TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce, in Silver Spring, MD, is given responsibility under the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 for managing the nation's marine resources. This responsibility requires that information be gathered from U.S. recreational anglers pertinent to their marine fishing activities.
Interviewers are being assigned to selected fishing locations along coastal areas of the country in order to talk with marine anglers, and count and measure their catch. Information collected by interviewers will be analyzed and used to help improve the quality of fishing for all anglers.
You are encouraged to cooperate with the interviewer at your location; however, participation is voluntary. Questions regarding the surveyor activities of the interviewer may be addressed to:
Maury Osborn - Acting Program Manager Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Program U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service 1315 East-West Highway, Room 12361 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 301-713-2328
The public reporting burden for the Intercept Survey portion of the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (OMB No. 0648-0052) is estimated to average 4.5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments concerning this burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the office listed above and/or to the:
Office of Management and Budget Paperwork Reduction Project (0648-0052) Washington, D.C. 20503
SCREENING INSTRUCTIONS
Revised 1/97
Hello, my name is _____________and I represent ____________, (Agency). We are interviewing marine recreational anglers for a study sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. I'd like to ask you a few questions about your fishing.1. "Was the primary purpose of your trip today for recreation, that is, for funa and relaxation, or was it to provide income from the sale of fish?"
Recreation --> Q2 To provide income -->TERMINATE
2. Were you saltwater fishing today?
Yes --> Q3 NO -->TERMINATE
3. Were you fishing for finfish today?
Yes --> Q4 No --> 3A. Did you catch any finfish today?
Yes --->Q4 No -->TERMINATE
4. Have you completed your fishing today?
Yes --> GO TO QUESTIONNAIRE No --> Q5
5. Are you coming back here or going somewhere else to fish?
Coming back here -->TERMINATE Going somewhere else --> Q6
6. Will you still be fishing from a (SPECIFY MODE) or what?
Same mode -->TERMINATE Different mode --> GO TO QUESTIONNAIRE
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Information collected in the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey is authorized under the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, the Migratory Marine Fish Act of 1959, and the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. This information will be used in assessing the influence of fishing on any fish stock and in determining future recreational fishing needs.
All information collected will be combined with information provided by other recreational anglers and used only for statistical purposes. Any information which would permit identification of the individual will be held in strictest confidence and will be used only by persons engaged in and for the purpose of the survey.
Participation in this survey is voluntary and there are no penalties for refusing to answer any question. However, your cooperation in obtaining this much needed information is extremely important in order to insure the completeness and accuracy of the statistical results.
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LOCAL NAME ACCEPTED COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
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Chucklehead 8826010108 copper rockfish
HERRINGS - CLUPEIDAE: 8747010000
Peterson: Plate 12; Pages 66 - 72
A major "local name" problem involves fish in the Herring family. Fishermen use there terms "shad," "herrings" and "alewives" almost interchangeably for many of the species in this family. For unavailable or Type 2 fish, the NMFS would prefer the family level entry, 8747010000, unless the interviewer has absolute certain knowledge of the exact species. For available or Type 3 fish, interviewers are expected to identify fish to the species level. However, many species in this family are very difficult to distinguish, and, when absolutely necessary, family level entries are permissible for Type 3 fish.
SMELTS - OSMERIDAE: 8755030000
Peterson: Plate 13; Pages 77 - 78
While two species of saltwater smelts are listed in the Coding Manual, all to the smelts encountered in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and 99 of 100 smelts encountered in Maine will be the Rainbow Smelt (Osmerus mordax, 8855030302) and should be coded as such. This holds for target species, unavailable or Type 2 fish, and as well as for available or Type 3 fish.
According to the literature, the Capelin Smelt (Mallotus villosus, 875503201) can occur south to the Gulf of Main, but its occurrence is very unlikely. Interviewers in Maine should be very cautious in their identification of Capelin Smelt. (The lower jaw of the Capelin Smelt extends beyond that of the upper jaw. The reverse is true of the Rainbow Smelt).
RECREATIONAL FISHING QUESTIONNAIRE
TELEPHONE QUESTIONNAIRE
Hello, I'm calling long distance for a survey being conducted for the National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. We're surveying recreational fishermen in various counties. Your telephone number has been selected at random.
