North Carolina Sea Grant fisheries specialist Scott Baker talks about "RECTEXT" -- a system that lets tournament anglers report catch data via cell phone text messaging.Fisheries managers often meet hurdles in collecting recreational fishing data, but RECTEXT has the potential to provide valuable information for gamefish population research. Learn more at www.rectext.org.
Baker demonstrated RECTEXT at the ScienceOnline2010 conference on Jan. 15, 2010. Filmed at Sigma Xi in Research Triangle Park, NC. Flipcam donated by a ScienceOnline sponsor.
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