Descriptions of Selected Fishery Landings and Estimates of Recreational Party and Charter Vessel Revenue from Areas: A Planning-level Assessment
Prepared by:
National Marine Fisheries Service
March 01, 2023
Garden State Offshore Energy
OCS-A 0482
Data sources:
Recreational fisheries landings data from vessel trip reports (VTR) for vessels issued a party/charter permit and marine angler expenditure surveys
In order to meet requirements of maintaining data confidentiality, these strata are presented individually. In addition, records that did not meet the rule of three ( >= 3 unique permits), values were summarized as ‘All Others’.
Some caveats/notes:
References
DePiper GS (2014) Statistically assessing the precision of self-reported VTR fishing locations.
Benjamin S, Lee MY, DePiper G. 2018. Visualizing fishing data as rasters. NEFSC Ref Doc 18-12; 24 p.
The table below indicates the total number of fish kept from the area by Management Categories. The category “All Others” refers to categories with less than three permits impacted to protect data confidentiality.
Figure 1.1 Fish Count of Top Management Categories by Year, OCS-A 0482
Management Categories | Fourteen Year Fish Count |
---|---|
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass FMP | 77,220 |
ASMFC Interstate FMPs | 7,340 |
Bluefish FMP | 4,052 |
No Federal FMP | 1,358 |
Northeast Multispecies FMP | 1,214 |
All Others | 727 |
Other Federal FMP | 217 |
Total | 92,128 |
We analyzed the top ten species most frequently kept on recreational party/charter trips in the area and to isolate them from combined FMPs. The top ten species by the total number of fish kept are: All Others, Atlantic Croaker, Black Sea Bass, Bluefish, Cod, Red Hake, Scup, Sea Robins, Summer Flounder and Tautog . The category “All Others” refers to species with less than three permits impacted to protect data confidentiality. Additional species outside of the top ten include: Clearnose Skate, Conger Eel, Cunner, Dogfish Smooth, Skates, Spiny Dogfish, Squeteague Weakfish and Triggerfish.
Figure 2.1 Fish Count of Top Species, OCS-A 0482
Species | Fourteen Year Fish Count |
---|---|
Black Sea Bass | 60,138 |
Summer Flounder | 16,778 |
Tautog | 4,782 |
Bluefish | 4,052 |
Sea Robins | 846 |
Red Hake | 783 |
All Others | 206 |
Spiny Dogfish | 123 |
Dogfish Smooth | 74 |
Skates | 3 |
Total | 87,785 |
We analyzed the total revenue of party/charter trips by year by multiplying the annual mean combined charter and party for-hire fee of each state by the total number of anglers for each year (See Methods section). Revenue values have been deflated to 2019 dollars. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
Table 3.1 Total Party/Charter Revenue by Year, OCS-A 0482
Year | Annual Revenue |
---|---|
2008 | $221,000 |
2009 | $153,000 |
2010 | $148,000 |
2011 | $162,000 |
2012 | $242,000 |
2013 | $262,000 |
2014 | $211,000 |
2015 | $180,000 |
2016 | $89,000 |
2017 | $98,000 |
2018 | $80,000 |
2019 | $36,000 |
2020 | $63,000 |
2021 | $186,000 |
Total | $2,129,000 |
The table below indicate the total number of trips within the area by year and port. The category “Other Ports, XX” refers to ports with less than three permits to protect data confidentiality.
Table 4.1 Total Number of Vessel Trips by Port and Year, OCS-A 0482
Port | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape May, NJ | 119 | 113 | 134 | 137 | 198 | 201 | 218 | 162 | 95 | 44 | 13 | 36 | 55 | 73 |
Indian River, DE | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Lewes, DE | 57 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Ports, MD | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wildwood, NJ | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Ports, DE | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 17 |
Other Ports, NJ | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
No Port Data | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 200 | 152 | 160 | 160 | 246 | 234 | 242 | 210 | 116 | 77 | 49 | 50 | 67 | 142 |
The table below indicate the total number of angler trips from the area by year and port. The category “Other Ports, XX” refers to ports with less than three permits to protect data confidentiality.
Table 4.2 Total Number of Angler Trips by Port and Year, OCS-A 0482
Port | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cape May, NJ | 1,583 | 1,263 | 1,448 | 1,568 | 2,409 | 2,649 | 2,139 | 1,451 | 837 | 518 | 105 | 279 | 574 | 477 |
Indian River, DE | 94 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,194 |
Lewes, DE | 1,081 | 105 | 124 | 197 | 144 | 134 | 141 | 223 | 101 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Ports, MD | 51 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Wildwood, NJ | 132 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other Ports, DE | 0 | 8 | 81 | 102 | 79 | 0 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 174 | 555 | 95 | 81 | 134 |
Other Ports, NJ | 0 | 492 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
No Port Data | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 2,941 | 1,974 | 1,797 | 1,867 | 2,778 | 2,953 | 2,341 | 1,962 | 958 | 986 | 791 | 374 | 665 | 1,816 |
We analyzed the percentage of each permit’s total angler trips coming from within OCS-A 0482 area (see boxplot figure and table below). Boxplots are important statistical summaries because they provide information about the distribution of the percentages. The boxplots below begin at the 1st quartile, or the value beneath which 25 percent of all observations fall. A thick line within the box identifies the median, the observation at which 50 percent of observations are above or beneath. The box ends at the 3rd quartile, or the observation beneath which 75 percent of observations fall. Nonparametric estimates of the minimum and maximum values are also indicated by the “whiskers” (dashed line terminating in a vertical line) that jut out from each side of the box. Any points outside of these whiskers are observations that are considered outliers. In our table , however, the maximum values are inclusive of outliers. The table below presents the minimum, 1st quartile, median, 3rd quartile, and maximum values for the area. These are the fourteen year angler trip percentages. The boxplot in the figure below further separate the area out by year.
