SNAMS Questionnaire

Month Day, Year
First Name Last Name
Address line 1
Address line 2 (optional)
City, ST Zip
Dear Mr./Ms. Last Name,
I am writing to ask for your help with an important study being conducted by ECS, a contractor, on behalf of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In the next few days, you will receive a request to participate in this
project by answering questions about saltwater fishing, fisheries management and data collection, how anglers
communicate, and important issues that currently face anglers in your area.
We would like to do everything we can to make it easy and enjoyable for you to participate in the study. I am writing in
advance because many people like to know ahead of time that they will be asked to fill out a questionnaire. This study can
only be successful with the generous help of people like you.
To say thanks, you will receive a small token of appreciation with the request to participate. I hope you will take about 15
minutes of your time to help us. Most of all, I hope that you enjoy the questionnaire and the opportunity to voice your
thoughts and opinions about saltwater fishing.
Thank you very much,

John Foster, Supervisory Statistician
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology

Month Day, Year
First Name Last Name
Address line 1
Address line 2
City, ST Zip
Dear Mr./Ms. Last Name,
I am writing to ask for your help in understanding anglers’ opinions about saltwater fishing, fisheries management and data
collection, and how anglers communicate. The best way we have of learning about these issues is by asking all different
kinds of anglers to share their thoughts and opinions. This survey is part of an effort to improve communication between
fishery managers and anglers about fisheries data collection and management. The survey data will be used to help NOAA
Fisheries more effectively engage with anglers and identify the areas of greatest opportunity for relationship-building.
We are contacting a random sample of anglers licensed to fish in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico coastal states. You
are one of only a small number of licensed anglers that have been randomly selected to help in this study. We are trying to
gather information from all different types of saltwater anglers. Even if you rarely fish, talk about fishing issues
with others, or don’t keep up on fishery management issues, your response is important to us.
The questions should take about 15 minutes to complete. This is a voluntary survey and no postage is necessary when you
return your completed questionnaire in the enclosed business reply mail envelope. Your responses are confidential and will
only be used in combination with answers from other respondents. If you have any questions about this survey, please
contact Daemian Schreiber, the survey manager, by telephone at 301-427-8104 or by email at
[email protected].
By taking a few minutes to share your thoughts and opinions about fishing and the fishery you will be helping us out a great
deal, and a small token of appreciation is enclosed as a way of saying thank you.
I hope you enjoy completing the questionnaire and look forward to receiving your responses.
Thank you very much,

John Foster, Supervisory Statistician
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology

Month Day, Year
Last week we mailed you a questionnaire because you were randomly selected to help in
a study about saltwater fishing in your area.
If you have already completed and returned the questionnaire, please accept our sincere
thanks. If not, please complete the survey today. We are especially grateful for your help
with this important study because it is only by gathering data from people like yourself
that we improve communication on fisheries management and data collection.
If you did not receive a questionnaire, or if it was misplaced, please call 301-427-8104
and we will get another one in the mail for you today.
Sincerely,

John Foster, Supervisory Statistician
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology

Month Day, Year
First Name Last Name
Address line 1
Address line 2
City, ST Zip
Dear Mr./Ms. Last Name,
A few weeks ago we sent you a letter asking you to complete a questionnaire about issues related to saltwater fishing. ECS
is conducting a study on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). If you have already
returned the survey, we thank you. If you have not returned it, we ask you to complete the enclosed survey and return it in
the enclosed envelope. No postage is necessary.
We are writing again because your completed questionnaire will help our understanding of anglers’ opinions about saltwater
fishing, fisheries management and data collection, and how anglers communicate about the fishery. This survey is part of an
effort to improve communication between fishery managers and anglers about fisheries data collection and management,
and it is only by hearing from nearly everyone in the sample that we can be sure that the results truly represent anglers in
your area.
We are trying to gather information from all different types of saltwater anglers. Even if you rarely fish, talk about
fishing issues with others, or don’t keep up on fishery management issues, your response is important to us. We
hope that you will fill out the questionnaire soon.
As mentioned before, the questions should only take about 15 minutes to complete. This is a voluntary survey. Your
responses are confidential and will only be used in combination with answers from other respondents. If you have any
questions about this survey, please contact Daemian Schreiber, the survey manager, by telephone at 301-427-8104 or by
email at [email protected].
I hope you enjoy completing the questionnaire and look forward to receiving your responses.
Thank you very much,

John Foster, Supervisory Statistician
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology

Month Day, Year
Last month we mailed you a questionnaire because you were randomly selected to help
in a study about saltwater fishing in your area.
The study is ending and we need your response as soon as possible. If you have already
completed and returned the questionnaire, please accept our sincere thanks. If not,
please complete the survey today. We are especially grateful for your help with this
important study because it is only by gathering data from recreational anglers like
yourself that we improve communication on fisheries management and data collection.
If you did not receive a questionnaire, or if it was misplaced, please call 301-427-8104
and we will get another one in the mail for you today.
Sincerely,

John Foster, Supervisory Statistician
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science & Technology