Questionnaire:
What motivates people to return tags?
The NRCTP prides itself in the quality
of its tag rewards and recapture reports. The information you provide
in this survey can only improve our efforts. We care that people
who take the time to return tags to us are pleased with how their
efforts are rewarded, both in terms of tag rewards and fish recapture
information.
We have designed this questionnaire
to improve our understanding of what motivates people to return
fish tags. In turn, this will improve the accuracy with which we
are able to interpret tag returns, but your answers will also help
future tagging studies on various species to maximize their tag
returns and design tagging studies which are not only useful scientifically,
but which also appeal to and prove rewarding for the respective
fishing communities.
Please take a moment to complete
this questionnaire - by doing so you will also be eligable for a
reward.
Questionnaire files (choice
of two formats)
1
A Word document which can be completed electronically and emailed
to us as an attachment at: tagging@gmri.org
- please type 'Questionnaire' in the subject line.
A PDF file which can be printed out and filled in manually.
(Folding guides are included to create an envelope out of the
questionnaire). Please mail your completed questionnaire to:
Northeast Regional Cod Tagging Program
Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial Street
Portland, ME 04101.