MakoMike Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 IMHO it really doesn't make a difference if any one particular individual has been intercepted or not. Those intercepts are just part of the process. The National Science Foundation has reviewed the MRIP methodology several times, the first tie led to the revised mail survey, and they say it's scientifically valid. That's enough for me. ====Mako Mike====Makomania SportfishingPt. Judith, RI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpalms Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 12 mins ago, MakoMike said: IMHO it really doesn't make a difference if any one particular individual has been intercepted or not. Those intercepts are just part of the process. The National Science Foundation has reviewed the MRIP methodology several times, the first tie led to the revised mail survey, and they say it's scientifically valid. That's enough for me. Yeah NOAA's (and NSF's role is not clear other than they stated the process was valid) big review of how the data is collected turned up rock solid piece of science - that they should stop calling charter captains for surveys and mail them the survey instead. Because well nobody takes calls from numbers they don't know anymore I guess. Foolproof. You can now feel 100% confident in the data. Fishing Effort Survey The Fishing Effort Survey (FES) is a mail survey that collects information from households in Hawaii and on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It replaced the Coastal Household Telephone Survey (CHTS) in 2018, after our work to improve the way we understand and estimate fishing effort found a mail effort survey was superior to the random-digit dialing of residential households used by the CHTS. The FES samples households from a national database of mailing addresses, which is supplemented with information from state-based recreational fishing license and registration programs. Because research indicates that both anglers and non-anglers are more likely to respond to a survey that includes questions about topics other than fishing, the FES is designed as a weather and outdoor activity survey. This helps us improve the number of responses we receive while reducing the risk of nonresponse bias. Data are collected at the end of two-month sampling periods known as “waves.” Preliminary estimates of the number of shore and private boat recreational fishing trips taken by anglers who live in the covered coastal states are produced for each wave; final estimates are generated each year. From January through December (Waves 1 – 6), the FES is administered in North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Hawaii. All other states—with the exception of Maine—are sampled from March through December (Waves 2 – 6); Maine is sampled from May through October (Waves 3 – 5). The FES has been administered in Puerto Rico, but our data collection efforts have been suspended in this region as the territory rebuilds following Hurricane Maria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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