Aerial Survey of Boater Use in Everglades National Park Marine Waters – Florida Bay and Ten Thousand Islands
Ault JS, Smith S, McClellan D, Zurcher N, McCea A, Vaughn NR, Bohnsack JA. 2008. Aerial Survey of Boater Use in Everglades National Park Marine Waters – Florida Bay and Ten Thousand Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-581
Understanding the extent of boater uses in ENP waters is an important consideration for building sustainable resources in the General Management Plan and for subsequent planning efforts such as fisheries management, boating education, backcountry management, etc. The goal of this research was to establish a cost-effective method for estimating boater use of ENP on scales of weeks to seasons to years. The study had four main objectives: (1) to conduct an aerial census of vessels in Park waters; (2) to conduct a concurrent census of boat trailers at major public boat ramps in the vicinity of ENP; (3) to develop statistical models for predicting total boater use; (4) to determine changes in boating activity and patterns of visitor use of park marine waters in the past 20 – 30 years, by pooling and comparing data from past boat surveys/trailer counts (conducted intermittently between 1972 and 1984) with the results of this project.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ault, Jerald; Smith, Steven; McClellan, David; Zurcher, Natalie; McCea, Ashley; Vaughn, Nathan; Bohnsack, James
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- boat ramp, boating, boating survey, fishing, Florida Bay, marina