Recreational Fisheries Flashcards

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts related to recreational fisheries, data collection methods, and management strategies.

Recreational Fisheries

Refers to fishing for leisure, sport, or sustenance, primarily involving the capture of fish for personal use rather than commercial purposes.

NMFS Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS)

A survey started in 1979 by NMFS to gather information on recreational fishing effort, catches, and landings, involving on-site interviews and off-site phone interviews of anglers.

Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)

The rebranded version of MRFSS, aiming to improve data collection on recreational fishing through access point angler intercept surveys and fishing effort surveys, transitioning from phone-based to mail-based surveys.

Large Pelagics Survey (LPS)

A program that includes dockside intercepts, telephone surveys, and biological sampling to assess within-year fishing effort, catch, and fishing mortality for highly migratory species, used to comply with international management.

Circle hooks

Hooks that have been found to improve survival rates across many species compared to J-hooks, often recommended or required in many fisheries.

J-Hooks

Hooks that resulted lower survival rates of White Marlin compared to Circle Hooks.

Tools for managing recreational fisheries

Open/closed seasons or areas, minimum sizes, slot limits, bag limits, take tags, gear restriction