NOAA Surveys Hawaiian Fishermen's Big Ocean Expenses
Published Date: 6/6/2025
Notice
Summary
NOAA is updating its surveys to collect trip cost data from Hawaii and American Samoa pelagic longline fishers. About 95 fishers will spend around 10 minutes each sharing info to help manage fisheries better and keep them healthy and profitable. This update invites public comments for 30 days and aims to improve how fishery costs are understood without adding much burden or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Economic data to inform fishery management
NOAA will collect trip cost and other economic measures (costs, earnings, profitability, productivity, capacity, and distribution of net benefits) and use them in regulatory analyses and Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports to help manage fisheries and assess impacts such as employment, sales, and income. The collection is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Short voluntary survey time burden
About 95 Hawaii and American Samoa pelagic longline fishers will be asked to provide trip cost data. Each response will take about 10 minutes, the estimated total burden is 32.5 hours, and surveys will be taken twice a year for three years; participation is voluntary.
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