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Idaho Fish and Game

Lakes and Reservoirs Meeting Notes, Oct 11, 2012

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Attendees:




  • Jeff Dillon

  • Liz Mamer

  • Joe Kozfkay

  • Doug Megargle

  • Jim Davis

  • Randy Walsh

  • Bart Butterfield



 



The group worked through the Lakes and Reservoirs data entry application and web reports and made suggestions/requests for a number of changes.



Recommended changes to data entry application:



General Lake Data Form




  • Add “Export Stocking History” function to Stocking History Tab



Lake Survey Data Form




  • Add date selection control with region and lake name.

  • Sort surveys in descending date order.

  • Block editing of surveys, but add edit button to enable editing when specifically needed

  • Add input mask/constraints on latitude/longitude – need to work with Tim.



Fish Data Tab




  1. Block editing of grids, but add edit button to enable editing when specifically needed.

  2. Make all grids alternate row colors

  3. Add a Find (and Replace?) button or filter bar on grids

  4. Add export feature to grids

  5. Add vertical scroll bar to grids

  6. Change “Scale Envelope” field label to “Sample Number”

  7. Add field for local fish ID – autonumber?

  8. Highlight out-of-range values or add “Out of Range” field for “Condition” (valid values are 0.6 – 2.5)



Sampling Effort Tab




  • Force decimal hours for electrofishing

  • Change “Total Effort” label to “Effort”

  • dd water chemistry, zooplankton and amphibian survey to methods list



Limnology Tab




  • Remove time field



Alpine Lake Tab




  • Based on follow up discussion between Joe, Dale, Tom, etc.



Amphibian Tab




  • Remove survey date, start time, end time – goes to sampling effort tab

  • Remove air temp from grid

  • Add water temp to survey data on top half of form



 



 



Recommended changes to web reports:



Catch per unit effort




  • Sort by gear type

  • Add decimal point to fix rounding errors



Weight per unit effort




  • Rounding errors?



Biomass by Length




  • Any way to speed up calculation/query?



Species Composition




  • Re-label tab

  • Didn’t pick up fish with null weight

  • Change “Total Fish Counted” label to “Total Fish in Calculation”



Length Frequency




  • Add gear type (may need new report?)

  • Remove TL and units from length category labels (make just like 0-9, …)



PSD




  • Add “Total Measured” field



Other




  • Add new report specifically for species composition

  • Hide summary boxes in all reports - maybe add feature to parse URL to get query criteria