USA: 2012 Northeast Vessel Cost Survey Is in the Mail

Press Release
August 9, 2012

The first of three new or redesigned surveys designed to collect vital information on the operational costs and culture of commercial fishing launches Friday August 10, when an annual vessel cost survey will hit the mail.

Tammy Murphy of NOAA’s Social Sciences Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center is the point person on the multi-year effort. "Telling us more about your situation will be voluntary and your responses are confidential," says Murphy, an economist. "Collecting this information is absolutely essential to showing how fisheries, fishermen, and fishing communities are faring as management and fishery stock conditions change."...

Source: 2012 Northeast Vessel Cost Survey Is in the Mail
Author: NOAA

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