Greater Atlantic Commercial Fishing Vessel Costs

This tool summarizes the results of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center cost survey at the commercial fishing vessel-level for costs incurred in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2022. This tool does not include trip cost information.

Gear:

Cost Category:

Data series may not be displayed due to low response and data confidentiality. All monetary values have been adjusted to 2023 constant dollars.
Note: 2015 does not include haul-out costs; average Haul-out in 2012 = $1,736; average Haul-out in 2011 = $967

HANDGEAR - All Repair/Maintenance & Upgrade/Improvement Costs

*The population for 2022 data was all vessel owners. If an owner had multiple vessels, one was force selected such that the population is slightly higher than what is reflected here, and the sampling is referred to as a modified census for this reason.
	Population	Sample	Response	Response (%)
2011	848	146	47	32 %
2012	718	213	52	24 %
2015	304	227	17	7 %
2022 *	421	421	81	19 %

The figures below describe the characteristics of the vessels (annual gross vessel revenue, vessel length, and average crew per vessel) that responded to the survey for the gear and cost category selected above. These differences in characteristics may contribute to changes in the reported costs over time and should be considered when interpreting cost trends.