05-02-2012, 11:10 AM
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...nners.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.
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...nners.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.