Field biologists in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
locations visit docks and fish houses to conduct interviews with
commercial fishers. Information collected consists of catch,
effort, and biostatistical data.
The
Fisheries-Dependent Monitoring (FDM) program has nine field
biologists involved in the Trip Interview Program (TIP), a
cooperative effort with NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. This is a shore-based sampling program, in which field
biologists visit docks and fish houses to conduct interviews with
commercial fishers. Information collected consists of catch,
effort, and biostatistical data, such as length, weight, and
biological samples (otoliths, spines, and soft tissue for mercury
testing and DNA analysis). Estimates of the age distribution of
fish in the population and how the distribution has changed over
time is critical information for the assessment of fish
populations. One of the benefits of this program is that it
validates trip ticket data (catch and effort).
The following table is a quarterly (April - June 2011) summary
of interviews and measured fish:
|
|
April
|
May
|
June
|
| Field Station |
|
|
Interviews
|
Fish Measured
|
Hard Parts
|
Interviews
|
Fish Measured
|
Hard Parts
|
Interviews
|
Fish Measured
|
Hard Parts
|
|
Tequesta
|
17
|
312
|
40
|
19
|
169
|
88
|
19
|
442
|
47
|
|
Indian River
|
6
|
76
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
174
|
0
|
|
Jacksonville
|
22
|
481
|
30
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Pensacola
|
7
|
482
|
112
|
11
|
149
|
149
|
12
|
1,252
|
53
|
|
Apalachicola
|
15
|
652
|
591
|
6
|
319
|
319
|
16
|
396
|
396
|
|
St. Pete
|
19
|
701
|
701
|
23
|
823
|
821
|
26
|
913
|
913
|
|
Charlotte Harbor
|
12
|
303
|
279
|
15
|
372
|
351
|
12
|
288
|
275
|
|
Marathon
|
48
|
1,314
|
67
|
44
|
1,039 |
67
|
19
|
552
|
31
|
|
Cedar Key
|
3
|
166
|
161
|
4
|
137
|
131
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
|
Total
|
149
|
4,487
|
1,981
|
168
|
4,351
|
1,926
|
119
|
4,017
|
1,715
|
* Data not available. Hard parts = otoliths, spines, and
biosamples.
| Semi-Annual Totals (January - June
2011) |
| Field Station |
|
|
Interviews
|
Fish Measured
|
Hard Parts
|
|
Tequesta
|
104
|
1,821
|
371
|
|
Indian River
|
123
|
1,509
|
20
|
|
Jacksonville
|
112
|
3,418
|
43
|
|
Pensacola
|
50
|
3,015
|
548
|
| Apalachicola |
96
|
3,513
|
3,332
|
|
St. Petersburg
|
134
|
4,939
|
4,935
|
|
Charlotte Harbor
|
73
|
1,749
|
1,609
|
|
Marathon
|
216
|
5,699
|
337
|
| Cedar Key |
16 |
628 |
614 |
|
All
|
924
|
26,291
|
11,809
|
The following table is the 2010 annual summary:
Hard parts = otoliths, spines, and biosamples.
|
2010 Totals
|
| Field Station |
|
|
Interviews
|
Samples
|
Hard Parts
|
|
Tequesta
|
166
|
2,969
|
606
|
|
Indian River
|
278
|
9,280
|
1,016
|
|
Jacksonville
|
157
|
4,983
|
83
|
|
Pensacola
|
119
|
5,481
|
658
|
| Apalachicola |
10
|
174 |
174 |
|
St. Petersburg
|
245
|
8,830
|
8,821
|
|
Charlotte Harbor
|
156
|
4,026
|
3,244
|
|
Marathon
|
549
|
10,644
|
703
|
|
Cedar Key
|
8
|
823
|
0
|
|
All
|
1,688
|
47,210
|
15,305
|
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