Questionaire

What is the approx size of the catch.

What is the duration of the trip, how much time is spent in the catch?

How does the fisherman identify the fishing ground?

What is the distance traveled? what are the limitations?

How can he return to the fishing ground?

If fishing by trial and error, how many tries are required?

What is the max depth of the net? Does fouling on the bottom play a role in the casting of the nets?

What is the area covered by the trawl (net)?

What is the area covered by the boat? In one trip?

How are the nets deployed?

Do the nets tear? How?

How does navigation happen?

What are the costs involved?

What is the avg literacy of the potential user?

Does he operate a mobile? Computer?

What is the ease of operating electronic equipment?

Are navigational charts used? What about the compass?

Is radio used? How?

What other communication is there?

Who are the stakeholders? Do the fishermen get a commission or a salary?

Are the boats owned or leased?

What sort of fish gets the most reward? Where do these fish lie?

What sort of fishing pattern is the most profitable?

How is communication done with the shore?

How is fuel planned for?

Is there a trip meter?(engine)or how is the total distance traveled measured. Is a dip stick used.

Is power available? What sort.?

Are mobile networks available? how far inside?

How many people man the vessel

What is the education level of the fishermen who use the vessel.

What is the motivation of the fishermen?(commercial)

If the have to use the unit do they need training?

Do they use the www?

What sort of data is given to the fishermen?How do thy use it?

Do they use weather forecasts?How do they analyze it?

What is the cost of investment? Whose investment is it?