Puerto Rico Small-Scale Fisheries Survey Instrument (Eng

File Name: 155872100

OMB Control Number: 0648-0773 Expiration date: 04/30/2025.

Costs and Earnings Survey Instrument

PROFILE OF SMALL-SCALE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES IN THE U.S. CARIBBEAN

(Costs and Earnings Survey Instrument –English Version)

Interviewer Name	Date	No. Contacts	Refusal reason	Survey #	Respondent’s Name

The data you provide will be used to develop a socioeconomic profile of Caribbean small-scale fisheries. Everything we talk about will be confidential. When we finish our interviews and other work, we will write a report that summarizes everything we have learned. We will not use people’s names in our reports, or write about anything that is sensitive. Participation in this survey is voluntary, and you do not need to answer any questions you do not wish to answer. However, we strongly encourage you to participate. You have a vital stake in the way fishery decisions are made, and only you can provide valuable information, which will be used to strengthen the management, protection, and conservation of marine resources. If you agree that sounds okay and if you do not have any questions, I would like to start by asking you a few basic questions about you and your fishing operation.

Puerto Rican Trap and Dive Study: Spiny lobster and Queen conch

Name:

Cell

Estate where live:

Zip Code:

Demographic information

1. What is your role on the boat?

 Owner and operator  Hired captain  Crew/diver  Other:______

2. How many years of experience do you have as a commercial fisherman? _______ years

3. How old are you? _______ years

4. What is the highest level of formal education?

 Less than High School  High School  University/Technical Courses/Associate Degree

5. How would you describe your degree of participation in fishing?

 Full-time  Part-time  No longer fish

6. What percentage of your overall household income is derive from fishing and selling fish? ____ %

7. If not 100%, what other activities do you engage in? ___________________

Fishing Trip

8. What goal or objective do you have in mind for your fishing trip? (e.g., catch as many fish as possible, earn a certain amount of money per trip, fulfil an order from a client- describe, other? Explain:

Main Gear/ target species	Explain fishing objective
Main gear: SCUBA Target: Conch
Main gear: SCUBA Target: Conch
Main gear: Traps Target: Lobster
Main gear: Trammel Net Target: Lobster

Main gear: Lobster & fish traps	Target species: Lobster
Number trips per week	#_____trips/week
Habitat and depth range (ft)	Habitat________ depth range:____ ft
Average number of traps hauled during trip?
Lobster traps	# _____ lobster (soak time____ days)
Fish traps	#______ fish (soak time____ days)
Trip duration (hrs)	#______ hrs/trip
Average Catch (lbs/trip)
Lobster Conch Fish Other:_______	#_______ lbs #_______ lbs #________ lbs [Species:___________] #________ lbs [Species:___________]
Total crew size (all, inc. captain)	#_______
Other gears used in this trip? Check all that apply	 Dive # ____ tanks  Nets # ____ nets  Lines # ____ lines  Other # ____
Costs per trip ($/trip)
Fuel and oil	$ ________ /trip
Gallons of fuel used per trip	# ________ gal./trip
Truck fuel cost per trip:	$ ________ /trip
Ice	$ ________ / trip (◻ Make my own)
Bait	$ ________ /trip
Food	$ ________ /trip
Air supply	#____ tanks $/tank_____ (air refill)
Other expenses :____________	$ ________ /trip
Average gross revenue per trip:	$ ________

Gross revenue range: Very good trip $________/trip vs. Poor trip $________/trip

Main gear: SCUBA	Target species: Lobster	Target species: Conch
Number trips per week	#_____trips/week	#_____trips/week
Habitat and depth range (ft)	Habitat________ depth range:____ ft	Habitat________ depth range:____ ft
Trip duration (hrs)	#______ hrs/trip	#______ hrs/trip
Total crew size (all, inc. captain)	#_______	#_______
Number of divers	#_______	#_______
Tanks per diver	#_______ tanks/diver	#_______ tanks/diver
Number of spearguns	#_______	#_______
Number of snares	#_______	#_______
Average Catch (lbs/trip)
Lobster Conch Fish Other	#_______ lbs #_______ lbs #________ lbs [Species:___________] #________ lbs [Species:___________]	#_______ lbs #_______ lbs #________ lbs [Species:___________] #________ lbs [Species:___________]
Other gears used in this trip? Check all that apply	 Traps # ____ traps  Nets # ____ nets  Lines # ____ lines  Other # ____	 Traps # ____ traps  Nets # ____ nets  Lines # ____ lines  Other # ____
Costs per trip ($/trip)
Fuel and oil	$ ________ /trip	$ ________ /trip
Gallons of fuel used per trip	# ________ gal./trip	# ________ gal./trip
Truck fuel cost per trip:	$ ________ /trip	$ ________ /trip
Ice	$ ________ / trip (◻ Make my own)	$ ________ / trip (◻ Make my own)
Bait	$ ________ /trip	$ ________ /trip
Food	$ ________ /trip	$ ________ /trip
Air supply	#____ tanks $/tank_____ (air refill)	#____ tanks $/tank_____ (air refill)
Other expenses :____________	$ ________ /trip	$ ________ /trip
Average gross revenue per trip:	$ ________	$ ________

Gross revenue range (SCUBA/Lobster main target)

Very good trip $________/trip vs. Poor trip $________/trip

Gross revenue range (SCUBA/Conch main target) :

