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II. A. Gear repair and replacement. It is generally agreed that fishing gear maintenance and repair is 

 roughly proportional to the amount of fishing time, but very little data are available which 

 describe this relationship. The estimate of $20.57/h for vessel type 1 is based on the following 

 estimates of Jaeger (footnote 11): 



Total gear maintenance costs per year $20,000 



Total towing hours per year 972 



The hourly costs for vessel type 1 are taken to be the same ( $20,000/972) as for the vessel described 

 by Jaeger. Since the trawl used by vessel type 2 would be smaller and hence less expensive than 

 that of vessel type 1, its hourly costs were reduced by a factor based on the values of one net 

 (including roller gear and floats) as estimated by Hurd.^" 



Value of net 

 Vessel type 1 $7,000 



Vessel type 2 $5,500-$6,000 



B. Fuel costs. Gal/h:hp ratios as estimated by Jaeger (footnote 9). Fuel price of $0,277/1 ($1.05/gal) 

 based on current price at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. 



C. Food costs. Based on Katz and Lee (footnote 28) and Jaeger (footnote 11) and updated by cost 

 index (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1978). 



D. Ice. Based on Bledsoe and Mesmer^^ and updated by cost index (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1978). 



E. Crew and captain's shares. Katz and Lee (footnote 28), Jaeger (footnote 11). 



■'"'Rod Hurd, Seattle Marine and Fishing Supply Co.. Seattle, Wash., pers. commun. December 1979. 

 'Bledsoe, L. J., and K. Mesmer. 1978. Summary of regional fishery system simulator configuration for N.E. Pacific shellfishery 



studies ( NEPAC model and simulator). Norfish Pap. NM46, 19 p. 



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