Jennings, C. A., 1992, Survey of non-charter boat recreational fishing in the U.S.
Virgin Islands: Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 50, no. 2, p. 342-351.

Abstract

A telephone survey was conducted by the U.S. Virgin Islands Division of Fish and
Wildlife from July- September 1986 to evaluate the efficacy of telephone surveys as a
sampling technique for obtaining reliable  fisheries data, and to collect fisheries data
for the recreational non-charter boat fishery around the Virgin  Islands. Results suggest
that telephone surveys by themselves may provide biased data on recreational fishing
in  the Virgin Islands. Additional methods, such as mail surveys and limited creel
surveys could be used to  supplement the fisheries data gathered through telephone
surveys. The results of this survey indicate that  during the mid 1980s 10.8% of the
residents of the Virgin Islands ( similar to  10,800) fished recreationally (i.e., 
non-charter boat anglers). These anglers made modest demands of the resources
(effort: 19,200 manhours/yr;

Keywords

marine-fisheries, ASW,-Lesser-Antilles,-US-Virgin-I., angling, fishery-data,
recreation, fishery-statistics, surveys, Lutjanidae, overfishing,
coastal-zone-management, sport-fishing