Q1. To help me assign your information to the correct location, do you live in county? (WRITE COUNTY # ON COUNTY LINE)
Q2. Is this your permanent, year-round residence? (CHECK PERMANENT RESIDENCE BOX)
Q3. Does anyone in this household go fishing? (IF NONE, THANK & TERMINATE)
Q3a. We want to gather information from people who have been saltwater sportfishing for finfish, not shellfish, in the last 12 months. Saltwater fishing includes fishing in oceans, sounds or bays, or in tidal or brackish portions of rivers. How many people in your household have been saltwater sportfishing in the last 12 months in this state or from a boat launched from this state? (RECORD IN 12-MONTH BOX; IF NONE, THANK & TERMINATE)
Q4. Thinking just about the past 2 months, how many people in your household have been saltwater sportfishing in this state or from a boat launched from this state? (RECORD IN 2-MONTH BOX; IF NONE, THANK & TERMINATE)
Are you that fisherman/one of the fishermen? (GO TO APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTION)
(INTRODUCTION WHEN RESPONDENT IS FISHERMAN)
I'd like to ask you a few questions about your most recent finfishing trips. This survey is being conducted in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, therefore you are not obligated to answer any question if you find it to be an invasion of your privacy. (TURN PAGE OVER)
(INTRODUCTION WHEN OTHER FISHERMAN IN HOUSEHOLD COMES TO THE PHONE)
Hello, I'm conducting a survey on saltwater sportfishing for the National Marine Fisheries Service. By saltwater fishing, I mean fishing in oceans, sounds or bays, or in tidal or brackish portions of rivers. For the purpose of this survey, it includes only fishing for finfish, not shellfish. I understand that you've been saltwater fishing in the past 2 months, and I'd like to ask you a few questions about your most recent trips. This survey is being conducted in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, therefore you are not obligated to answer any question if you find it to be an invasion of your privacy. (TURN PAGE OVER)
Again, we're interested in those trips where you went after finfish, whether you caught any or not, and in those trips where you might have been going after shellfish but caught finfish. We're not interested in any trips where your main purpose was to catch fish which you would sell to make money.
Q1. How many saltwater fishing trips did you make in the last two months. (RECORD TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS.) Please list the dates of your saltwater sportfishing trips for the past 2 months, starting with your most recent trip and working backwards in time. I have a calendar here in front of me so I can help you with the dates.
Q2. When did you last go finfishing? (ASSIGN TRIP # & RECORD DATE OF TRIP ON TRIP FORM. IF DK DATE, ASK MONTH & THEN ASK IF WEEKDAY OR WEEKEND).
Q3. Were you fishing from a pier, a jetty, a bridge, a beach, a bank, or a boat? (IF MORE THAN ONE MODE WITHIN A MODE CATEGORY (A,B,C,D), CODE THE ONE USED LAST THAT DAY. IF MORE THAN ONE MODE CATEGORY, CODE AS 2 SEPARATE TRIPS WITH THE SAME DATE).
(REPEAT QUESTIONS 1 & 2 UNTIL ALL TRIPS FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS HAVE BEEN COVERED. THEN GO ON TO Q3+)
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Now, I'd like a little more information about each of the trips you just mentioned. (STARTING WITH THE 1ST TRIP MENTIONED, ASK Q3-8 FOR EACH TRIP BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT TRIP)
Q4. (IF PRIVATE BOAT, ASK:) Thinking about your trip on (date), does the public have access to the place from which your boat left or is it private?
(IF PUBLIC, ASK:) Was it a launch ramp, boat slip, dock mooring or something else?
(IF PRIVATE, ASK:) Was it from a personal residence or dock, a private locked gate marina, a private property unlocked marina or something else?
(ALL OTHER MODES, ASK:) Thinking about your trip on (date), does the public have access to this fishing site or is it private?
Q5. (IF BOAT, ASK:) What time did your boat return? (IF NOT BOAT, ASK:) What time did you stop fishing?
Q6. Was most of your effort that day in the ocean, sound, river or bay?
(PROBE RIVER:) Were you fishing in the lower part of the river which is brackish or affected by the tide? (IF NO, DISREGARD TRIP; IF YES, CHECK BOX & CONTINUE)
(PROBE BAY:) Was that an open bay or an enclosed bay?
