About RecFIN:
The Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN)
collects and integrates sample data, and catch and effort estimates
from state and federal Pacific Coast marine recreational fisheries
sampling programs. This information provides important biological,
social, and economic data for Pacific coast recreational fishery
biologists, managers, and anglers. A primary goal of the RecFIN project
is to standardize as much as possible all recreational fisheries data
elements and collection techniques and to coordinate field methodologies so uniform and compatible data is available across both state
and federal lines.
RecFIN Data:
RecFIN’s database includes statistics on catch, effort, economics,
and angler demographics. The database contains recreational fishery
data for the years 1980-89 and 1993-present. RecFIN data primarily
comes from state agency sampling programs and, for 1980-2003, from the
National Marine Fisheries Service nationally funded Marine Recreational
Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS). The surveys cover approximately
800 fishing sites along the Pacific Coast, with about 60% in
California, 10% in Oregon, and 30% in Washington. In excess of 200,000
anglers are interviewed each year.
RecFIN is a cooperative effort between the state fishery agencies in
Washington, Oregon, and California, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and National Marine Fisheries Service.
Learn More:
For more information, please contact Russell Porter (
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) or Wade H. Van Buskirk (
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) at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission: 503-595-3100 and visit the RecFIN Project at http://www.recfin.org/
heries Service nationally funded Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey (MRFSS). The surveys covers approximately 800 fishing sites along the Pacific Coast, with about 60% in California, 10% in Oregon, and 30% in Washington. In excess of 200,000 anglers are interviewed each year.
RecFIN is a cooperative effort between the state fishery agencies in Washington, Oregon, and California, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, and National Marine Fisheries Service.
For more information, please contact Russell Porter (
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) or Wade H. Van Buskirk (
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) at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission: 503-595-3100.
Visit the RecFIN Project at http://www.recfin.org/
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