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Evaluating the Economic Performance of the U.S. West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program
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2021
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Description:The Economic Data Collection (EDC) Program was implemented as part of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program. The catch share program consists of catcher vessels that deliver both shoreside to shorebased processors and at-sea to motherships, mothership vessels that act as floating processors, catcher–processor vessels that both catch and process fish, and first receiver/shorebased processors. All entities are required to submit an annual EDC form reporting costs and earnings from fishing and processing operations in U.S. West Coast fisheries. Utilizing data from the EDC forms and fish tickets, the EDC Program developed a suite of metrics to evaluate the performance of the catch share program, and to provide fishery managers, industry, environmental not-for-profits, the public, and researchers with accessible fishery information. These performance metrics summarize vessel and processor characteristics, labor and wages, costs, revenue, net revenue, and employment and income impacts. This report functions as a guide and reference document for the performance metrics. It contains detailed descriptions of the metrics, organized into four main sections: Purpose, Data, Methods, and Caveats. The purpose of each metric is discussed for context and insight as to how the metric might be used.
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