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The data provided by the
members of the Florida Saltwater Fishing Panel (FSFP) will be used to further our
understanding of many aspects of saltwater fishing in
Florida. We will interpret your responses to gain
insight into the viewpoints of FSFP members regarding
saltwater fishing and fisheries policies and management,
to gauge the economic impact of saltwater fishing in
Florida, and to more fully understand the efforts and
results of time spent fishing. The findings based on our
study of the provided data will be offered to
members of the FSFP via this website.
Michigan State University,
in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, has strict protocols to protect
the confidentiality of persons who respond to our
surveys. We go to great lengths to protect the
confidentiality of the information that respondents
provide. When you submit your responses to a survey, we
will keep them in a file separated from your email
address so there will be no way to identify which
responses were provided by you.
While we hope that you will
decide to answer all of the questions on each FSFP survey, your participation is voluntary and you are under no
obligation to respond to any survey or to any particular
question. We will regularly send out reminders to
encourage more responses. If at any time you wish to be
removed from the FSFP member list, please follow the
link provided on the home page to discontinue your FSFP
membership.
A human subject of
research is an individual from whom an investigator
obtains data by interaction or intervention or about
whom the researcher obtains confidential information. Under the regulations,
research is defined as a formal investigation designed
to develop and contribute to generalizable knowledge.
Federal and University
regulations require that all research projects involving
human subjects and materials of human origin be reviewed
and approved by an IRB (Internal Review Board) before
initiation.
If you have any questions
regarding the Panel, please contact the project researchers at
Michigan State University:
Ed Mahoney, Ph.D.
Director of RMRC
Michigan State University
131 Natural Resources Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
Email: rmrc@msu.edu
Phone: 517-432-0283
If you have any questions
regarding the privacy of your answers, please contact:
Peter Vasilenko,
Ph.D.
Chair of the SIRB
Michigan State University
202C Olds Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
E-mail: irb@msu.edu
Phone: 517-355-2180
Fax: 517-432-4503
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