Coastal Household Telephone Survey

OMB No. 0648-0052 (EXP. 12/31/2014)
Coastal Household Telephone Survey
CATI Instrument
Hello, I’m calling to conduct a survey for the NOAA Fisheries of the U.S. Department of Commerce. We
are collecting information for use in conservation of coastal resources, and we would appreciate your
help with this important study. [As needed: May I please speak with an adult in the household?]
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5 minutes per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other suggestions for reducing this burden to Rob
Andrews, NOAA Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910.
This is a voluntary survey, and responses are kept confidential as required by section 402(b) of the
Magnuson- Stevens Act and NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics,
and will not be released for public use except in aggregate statistical form without identification as to its
source. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall
any person be subjected to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB Control Number.
Q1.

How many people in this household go fishing?

Q2.

To help me assign your information to the correct location, is the telephone number I’ve
reached you at located in {restore name from sample} county / parish / island / municipality?

Q3.

Is this your permanent residence? [Interviewer prompt if needed: “Where you live at least 6
months out of the year.”]

Q4.

How many people in total, including yourself, live in your household?
Please include those people who fish and don’t fish.

[At this point, if the response to number of anglers in the household is equal to zero then the
questionnaire skips to the final quality control question (gender) and skips the additional marine
recreational 2-month and 12-month fishing screeners.]
We want to gather information from people who have been recreational saltwater fishing. Saltwater
fishing includes fishing in oceans, sounds, or bays, or in brackish portions of rivers. This does not include
fishing in freshwater, or for shellfish, such as crabbing. Recreational fishing means the primary purpose
of the fishing is for fun or relaxation, as opposed to providing income from the sale of fish.
Q5.

How many people in your household, including children and adults, have been recreational
saltwater fishing in the past 12 months anywhere in the U.S. (including Hawaii and the
mainland) or in a U.S. territory?

Q6.

Thinking just about the past 2 months, how many of the people living in your household,
including children and adults, have been recreational saltwater fishing in the past 2 months in
the U.S. or a U.S. territory?

Q7.

Record gender of respondent.

Q8.

I’d like to ask each person who has been recreational saltwater fishing in the past 2 months a
few questions about their fishing trip(s). What are the first names of the people in your
household who have been recreational saltwater fishing in the past 2 months?

Angler Screening
[Angler screening questions must be repeated for each new angler interviewed. ]
Hello, I’m conducting a survey on recreational saltwater fishing for the NOAA Fisheries. We
want to gather information from people who have been recreational saltwater fishing.
Saltwater fishing includes fishing in oceans, sounds, or bays, or in brackish portions of rivers.
This does not include fishing in freshwater, or for shellfish, such as crabbing. Recreational
fishing means the primary purpose of the fishing is for fun or relaxation, as opposed to providing
income from the sale of fish.
I understand that you’ve been saltwater fishing in the past 2 months. I’d like to ask you a few
questions about your most recent fishing trips. All of your answers will be kept confidential, and
this survey is voluntary, so you are not required to answer any question that you feel is an
invasion of your privacy.
Q9.

Did all of the anglers in your household take all of their fishing trips together over the past 2
months?

Trip Profiling Instructions
[All anglers in the household must be interviewed separately about their fishing trips in the past two
months. ]
[Two-Month Trips: The first questions determine the total number of days in which the angler took
fishing trips in the past two months. For estimation purposes, it is necessary to separate in-state trips
from out-of-state trips.]
QT1.

On how many days in the past two months, between {TODAY – days in wave} and {TODAY – 1},
did you (s/he) go recreational saltwater fishing in {state of residence} or in a boat launched from
{state of residence}?

QT2.

On how many days in the past two months, between {TODAY – days in wave} and {TODAY – 1},
did you (s/he) go saltwater fishing in any coastal state or territory of the U.S. other than {state of
residence} or from a boat launched from another coastal state or territory of the U.S.?

