USE OF VESSEL TIME 



Thare are only three usual places where a fishing vessel 

 can be encountered. The vessel is either out at sea, tied up at the 

 dock, or temporarily out of commission at the repair yard, Time-at-sea 

 can be divided into income -producing fishing time and non-income pro- 

 ducing running time to and fi'om fishing grounds and time ajichored at 

 sea. Tlme-at-dock may be spent in unloading, icing, refueling, and 

 other functions connected with operations or may represent idleness 

 traceable to inclement weather, or unfavorable market conditions. A 

 vessel may be idle because repairs may have to be made on the hull, 

 engine, gear or other eqviipment. The repairs may be necessitated by 

 defects inherent in these items, hiunan negligence or error, or circum- 

 stances beyond control. 



In summary fashion, a classification of vessel time appears 

 as follows; 



Breakdown of Vessel Time 



Time-at-sea 



fishing -time) 



anchored ) income - producing time 



running -time) 



Time-at-dock 

 (Other than required 

 for repairs) 



Time-under-repair 



unloading ) 



refueling ) non-income - producing 



time 

 icing, etc. ) 



idle time ) 



ways or 

 engine 

 repair 



Other things being equal, operating efficiency Is related 

 directly to amount of time spent in income-producing fishing. Good 

 fishermen endeavor to cut down as much as possible on idle time at 

 the dock or in the repair yard and on unproductive time at sea. 



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