Internet Socio-Economic (iSEA) survey of tidal water recreational fishing in B.C.
Current status: Closed
This survey ran from April 3, 2024 to April 28, 2024.
In collaboration with the Sport Fishing Institute (SFI), we will be conducting a survey on the activity and expenditures of tidal water recreational fishers in British Columbia (B.C.). Our goal is to collect information about recreational fishing in British Columbia to track the ongoing importance of tidal water recreational fishing to B.C.’s communities, and to support economic analysis.
The input gathered through this process will be used to establish how tidal water fishing affects economic activity in B.C. The value of this information is much increased by a high number of recreational fishers responding to all of the survey questions.
Join in: How to participate
If you are selected to complete this survey, you will receive a link to the online survey via email in April 2024.
The iSEA recording template represents the detail of information you will be asked to report on. If you wish, you may use this form to keep track of your fishing activity and expenditures over the 2023-24 fishing season, so it is easier to complete your iSEA report accurately. Do not include any fishing done under a commercial fishing licence or harvest for food, social or ceremonial purposes.
Privacy notice
We have hired PRA Inc., an independent consulting company, to conduct this online survey and contact you by email. PRA Inc. has extensive experience designing and conducting online surveys.
Your responses will remain strictly confidential and will be protected in accordance with the provisions of the federal Privacy Act. In practical terms, this means that this information will be stored in a format and on a secured network that allows your identity to remain anonymous. The information you provide will not be stored on a web server, but in a secured database. Information on expenditures will not be linked to an individual or household. Information security is provided by PRA Inc., which has its own rigorous security measures in place.
Who is the focus of this survey
If you hold a tidal water fishing licence for the 2023/24 fishing season in B.C., you may be selected to complete this survey. The survey seeks to compile all your tidal water fishing activity and costs for the period between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, regardless of the number of licences you purchased.
Whether you hold one or more licences, your survey answers should reflect all of your tidal water fishing activity and expenditures for the indicated period; this means you need only complete one survey.
We would like to thank you in advance for your contribution to this study.
Key questions for discussion
Your input will be sought around the following questions:
- where you fished
- when you fished
- species you were fishing
- what you caught
- what you kept
- how much you spent on the activity (e.g. equipment, fuel, transportation and other costs, such as bait or lures, etc.)
If you did not retain exact amounts for your costs, please provide your best estimate.
Results will help inform planning initiatives. They will also improve our understanding of recreational fisher behaviour, expenditures and target species, and how recreational fishing contributes economically to coastal communities and the province.
We will not use the information collected to identify fishers or their fishing bag limits.
Survey results
Related links
Contact us
Email: iSEA@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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