Oregon Historical Marine Recreational Catch Reconstruction (1979 – 2000), Science Bulletin 2024-09

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Originator: Whitman, Alison D.

Publish Date: 2024

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Alison Whitman

Job Position: Marine Fisheries Analyst

Telephone: 541-961-4499

E-Mail Address: alison.d.whitman@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Beginning in the early 1970s, the Ocean Recreational Boat Survey (ORBS), previously known as the Ocean Salmon Sampling Project, monitored recreational ocean boat landings at Oregon coastal ports. To improve historic recreational catch estimates for marine fish (non-salmonid) from the federal Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) staff at the Marine Resources Program comprehensively reconstruct ORBS catch estimates for all major recreational species from 1979 to 2000. Estimated catch (numbers of fish) of major species categories (flatfish, lingcod, miscellaneous fish and rockfish) are extrapolated to address gaps in sampling coverage. Species compositions from two concurrent data sources, MRFSS sampling and ORBS sampling, are applied to the category-level numbers of fish to produce species-specific estimates delineated in space (port) and time (year, month) by fishing mode. The species-specific estimates using the ORBS species compositions are recommended as the observed sample size is much larger than the MRFSS dataset and the fishing modes more closely align to those of the catch estimates.

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Geographic Extent: Oregon Coast

Status: Final

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