Quota Share Owner Survey: Initial Results and Analysis

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s Economic Data Collection (EDC) Program fielded the first Quota Share Owner Survey (QS-EDC) from October to December 2020. Two types of information are requested on the survey, the dollar amount quota share owners earned from leasing out their quota, and descriptions of each owner’s past and present fishery participation. This technical memorandum details the survey development and fielding and presents findings from combining the data collected through this new survey with preexisting data collections, including ownership interest and other data collected through the EDC cost and earnings surveys (CE-EDC).