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摘要

Acreel survey is a long-time fisheries management tool. Recreational anglers are asked a series of questions about what is in their "creel," a word that refers to the woven basket that freshwater fishermen traditionally used to hold their catch. To conduct a creel survey, a fisheries employee talks with anglers out in the field, usually at water access points, and records numbers of species caught, whether they were retained or released, and the time spent fishing. These data are used to estimate the total catch and effort for recreational fisheries in order to manage the harvest. Regions that have active stocking programs pay particular attention to angler returns in relation to dollars spent.