I am trying to complete the 2010 survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada received recently by mail. 8 pages of questions !! The only previous fishing related government survey I got in the mail was a card regarding steelhead fishing which I completed annually for the past several years. In order to complete this survey accurately you would need to maintain a detailed log/diary of your fishing trips and expenditures for the year . Seems to me that Fisheries & Oceans Canada should have given fishermen already in their database a heads up about this detailed survey r for 2010 in order to collect reasonably accurate data for their 2010 stats !! Some of the questions in the questionnaire are interesting such as 8a -" Did you see a Conservation Officer on patrol while you were fishing in BC freshehwater in 2010".
Overall I think the questionnaire is way to long and trying to be a one size fits all document which most people will get half way through and give up on