For-hire Telephone Survey

Rod MacLeod, Connecticut Marine Fisheries Division

rod.macleod@po.state.ct.us

860-434-6043

Scott Newlin, Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife

scott.newlin@state.de.us

302-739-4782, ext 16

Kathy Knowlton, Georgia DNR Coastal Resources Division

kathy_knowlton@dnr.state.ga.us

912-262-3122

Paul Caruso, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

paul.caruso@state.ma.us

617-727-0394

Bruce Joule, Maine Dept of Marine Resources

bruce.joule@maine.gov

207-633-9500

Jian Zhou, Maryland DNR Fisheries Service

jzhou@dnr.state.md.us

410-260-8297

Doug Mumford, North Carolina Marine Fisheries

doug.mumford@ncmail.net

252-946-6481

Kevin Sullivan, New Hampshire Fish & Game Dept

ksullivan@nhfgd.org

603-868-1095

Tom Baum, New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Bureau of Marine Fisheries

tom.baum@dep.state.nj.us

609-748-2020

Peter Anderson, New York State Dept of Environmental

Conservation Marine Resources

pcanders@gw.dec.state.ny.us

631-444-0453

Najih Lazar, Rhode Island Division of Fish & Wildlife

nlazar@dem.state.ri.us

401-423-1926

George Steele, South Carolina Dept of Natural Resources

Office of Fisheries

steeleg@dnr.sc.gov

843-953-9366

Lewis Gillingham, Virginia Marine Resources Commission

lgillingha@mrc.state.va.us

757-247-2243

P age B.2

Appendix B

FHS Advanced Letter

<<Mailing date>>

«rep_first name, rep_last name»

«rep_add»

«rep_cty», «rep_st». «rep_zip»

Dear «Rep_First Name, Rep_Last_name»,

Over the last ten years, NOAA Fisheries Services rely on captains like you to make this survey a success. The For-Hire Survey is the official method for collecting recreational catch and effort data from the Atlantic for-hire (charter or party/headboat) fleet. For-hire vessels are sampled weekly from a coast-wide vessel directory to report trip information for the previous week’s fishing activity; catch information is obtained through a dockside/at-sea field survey.

You have been selected to report fishing activity of the «vsl_name»

On week «Begin_Date» through «End_Date»

The enclosed log-sheet can be used to record your trip information during the specified week of fishing (instructions are provided on the back of the log-sheet). Beginning Monday, «Call_Date», we will attempt to contact you by telephone to collect this information or you can:

• Log-in into http://forhire.fishingsurvey.com beginning Monday, «Call_Date» using your assigned PIN; or

• Schedule or initiate a phone interview by calling the following toll-free hotline:
  <<Contractor toll-free number>>; or

• Fax the enclosed log-sheet to the following toll-free fax number: <<Contractor toll-free number>>; or

• Fax the Northeast Region's Vessel Trip Report (NE VTR) report, if you participate in the NE VTR program for the selected week reporting. If we do not receive via fax the NE VTR report, you will be contacted as indicated above.

You can reach me at 301-427-8187 or send an email to ana.valentin@noaa.gov , if you have any questions concerning to any of the alternate reporting options or about the survey operations. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Ana Valentín, Survey statistician

NOAA Fisheries

Vessel Name: <<vsl_name>>

Vessel Number: <<vsl_num>>

PIN: << pin>>