[The following questions are then asked for each fishing day (total of QT1 and QT2) in the wave until all
trips are profiled.]
[Date of Trip: Beginning with the most recent trip, the interviewer must record the date (month and
day) of the fishing trip. If the respondent cannot recall the exact day of the month, the interviewer
should probe for the month, and whether it was a weekday or a weekend day (including holidays). The
CATI system should display allowable dates, and interviewers must have a calendar available to help
respondents determine dates.]
QT3.

[Ask for 1st trip] When did you (s/he) last go saltwater fishing? Or [Ask if not 1st trip] Can you
tell me the date of the saltwater fishing trip prior to that one? I have a calendar with me in case
we need to look up some of the specific dates.

QT3a. [If respondent is unable to remember the date in Q3, ask] Was that a weekday or weekend?
QT4.

On that day, was your fishing part of a longer trip in which you spent at least one night away
from your permanent or seasonal residence, or was it a one day fishing trip?

QT4a. [Ask if QT4>1 day] How many nights were you away from your residence?
QT5.

On that day, did you (s/he) fish from a boat?

If no, skip to QT6 for shore fishing.
QT5a. [Ask if QT5 = yes] Was that from a … [read]
1. Party or head boat – CATEGORY B
2. Charter boat – CATEGORY B
3. Private boat – CATEGORY C
4. Rental boat – CATEGORY C
5. Boat – don’t know what type – CATEGORY C
QT6.

On that day, did you (s/he) fish from the shore?
or
On that day, did you (s/he) also fish from the shore? (If QT4 = yes)

QT6a. [Ask if QT6 = yes] Was that from a … [read]
1. Pier
2. Dock
3. Jetty / Breakwater
4. Bridge / Causeway
5. Other manmade structure
6. Bank / Beach
QT7.

[For boat trips, use:] To what coastal state or U.S. territory did the boat return?
[For shore trips, use:] In what state or U.S. territory were you fishing?
[Prompt as needed with a list of states]

QT8.

[For boat trips, use:] To what coastal county / parish / island / municipality did the boat return?

[For shore trips, use:] In what coastal county / parish / island / municipality were you fishing?
QT9.

Does the public have access to the place from which the boat left, or is it private access?

QT10. At what time did you stop fishing?
QT11. Was most of your fishing effort that day in the ocean, a sound, a river, a bay, or an inlet?
QT12. On that day, how much did you, YOURSELF, spend on bait and ice? Please include the money
that you PERSONALLY spent on bait and ice that you might have also shared with others during
the day.
QT13. [If QT5a=Rental] When you rented the boat, were the fuel costs separate from the rental costs?
QT13a. [If QT13=yes] Not including fuel costs, what was your contribution to the daily charge for renting
the boat?
QT14. [If QT5a=Private boat] Did you purchase fuel for the boat as a result of your fishing that day?
QT14a. [If QT14=yes] How many gallons of fuel did the boat use that day?
QT14b. [If QT14=yes] For your last refueling, what was the price per gallon?
QT15. [If QT 5a=Party boat or Charter boat] Excluding food, tips, or filleting fees paid to crew, how
much did you contribute to the party or head boat fees on that day?
At the end of each trip profile, the CATI program should loop to the next logical action:
1. Profile the next most recent fishing day and trips, or
2. If all trips are profiled, thank the respondent and either terminate the interview or ask for the
next available angler.
QP1.

Not including cell phones, how many different telephone numbers are there in your home?

QP2.

Of these {restore QP1} telephone numbers, how many are never used for talking and instead are
always connected to a fax machine or computer modem?

QP3.

Of the remaining {restore QP1-QP2} telephone numbers, how many are for business use only?

QP4.

I calculate that you have {restore QP1-QP2-QP3} residential telephone lines. Does this sound
right?

That concludes the questions that I have about your fishing. Thank you very much for your time and
assistance.
If there are additional anglers in the household who still need to be interviewed, ask:
“Now may I please speak to: “

If respondent indicates that one or more of the people listed are children, ask current respondent to
continue answering the questions based on the child’s fishing activities.