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Cast a Line for National Fishing and Boating Week

Join us for National Fishing and Boating Week as we celebrate one of our nation's most cherished pastimes: saltwater recreational fishing.
June 03, 2019 - Feature Story ,
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Private sport fishing boat just off the Florida coast at sunrise.

MRIP Releases FY 2019 Implementation Plan Update

The Marine Recreational Information Program has outlined the goals it achieved in 2018 and the priorities it has set for 2019.
April 17, 2019 - Feature Story ,
National
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Idaho Plan Safeguards Wild Steelhead, NOAA Fisheries Review Finds

NOAA Fisheries has determined that Idaho’s Fishery Management and Evaluation Plan for their recreational steelhead fishery provides necessary protections for salmon and steelhead listed under the ESA.
March 15, 2019 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Juvenile steelhead swimming along a rocky riverbed

Learn About NOAA Fisheries, Recreational Fishing Data Collection at Saltwater Fishing Shows

Representatives from the Marine Recreational Information Program and the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office will be available to answer your questions about estimating recreational catch at upcoming saltwater fishing shows in New Jersey and Rhode Island.
March 13, 2019 - Feature Story ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
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New MRIP Organizational Structure Reflects Greater Emphasis on Regional Implementation

The Marine Recreational Information Program has adopted a new organizational structure to reflect its shift in focus from developing, testing, and certifying survey designs to facilitating data collection and addressing regional needs.
February 21, 2019 - Feature Story ,
National
A diagram of the Marine Recreational Information Program's teams.

New Reports Highlight Landings, Value and Economic Impact of U.S. Fishing

NOAA Fisheries released two reports showing the number of landings and value of U.S. fisheries, as well as the economic impact of U.S. commercial and recreational fishing.
December 13, 2018 - Feature Story ,
National
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NOAA Fisheries, Gulf States Prioritize Integrating, Calibrating Recreational Red Snapper Data

At a recent workshop, Marine Recreational Information Program partners discussed how data collected by general and specialized recreational fishing surveys can help deliver more timely and precise catch estimates for Gulf red snapper.
November 27, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Southeast
A smiling woman holds a large red snapper.

The Fishing Effort Survey: Calibrating Recreational Catch Estimates

NOAA Fisheries recently completed a three-year transition from MRIP’s Coastal Household Telephone Survey to the Fishing Effort Survey.
May 29, 2018 - Feature Story
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Pacific Islands MRIP Regional Implementation Plan Now Available

The Marine Recreational Information Program Ad-hoc Steering Committee and its advisors have completed an MRIP Regional Implementation Plan for the Pacific Islands.
May 29, 2018 - Feature Story ,
Pacific Islands
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NOAA Fisheries Hosts Access Point Angler Intercept Survey Calibration Workshop

NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology is hosting a peer review workshop on proposed calibration methods for its recreational catch survey from March 20-22, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland. The workshop is open to the public. On the
March 21, 2018 - Feature Story
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