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: ___ Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone
DATE: ____________

TIME: ____________

Everglades National Park
Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone Survey
Did you fish inside the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone during this visit?
Yes
Nogo to EVER Angler Survey
Don’t know - The interviewer will provide anglers a map that shows different areas of the park.
Interviewer will note whether the anglers fished in the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone
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 resident? 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? ________________________
 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 continue to
next question #6 below. [If 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, and then go to Section 2
below.
 NO  Go directly to Section 2 below.
 NO HARVESTED FISH  Section 2 below.

SECTION 2
TOPIC AREA 3
11) Will you tell me about your fishing experience in the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone today?
 No  go to question #14 below.
 YES

Did you fish in the area before it was a designated Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone?
 YesIf “YES,” continue to question #12.
 Nogo to question #14
 Don’t know
 Refused to respond
 Don’t remember

TOPIC AREA 6
12) Do you believe the fishing has improved since the zone’s implementation?
 Yes
 No
 No Opinion
 Opinion did not change

TOPIC AREA 6
13) Was your overall fishing experience enhanced within the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone?
 Yes - Why? ___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
 No - Why not? _________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Topic Area 7 - Individual Opinions on Park Management
14) If you were a park manager, what aspects of the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone would you change?
 Size
 Add other Snake Bight Pole and Troll Areas
 Depth
 Eliminate Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone
 No Opinion
 Other
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
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 “Snake Bight 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 (e-mail).

Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone Survey Contact LOG
Date:________________________ Survey Site:___________________________________________Reach Daily Target audience of 33.33%?: Y N
Interview Time of
Refused to
16 or
# of hours
# of
Primary
Fishing in EVER
Comments/Reason for Refusals
Number
Contact
take
older?
recreating
people
Residence
(Y/N)?
survey?
on the
aboard
√
(Y or N)
water
boat