Is this a good thing for recreational anglers or will it be used against us in the future?

[george]

Recreational Anglers: New York State recreational anglers can now report their catch in a voluntary online angler logbook, called eLogbook. eLogbook has tools to help anglers document their fishing activities, compile their fishing data and plan more effective fishing trips in the future. They will also be contributing needed fishing data to researchers and resource managers by sharing what they catch, the sizes of their catch, and where and when they fish. Recreational angling information can be used by DEC and other coastal resource agencies to assess catch levels, estimate discards, and measure fishing effort.

eLogbook is a SAFIS application administered by ACCSP and we are pleased to be able to offer this new service in cooperation with ACCSP. If you wish to use this online logbook, please register and log on online (link leaves DEC's website) at the ACCSP web site.

 

[george]

My concern here is who will have access to the data and how will they use it.

 

[ShadyGrady]

Since it's NYS and DEC it's a sure bet the information can be tapped into by many.

Could this eLogbook be an extension of the DEC ( on foot ) information gatherers that frequent marinas and boat launch areas ?
They're like red tailed hawks eyeing up a vole !

 

[Roccus7]

I do it in Maine and not too concerned in that the area I report I fish in is over 100 sq miles. I’m doing it because they have to know that in my area, the striper keeper to short ratio hovers around 1 to 250. Hopefully they’ll wake up and return to a slot.

 

[george]

Here's one fear. They use the bluefish C&R numbers to increase the quota transfer to the commercial fishery. Most anglers don't realize that every time they release a bluefish, it is added to the commercial quota. One of the dumbest things we ever let happen.

 

[MakoMike]

My concern here is who will have access to the data and how will they use it.

If its ACCSP anyone and everyone can access it and use it any ay they see fit. Its public domain.

 

[george]

If its ACCSP anyone and everyone can access it and use it any ay they see fit. Its public domain.

That's good this way we can all twist and turn them until we like what it says. Kinda like we have now.

 

[WhatKnot]

IMHO it seems innocent on the surface, but once the camel gets its nose further under the tent..........

 

[Bucktail]

this is the kind of crap that led to a lot of the commercial regs that they are saddled with today, an innocent survey was codified into a law that killed them, could happen to the sports just as easily.