From tablet-based field surveys to electronic logbooks, NOAA Fisheries is advancing the use of electronic reporting in recreational fishing data collection.
Representatives from the Marine Recreational Information Program and the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office will be available to answer your questions about estimating recreational catch at upcoming saltwater fishing shows in New Jersey and Rhode Island.
This infographic explains how the NOAA Fisheries' Marine Recreational Information Program collects recreational fishing data and produces catch estimates.
The Marine Recreational Information Program has adopted a new organizational structure to reflect its shift in focus from developing, testing, and certifying survey designs to facilitating data collection and addressing regional needs.
NOAA Fisheries’ Marine Recreational Information Program implements a national network of recreational fishing surveys. The Access Point Angler Intercept Survey gathers catch-per-trip information from saltwater anglers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
This document describes the technical details of the Marine Recreational Information Program's suite of recreational fishing surveys, as well as the methods it uses to produce estimates of total recreational catch.
NOAA Fisheries recently released revised Marine Recreational Information Program catch estimates from 1981 to 2017 as part of its transition from the Coastal Household Telephone Survey to the new Fishing Effort Survey. The FES is a more acc
In 2017, NOAA Fisheries convened a peer review of a calibration model proposed by the Marine Recreational Information Program to support its transition from the Coastal Household Telephone Survey to a new mail Fishing Effort Survey.
