RecFIN Program Contributors - Data Sources

Citations to use for data accessed here

• California Recreational Fisheries Survey (CRFS)

The CRFS is a multiple part survey to estimate the total catch and fishing effort of marine recreational anglers in California. The program intergrates a number of pre-existing surveys and adds a number of new survey designs.

• Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS)

The MRFSS is a two part survey to estimate the total catch and fishing effort of marine recreational anglers in the United States. The Pacific coast portion of this nation-wide Survey covers the coasts of Washington, Oregon and California.

• Party Charter Phone Survey (PCPS)

The PCPS is an effort estimating alternative to the traditional MRFSS for marine recreational passenger boat fishing trips in the United States. The Pacific coast portion of this nation-wide Survey covers only the coast of California.

• Washington Ocean Sampling Program (WDFW-OSP)

The Washington Ocean Sampling Program samples all ocean boat trips during the approximate ocean season of April-October each year.

• Washington Puget Sound Sampling Program (WDFW-PSSP)

The Washington Puget Sound Sampling Program (baseline) samples all Sound boat trips during each year.

• Oregon Boat Survey (ODFW-ORBS)

This Oregon study samples ocean boat trips during the approximate ocean season of April-October each year

• Washington Halibut Sampling Project (WDFW)

The Halibut sampling Project uses catch record cards and field sampling to estimate halibut catch during the halibut season.

• California Ocean Boat Salmon Sampling (CDFG)

The California salmon sampling program samples all ocean boat trips for salmon to estimate catch, effort and recover tags.

• Central California Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Survey (CDFG)

This California survey samples Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel ocean trips from Morro Bay to Eureka.

• Pacific-Indian Ocean International Billfish Angling Survey

This survey estimates catches of billfish for the state of California as well as the Pacific and Indian Oceans.