Everglades National Park Angler Study and Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone Visitor Use Survey

For the purposes of this review and submission the justifications for each question or section of questions is
highlighted in a shaded text box above each question. These text boxes will not be printed on the final
version of the surveys. The Topic Areas noted are consistent with the currently approved pool questions for
the NPS Programmatic Review Process (1024-0224). The questions that are slight variations are denoted
as such. Any questions that are outside the general scope of the programmatic review process have been
carefully discussed and generally approved by the NPS Information Collection Review Coordinator with
understanding that that those questions will require further review and consideration by OMB before full
determination and approval can be granted.
OMB Control # 1024-0224
Expiration Date: 8/31/2014

INTERVIEWER NAME _______________________________________________________
LOCATION (Check one):
DATE: ____________

___ Everglades City/Chokoloskee

___ Flamingo

TIME: ____________

Everglades National Park
Angler Survey
Would you like to participate in our survey?
If YES  Begin with question #1.
If NO  Would you be willing to answer three quick questions
If YES  go to Non-respondent survey questions in the box below
1) How many hours were you recreating on the water today? # Hours ____________
2) How many people did you have onboard your vessel? # People _________________
3) Where is your primary residence? Primary Residence __________________________
If NO  END CONTACT. Thank you for your time. Have a good day.

SECTION 1
TOPIC AREA 1 - AGE2
1. Were you born before 1995?
 No  END CONTACT (proceed to next person in group). The next person in the group will be
the oldest individual on board the vessel. Interviewer will ask what the birth year of the remaining
individuals is and select the individual with the lowest birth year.
 Yes – are you willing to participate in this study?

TOPIC AREA 3 - TRIPC8
2.

How many hours were you recreating on the water today? _____________________
 Don’t know
 Refused to respond

3.

How many people did you have onboard your vessel? ________________________
 Don’t know
 Refused to respond

TOPIC AREA 1 - RES1
4.

Where is your primary residence?
City____________________________ State______________ Zip__________
Country (if not U.S.) ______________________________________________
 Refused to respond

TOPIC AREA 3: ACT 2 and ACT10
5.

Were you fishing in Everglades National Park today?
 Yes
 Are you fishing with an EVER permitted guide?
Yes - [the interviewer will END CONTACT and will not collect any additional
information. Select the next boating/angling party to interview. Thank the visitor for their
time]
 No  END CONTACT. Thank you for your time. Have a good day.
 Don’t know  Show the respondent a park map which shows its boundary and allow them to
point to where they fished. If they can determine that they were fishing in the park go to next
question #6 below. [If the interviewer cannot determine if the respondent was fishing in the park,
the interviewer will END CONTACT and thank the visitor for their time].
 Refused to respond

TOPIC AREA 3 – TRIPC 9
6.

How many hours did you actively fish in the park today? _______________
 Don’t know
 Refused to respond

TOPIC AREA 3: ACT3 variation
7.

What fish species were you fishing for (or targeting) today?
List species:
_________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
 No preferred species
 I don’t know

 Refused to respond
TOPIC AREA 3: ITIN7 variation
8.

Was the Flamingo area the origin of your fishing trip? []
 Yes
 NO

then, where did your trip originate? List trip origination:_______________
 Don’t know
 Refused to respond
TOPIC AREA 3: ACT 3: variation - this question is needed to provide an estimation of fish caught and
harvested in EVER. This will help managers assess the need to implement a fish management plan.
9.

Please tell me the number and species of fish you caught, harvested and released during this
fishing trip.

Which species of fish did you catch today?

How many of these fish
did you harvest?

How many of these fish
did you release?

TOPIC AREA 3: ACT 3: variation - this question is needed to provide an estimation of fish caught and
harvested in EVER. This will help managers assess the need to implement a fish management plan. The
time needed to measure the fish has been averaged based on previous experiences and is accounted for in
the total burden for this collection.
10. May I measure the fish that you harvested? This will help the park in determining age classes for
each species.
 YES  Interviewer will record the length of each individual fish
 NO END CONTACT
 NO HARVESTED FISH END CONTACT
END CONTACT. Thank you for your time. Have a good day.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: The National Park Service is authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1a-7 to collect this information. This
information will be used by park managers to better understand and define the population status of the Park’s target gamefish,
and to identify visitor experiences in the newly designated “Pole and Troll Zone” in the Snake Bight area of Florida Bay. Your
response to this request is voluntary. The data collected will be completely anonymous and there will be no way to connect your
responses back to you as an individual. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 5 minutes per response. Direct
comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Jason Osborne at Jason_Osborne@nps.gov (email).

Angler Study Contact LOG
Date:________________________ Survey Site:__________________________________________ Reach Daily Target audience of 33.33%?: Y
Interview
Number

Time of
Contact

Refused
to take
Survey?
(Y/N)

16 or
older?
√

# of hours
recreating on
the water?

# of people
aboard boat?

Primary
Residence?

Fishing in
EVER?
(Y/N)

Comments/Reason for
Refusals

N