Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
St. Petersburg, Florida
Fisheries Dependent Monitoring
Florida Fisheries Data Collection
Licenses and Permits
(Tallahassee)
Commercial
Recreational
Trap Tags
Dealers
Fishers
Vessels
Commercial Fisheries
Marine Fisheries Trip
Tickets
Landings
Effort
Participation
Value
Recreational Surveys
Site Surveys
Angler Interviews
Charter boat ( research
pilot), Head boat
Catch
Effort
Participation
Value
Biological
Measurements
Trip interviews
Verification
Size
Age
Reproductive
characteristics
Length
Weight
Gender
Hard parts (otoliths, etc.)
Conversion factors
Special Surveys
At-sea observations
Other Projects
Marine Fisheries Trip Ticket Program
• Mandatory since 1984
• Authority: FS 379, FAC 68E-5
• 1,522 licensed wholesale dealers
FY 10-11; ~1,000 reporting
• 12,636 SPLs issued (FY 10-11)
• 220,000 trip tickets edited annually
• Average annual harvest: 90 M pounds
• Average annual value: $175 M (ex-vessel)
For Office Use Only
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
100 Eighth Avenue SE
St Petersburg, FL 33701-5095
Toll Free Telephone: (866) 447-5515
Telephone: (727) 822-8783
Toll Free Fax: (866) 447-5514
Fax: (727) 894-6181
5. Please indicate the saltwater products you generally purchase from fishers or harvest:
T
F
S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Baitfish
Flounder
Grouper/snapper
Jacks
ML
C
D
Mackerel
Mullet
Seatrout
Shark
Oys
BC
Dive
Swordfish
Tuna
Clams
Crabs
Lobster
Oysters
Shrimp, food
Shrimp, bait
Sponges
Tropicals
Prefix _________________
WHOLESALE DEALER QUESTIONNAIRE
(Complete and mail within 2 weeks after receiving your new license or renewal.
If faxing, be sure to FAX back both sides of the document.)
6. Do you purchase product from fishers or harvest seasonally? If so, please specify months:
►DEALER NO.: WD____________________
Jan
DEALER NAME
SSN/FEID # ____________________
(If you have a RETAIL dealer license please furnish number (RC_____________).
Person we may contact for information: _________________________________________________________
Name
(PLEASE PRINT)
Telephone Number
Business Phone # ______________________
Alternate #_________________
Fax #______________
Physical Address ___________________________________________________________________________
street
city
state
county
zip code
Mailing Address ___________________________________________________________________________
PO box or street
city
state
county
zip code
1.
Do you own and operate your own vessel(s) for the purpose of catching saltwater fish, shellfish,
tropicals, or other saltwater products?
Yes
No
2.
Do you buy fish, shellfish, tropicals, or other saltwater products directly from
fishermen?
No
Yes
(They must have a Florida Saltwater Products License and applicable endorsements to be able to sell to you.)
Feb
Mar
Apr
*Aquaculture?______(circle all that apply)
May
clams
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
live rock oysters other_________________________________
*The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services conducts a biannual survey of shellfish aquaculture
production and harvest. Reporting of this information through the FWC’s trip ticket system is optional. Aquaculture
landings reported on trip tickets to the FWC can be used to requalify for the restricted species endorsement.
Occasionally, equipment vendors, industry representatives, local, state and federal agencies, other
commercial seafood dealers, and fishermen request information related to commercial wholesale and
retail dealers, but we are unable to provide any information if it is derived from the trip tickets that you
are required to report under the Florida Statutes. Any information that we provide under Florida’s Open
Records Act (Chapter 119) is non-confidential contact information (for example, license name and
address) listed on dealer license applications to any requestor.
Please indicate below if you want your contact and general product information to be made available for
purposes of disaster relief, storm damage inquiries, trade adjustment assistance, or industry marketing
and other purposes. No confidential information will be included:
► If you checked yes to 1 and/or 2 you must report each trip’s catch to this office on
Marine Fisheries Trip Tickets. Our office provides all supplies necessary to report.
3.
Do you buy fish, tropicals, or other saltwater products from other wholesale dealers?
(If so, please list the dealers below.)
Yes
No
Yes, please provide contact data and
general product information
No, do not provide contact data and
general product information
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS QUESTIONNAIRE PLEASE CALL THE TRIP TICKET OFFICE
4.
Please indicate the type of operation you have (check all that apply)
Distributor
Packer (frozen)
Exporter
Blue Crabbers Only
Tropical Fish
Broker
Other Countries
HS – no SS bycatch
1
Processor
Importer - US
HS – w SS bycatch
2
Specify country: ______________
SS – w shedding
1 = Hardshell crabs with no softshell bycatch
Print Name
2 = Hardshell crabs with softshell bycatch
Authorized Signature
3
3 = Softshell with shedding operation
Date (mm/dd/year)
(please see back page)
revised 12/14/09
Marine Fisheries Trip Ticket Program
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Data submitted monthly; weekly for quota species
Paper tickets: review and box for data entry
Electronic data: accumulate and prep before processing
Data processing time lines
• Paper tickets: unedited 2-3 weeks, edited 4-6 weeks
• Electronic data: unedited 7-10 days, edited 2-4 weeks
• Data QA/QC
• MRIS system edit profiles and error checking
• Field samplers
• Audits
• Fisher/dealer summaries
• Disaster relief/claims
• Permit and endorsement qualifiers (state and federal)
Marine Fisheries Trip Ticket Program
Electronic vs Paper Reporting
• Electronic started via diskette in late ‘80s
• First program developed in early 90’s
• Current program (Bluefin Data) started in 2003
• By the numbers (2011)
• Electronic tickets: 158,578 (67%)
• Electronic dealers: 314 (32%)
• Total dealers: 968
• About 5% of dealers did both paper and electronic