Very good trip $________/trip vs. Poor trip $________/trip

Main gear: Trammel Net	Target species: Lobster
Number trips per week	#_____trips/week
Habitat and depth range (ft)	Habitat________ depth range:____ ft
Average number of trammel nets hauled during trip?
Lobster trammel net	# _____ lobster (soak time____ days)
Fish trammel net	#______ fish (soak time____ days)
Trip duration (hrs)	#______ hrs/trip
Average Catch (lbs/trip)
Lobster Fish Other:_______	#_______ lbs #________ lbs [Species:___________] #________ lbs [Species:___________]
Total crew size (all, inc. captain)	#_______
Other gears used in this trip? Check all that apply	 Dive # ____ tanks  Traps # ____ nets  Lines # ____ lines  Other # ____
Costs per trip ($/trip)
Fuel and oil	$ ________ /trip
Gallons of fuel used per trip	# ________ gal./trip
Truck fuel cost per trip:	$ ________ /trip
Ice	$ ________ / trip ( Make my own)
Bait	$ ________ /trip
Food	$ ________ /trip
Air supply	#____ tanks $/tank_____ (air refill)
Other expenses :____________	$ ________ /trip
Average gross revenue per trip:	$ ________

Gross revenue range: Very good trip $________/trip vs. Poor trip $________/tri

Investment in Fishing Boats, Gear and Equipment. Tell us about your primary boat, where you conduct your trap fishing.

9. How many boats do you own? ____ boats

Primary Vessel	Working condition	Length (ft)	Hull Material	Number of engines	Value of vessel and engines in current condition ($)
Main (primary)	Yes/No	___ ft	Fiberglass Wood Fiber/wood Aluminum Steel Other: _____	Number: _____ Outboard Yes/No Inboard Yes/No Both Yes/No Diesel: Gasoline: HP (1): _____ HP (2): _____ HP (3): _____ HP (4): _____	$_____________

10. Last year, approximately how much did you spent maintaining and repairing your boat and engines? $ _________

11. Do you own any of the following pieces fishing and safety equipment? Check all that apply.

• Trap puller/hauler (winch) ( Electric  Hydraulic  Manual)

• Reel ( Manual  Electric  Hydraulic)

• GPS  Depth finder

• Cell  Fish finder  Radio  EPIRB  Other:_______

Crew dynamics

12. Who are the members of your fishing crew? (Select all that apply)

 Family  Friends  Acquaintances  Other: __________

13. How easy or hard is to recruit crew members for your fishing trips?

 very hard  hard  easy  very easy  Don’t know  No answer

14. Besides helping with fishing related activities, do your crew members help you with following? (check all that apply)

• Selling and marketing fish

• Building or repairing gear such as traps

• Repairing boat and/or engine

• Provide you with loans to cover fishing trips (e.g, gasoline), gear and engine maintenance expenses, etc.

• None of the above

15. How do you pay your crew?

• Share system (everybody gets a percentage after deducting costs such as gasoline, food, bait, etc)

• Fixed payment

• Combination (share and fixed payment)

• Other:____________

Seafood Marketing

16. Rank the top 3 markets for selling lobster and conch? (e.g., restaurant, roadside, hotel, govt market, personal clients, dealer, etc)

Main Lobster Markets	Percentage of sales (%)	Average Price ($/lb)
Most important market :
2nd most important :
3rd most important :
Main Conch Markets	Percentage of sales (%)	Average Price ($/lb)
Most important market :
2nd most important :
3rd most important :

17. How do you decide on your fish prices? (Select all that apply)

• I accept the price offered by fish buyers or fish cooperative

• I use the same prices as other fishers

• I charge what buyers are willing to pay (or buyer interest)

• I negotiate the price with buyers

• I set my own price based on my costs and what I need to earn

• Other way (please tell us):___________

18. How many freezers (not coolers) to store fish you own? _________

19. How do you manage your inventory? (Select all that apply)

Method	Lobster	Conch
Immediate sale of catch
Holding tanks/live well
Short-term ice storage
Refrigeration/freezing
Processing (boiling tails, smoking, drying, etc.)
Other (please specify)_________

20. Do you take orders for your catches before going on a trip?

• Never

• Rarely (less than 25% of trips)

• Sometimes (25-50% of trips)

• Often (51-75% of trips)

• Always (more than 75% of trips)

Investment in diving equipment

21. Do divers bring their own diving equipment (tanks, snares, spearguns)? Yes  No (boat provides them with it)

22. Approximate value (in current condition) of overall investment in diving equipment (tanks, snares, mask, bc, etc)? $ ______

23. Last year, approximately how much did you spent maintaining and repairing your diving equipment? $ _________

24. How many times have you had the bends in your life #_________ and in the last 3 years #_________?

25. How many times have you been the hyperbaric chamber in your life? #_________

Investment in fish and lobster traps

Traps/Pots	Total number owned	Total number in the water	Total number hauled per trip	Number of traps per string	Type and number hauled per trip
Lobster	#____	#____	#____	#____ per string Buoyed 󠆸󠆸Yes 󠆸󠆸 No	Square # ______ Rectangular # ______ Round # ______ Arrowhead # __________ Z (o S) shaped # ______ Other:_________ # ______
Fish	# ______	# ______	# ______	#____ per string Buoyed 󠆸󠆸Yes 󠆸󠆸 No	Square # ______ Rectangular # ______ Round # ______ Arrowhead # __________ Z (o S) shaped # ______ Other:_________ # ______

26. What is the cost of your most common single trap (without ropes and bouys) and how long does it last?

Value $ ______ single most common trap (without ropes and bouys) How long do traps last: _______ months or years

27. Approximate value (in current condition) of overall investment in lobster and fish traps, including ropes and buoys? $ ______

28. Last year, approximately how much did you spent maintaining and repairing your traps? $ _________

Investment nets

29. Approximate value (in current condition) of overall investment in lobster trammel nets? $ ______

30. Value of a lobster trammel net $____________

31. Last year, approximately how much did you spent maintaining and repairing your trammel nets? $ _________

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