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  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Lake Champlain’s winter sports fishery is an important sector of the tourism industry in both New York and Vermont. Ice fishing remains a popular activity for Lake Champlain basin residents and visitors, but documentation about the fishery and how it has changed over the years is lacking. The Lake Champlain Sea Grant Program conducted this survey to learn more about fishing avidity, ice cover preferences, techniques, gear types, areas frequented, number of days fished, along with demographic information that would allow the characterization of this fishery and identification of potential trends

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• Measurment Type: nominal

• Location List: IceFishingSurveyLocations
• • Code: Chimney Point
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  • • Code: King Bay
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    • • Code: Bullwaga Bay
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      • • Code: Deep Bay
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        • • Code: Keeler Bay
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          • • Code: Mallets Bay
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            • • Code: “Cow Banks” / John Guilmette Ramp
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              • • Code: Sandbar State Park
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                • • Code: Kelly Bay
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                  • • Code: Dillenback Bay
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                  Attribute Name: Interviewer
                  • Label: Interviewer
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                  Attribute Name: InterviewNum
                  • Label: Interview Number
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                  Attribute Name: Key
                  • Label: Key
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                  • Measurment Type: nominal
                  • String Format: YYYY
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                  Attribute Name: Q1_WhenBeganIceFishing
                  • Label: When did you begin ice fishing on Lake Champlain?
                  • Storage Type: date
                  • Measurment Type: datetime
                  • String Format: YYYY
                  Attribute Name: Q2_NumFishingTrips_CurrentYear
                  • Label: How many ice fishing trips have you made on Lake Champlain this year?
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                  • Measurment Type: interval
                  • Precision: 1
                  • String Format: YYYY
                  • Number Type: whole
                  Attribute Name: Q3_AvgYrlyIceFishingTrips
                  • Label: On average how many ice fishing trips do you make to Lake Champlain each year
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                  • Measurment Type: interval
                  • Precision: 1
                  • String Format: YYYY
                  • Number Type: whole
                  Attribute Name: Q4_AvgTripExpenses
                  • Label: My average trip expenditures (bait, food, gas, etc. but not permanent equipment) are:
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                  • Measurment Type: ordinal
                  • Precision: 1
                  • String Format: YYYY
                  • Number Type: whole
                  Attribute Name: Q5_PrimaryReasonFishing
                  • Label: I fish primarily for…
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                  • Measurment Type: nominal
                  • Precision: 1
                  • String Format: YYYY
                  • Number Type: whole