Table 5.1 Fourteen Year Summary of Permit Angler Trip Revenue Percent, OCS-A 0482
Area | Min | 1st Quartile | Median | 3rd Quartile | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
OCS-A 0482 | 0.19% | 3% | 9% | 18% | 100% |
Figure 5.1 Annual Permit Angler Trip Percentage Boxplots, OCS-A 0482
A business primarily engaged in for-hire recreational fishing activities is classified as a small business if it is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in its field of operation (including its affiliates) and has combined annual receipts not in excess of $8 million for all its affiliated operations worldwide. Small Business Administration principles of affiliation are used to define a business entity, meaning the following analysis is conducted upon unique business interests, which can represent multiple vessel permits. As such, this section presents the total number of entities, by business category, and the total revenue generated by that business category in Table 6.1. For those businesses with historical fishing within the OCS-A 0482 area, Table 6.2 presents the revenue generated inside the OCS-A 0482 area against the total revenue from those same entities. Revenue values have been deflated to 2019 dollars. All numbers have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
Year | Business Type | Number of Entities | Revenue |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | Small Business | 319 | $71,987,000 |
2020 | Small Business | 332 | $82,995,000 |
2021 | Small Business | 409 | $107,933,000 |
Year | Business Type | Number of Entities | Area Revenue | Total Revenue |
---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Small Business | 5 | $85,000 | $1,959,000 |
2020 | Small Business | 6 | $203,000 | $4,541,000 |
2021 | Small Business | 11 | $313,000 | $3,848,000 |
The tables below indicate party/charter vessel and angler trips, occurring within the area of interest, as a percentage of totals generated by party/charter vessel and angler trips across the entire region by year and the top ten species deriving the most fish kept from the area by year. The category “All Others” refers to species with less than three permits impacted to protect data confidentiality.
Year | Vessel Trips as % of Total | Angler Trips as % of Total | Number of Vessels as % of Total |
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2008 | 0.71 | 10.56 | 3.78 |
2009 | 0.53 | 9.32 | 3.49 |
2010 | 0.47 | 9.55 | 2.92 |
2011 | 0.48 | 10.87 | 2.27 |
2012 | 0.77 | 16.81 | 3.08 |
2013 | 0.79 | 15.43 | 3.78 |
2014 | 0.86 | 21.23 | 3.04 |
2015 | 0.79 | 10.66 | 3.58 |
2016 | 0.45 | 7.93 | 2.90 |
2017 | 0.32 | 7.61 | 3.31 |
2018 | 0.20 | 6.95 | 1.91 |
2019 | 0.20 | 7.58 | 1.54 |
2020 | 0.31 | 7.08 | 1.41 |
2021 | 0.62 | 12.17 | 2.81 |
Species | Fish Count as % of Total |
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Clearnose Skate | 2.20 |
Summer Flounder | 1.63 |
Black Sea Bass | 1.17 |
Tautog | 0.94 |
Sea Robins | 0.51 |
Triggerfish | 0.42 |
Dogfish Smooth | 0.37 |
Bluefish | 0.13 |
Spiny Dogfish | 0.13 |
NOAA Fisheries conducted their first marine angler expenditure survey in 1998 (Steinback and Gentner 2001; Gentner, Price, and Steinback 2001). Additional surveys were conducted in 2006 (Gentner, Price, and Steinback 2008), 2011 (Lovell Steinback, and Hilger 2013), and 2017 (Lovell et al 2020). For-hire passenger fee data collected from these surveys provided the baseline for calculating average annual fees by region/state from 1997 to 2019.
Linear extrapolation was used to estimate average for-hire fees for years with no survey data. For example, in Steinback and Gentner (2001), the average for-hire fee in Maine in 1998 was $46.20. The next angler expenditure survey, conducted in 2006, found the average for-hire fee in Maine was $63.65 (see Gentner, Price, and Steinback 2008). To calculate average fees for the years between 1998 and 2006 we simply extrapolated linearly between the two known data points. This same procedure was used to extrapolate values for all years between the four survey years.
Average for-hire fees in 1997, the year preceding the first survey, and in the two years following the last survey (2018 and 2019), were calculated using industry specific Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) output deflators. Specifically, we used BEA output deflators shown for Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries (North American Industry Classification System code 713000), which include recreational fishing guide services. Nominal values were converted to 2019 dollars using the same BEA output deflators.
For further information email Scott Steinback, Economist, NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (Scott.Steinback@noaa.gov).
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