Form 0923-0056 Updated Fish Consumption Survey - FISH EATEN IN THE LAST

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OMB No. 0923-0056

Exp. Date 07/31/2020

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Dear Click here to enter text.,

 

We greatly appreciate your participation in the Milwaukee Angler Study. As part of your participation you completed a detailed questionnaire. We have some additional questions that we would like to ask of you. The enclosed questionnaire contains seven new questions asking about fish that you caught from water bodies in Milwaukee and the surrounding southeastern area of Wisconsin. We know your time is very valuable - completion of this questionnaire should take approximately 5 minutes. You can return the completed questionnaire in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope.

Thank you for your time. If you have questions please email dhsfishstudy@dhs.wisconsin.gov or contact Brooke Thompson at 608-261-9325.

Sincerely, 

Program Manager, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

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FISH EATEN IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS

These fish are sometimes called ‘sport-caught fish’ or ‘sportfish’. We will be asking you to estimate how many fish meals you have eaten in the last 12 months.

Questions 1-3 ask about fish caught in different lakes, rivers, and streams in Milwaukee and the surrounding southeastern area of Wisconsin. Please refer to Image 1 at the back of this questionnaire which shows the lakes, rivers, and streams we are interested in.

1. In the last 12 months, have you eaten any fish caught by you or someone you know from the lakes, rivers, and streams in southeastern Wisconsin, shown in Image 1? Please think about these locations only.

__________ total number of meals in the last 12 months

Don’t know

Prefer not to answer

2. Thinking about fish caught in any of the lakes, rivers, and streams in Milwaukee and the surrounding southeastern area of Wisconsin, shown in Image 1, how has the total amount of fish you eat changed during the past five years?

Eat less

Same or about the same

Eat more

Don’t know

Prefer not to answer

3. The following questions are about types of fish you have eaten that were caught by you or someone you know. When answering these questions, please think only about fish caught in the lakes, rivers, and streams in Milwaukee and the surrounding southeastern area of Wisconsin, shown in Image 1.

In the last 12 months, have you eaten:
	Yes	No	Don’t know	Prefer not to answer	If YES, approximately how many times did you eat it in the last 12 months?
Black crappie					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Bluegill					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Bullhead					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Buffalo					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Carp					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Channel catfish					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Chubs					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Salmon (chinook or coho)					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Lake whitefish					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Muskellunge (Muskie)					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Northern pike					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Redhorse					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Rockbass					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Largemouth bass					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Smallmouth bass					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
White bass					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Sheepshead					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Smelt					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Walleye					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
White sucker					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Yellow perch					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
White perch					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Brown trout					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Lake trout					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Rainbow trout					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Other fish types (please specify):					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Other fish types (please specify):					Number: ______ Don’t know how many
Other fish types (please specify):					Number: ______ Don’t know how many

Questions 4-7 ask about fish caught specific lakes, rivers, and streams in southeastern Wisconsin. Each question is about a different area and will ask you to look at Images 2, 3, 4, or 5, at the back of this questionnaire.

4. In the last 12 months, have you eaten any fish caught in the lakes, rivers, and streams near the Milwaukee area, highlighted in Image 2?
   Yes
   No
   Don’t know
   Prefer not to answer
   
   
   

5. In the last 12 months, have you eaten any fish caught in the lakes, rivers, and streams near the Fond du Lac and Oshkosh areas, highlighted in Image 3?
   Yes
   No
   Don’t know
   Prefer not to answer
   
   
   

6. In the last 12 months, have you eaten any fish caught in the lakes, rivers, and streams near the Sheboygan and Manitowoc areas, highlighted in Image 4?
   Yes
   No
   Don’t know
   Prefer not to answer
   
   
   

7. In the last 12 months, have you eaten any fish caught in the lakes, rivers and streams near the Beaver Dam, West Bend, Waukesha, and Jefferson areas, highlighted in Image 5?
   Yes
   No
   Don’t know
   Prefer not to answer