Sport Fishing Index (SFI): A method to quantify sport fishing quality |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Oceanografía Biológica, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), 3918 Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico;2. Catedrático CONACYT, CIIDIR-Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico;3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (SIO-UCSD), USA;1. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, São Vicente, SP, Brazil;2. Projeto Elasmocategorias, Rua Gamboa 140, 11925-000, Ilha Comprida, SP, Brazil;1. Coastal Carolina University Department of Biology, 100 Chanticleer Dr E, Conway, SC 29528, USA;2. Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, 1132 Thomas Jefferson Rd, Forest, VA 24551, USA;3. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 10932 Putman Rd, Thurmont, MD 21788, USA;4. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, 480 Forks of Coal Way, Alum Creek, WV 25003, USA;5. West Virginia University Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, 4100 Agricultural Sciences Building, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA;1. Laboratoire d''Acoustique de l''Université du Mans, LAUM – UMR 6613 CNRS, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 LE MANS CEDEX 9, France;2. Institute of Complex Systems, CENAKVA, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in ?eské Budějovice, Zámek 136, 373 33 Nové Hrady, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | A team of biologists, including representatives from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and state fishery resource agencies in the Tennessee River Valley, developed an index to quantify sport fishing quality for individual sport fish species. The objective of the Sport Fishing Index (SFI) is to provide the fishing public with information that will assist them in selecting locations that have the best potential for a successful fishing experience for the species they prefer. Additionally, the index provides biologists with a reference point measure of the quality of that fishery. Comparison of population sampling parameters and creel results for a particular sport fish species with expectations of these parameters from a high quality fishery (reference conditions) allows determination of fishing quality. To date, indices developed include largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass; crappies (black and white combined); walleye; sauger; and channel catfish. Each SFI relies on measurements of quantity and quality aspects of angler success and fish population characteristics. Comparison of index results among reservoirs and between years from the Tennessee and Cumberland River reservoirs from 1996 to 1998 indicated that differences in fishing quality for a particular species were measurable. |
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