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b . July 2005 : Data Entry, Summary and Analysis C . September-October 2005 : Fall Monitoring and Data Collection (Quantitative Assessment) d . November 2005 : Data Entry, Summary and Analysis e . December 2005 : Final Reporting 2 . Survey Methodology a . Survey methodology will collect reliable data on patterns of community structure , relative abundance , and size of resident fishes . b . Data will be collected from 4 sites during two 3 month sampling windows . The total number of monitoring events will include a minimum of 16 fish census events (2 replicates at each site ) . i . Fish surveys will be conducted at each site by implementing an in situ visual survey method along the fixed transect , supplemented by a videographic visual survey method along the fixed transect . Surveys will be conducted at two separate intervals during this study . C . If visibility is judged to be less than 15 feet horizontally on the bottom , no fish census will be performed and the dives to conduct said surveys will be repeated at a later date . 3 . Deliverables a . Written or electronically submitted status reports will be submitted every 30 days following the date of grant execution . b . A draft report will be submitted to the Commission by November 1 , 2005 to provide 21 days for technical peer review by the Commission . C. A final report acceptable to the Commission , will be submitted for approval on or before December 23 , 2003 . The final report , at a minimum , shall contain the following , including any additional comments by the FWC submitted during the course of the project and in review of the draft : i . Background and introduction information on the project , including a discussion on comparison to surveys from the previous sampling years ; ii . Analysis of fishing effort ; iii . A narrative section describing methods , results , statistical analysis , and conclusions ; iv . Tables , charts and graphs ; V . Copies of all archival video footage , and a separate approximate 20 minute summary video depicting representative footage from the project. d . In addition to a hard copy of the final report , all raw and summarized data from fish surveys , along with all digital ground -truthing images , will be transferred on accompanying CD (s ) , video cassettes , and DVD (s ) . e . The hard copy final report will also be provided as an indexed Adobe Acrobat ( . pdf) file on a CD rom , suitable for posting on the internet . Page 9 of 14