QuanTech, Inc. Fisheries Research

The Fisheries Research Group

The Fisheries Research Group provides technical services to the Department of Commerce on the recreational fishing industry. This group combines the unique qualities of marine biological knowledge, strong statistical and methodological foundations and years of experience in fisheries data collection. Technical support includes the following:

Survey design
Questionnaire design
Telephone survey operations
Field survey operations management and data collection
Comprehensive quality assurance measures
Database creation and management
Data capture, analysis and presentation
Data modeling and interpretation

All activities within the group are designed around the importance of reliable data collection to support environmental research and fisheries management. QuanTech is dedicated to the pursuit of high quality data at all levels of the data collection process. Highlights of QuanTech's quality management approach include:

A high degree of client/contractor communication
Aggressive phone and field interviewer management practices
- intensive interviewer training and initial supervision
- an emphasis on interviewer/management communication
- bimonthly interviewer performance reviews
Utilization of technologically advanced data capture procedures
State-of-the-art data editing techniques
A corporate commitment to continuing data quality improvement

The Fisheries Research staff includes biologists and fisheries experts, survey design and data processing specialists, statisticians, telephone interviewers, dockside field data collectors, and regional supervisors along the Atlantic Coast.

The Fisheries Research Group conducts the For-Hire Survey (FHS) and the Large Pelagics Survey (LPS) for NOAA Fisheries (The National Marine Fisheries Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce).

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