An intensive creel census was made twice each week at various 

 stations from May through August, 1948. This census involved check- 

 ing all fishermen at the station for the entire legal fishing day. 

 The method was abandoned, however, when it was discovered that 

 equally or more reliable information about the hourly distribution 

 of fishing effort could be obtained from the usual census methods. 

 A comparison of these two methods is presented in Figure 1. 



METHOD OF ANALYSIS 



All data gathered for each species entering the fishery 

 were stimmarized and analyzed separately by months for each of 

 the two sections of the area studied. (See Appendix Tables 

 lA, 2A, 3A and 4A.) . Monthly intervals were chosen because 

 local regulations and seasons are set at the start or end of 

 various months. Analysis by sections allows for characteristics 

 peculiar to each section to be represented in the results. 



The 1947-48 creel census samples were smaller and less 

 adequate than those of the following season, and for this reason, 

 methods of analysis varied slightly, although the principles in- 

 volved were the same as described below. 



The analysis of creel census data to determine the total amovint 

 of fishing and total catch was divided into the following major steps; 

 (1) determine the number of individual fishermen in samples, (2) obtain 

 the total nxanber of fishermen represented by samples, and (3) determine 

 the total hours of fishing and the total catch. 



It was necessary to estimate the number of fishermen in a sample 

 in cases where fishing parties were envmerated but the nvonber of anglers 

 in each could not accurately be counted. The number of fishermen in 

 these parties was calculated by applying the fishermen-per-party factor 

 obtained from fishing parties of known composition. 



Samples occasionally were missed on a Saturday or Sunday and regularly 

 missed on weekdays. To expedite analysis, the samples were increased 

 proportionally to represent as many Saturdays, Sundays or weekdays l/ 

 as occuried in the month of analysis, (see Appendix Tables IB, IIB,~ 

 lIIB,and IVB) . 



1/ The preliminary surveys of 1947 revealed that fishing is the same 

 ~ on all weekdays but varies in intensity on Saturdays and Sundays. 



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