Any Comments, Questions, or Suggestions? Email The ODC Staff Send This Page To A Friend! Enter Their Email Address Below NOT A SEARCH! News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462 For Release: June 9, 2003 Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402 Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418 RHODE ISLAND CHARTER AND PARTY BOAT CAPTAINS TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW COAST-WIDE RECREATIONAL MARINE FISHING DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management has announced that beginning this week Rhode Island's 80-plus charter and party boat captains will be asked to participate in a new data collection survey system to elicit improved catch and effort statistics for recreational marine fisheries. The program, called the For-Hire Survey, is being implemented on a coast-wide basis by the National Marine Fisheries Service in collaboration with the state partners of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, of which Rhode Island is a member. In Rhode Island, a weekly random sampling of charter fishing boat captains will be asked to report their fishing effort from the previous week, such as number of trips, number of anglers, targeted species, area fished and number of fish caught. In addition, an observer will collect catch and discard data on selected large party boat trips. | |
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