WCEFT Cost Estimates

The cost of incorporating e-signatures into the existing and proposed WCEFT software application(s) is expected to be relatively minimal in the short-term, and no new funds will be required for this implementation. Our expectation is that the e-signature requirements will include maintenance of a username/password database for buyers and the addition of the terms and conditions language described under the WCEFT Implementation Details page of this document.

While the current e-fishticket capture and submission application is based on the State paper fishtickets, the electronic fishticket system is only mandatory in the Federally managed Pacific whiting fishery. While it is difficult at this point to predict what costs may be incurred in the States fishticket systems as they further embrace the e-ticket technology the expectation is that costs of adherence to the described e-signature protocols will be manageable.