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[RecFIN News] Revised wave 3, 2002 estimates

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There were data collection problems with the MRFSS RDD telephone survey in Wave 3, 2002.  MRFSS staff is continuing to evaluate the data in terms of accuracy and suitability for producing effort estimates.  The telephone data have been replaced with data consisting of the three previous years (1999-2001) of Wave 3 data from the RDD telephone survey. Because the sample size of this pooled data set is comparatively large, the calculated sampling variances for catch and effort estimates will be smaller than in previous years.

Because the wave 3, 2002 estimates are based on pooled effort data from 1999-2001, the effects of actual changes to the distribution and number of angler trips are not represented in revised estimates, but changes to the catch rates are represented in the catch per trip data from the MRFSS field intercept survey.

This table summaries the trend in trips for wave 3 for the past four years by subregion:

ESTIMATED THOUSANDS OF TRIPS BY MARINE RECREATIONAL ANGLERS BY YEAR AND SUBREGION FOR ALL
MODES OF FISHING IN ALL MARINE AREAS IN ALL SUBREGIONS MAY-JUNE IN 1999-2002

                SOUTHERN         NORTHERN                                                        
               CALIFORNIA       CALIFORNIA         OREGON         WASHINGTON 
                                                                                                 
               EST      PSE     EST      PSE     EST      PSE     EST      PSE  
1999            622    10        288    14        100    10        251    12
2000            837     9        395     9        165    11        255    15
2001            818    11        473     9        212    11        280    17
2002            693     7        445     7        144     7        247    10 
                                                                                                
EST = ESTIMATE   PSE = % STANDARD ERROR   (-) = NONE   0 = LESS THAN 100

NOTE: Data in wave 3 2001 are preliminary and may be incomplete. 
NOTE: Data in wave 3 2002 are preliminary and may be incomplete. 
NOTE: N California charter boats were not fully sampled due to refusals. 
NOTE: Year 2002 California Party Charter (PC) estimates from PC Phone Survey.


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