0709 FHTS Example Advance Letter

Vessel Name

[Vessel Name]

Vessel Number

[Vessel Number]

Name

[Vessel Representative Name]

October 6, 2020

[Vessel Representative Name]
[Street Address]
[City], [State] [Zip]

Dear [Vessel Representative Name]
The For-Hire Survey (which includes the Large Pelagics Telephone Survey)
has been adopted by the state and federal partners of the Atlantic Coastal
Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) as the official method for collecting
catch and effort data from the for-hire (charter and head boat) and HMS
Charter/Headboat permitted fleets. Using a coastwide directory of eligible
vessels, vessels are sampled weekly to report trip-level information for the
previous week’s fishing activity. As in previous years, the Maine Department
of Marine Resources is conducting this survey.
You have been selected to report the fishing activity of the [Vessel Name]
for the week of:
September 28, 2020 through October 4, 2020
Beginning on Monday October 5, 2020 we will attempt to contact you to
collect this information.
Even if you did not fish during the reporting period indicated above, it is still
important that you participate in the survey. The enclosed logsheet can be
used to record your trip information during the specified week of fishing.
Instructions have been provided to help you fill in the requested information.
At the conclusion of the fishing week, an interviewer will contact you to
complete the survey questionnaire. Recording trip information in the logsheet
will help facilitate the entry of questionnaire responses during the interview.
If you would like to schedule a time for an interviewer to call you at your
convenience or if you have any questions concerning the form or this
important survey please call the state FHS contact [Interviewer Name] at
[Interviewer Phone] or email her at [Interviewer Email].
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
[Name]
[Title], Bureau of Marine Science
Maine Department of Marine Resources

Survey Conducted by:
Contact:
[Interviewer]
PO Box 8
W Boothbay Hbr, ME 04575
[Interviewer Email]
Office: {Interviewer Phone]

Jointly with:
Contact:
Daemian Schreiber
1315 East West Hwy.
Silver Spring, MD. 20910-6233
daemian.schreiber@noaa.gov
Office: 301-427-8104

In Conjunction with:
Clarisse Brown, Maine Dept of Marine Resources
clarisse.brown@maine.gov
207-633-9500
Kevin Sullivan, New Hampshire Fish & Game
Department
kevin.sullivan@wildlife.nh.gov
603-868-1095
Dave Martins, Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries
dave.martins@state.ma.us
508-742-9729
John Lake, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife
john.lake@gdem.ri.gov
401-423-1942
David Molnar, Connecticut Marine Fisheries Division
david.molnar@ct.gov
860-434-6043
John Maniscalco, New York State Dept of
Environmental Conservation Marine Resources
john.maniscalco@dec.ny.gov
631-444-0437
Maryellen Gordon, New Jersey Division of Fish &
Wildlife Bureau of Marine Fisheries
maryellen.gordon@dep.nj.gov
609-748-2020
Scott Newlin, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife
scott.newlin@state.de.us
302-739-4782
Connie Lewis, Maryland DNR Fisheries and Boating
Services
connie.lewis@maryland.gov
410-260-8296
Lewis Gillingham, Virginia Marine Resources
Commission
lewis.gillingham@mrc.virginia.gov
757-508-4768
Dallis Tucker, North Carolina Division of Marine
Fisheries
Dallis.tucker@ncdenr.gov
252-948-3816
Brad Floyd, South Carolina Dept of Natural
Resources Office of Fisheries
floydb@dnr.sc.gov
843-953-9847
Julie Califf, Georgia DNR Coastal Resources
Division
Julie.califf@dnr.ga.us
912-262-3122