This survey will assist FWC in providing preliminary for blue crab, stone crab, and lobster trap damage details and statistics to NOAA Fisheries for the potential disaster declaration in response to the 2024 hurricane season. Your responses should pertain to fishery losses and damages from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton. Please complete the survey as soon as possible, even if you did not sustain fishery-related damages. If you have questions, please contact us at HurricaneRelief@MyFWC.com.

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* 1. Please provide your Saltwater Products (SPL) license number. If you have multiple SPL licenses, please provide all currently active license numbers.

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* 2. Please provide your homeport Florida County location. (Select one)

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* 3. Which choice below best describes your commercial fishing operations? (Select one)

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* 4. How much annual gross revenue do you typically make from your commercial fishing operations? (Select one)

SECTION 1: The following questions apply to blue crab trap damage. If you do not have blue crab traps, please move to Section 2.

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* 5. Which choice below best describes your blue crab fishing operations? (Select one)

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* 6. How many of your blue crab traps were lost or damaged due to each of the 2024 hurricanes? If no blue crab traps were lost or damaged from a particular storm, please place 0 for that storm. If trap loss and damages cannot be distinguished between storms, please estimate the total loss and damages the Combined 2024 Hurricanes option.

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* 7. What percentage of your blue crab traps were lost or damaged from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton? (Select one)

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* 8. What is your estimate cost of a single replacement blue crab trap?

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* 9. What is the approximate financial cost expected to be to replace all of your lost/damaged blue crab traps?

SECTION 2: The following questions apply to stone crab trap damage. If you do not have stone crab traps, please move to Section 3.

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* 10. Which choice below best describes your stone crab fishing operations? (Select one)

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* 11. How many of your stone crab traps were lost or damaged due to each of the 2024 hurricanes? If no stone crab traps were lost or damaged from a particular storm, please place 0 for that storm. If trap loss and damages cannot be distinguished between storms, please estimate the total loss and damages the Combined 2024 Hurricanes option.

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* 12. What percentage of your stone crab traps were lost or damaged from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton? (Select one)

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* 13. What is your estimate cost of a single replacement stone crab trap?

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* 14. What is the approximate financial cost expected to be to replace all of your lost/damaged stone crab traps?

SECTION 3: The following questions apply to lobster trap damage. If you do not have lobster traps, please move to SECTION 4.

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* 15. Which choice below best describes your lobster trap fishing operations? (Select one)

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* 16. How many of your lobster traps were lost or damaged due to each of the 2024 hurricanes? If no lobster traps were lost or damaged from a particular storm, please place 0 for that storm. If trap loss and damages cannot be distinguished between storms, please estimate the total loss and damages the Combined 2024 Hurricanes option.

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* 17. What percentage of your lobster traps were lost or damaged from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton? (Select one)

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* 18. What is your estimate cost of a single replacement lobster trap?

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* 19. What is the approximate financial cost expected to be to replace all of your lost/damaged lobster traps?

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* 20. If any of your traps were lost, please provide any information on their potential current location. This will aid FWC trap retrieval staff in directing funding and effort to recovering lost traps.

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* 21. When do you foresee your commercial fishing operations returning to normal? (Select one)

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* 22. What challenges are you facing in the recovery process?

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* 23. What type of assistance would be the most helpful in the recovery process? (e.g., no-interest loans, business grants, assistance repairing or replacing fishing access points such as ramps and docks, etc.).

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* 24. Please use this area to provide any other information you would like to pass on to FWC regarding fishery disaster relief.

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