on the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California)?

• Exclude fuel use for activities related to charter of vessel.

• Exclude fuel use for activities in Alaska and steaming between the West Coast and Alaska.

Type of Fuel	Gallons
Diesel	______________ gal
Other:_______________	______________ gal

13. Provide the number of days you operated this vessel at sea during 2023 in each of the following activities. Please note that there is a separate category for days at sea steaming between the West Coast and Alaska. (This information will be used to allocate certain expenses and expenditures between the different fisheries in which the vessel participated).

• Count partial days as full days. If you did not participate in a particular activity, please write “0”.

Activity	Days at Sea
West Coast whiting trawl gear (not including other groundfish)	____________ days
West Coast midwater trawl gear (not including whiting)	____________ days
West Coast groundfish trawl gear (not including whiting)	____________ days
West Coast groundfish fixed gear with a trawl permit	____________ days
West Coast groundfish fixed gear with a fixed gear permit	____________ days
West Coast shrimp trawl gear	____________ days
West Coast crab	____________ days
West Coast Pacific halibut	____________ days
West Coast California halibut	____________ days
West Coast salmon	____________ days
West Coast tuna	____________ days
Other West Coast fisheries	____________ days
West Coast chartering, research, or tendering	____________ days
Alaska chartering, research, or tendering	____________ days
Alaskan fisheries	____________ days
Steaming between the West Coast and Alaska	____________ days

14. Provide the number of one-way trips (count a round trip as 2 one-way trips) this vessel made steaming between the West Coast and Alaska during 2023.

______ one-way trips

II. Capitalized Expenditures and Expenses on Vessel and On-board Equipment, Fishing Gear, and Processing Equipment

Vessel and On-board Equipment

• Include the purchase of a new or used vessel, electronics, safety equipment, and machinery not used to harvest or process fish.

• Include any major upgrades, repairs, or maintenance to the vessel or equipment.

• Exclude fishing gear and processing equipment.

Fishing Gear

• Include purchase of nets, doors, traps, pots, cables, and fishing machinery used in West Coast fisheries.

• Include any repairs or maintenance to fishing gear.

• Exclude any fishing gear that was only used in Alaska.

Processing Equipment

• Include any equipment used to process (including freezing) or head and gut fish on-board the vessel.

15. For accounting purposes, do you track costs on Vessel and On-board Equipment separately from costs on Fishing Gear?

Yes No

16. Provide the 2023 capitalized expenditures and expenses associated with each of the following categories for this vessel. Note that some are for All Fisheries the vessel participates in (West Coast, Alaska, and Other) and others are for West Coast Fisheries only (Washington, Oregon, California).

• If you answered “No” to Question 15, please record the combined total costs on Vessel and On-board Equipment and Fishing Gear under Vessel and On-board Equipment, and record “NA” for Fishing Gear.

Capitalized Expenditures and Expenses	In All Fisheries West Coast, Alaska, and Other	In West Coast Fisheries Only Washington, Oregon, and California
Vessel and on-board equipment	$______________
Fishing gear used only in the West Coast Fisheries		$______________
Fishing gear shared by the West Coast, Alaska and other fisheries	$______________
Processing equipment used only in West Coast Fisheries		$______________
Processing equipment shared by West Coast, Alaska, and other fisheries	$______________

17. Do you track capitalized expenditures and expenses on fishing gear by type (e.g., midwater trawl gear, groundfish bottom trawl gear)?

	Yes		Continue to Question 18
	No		Skip to Question 19

18. Provide the 2023 total capitalized expenditures and expenses associated with each type of fishing gear used in West Coast Fisheries (Washington, Oregon, and California). Do not include the costs associated with any fishing gear that was only used in Alaska.

• If you answered “No” in Question 17, write “NA” and proceed to Question 19.

• All capitalized expenditures and expenses recorded here should be included in value(s) reported under “Fishing Gear” in Question 16.

Gear Type	Capitalized Expenditures and Expenses	Was this gear also used to fish in Alaska?
Midwater trawl gear (whiting, midwater rockfish)		Yes No
Groundfish bottom trawl gear		Yes No
Groundfish fixed gear (incl. pots, longlines)		Yes No
All other fisheries (e.g., crab, shrimp)		Yes No
Non-specific fishing gear (e.g., winches)		Yes No

Please proceed to the next page

III. Other Costs

19. Expenses in West Coast Fisheries: Provide the 2023 expenses (expensed during 2023) associated with each of the following categories while participating in West Coast Fisheries (Washington, Oregon, and California).

• Include all chartering expenses, even if directly reimbursed.

• If you do not track expenses for captain and crew separately, report the combined expenses under captain, and write “NA” under Crew.

• Round all responses to the nearest 100 dollars.

Expenses Category	Expenses in West Coast Fisheries Only Washington, Oregon, and California
Captain (include wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)	$______________
Crew (include wages, bonuses, benefits, payroll taxes, and unemployment insurance)	$______________
Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages	$______________
Observer fees (include travel costs) and electronic monitoring	$______________
Fishing association and commission costs	$______________
State licensing and Federal permit fees	$______________
Fuel and lubrication (do not include steaming between West Coast and Alaska)	$______________
Food		$______________
Ice		$______________
Bait		$______________
Off-load expenses (cross-dock fees, port tariffs, hoist fees, etc.)		$______________
Freight to the vessel on supplies		$______________
Other supplies (cleaning, clothing, safety, etc.)		$______________
Communications (including VMS, satellite phone, skymate)		$______________
Trucking of fish to buyer		$______________

20. Expenses in All Fisheries: Provide the 2023 expenses (expensed during 2023) associated with each of the following categories while participating in All Fisheries (West Coast, Alaska and Other).

