An analysis of recreational and commercial fishing  use at 164 major offshore petroleum structures in the central Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

From the text: “Data collection was accomplished by oil and gas company personnel who recorded daily incidences of fishing activity around the platforms. Initially, an estimated 72,000 daily and/or monthly records from almost 300 offshore platforms or platform complexes in the Central Gulf were obtained. Observations were made of adjacent boat fishing activity (private recreational boats, charter/party boats, scuba boats, and commercial hook-and-line boats) as well as the fishing activity of platform personnel. Data were collected on the following use characteristics : (1) date, (2) day of week, (3) state of origin of boat, (4) number of people per boat, (5) estimated length of boat, (6) type of boat, (7) type of fishing activity, (8) fish species taken, and (9) number of platform personnel fishing.”