Presentation made by Calvin Zerry about his 2019 Spring internship with the Division of Marine Fisheries Management of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

1. Calvin Zerry
Spring 2019

2. • From St. Augustine
• Geography Major
• IT Minor
• Environmental Studies Minor
• FSU Surf and Sailing Club
• Pursuing career in GIS

3. • Continuation of last semester’s intern, Thalia Fletcher’s Where to Fish
Map project- excel spreadsheet
3 Step Project:
Phase 1a: Identification of waterbodies
Phase 1b: Data gathering of fishing information per waterbody
Phase 2a: Mapping of large map with all identified waterbodies
Phase 2b: Creation of smaller maps with localized information
Phase 3: Content upload
GOAL: To create a webpage featuring Where to Fish information with corresponding maps

4. Information was compiled and combined from reliable sources:
• Where to Fish fishing calendar
• Local information gathered from bait shops
• FWRI published Boating and Angling Guides
Information for each waterbody includes:
Popular sport fish for the area
-Offshore
-Inshore
Best times and season to catch each listed sport fish
-Seasons
-Months
Most popular fishing locations in each waterbody
-Parks, piers, beaches
-Spread throughout the waterbody
Habitats found in each waterbody
Links to other pages on the DMFM website

5. Waterbodies are divided by
region:
-match already gathered
data
-facilitation of mapping
-user friendly
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6. First step: Broad Regional
Information
Map with information from phone
calls from local tackle shops
-different colors different species of fish
that can be caught
-includes inshore and offshore
Where to Fish Calendar
-By region, includes time frame in
months fish can be caught
By combining the two, popular sport
fish and times of catch were identified
with help of county boating guides

7. Highlighted sport fish
for each area are those
that are confirmed by the
three sources
Sample
waterbody
webpage
text (one of
22)

8. First Map made
GIS software needs data, the first map
used official, up to date, pinpoint FWRI
data
-Paddling trails (red lines)
-Fishing Piers (yellow dots)
-Aquatic preserves (highlighted blue)

9. *Inserted
FWRI Waterbodies
(green shading)
*Inserted FWRI
Boatramp Data
(purple dots)
The FWRI Map soon proved to be too complex to be the desired aesthetic for the webpage,
but it is a great resource for agency use.
Final FWRI map

10. *Each number corresponds to
A local waterbody map
And its corresponding information

11. Clicking on Area “1” would take you to accordion section of relevant information
Area 1:
Escambia and Santa Rosa waterbodies

12. To the left is a conceptual mock
webpage.
Visitors to the site would click on their
queried waterbody on the map and be
lead to the desired information
revealed in an accordion.
This user-friendly interface and
resource would be a great asset to
new or advanced anglers by providing
and linking to a wealth of information
on any desired location across Florida.
Mockup

13. Master Contact Database
In charge of division’s master contact database:
-manage contacts from events into
aesthetic, functional, queriable database
-manage other entries by fellow interns
-receive requests by other staff members
-data inputted, organized since 2009.

14. Content creator
How to Start Fishing Webpage Just Keep Fishing Newsletters
April- June

15. Core Activities
v Specimen Collection Trip
v ROV Training
v Archeological Resource Management Training
v Kids’ Fishing Clinic
v Site Scanning in Panama City Beach

19. Calvin Zerry
Spring 2019
Thank You!