• Include all chartering expenses, even if directly reimbursed; round all responses to the nearest 100 dollars.

• If you do not track expenses for captain and crew separately, report the combined expenses under captain, and write “NA” under Crew.

• Round all responses to the nearest 100 dollars.

Expenses Category	Expenses in All Fisheries West Coast, Alaska, and Other
Insurance premium payments (hull and machinery, protection and indemnity, and pollution insurance)	$______________
Moorage	$______________
Lease or bareboat charter of this vessel	$______________
Total depreciation (vessel, on-board equipment, processing equipment, and quota share) taken during 2023	$______________

21. Loan Payments.

a. Were there any loan(s) on this vessel at any time during 2023?

	Yes		Continue to Question 21.b
	No		Skip to Question 22

2. If you answered “Yes” to Question 21.a, record total amount still owed (remaining balance) at the end of 2023.

$______________

2. Provide the total loan payments associated with this vessel. Split total loan payments into amount paid to interest and principal. If you do not know how the payments were split, record the total payments under “Principal repaid” and record “NA” for “Interest paid.”

	Loan Payments
Principal repaid in 2023	$______________
Interest paid in 2023	$______________

22. Provide the total round weight of all fish landings made by this vessel in Alaska during 2022.

• Round to the nearest 100 pounds. (This information will be used to allocate certain expenditures between the different fisheries in which the vessel participated).

__________________ lbs in Alaska

23. Were any of the fish harvested by this vessel on the West Coast during 2022 processed or headed and gutted on-board?

Yes No

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V. Annual Earnings

24. For each of the earnings sources listed below, indicate the income earned during 2022.

• Landings revenue should include taxes, buyback program fees, and post-season adjustments for fish harvested in 2022.

Earnings Source	Total Revenue
West Coast shoreside landings: this information will be obtained from fish ticket data
West Coast at-sea deliveries to motherships	$_______________
Alaska shoreside landings and at-sea deliveries of fish harvested with the vessel	$_______________
Sale of West Coast Quota Shares	$_______________
Lease of West Coast Quota Shares	$_______________
Sale or Lease of West Coast Quota Pounds	$_______________
Sale of West Coast Limited Entry Trawl Permits	$_______________
Lease of West Coast Limited Entry Trawl Permits	$_______________
Sale of West Coast Limited Entry Fixed Gear Permits	$_______________
Lease of West Coast Limited Entry Fixed Gear Permits	$_______________
Salmon disaster relief payments	$_______________
Lease or bareboat charter of vessel	$_______________
Insurance settlements	$_______________
West Coast chartering, research, or tendering: include direct reimbursements	$_______________
Alaska chartering, research, or tendering: include direct reimbursements	$_______________
Other:______________________________	$_______________

VI. Crew Share

25. Did you use a crew share system to pay crew when operating in the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery during 2022?

Yes			Continue to Question 26
No			Skip to Question 27

26. Which of the following expenses were deducted from total revenue before calculating the crew share when this vessel operated in the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery during 2022?

Expense Category	Deducted from Crew Share?
Crew or captain travel not deducted from wages	Yes No
Observer fees and electronic monitoring	Yes No
Fishing association and commission costs	Yes No
State licensing and Federal permit fees	Yes No
Buyback fees	Yes No
Cost recovery fees	Yes No
Fuel and lubrication	Yes No
Food	Yes No
Ice	Yes No
Bait	Yes No
Off-load expenses	Yes No
Freight to the vessel on supplies	Yes No
Other supplies	Yes No
Communications	Yes No
Trucking of fish to buyer	Yes No
Insurance premium payments	Yes No
Lease or charter of this vessel	Yes No
Quota pounds held at the start of the year	Yes No
Quota pounds purchased or leased during the year	Yes No
Quota shares purchased or amortized during the year	Yes No
Limited entry trawl permit	Yes No
Other West Coast permit	Yes No
Other:________________________________________	Yes No

27. On what percentage of fishing trips did the vessel owner serve as captain in the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery during 2022?

_______%

28. On trips when the vessel owner served as captain in the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in Question 26) going to the vessel, captain, crew, and if applicable, other.

• The column should sum to 100%.

• If this vessel did not use a crew share system to pay its crew, enter “NA” in each of the boxes below.

Vessel share	_______%
Captain share	_______%
Crew share	_______%
Other___________	_______%
Other___________	_______%
Total	100 %

29. On trips when the vessel owner did not serve as captain in the West Coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery, please indicate the share of net revenue (revenue minus the deductions listed in Question 26) going to the vessel, captain, crew, and if applicable, other.

• The column should sum to 100%.

• If this vessel did not use a crew share system to pay its crew, enter “NA” in each of the boxes below.

Vessel share	_______%
Captain share	_______%
Crew share	_______%
Other___________	_______%
Other___________	_______%
Total	100 %

VI. Certification

30. Read the following statement, and sign and date the box below.

I certify under penalty of perjury that I have reviewed all the information in this form and that it is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.
Signature	Date signed _____/_____/_________ mm dd yyyy
Print Name

Questionnaire Comments:

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