Ayeisha A. Brinson
Published: 2013
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"NOAA Fisheries implemented a national survey of saltwater recreational anglers beginning in February 2013. The survey was implemented in six regions including the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, and Alaska. An earlier volume for this report, Volume I, presented the survey results at the national scale only (Brinson and Wallmo, 2013). Volume II presents the survey results separately for each region in which the survey was implemented. The survey was developed through a collaborative process that underwent extensive reviews by NOAA Fisheries' economists, NOAA Fisheries' regional recreational coordinators and by key recreational fishing stakeholder groups. The survey was also tested with four focus groups. Following these reviews and testing, the survey was approved for an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act"--Executive summary from volume II.