Recently, researchers have developed methods for combining probability samples and non-probability samples. In recreational fisheries management, data from probability samples are typically counts of catch from a random sample of trips intercepted by …
The National Marine Fisheries Service is the agency charged with estimating the number of fish removed from US oceans by recreational anglers. Two surveys produce data for these estimates; one measures number of angler trips and the other fish caught …
NOAA Fisheries is the United States’ federal steward of their nation’s ocean resources. To this end, they currently collect data on catch and “effort” in the recreational fishing sector in the charter boat modality. Catch is estimated with the Access …