The purpose of this report is to project the 2020 recreational red snapper federal for-hire fishing season length, and to characterize the uncertainty of those projections.
Stock assessments of the bottomfish management unit species (BMUS) for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and American Samoa were conducted through 2018 and finalized in 2019.
2019 Southeast Region For-Hire Electronic Reporting Development Plan prepared by Sustainable Fisheries Division Southeast Regional Office July 9, 2019 SERO-LAPP-2019-5
This document describes the technical details of the Marine Recreational Information Program's suite of recreational fishing surveys, as well as the methods it uses to produce estimates of total recreational catch.
This plan outlines a three-year timeline for the Marine Recreational Information Program's transition from the Coastal Household Telephone Survey to the Fishing Effort Survey.