McEachron, L.W.Green, A.W.Saul, G.E.Proceedings of the Thirty-seventh Annual Conference, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, November 6-9, 1983, Asheville, North Carolina.2010-02-152010-02-151983http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/19451p. 376-384.Rising costs and increasing demands for limited marine resources dictate that managers monitor the status and utilization of these resources efficiently. Seventy-two percent to 100% of all weekend sport boat anglers completing a trip from 0700-1800 hours could be interviewed from 1000-1800 hours in Texas bay systems. A comparison of mean daily trailer boat counts suggests that optimum estimates of fishing pressure within a year can be made by stratifying data into 2 periods (13 November to 8 April; 9 April to 12 November).sport fishingsport fishing statisticsfishery resourcesresource managementArticle