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STRIPED BASS ANGLERS NEEDED FOR VOLUNTEER ANGLER SURVEY - FishNews - 05-02-2012 DURHAM, N.H. -- This time of year, striped bass are starting to arrive in New Hampshire's coastal waters. With their arrival, anglers from near and<br /> far flock to the state's coastal rivers, estuaries and ocean waters to<br /> pursue this popular sport fish. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is conducting a Striped Bass<br /> Volunteer Angler Survey and we need your help! The annual striped bass<br /> survey has been ongoing since 1993 and the information collected is used in<br /> the annual coast-wide stock assessment for striped bass. It's easy to take<br /> part, simply fill out a logbook (found at<br /> http://www.fishnh.com/marine/striper_survey.html) each time you fish for<br /> striped bass in New Hampshire waters. Volunteer angler survey participants<br /> are asked to measure each fish they catch.& Fish and Game's Striped Bass<br /> Volunteer Angler Survey is the only method we currently have of getting<br /> length measurements on fish that are released. This important data helps<br /> state and federal fisheries biologists assess the status of the striped bass<br /> population each year. To help boost participation in the voluntary survey, the Coastal<br /> Conservation Association of New Hampshire (CCA-NH) has supported the project<br /> since 2000 by distributing survey forms to its members, signing up<br /> participants at sporting shows, and posting information at access sites and<br /> sporting goods stores. Each year, CCA-NH also donates a signed and framed,<br /> first-of-state striped bass print, "Shadow" by Victor E. Young. Fish and<br /> Game raffles off this special print to a lucky Striped Bass Survey<br /> volunteer. Last year, Kittery Trading Post joined the effort by donating a Penn Fierce<br /> rod-and-reel combo that was raffled off to a second lucky participant. Both<br /> of these prizes will be supplied again in 2012, so while you're on the<br /> water, keep a rod in one hand and a pen in the other! The 2011 winners were Cody Cartnick of Dover, N.H., who won the striped bass<br /> print. Cartnick has participated in the survey since 2006. Philip Giuffrida<br /> of Lowell, MA, won the Pen Fierce rod and reel combo donated by Kittery<br /> Trading Post for the 2011 season. Giuffrida vacations on New Hampshire's<br /> coast, where he spends most of his days fishing and teaching the art of<br /> catching striped bass to anyone that wants to learn. To see photos of the<br /> 2011 winners, visit<br /> http://www.fishnh.com/Newsroom/News_2012/news_2012_Q2/SBVAS_winners.html. If you are interested in participating in Fish and Game's Striped Bass<br /> Volunteer Angler Survey, visit<br /> http://www.fishnh.com/marine/striper_survey.html or contact Marine Biologist<br /> Becky Heuss at 603-868-1095 or Rebecca.Heuss@wildlife.nh.gov. Fish and Game's work conducting the Striped Bass Volunteer Angler Survey is<br /> funded in part by the federal Sport Fish Restoration Program, a user-pay,<br /> user benefit program. Learn more at<br /> http://www.wildnh.com/SFWR_program/sfwr_program.htm. |