Practicum: Electronic Reporting Process for Commercial Saltwater Landings

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1 Practicum: Electronic Reporting Process for Commercial Saltwater Landings April 12, 2012 NRLI Class XI Captain Gregg Eason and Major Camille Soverel Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)

2 What is Electronic Reporting for Commercial Landings Chapter 68E-5 (F.A.C.) requires that all Florida wholesale dealers maintain records of each purchase of saltwater products. Retailers who produce their own product must also maintain records of the saltwater products that they produce for sale through their retail license.

3 How is electronic reporting done? Electronically and Hard Copy Trip Tickets

4 Why is it important to collect and analyze data? Data Base Management tool Resource allocation for limited quantity Supply vs. Demand

5 How State and Federal Conservation Agencies enforce landing requirements IFQ s-individual Fishing Quota Overt Law Enforcement Presence Covert Law Enforcement investigations

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7 FWC s Commitment to align statewide efforts to: Maximize Economic Growth Reduce regulatory obstacles Stimulate job creation Balanced approach to species conservation Improve licensing procedures

8 Commercial Landings are part of the Licensing requirements Intent was to stream line reporting requirements Electronic methods appeared to be the easiest for user Evaluate if there would be an impact from doing this Provides more accurate information

9 Gather facts on Impact or Conflict for utilizing full automation Stakeholder Analysis: Identify different groups 1. Power to Affect (FWC and NMFS) 2. Being Affected (WSD and SPL) 3. People with Expertise ( Trade Groups)

10 Gather facts on Impact or Conflict for utilizing full automation

11 Wholesaler/Dealer Triangle Psychological: 1. It could be scary to learn a new system 2. I have never used a computer 3. Big Brother setting up new ways to spy

12 Wholesaler/Dealer Triangle Interests 1. We have always done it this way 2. We like doing it this way 3. It is easy to do this way 4. Can be manipulated

13 Wholesaler/Dealer Triangle Procedural: 1. I don t have a computer 2. I don t have internet 3. I don t want to use my personal computer 4. The system currently works why switch

14 Internal Team formed to design the survey 6 weeks needed just to schedule a joint meeting Designed an agenda for a two hour meeting Objectives included: discuss and decide survey questions, indentify stakeholder groups, method for survey collection and analysis Dates to send out and collect surveys

15 Steps taken to develop survey Survey Method Written: 7-10 questions on word document How: FWC Website, and Postal Mail Who: Wholesale Fish Dealers

16 Steps taken to develop survey Wholesale Fish Dealer 1300 dealers 312 report electronically and account for 2/3 of all landings 692 report with written trip tickets 300 did not need to report (importing)

17 Next Steps: 1. Send survey questions to team for final survey analysis Due 5/11/12 2. Notify trade groups to send stakeholder notice of intent to survey- Due 5/30/12 3. Surveys are sent on 6/15/12 4. Due date for return is 7/1/ /1-8/1 complete survey analysis and record results

18 To Do (cont): 6. 8/2/12 meeting with work group to make recommendations for Division Directors 7. Decision will be made whether or not issue goes to rulemaking process (which would include public meetings, workshops and eventually commission vote).

19 To Do (cont): 8. Commission rule making process is at least 6-12 months

20 Questions???