Snail mail beats phones to help feds sustain ample fish stocks in US coastal waters
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 1 September, 2010
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Snail mail might be the answer to help federal officials protect US coastal waters from overfishing. Anglers say the feds currently rely on questionable data from a home phone survey to calculate recreational fishing volume and decide which locales to place off limits so stocks can rebuild. A new study found a snail mail survey netted a higher response rate and more complete data, says a statistician....