For-Hire Telephone Survey interview

PRA Statement:
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 0648-0709. Without this
approval, we could not conduct this survey/information collection. Public reporting for
this information collection is estimated to be approximately 3.5 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 National Marine Fisheries Service,
John Foster, NOAA Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Hwy SSCM3 Room 12359, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
This is a voluntary survey, and responses are kept confidential as required by section
402(b) of the Magnuson- Stevens Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100,
Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics, and will not be released for public use except in
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For-Hire Telephone Survey - Web-based Tool
FHS vessel representatives respond to the for-hire questions over the Web via the
FHS Web-based tool link: http://Quantech.com/forhire/htdocs/forhire/
This section displays all the FHS Web-based Tool screen shots for future reference,

and also presents various cases to show screen sequences and patterns.

Screen shots of the Web-based tool
This section shows the FHS Web-based tool screen that vessel representatives see
while keying the fishery data.
Welcome Screen
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Vessel representative:
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Receive a pre-defined Personal Identification Number (PIN) to complete
the For-Hire Survey interview for the designed week.

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Contractor company (Quantech as of year 2008-12):
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Mail a letter to the vessel representative who is responsible to complete
and submit the fishing trip and catch information related to the identified
vessel during a specific week period.

The FHS Web-based tool is located on the following link:
http://Quantech.com/forhire/htdocs/forhire/

Figure 7 – Login-in Web tool screen

Introduction Screen
The Introduction screen filters the vessel representatives’ responses to facilitate
and minimize the data collection process (see Figure 8). The screen provides five
different options that determine whether the vessel respondents need to complete the
survey or if the vessel information is updated.

Figure 8 – Introduction screen
Vessel Verification Screen
On the Web-based tool, the vessel verification screen is pre-filled to facilitate the
data collection process. The vessel representative reviews and updates, if applicable,
the following pre-filled information (see Figure 9):

Figure 9 – Vessel verification screen

Vessel Verification Screen (continued)
The second portion of the Vessel verification screen classifies the HMS permit of the
sampled vessel into four categories (see Figure 12):

Figure 10 – Vessel verification screen

Trip summary for vessel X during the sample week period Screen
This screen serves as a filter that determines whether the sampled vessel completed
any fishing trip activity during the sample week period (see Figure 11). The respondent
may click on:
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Add a trip implies that the vessel representative completed fishing activity
during the sample week and will provide the information required on the
following screen Add Trip.

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No Trips Taken/Did not Fish This Week implies that the vessel representative did
not complete any fishing activity during the sample week.

Figure 11- Vessel X number of trips screen
Add a trip Screen
This screen collects detailed information per day of fishing trip (see Figure 12).
Vessel representative provides the following information:
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Start date includes a list of dates covered within the sampled two weeks.

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Start time includes a list of hours covered within the sampled dates per week.

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End date includes a list of dates covered within the sampled two weeks

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End time includes a list of hours covered within the sampled dates per week.

In this screen, the vessel representative identifies what kind of fishing trip the
sampled vessel performed during the specific sample week, such as:
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For-hire Recreational Fishing Trip, or

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For-hire Recreational Fishing Trip that targeted Large Pelagic Species, or

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Private Recreational Fishing Trip (no paying passengers), or

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Private Recreational Fishing Trip targeting LPS (no paying passengers), or

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Other trip (bait, fuel, sight-seeing)

Figure 12 – Add vessel trips screen
Add a For-Hire trip Screen
The Add a For-Hire Trip screen collects detailed information of each For-Hire trip
completed by the sampled vessel on a specific day of the week identified by the time
period (see Figure 13). Each Vessel representative provides the:
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Start date: Pre-filled by the vessel representative in the Add a Trip screen.

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Start time: Pre-filled by the vessel representative in the Add a Trip screen.

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End date: Pre-filled by the vessel representative in the Add a Trip screen.

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End time: Pre-filled by the vessel representative in the Add a Trip screen.

Figure 13 – Add a for-hire trip screen
Add a Trip Screen
In Add a Trip screen, the vessel representative’s answer indicates that the
sampled vessel has an HMS permit for Anglers. For example, the vessel representative,
, indicates whether the For-Hire fishing activity was completed within or equal to 3 miles
from shore (see Figure 14).

Figure 14 – Add a trip screen
For-Hire questions Screen
In the For-hire Question screen, the vessel representative answers additional
questions about the For-Hire trip (see Figure 15). For example,the vessel representative,
indicates whether the For-Hire fishing activity was completed within or equal to 3 miles
from shore.

Figure 15 – For-hire questions screen

For-Hire questions Screen
In the For-hire Questions screen, the vessel representative adds, edits, or deletes
information for any For-Hire trip completed within the sampled week submitted on
previous screens (see Figure 16). The screen also displays the information submitted by
the vessel representative in a summary table. Once the vessel representative enters
and confirms that all the For-Hire trips belong to the sampled week, the vessel
representative clicks on Survey Complete / All Trips Entered icon to access the following
screen.

Figure 16 – Summary trips screen
Add a For-Hire LPS Trip
The Add a For-hire LPS Trip collects information for the Large Pelagic Survey (LPS)
(see Figure 17).

Figure 17 – Add a For-hire LPS trip screen

Thank you Screen
The Thank you screen displays a gratitude note for the vessel representative. The
gratitude note acknowledges that the vessel representative completed and submitted
the data related to the For-Hire trip of the sampled week using the Web tool. The screen
also shows a survey summary of the vessel representative’s responses prior to final
submission. The vessel representative has the option to edit the responses by clicking
the Cancel option (see Figure 18).

Figure 18 – Thank you screen
Survey complete Screen
The Survey Complete screen shows a Thank You note for the vessel
representative to acknowledge that the vessel representative submitted the data
related to the For-Hire trip completed within the sampled week. The screen also
provides a Write-in space for Comments, in case the vessel representative has any

suggestions to improve the survey (see Figure 19).

Figure 19 – Survey complete note screen
Notice Screen
The Notice screen displays an informative note as to whether the vessel
representative logged off or the For-Hire Survey Web site automatically logged off the
vessel representative from the Web site (see Figure 20).

Figure 20 – logged out screen