Review and Revision of the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management Council Subsistence Harvest Survey

Funds under this cooperative agreement award are to be used to review the current Alaska migratory bird subsistence harvest survey design and survey methods; if necessary, develop and test alternate methods and recommend a preferred strategy; scientifically defensible, practicable, and culturally acceptable survey instrument, process, methods, analyses, and reporting format. This would involve: 1) identifying and describing important factors regarding cost, bias, accuracy, precision, implementation and use of the current migratory bird subsistence harvest survey; 2) developing and evaluating of alternative approaches and designs for a migratory bird subsistence harvest survey(s); and 3) recommending a preferred alternative that best meets survey objectives.