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Table 8. Summary of responses to selected questions on regional impacts of expenditures, asked in the Social and Economic Survey administered during Round II of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Disaster Assistance Program

Question Asked
Percent of
Yes Answers
Trip needs purchased in vessel home region?:

     Fuel

92.2

     Ice

87.7

     Food

92.0

     Bait

95.2

     New gear

66.3
Repair needs purchased in vessel home region?:

     Hull

80.3

     Engine

75.8

     Gear

73.0

     Electronics

76.5
Fixed needs purchased in vessel home region?:

     Insurance

55.4

     Accounting

87.1

     Legal

88.1

     Moorage

92.9
Captains live in vessel home region?
95.3
Crew members live in vessel home region?
82.3
Crew income spent in home region?
a89.0-90.0
Owner survey: Area closures shifted where purchases made?
19.9
Owner survey: Other regulations shifted where purchases made?
15.0
Crew survey: Area closures or other regulations changed where income spent?
22.7
aCrew whose own home region was the same as their vessel home region spent on average 89.0% of their income in that region. Crew whose own home region differed from their vessel home region spent on average 90.0% of their income between the two regions (41.6% in the vessel home region and 48.4% in their home region).

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