In 2021, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) implemented the Big Panfish Initiative (BPI) to determine if more conservative harvest regulations for sunfish and crappie would result in improved opportunities for panfish anglers to catch larger fish. DEC now is seeking feedback from anglers to assist in the evaluation of the BPI. If you fish for sunfish and/or crappie in New York, you can help by taking this brief survey. The estimated time to take the survey is 2 to 4 minutes depending on the number of study waters you fished.