Welcome to MERCI version 3.0 — a
tool for Management and Evaluation of River
Catch and effort Information. This system provides
data warehousing and weekly catch statistics for roving and access
site creel surveys. MERCI has been used successfully since
1998 by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to assist with in-river catch
monitoring and is now an integral part of DFO's management
of First Nations chinook and sockeye
salmon fisheries on the Fraser River.
It can be adapted for use in any access or
roving survey design which provides: catch
interviews total
instantaneous counts of gear for the study area and 24-hour
effort profiles (i.e., proportions of gear fishing at
different hours of day)
catch
interviews