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N.C. DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES Coastal Angling Program PROGRESS REPORT N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission March 25, 2010. Coastal Angling Program (CAP). Objectives Establish comprehensive recreational fishing data
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N.C. DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES Coastal Angling Program PROGRESS REPORTN.C. Marine Fisheries CommissionMarch 25, 2010
Coastal Angling Program (CAP) • Objectives • Establish comprehensive recreational fishing data • collection program to meet new challenges, support the FMP process and prepare for the future • Build confidence in • DMF’s recreational • fishery data collection • programs
Coastal Angling Program (CAP) • Projects/Status • Enhance recreational catch and effort statistics • Increase dockside sampling • (catch, biological) • 5K more angler interviews • (6 additional agents) • Increase accuracy • More biological data • (lengths/weights) • b) Use CRFL data to enhance phone survey • Pilot project on-going with NOAA since 2008 • More efficient • Greater contact rate (70 percent)
Coastal Angling Program (CAP) • Projects/Status (continued) • 2. Estimate flounder gigging harvest • Draft survey March 2010 • Peer review and testing in progress • Begin surveying May • First estimates July 2010, monthly thereafter
Coastal Angling Program (CAP) • Projects/Status (continued) • 3. Sample night fisheries (e.g. red drum, Neuse River) • Pilot project with NOAA began January 2010 • Testing for approximately one year • 4. Evaluate private access anglers • Pilot project with NOAA began November 2009 • Implementation fall 2010 • Use pre-selected anglers
Coastal Angling Program (CAP) • Projects/Status (continued) • 5. Electronic Reporting System • Alternative method for conducting surveys • Similar to other agencies’ programs • Gulf states for-hire logbook pilot (NOAA) • South Atlantic headboats (NOAA) • CRFL texting project • Coastal Angling Journal