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Originally Posted by CaptTB
The dockside observations/interviews are to determine catch. The registry is to determine who is fishing and who to contact for the effort part of the survey (how many trips you make, not what you caught)
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From the NOAA link.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories..._registry.html
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By registering, recreational anglers will make their catch count," said Jim Balsiger, acting NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service. “The National Saltwater Angler Registry is an important tool that will enable us to better estimate the health of marine fisheries so that we’re able to preserve the pastime of recreational saltwater fishing for generations to come."
Sounds like they will be counting what we catch although these surveys are used by NOAA scientists to assess the health of fish stocks and to estimate the economic contributions of anglers.
Leif
