Gulf Offshore Rec Fishing Permit : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Gulf Offshore Rec Fishing Permit / MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | This is a review and discussion of a proposal to develop and implement a Gulf Offshore Recreational Fishing Permit in support of more accurate, precise, and timely catch and effort estimates for offshore recreational fisheries off Florida’s Gulf coast. Staff will discuss the issue and seek Commission direction on whether to proceed with the development and implementation of the permit and associated fisheries surveys. Data on the recreational fisheries harvest, number of fish caught and released, and fishing effort (number of recreational fishing trips) is collected through NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) in most southeastern states. In Florida, MRIP surveys are conducted by FWC biologists. The MRIP survey collects information through two main components: 1) information on catch is obtained from onsite surveys, and 2) information on fishing effort is obtained from phone surveys of residents in coastal counties using random digit dialing. These data are used in stock assessments and in analyses associated with the evaluation of fisheries regulations such as quota management and predicting the length of fishing seasons.About 16 million saltwater angling trips are taken from the Gulf Coast of Florida each year. About one-half are offshore trips for species like red snapper, grouper, and amberjack. The current MRIP effort sampling methodology does not adequately sample the offshore component of these fisheries. Although there have been recent improvements to the MRIP survey, additional enhancements to the effort survey could improve recreational effort estimates for offshore fisheries. A growing number of Gulf reef fish anglers have been asking for data collection improvements that would provide more accurate and timely estimates of fishing effort as well as more reliable, credible, and timely catch estimates. Recently, the Gulf states have been discussing ways to improve recreational fishery data collection, particularly for the red snapper fishery. The State of Louisiana has already introduced data collection program improvements in their state that include a special recreational fishing permit for species like red snapper and yellowfin tuna. This permit been used successfully to identify a universe of anglers targeting these species and generate more accurate estimates of offshore fishing effort in Louisiana. The overarching goal of FWC’s proposal is to improve the quality of recreational fisheries data used for assessment and management of recreational fisheries off Florida’s Gulf coast. This is to be achieved by 1) implementing more intense and targeted angler surveys in sites originating offshore fishing trips, and 2) enhancing the precision and accuracy of recreational fishing effort estimates by creating a well-defined universe of offshore anglers, 3) create a Gulf Offshore Recreational Fishing Permit to better identify universe of offshore reef fish anglers. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-02-13 08:58:33 |
| 撮影者 | MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife , Tallahassee, Florida, United States |
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