Discussion Paper ADF&G Procedures for Estimation of Recreational Catch of Pacific Halibut, Demersal Shelf Rockfish, and Sharks

"estimates and projections of sportfishing catches can have important implications for the likelihood of achieving the Council's biological, social, and economic objectives. Therefore, the procedures used to obtain estimates and projections, and associated confidence intervals and biases, should be thoroughly documented for the public and subjected to periodic review by the SSC or specially convened review panels. While ADF&G indicates that some analyses of the confidence intervals of the estimates and properties of the projections have been conducted, those analyses have not been broadly disseminated or reviewed within the Council arena."