pilot project: estimating total tournament harvest with voluntary text reporting

Pilot Project:Estimating total tournament harvest with voluntary text

reporting

M. Scott Baker Jr.Fisheries Specialist

NC Sea Grant bakers@uncw.edu

MRIP Volunteer Angler Data WorkshopFeb 2, 2012

Data Collection Via SMS

Baker and Oeschger, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 1:143–154, 2009http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577/C08-042.1 or www.rectext.org

KMT Voluntary Angler Reporting

KMT Voluntary Angler Reporting

1 2 3 4 5 60

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80

90successful anglers in surveykmt weighin ratesurvey participation

Sampling Order

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ent

1 2 3 4 5 60

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90successful anglers in surveykmt weighin ratesurvey participation

Sampling Order

Perc

ent

1 2 3 4 5 60

10

20

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90successful anglers in surveykmt weighin ratesurvey participation

Sampling Order

Perc

ent

60 70 80 90 100110

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kept (n=233)released (n=39)all KM entered (n=722)

CM Length Bin

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f Fish

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0.05

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0.15

non weighers

weighers

Tournament

CPU

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Tournament Harvest Estimates

Open_09 Open_100

200

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1400actual # weighedtotal est harvest

Ral_09 BI_100

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20

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40

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60actual # weighedtotal est harvest

GotE_09 AtlBch_090

50100150200250300350400450

actual # weighedtotal est harvest

http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2011-Reports/state-of-mobile-Q3-2011.pdf