Managing large multiuser fisheries involves large amounts of data and information, including information directly from anglers. Angler‐provided information may come in the form of attitudinal and behavior surveys, in addition to voluntary reporting of catch information. In this study, we wanted to better understand anglers fishing for Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus in the Gulf of Mexico. Toward this end, we conducted an in‐season attitudinal survey in 2018 to collect angler opinions in five areas: (1). interests, motivations, and barriers to electronic catch reporting, (2). important aspects of the Red Snapper fishery, (3). reasons why anglers report catch, (4). dockside reporting compared with electronic reporting, and (5). perceptions of fishery management agencies. Concurrently in the summer of 2018, an electronic smartphone app was made available for recreational anglers to voluntarily report their catch. We had 3,016 survey results that represented an 18% reporting rate. The survey results suggested that 84% of respondents already use a variety of smartphone apps in relation to fishing and that at least 80% reported that they were willing to electronically report their catch. Despite this high reported willingness to electronically report their catch, data from electronic reports showed that only about 1% of respondents actually reported. The development and use of electronic reporting applications (i.e., smartphone apps) holds promise to provide a wide variety of timely data to fishery managers; however, as in our study and others, usage rates remain low and challenges remain if self‐reporting and other nonprobabilistic sampling methods are to be useful to fishery managers.

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电子自我报告：休闲红鲷鱼渔业中的钓鱼者态度和行为

管理大型多用户渔业涉及大量数据和信息，包括直接来自钓鱼者的信息。钓鱼者提供的信息可能以态度和行为调查的形式出现，除了自愿报告渔获信息外。在这项研究中，我们想更好地了解Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus的垂钓者钓鱼在墨西哥湾。为此，我们于2018年进行了季节态度调查，以收集五个方面的钓鱼者意见：（1）。电子捕捞报告的兴趣，动机和障碍，（2）。红鲷鱼渔业的重要方面，（3）。钓鱼者报告渔获的原因，（4）。与电子报告相比，码头报告和（5）。渔业管理机构的看法。与此同时，在2018年夏季，休闲钓鱼者可以使用电子智能手机应用程序自愿报告捕捞量。我们有3016个调查结果，占报告率的18％。调查结果表明，有84％的受访者已经使用了与捕鱼有关的各种智能手机应用程序，至少80％的受访者表示他们愿意以电子方式报告捕捞量。尽管有很高的报道愿意以电子方式报告其捕捞量，但电子报告中的数据显示，只有约1％的受访者实际报告过。电子报告应用程序（即智能手机应用程序）的开发和使用有望为渔业管理人员提供各种及时的数据；但是，正如我们的研究和其他研究一样，如果要使用自我报告和其他非概率抽样方法对渔业管理者有用，使用率仍然很低，挑战仍然存在。