(PROBE INLET:) Were you more toward the outside or more toward the inside of the inlet?
Q7. (IF BOAT, ASK:) To what coastal county did your boat return? (IF NO BOAT, ASK:) In what coastal county were you fishing?
(IF MORE THAN 1 FISHERMAN, DON'T FORGET TO ASK ABOUT OTHERS)
(VERIFY PHONE # AT END OF INTERVIEW
TELEPHONE INTERVIEW DATA FORMAT, 1995
TYPE 1 RECORDS:
Position Variable Description
1 Rectype Record Type
1 = background info on household
2 = information on angler
3 = information on trip
2 Surtyp Survey Type
1 = telephone interview
4 Reg_res Region of Residence
1 = Southern California
2 = Northern California
3 = Pacific Northwest
4 = North Atlantic
5 = Mid-Atlantic
6 = South Atlantic
7 = Gulf of Mexico
5-10 Codenum Household ID Number
11-12 St_res FIPS Code for State of Residence
13-15 Cnty_res FIPS Code for County of Residence
17-18 FF12 Number of 12-month anglers in household
19-20 FF2 Number of 2-month anglers in household
21-22 Notint_F Number of 2-mo anglers that were never interviewed and no proxy data was available
23-24 Num_int Number of 2-month anglers interviewed
25-26 Notint_r Number of 2-month anglers who refused to be interviewed and no proxy data was available
27-28 Notint_u Number of 2-month anglers unavailable to be interviewed, but proxy data was available
29-30 Notint_o Number of 2-month anglers not interviewed for some other reason (language barrier or child), but proxy data was available
31-40 Phonenum Phone Number (Area Code and Prefix only, followed by 4 zeros)
62 PH_800 Respondent called in on 800 number, 1=yes, 2=no
70-71 Year Year of survey
72 Wave Wave of Survey
1=Jan/Feb 4=Jul/Aug
2=Mar/Apr 5=Sep/Oct
3=May/Jun 6=Nov/Dec
TYPE 2 RECORDS:
1 Rectype Record Type
6-10 Codenum Household ID Number
11-12 Fshrnum Angler Number
13-14 Year Year of interview
15-16 Month Month of interview
17-18 Day Day of interview
19-22 Intvuer Interviewer Number
23 Source Information provided by
1=fisherman him or herself
2=someone else
24 Lang Language
1=English
2=Spanish
25 Two_mon Recall all trips
1=yes 2=no
27-29 Num_trps Number of trips take in last 2 months (should equal the number of type 3 records for that fisherman)
70-71 Year Year of survey
72 Wave Wave of Survey
TYPE 3 RECORDS:
1 Rectype Record Type
6-10 Codenum Household ID Number
11-12 Fshrnum Angler Number
13-15 Trp_num Trip Number
16-17 Year Year of fishing trip
18-19 Month Month of fishing trip
20-21 Day Day of fishing trip
25 weekend If day is not known then code:
1 = weekday
2 = weekend 9 = don't know
26 Mode_f Fishing mode
1 = Pier, dock ÄÄ¿s
2 = Jetty, breakwater, breachway ³h
3 = Bridge, causeway ³o
4 = Other man-made ³r
5 = Beach or bank ÄÄÙe
6 = Partyboat
7 = Charter boat
8 = Private/Rental boat
27 Launch Private or Public access point
1 = public access
2 = private access
28 Access Access type for boats
0 = NA ÄÄ¿
1 = launch ramp ³ public
2 = boat slip ³ access
3 = moored from dock ³
4 = other ÄÄÙ
0 = NA ÄÄ¿
5 = personal residence/ ³
dock ³
6 = private locked gate ³ private
marina ³ access
7 = private property ³
unlocked marina ³
8 = other ÄÄÙ
29-30 Time Time fishing trip completed
(1-24; -1 = depends on tides;
-2 = don't know)
31-32 Area Area of fishing trip
1 = Open water
2 = Sound
3 = River
4 = Bay
5 = Other
33-34 St FIPS code for state of fishing trip
35-37 Cnty FIPS county code for county of trip
40-41 River River fished (Pacific Coast only)
70-71 Year Year of survey 72 Wave Wave of Survey