Cost Earnings Data Collection

Commercial fishing vessels along the

Northwest Fisheries Western US
Science Center
Seattle, WA
Erin Steiner, Carl Lian

July 2016
Outline
• Overview of “my” cost earnings surveys
• Discussion of challenges

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Northwest Fisheries Science Center Cost Earnings
Surveys

Seattle, WA

maps.stamen.com

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Northwest Fisheries Science Center Cost Earnings
Surveys

Blaine, WA

San Diego, CA

maps.stamen.com

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Fisheries

Blaine, WA

San Diego, CA

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Fisheries
www.goodeggs.com

Blaine, WA

San Diego, CA

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Fisheries

Blaine, WA

San Diego, CA

www.oregonlive.com

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Northwest Fisheries Science Center Annual Cost
Earnings Surveys
• Catcher vessels
• State and Federal Fisheries
• Processors
• Shorebased processors
• Catcher-processors
• Motherships
• Recreational Charter Boat Operators

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Northwest Fisheries Science Center Annual Cost
Earnings Surveys
• Catcher vessels
• State and Federal Fisheries
• Processors
• Shorebased processors
• Catcher-processors
• Motherships
• Recreational Charter Boat Operators

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Mandatory versus Voluntary
Mandatory Voluntary
Management Type: Catch Shares/ITQ Limited Entry/Open
Access
Frequency: Annual, 1 year at a Bi-annual, 2 years at a
time time
Format: Paper/Online In-person
Response Rates: ~99-100% 45-60%
QA-QC: Extensive call-backs During interview
Total data points: 188,239 (2009-2014) 257,553 (2003-2012)
Total forms submitted: 975 961

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 NWFSC Catcher Vessel Data Collections

2010 2012 2016

Collection Year: 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2014 2015 2017
Data Year: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Limited Entry Trawl MANDATORY

Limited Entry Fixed Gear
Open Access
(groundfish + crab, shrimp, salmon)

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Purpose of Data Collections
• Inform management
• MSA mandated 5 year review
• Harvest specification analysis
• Fishery management plan analysis
• Economic research

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Quality Assurance Quality Checks

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Challenges

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Challenge (1 of 5) – multiple activities

www.goodeggs.com

www.oregonlive.com

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Challenge (2 of 5) – Quota costs
• Quota costs

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Challenge (3 of 5) – “Costs off the Boat”
• Have received funding to better understand costs
that are not directly related to fishing (marketing,
office/accounting, pick-up trucks, etc.)
• Estimate of the magnitude of variable and fixed
costs not collected;
• Identify the types of costs not being collected;
and
• Make recommendations about cost categories
that should be added to the EDC forms.
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Challenge (4 of 5) – Participant Buy-in

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Challenge (5 of 5) – Getting Researchers Involved
• Confidential level data are only available to NOAA
employees or contractors hired by NOAA
• Can make pre-aggregated data available to anyone
who is interested

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Thank you
• Current team:
• Marie Guldin
• Amanda Warlick
• Carl Lian
• Past supporters:
• Todd Lee
• Quinn Wenninger
• Dave Colpo
• Kate Quigley

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Questions?
• Look forward to talking to other “data collectors”
about their challenges
• http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/edc

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EDC Measures of Net Revenue
• Revenue – variable costs
=
Variable Cost Net Revenue
(near-term economic health of the fishery)

• Revenue – total costs

=
Total Cost Net Revenue
(long-term profitability of the fishery)

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Catch Share Net Revenue

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Form - paper
• Dillman methods
• Have been gradually
modified over time,
since first data collection
in 2005
• Balance consistency
with perfection

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Form - online
• Turned out to be huge
amount of work
• Online submissions
• 48% of 156 forms
(2013)
• 46% of 151 forms
(2014)

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