TABLE 7. Cost of Vessels, by Length of Vessel and Year Purchased or Built: 1963 Note: built. 2 1962. Vessels 120 feet and over: 43 443 187 73 983 252 171 1,035 1,666 14,262 252 192 2,720 180 3,122 187 Prior to 1920... 1920 to 1929. 1930 to 1939. 1940 to 1949. 1951. 1952. 1953. 1954. 1955. 1956. (D) (D) 454 760 6,755 (D) 2,276 362 1,889 1,195 13,712 1,890 2,688 2,244 545 8,120 22 1962. 12 3,594 9 1,435 Data which cannot be shown without disclosing information for individual vessels have been combined with figures for other years purchased or A (D) appears in the line where the figure has been omitted and the combined figure is underlined and shown in the next year purchased or built. Represents zero. 1Craft with a gross tonnage of 5 tons or more. 10 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES TABLE 8. Receipts for Catch Sold, by Fishing Region of Sale: 1963 Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing figures for individual companies. 1Fishing Regions correspond to those used by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior. Fishing Regions are defined, as follows: North Carolina-counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Louisiana-all parishes except Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Minnesota-all counties except Cook, La qui Parle, Lake, Lake of the Mississippi-all counties except Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson North Carolina-all counties except Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, GULF: Alabama-counties of Baldwin and Mobile. Florida-all counties except Brevard, Broward, Dade, Duval, Flagler, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Mississippi-counties of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson PACIFIC: Alaska-entire State California-entire State Oregon-entire State Washington-entire State HAWAII-entire State ALL OTHER STATES-includes all counties in the following States: Arizona, Colorado, District of Columbia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and West Virginia. Appendix A EXPLANATION OF TERMS Commercial Fishing Operators-The total includes all commercial fishing operators with or without paid employees, primarily engaged in commercial fishing. The two categories of fishing operators are defined, as follows: Commercial fishing operators with paid employees. Those companies or individuals who operated vessels out of more than one home port were required to submit a separate report for each home port. Each such report was counted as an operating unit. Other companies or individuals were counted as single operating units regardless of the number of vessels operated. Commercial fishing operators without paid employees. This group consists of commercial fishermen who filed income tax returns as self-employed businessmen. Each return was counted as an operating unit. Employees-Employees are reported in two categories, as follows: All employees.-This category is the average of 12 monthly figures of all employees engaged in the commercial fishing operation during the pay period nearest the 15th of each month. The number of proprietors and partners is excluded from these employee figures. Fishermen, including share workers.This category is the average of 12 monthly figures of fishermen, including share workers on commercial fishing vessels during the pay period nearest the 15th of the month. Payroll-The total includes the gross earnings paid in the calendar year 1963 to all employees on the payroll engaged in the commercial fish ing operation. Respondents were told they could follow the definition of payrolls used for calculating the Federal withholding tax. The payroll includes all forms of compensation such as salaries, wages, shares, commissions, dismissal pay, all bonuses, vacation and sick leave pay, and compensation in kind, prior to such deductions as employees' Social Security contributions, withholding taxes, group insurance, union dues, and savings bonds. Payroll data exclude payments to proprietors or partners. Payments to employees on vessels.-This item is reported as follows: "By share" includes the amount of payments made to employees on vessels by the share method. "By all other methods" includes the amount of payments made to employees on vessels by methods other than share. Payments to employees not on vessels.This item includes the amount paid to employees not working on vessels, such as office workers and unloaders. Gross Receipts-Gross receipts includes gross value received by commercial fishing operators in 1963. It includes receipts for catch sold and all other receipts. Receipts for catch sold.-This item includes gross value received for catch sold before any deductions. All other receipts. All other receipts include the following: "Receipts from use of vessel for other than fishing" which includes receipts for use of commercial fishing vessel in secondary activities such as hauling freight and sport fishing. "Receipts from activities other than from the use of the vessel" which includes receipts for nonfishing activities performed by commercial fishing vessel operators, such as the sale of nets and traps and the maintenance services performed. Vessels and Boats-A vessel is defined as a craft with a gross tonnage of 5 tons or more; a boat is one of less than this tonnage. |