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6 Program Management and Support
6 Program Management and Support
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. Sampling and measurement methods used by the Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS)
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A NATIONAL STATISTICAL PROGRAM The development of a national statistical program for marine recreational fisheries data could be used to eliminate survey effort redundancies. Such a program might consist of a federal agency, regional and state offices, and an independent research group (IRG)
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This interaction ensures that methods developed by the IRG are operationally feasible and modifiable in real time, if necessary. Other responsibilities of the IRG might include some or all of the following: · Collaboration with the other program components on the establishment of nationally consistent standards for design of marine recreational fisheries surveys and for data and metadata · Production of detailed sampling designs and data collection protocols · Thorough evaluation of existing sampling designs, data collection protocols, and estimation techniques · Technical documentation of all design, edit, imputation, and estimation procedures and assistance to other program components in explaining these methods to stakeholders · Directed research on design and analysis to address specific data needs and known challenges, including continuing evaluation of developments in survey theory and methods that may have application to recreational fisheries · Basic research on new and innovative approaches to marine recreational fisheries surveys and to the analysis of such survey data · Outreach to the scientific community through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications and to regional offices on best statistical practices for marine recreational fisheries A model for such an IRG in a university setting is the statistical unit supported by the large-scale, long-term cooperative agreement between the U.S.
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110 REVIEW OF RECREATIONAL FISHERIES SURVEY METHODS Resources Inventory (NRI) , which is a stratified two-stage area sample that provides information to support agricultural and environmental policy development and program implementation (Nusser and Goebel, 1997; Breidt, 2002)
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT 111 Two Science and Technology to Achieve Results (STAR) research assistance agreements, which are awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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· Cooperation with other program components on quality assur ance and quality control for collected data · Cooperation with the IRG in the processing of data and produc tion of estimates · Maintenance of a central data warehouse for marine recreational fisheries and development of appropriate dissemination tools · Outreach to national-level stakeholders, including organizing data product reviews by user groups, providing information to national media, and providing education to policy makers · Solicitation of feedback on data needs from user groups, such as scientists, policy makers, and managers · Collection of information from scientists, managers, and data collectors on evolving challenges in marine recreational fisheries surveys · Communication of data needs and evolving challenges to the IRG · Sponsorship of directed research on design and analysis to address specific data needs and known challenges · Sponsorship of basic research on new and innovative approaches to marine recreational fisheries surveys and to the analysis of such survey data One final responsibility that may fall to the federal agency is solicitation of formal scientific reviews of the entire statistical program for marine recreational fisheries. Such reviews could be done on an ad hoc
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Since local expertise on topics like geography, fishing modes, and species variation is essential, data collection is best done at a local level. Additional benefits to having state or local personnel conduct the intercept surveys include better training, the formation of an interviewerangler relationship, and a larger sample size.
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Other responsibilities of the regional offices might include some or all of the following: · Coordination with the federal agency on problems of mutual interest, such as creation and maintenance of a national list frame of marine anglers · Collaboration with the other program components on the establishment of nationally consistent standards for design of marine recreational fisheries surveys and for data and metadata · Collection of data, primarily from angler intercepts at access sites, which ideally would be done with a dedicated staff of state employees to ensure quality and continuity in the data · Cooperation with other program components on quality assur ance and quality control for collected data · Communication of data needs and evolving challenges to a federal agency and the IRG · Outreach to local user groups, including communication with individual anglers at access sites INTERIM SOURCES OF PROGRAM SUPPORT Establishment of the outlined three-component statistical system for marine recreational fisheries will take time and resources. In the interim, other sources of much-needed technical support should be considered.
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Such a call could be directly relevant to the development of survey methods for marine recreational fisheries. One other useful means of providing interim technical support to the statistical program is to bring short-term academic visitors into the federal agency through a formal fellowship program.
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A permanent and independent research group should be established and funded to continuously evaluate the statistical design and adequacy of recreational fishery surveys and to guide necessary modifications or new initiatives. Human dimensions expertise should be included as well.
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