Creel and angler surveys in fisheries management

Contents: 1) the roving creel survey; 2) sample size determination in roving creel surveys; 3) computer simulation techniques to assess bias in the roving-creel-survey estimator; 4) comparison of Northern Pike catch and harvest rates estimated from uncompleted and completed fishing trips; 5) accuracy of a roving creel survey's harvest estimate and evaluation of possible sources of bias; 6) comparison of five estimators of fishing success from creel survey data on three Alabama reservoirs; 7) comparability of data collected by telephone and roving creel surveys; 8) national survey data on sportfishing, economics, and environmental changes in Sweden; 9) monitoring a tropical island reef fishery; 10) changes in sampling design to reduce variability in selected estimates from a roving creel survey conducted on Pomme de Terre Lake; 11) comparison of three allocations of monthly sampling effort for the roving creel survey on West Point Lake; 12) When to ask angler responses at different times in the fishing trip and year; 13) evaluation of components of variance for a stratified, two-stage roving creel survey with implications for sample size allocation; 14) improving precision of roving-creel-survey estimates: implications for fisheries with a closed season; 15) the access point creel survey: procedures and comparison with the roving-clerk creel survey; 16) using creel surveys to evaluate angler success in discrete fisheries; 17) increasing the efficiency of Texas saltwater creel surveys; 18) evaluation of sampling methodologies of the Lake Michigan creel survey; 19) assigning nonuniform sampling probabilities by using expert opinion and multiple-use patterns; 20) using small creel surveys and mark-recapture experiments to interpret angling statistics; 21) comparisons of Illinois creel surveys and the precision of their estimates; 22) a method for estimating bait shrimp used in Texas salt waters by anglers; 23) a methodology for estimating fish landings, effort, and residence of Bay Headboat anglers in Texas; 24) use of machine-readable forms to record creel survey and biological data; 25) advantages of field data recorders in creel surveys of recreational fisheries; 26) a cost-effective method for estimating angler effort from interval counts; 27) development of a recreational fishing survey: the marine recreational fishery statistics survey case study; 28) use and abuse of mail surveys in fisheries management; 29) software for administering mail surveys; 30) telephone survey preferred in collecting angler data statewide; 31) long-term analysis of creel surveys: problems concerning the interpretation and use of results; 32) CREESYS: a software system for management of Ontario creel survey data; 33) use of model predictions as an auxiliary variable to reduce variance in a creel survey; 34) application of economics to recreational fisheries management: an overview; 35) estimating recreational demand functions: experience with the public area recreation visitor survey; 36) the significance of data collection and econometric methods in estimating nonmarket resource values; 37) measuring recreational fisheries economics from the national survey; 38) a dual-survey approach for estimating the economic aspects of fishing; 39) effects of the avidity bias on survey estimates of fishing effort and economic value; 40) length of recall period and accuracy of estimates from the national survey of fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreationa; 41) can fishery scientists predict angler preference?; 42) angler specialization: measurement of a key sociological concept and implications for fisheries management decisions; 43) 1985 catch and release statistics for U.S. bass and trout anglers; 44) quantifying walleye angling success; 45) development of a social and economic questionnaire for on-site interviews of marine recreational anglers in Texas; 46) comparison of response scales for measuring angler satisfaction; 47) estimation of fishing and natural mortality when a tagging study is combined with a creel survey or port sampling; 48) evaluating the potential effects of a daily bag limit from the observed frequency distribution of catch per fisher; 49) development and implementation of the angler diary monitoring program for Great Bear Lake; 50) production and instantaneous growth rates of Lake Trout before and after Lake Herring introduction in Lake Opeongo, Ontario; 51) use of a creel census and electrofishing to assess centrarchid populations; 52) synthesis of mark-recapture and fishery data to estimate open-population parameters; 53) a resort-based head collection program for expanding recreational harvest information on walleyes; 54) use of bass club tournament results to evaluate relative abundance and fishing quality; 55) applications and benefits of angler diary program on Lake Erie.