154 



1991 1992 1993 



Fishing Days 150 



%ofl99l 



Gross Receipts 5,000,000 



% of 1991 



These numbers show a reduction in fishing days of 86% and a loss of gross receipts 

 of 8S% in two yeATS. Oregon fishcnncn employed as crew members on catcher 

 bcjflts delivered to mcftherships would have received approximately $2,500,000 in 

 1991, but only $325,000 in 1993. This is a net reduction to Oregon of $2, 175,000 

 in catcher vessel crew share. 



T^e total net reduction to Oregon from the reduction of catch allowed to vessels 

 delivering to mothcrships is $6,30 1,000 in pcreonal income. 



The crews of the mothcrships and catdier vessels are nearly 100% Amaican. Any 

 foreign nationals aboard are in the role of advis(« on the processors, and cons^ute 

 lc|s than 5% of the total employed. Depending on fish prices, the average wage on 

 processors is $3,200-$5,000 per month. Many of the Oregonians are in 

 n^nagemcnt with considerably higher wages. Compare this with the $5 .OO/hoiir, 

 $I,500/month shoreslde processor situation as outlined in the "Orcgom'an" on April 

 1 1, 1993 (attached). Displacing established Wgbor-paid Oregonians with lower- 

 pf^id employees in the new plants constitutes a net loss to the State of Oregon, not to 

 n^iition the nation as a whole. 



Payments for goods and services i^outd be added to these wage figures and, whh 

 art ectmomic multiplier, could amount to well over $60-$80 milHoa Icwt to the 

 State. Many of us use shipyards and buy supplies, fbol, groceries and vessel pjuts 

 in; Astoria, Tillamook, Newport, Coos Bay and Portland. I can offer two exan^plcs 

 of'lhe potential impact One of the motherships paid for a $20 million project at a 

 SNVan Island shipyard in Portland. One catcher boat owner (with whiting catch 

 hiftoxy back to 1980) spent $3.5 million in a Coos Bay shipyard this year. 



So lution 



The Pacifio Council's license limitation program that will soon be in place will 

 prcbably be of some help in bringing rationality to the fishery, because it will 

 red\ice the capitalization in the harvesting component of the fishery. But license 

 liOiitAtJons not a panacea^ so an allocation will probably be needed. When 



