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How to fill out your charts or get more charts. To turn in your charts send them to Ventura College, C/O Ron Clough at the address above.
Details on how to fill out your data charts: 1. Print your full name and the name of all volunteers with you at the top of the data chart. Everyone needs to get credit for their volunteer research contribution. 2.When you get to your location use the whole first line to put down your start time. Make sure you write the word "START" in that first line. Add in the location, date and time as well as information on sea and weather conditions. When you finish with your research and you are about to go home put down an end time and the word "end". Add in the location, date and time as well as information on sea and weather conditions. Its very important to know when you start and finish your research. 3. Count the number of fishing poles in your area. Your area is that area where you will be able to monitor what the anglers are catching. You will not be able to monitor anglers 1 mile away from you so you wont count their fishing poles. Depending on how fast you are you may find that you can monitor a whole pier, or half a pier. You must decide on how big your area is when you get their. A rough count every 30 min is enough, don't try to keep tract of every single fishing pole. 4. As you record sharks and rays being caught all you need to do is fill out the boxes. Make sure to put the time of each catch an the AM or PM. As long as you are at the same location and it is the same date you don't need to put that info down every time you record a catch. As long as weather and surf conditions don't change you don't need to put that info down every time you record a catch. 5. Weight is not always possible to put down because many sharks and rays are too small to weigh. If you make a guess at the weight just make sure to put a question mark in the box to let us know it wasn't exact information. 6. Length is almost always total length. Your field charts show which species are not measured in total length. 7. Sex should be determined by the diagram below. 8. If you see a large shark or ray brought to the surface but not landed where you can ID it or measure it just put down your best guess as to what it was and how big it was. Make sure you put a question mark in each box that you guessed at. So if you guessed at the species, length and weight make sure you put a separate question mark in each of these boxes. The data will be logged separately as mystery catches. 9. Do not ever log any shark or ray you don't actually see with your own eyes and never log rumors. Data on odd catches is of little use without the "time spent" and "number of poles" data to go with it. If you get reliable rumors note them in the comments box as rumors. 10. If you catch a strange species not on the chart, take a photo or make the best sketch you can and send it in with your charts. Also add to the list any rare fish such as halibut. 11. The tag or comments box if for your opinion. Things like "fish are hitting hard", "fish are full of parasites""lots of crabs" ect,ect. Anything you feel is interesting or may be important goes in the comments box. 12. If you tag a shark or ray MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THE TAG NUMBER DOWN BEFORE RELEASE. Also make sure you get accurate data on the shark or ray. If you mess up and release a shark or ray before you write down the tag number we have a record of the tag numbers in your kit. We can figure out what number it was so make sure you tell someone. 13. If you catch a shark or ray bearing a tag, copy everything on the tag and put the information on the shark data sheet in the tag or comments box, then report the finding as soon as possible. Make sure you get all tag information as well as location and date where you caught the shark or ray. If you run out of room using the tag or comments box just use the whole next line of boxes below it.
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