492 – SPEED: Advances in Survey Research Methodology
Pilot Surveys of Shore Fishing on Oahu, Hawaii
Hongguang Ma
NOAA Fisheries Services
Thomas Ogawa
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
F. Jay Breidt
Colorado State University
Virginia Lesser
Oregon State University
Jean Opsomer
Colorado State University
Tom Sminkey
NOAA Fisheries Services
Christopher Hawkins
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council
April Bagwill
NOAA Fisheries Services
David Van Voorhees
NOAA Fisheries Services
In response to recommendations from a recent review of the Hawaii Marine Recreational Fishing Survey (HMRFS), we designed a roving effort and catch survey for shore fishing. The on-the-ground roving effort survey was complemented by an aerial survey and a mail-in survey to cover private and remote shoreline areas and night fishing activities. The roving survey was stratified by region (rural or urban), shift (three 4-hour periods during the day), and day type (weekday or weekend). Each region included three non-overlapping coastal segments (sample units). All of these surveys were field tested in January-April 2015. Results from the pilot mail survey indicate that night fishing accounted for more than one third of the total trips for rod and reel (the major gear type). Over 20% of night fishing was reported in private and restricted areas. Results from the aerial survey indicate that up to 20% of all anglers counted in daylight hours were from remote areas.Thus the effort and catch estimates from the ground-based roving survey need to be appropriately adjusted for under coverage in time (night fishing) and space (remote and private/restricted areas).