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Not all of these areas require a continuing, annual data base. Those 

 which do are the first three — vessel inventories, costs and earnings, vessel 

 construction costs — and some components of demand analysis data. The resi- 

 dual areas, employment opportunities and skills of the labor force, fisheries 

 development, recreational fishing and some components of demand analysis 

 data, require either special purpose studies or periodic updating such as 

 every five years. The following section consists of a series of task 

 descriptions defining each of the data collection objectives, plan of action, 

 end product, purpose and/or benefit, schedule and program cost. 



