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Catcher Vessel Cost Earnings Data - Economic Data Collection for Monitoring the Economic
Effects of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program
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This project was initiated in response to regulation 50 CFR 660.114, which mandates
that economic data be collected from every participant in the trawl rationalization
program. The data are collected annually from catcher vessels, catcher processors,
motherships, first receivers, and shorebased processors through paper-based forms.
The four forms (specific to entity type) are mailed annually in May, and collect data
about the fishing, buying, and processing information from the previous year. The
entity must submit their data by September 1 in order to renew their limited entry
trawl permits, reissue their quota share, vessel accounts, and receive their first
receiver site licenses. The data, reports, tech memos, and academic papers are used
by Northwest Region staff, Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), and headquarters
staff to inform management decisions, and to monitor the effects of the program.
Cost earnings data for catcher vessels in trawl rationalization program.
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