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3.4 Recreational and Sport fishing
Recreational and Sport fishing in California is normally found in our Tourism and
Recreation and Boat Building sectors, but it is included in this chapter because of the
competitive nature of sport and commercial fishing for popularly sought after species. Since
both industries are supported by California’s fisheries, both parts of this sector often make
claims of their value to the California economy to get a greater share of the limits. Sport and
Recreational Fishing is an important part of the Living Resources sector and merits a
separate consideration for readers to understand the contribution of this part of the fishing
industry to the California economy. A major study of this sector was not undertaken for
purposes of this report, because it was not part of the previous report. However, we sought
official federal government numbers to provide an indication of the scale and scope of this
enterprise. It must be noted that the two sets of data, ours for the commercial sector and
those we used from NOAA, for the sport-fishing sector, are not comparable. Income and
employment estimates are comparable to the wage and employment data for commercial
fishing, and so can be compared. The Sales estimates for the sport-fishing industry found in
Table 3-5 are gross values for the industry, and do not subtract the cost of doing business.
The estimates used for commercial fishing, (GSP) are net output values and do deduct the
cost of doing business. a very different set of values. Hence the sales data for the sport and
recreational fishing industry found in Table 3-5, are a much-inflated estimate for sport
fishing, when compared with our estimates for the GSP for the commercial fishing industry.
Therefore, comparison of 2 billion dollars of sales from the Sport and Recreational Fishing
industry has no relationship to the almost 800 million dollar estimate for the Commercial
Fishing industry. Without a net estimate from the Sport and Recreational fishing industry,
there is no basis for comparison.
Table 3-5: Total Economic Impacts Generated From Marine Recreational And Sport
Fishing Expenditures in California - 2000
Total economic impacts from California marine recreational fishing in 2000*
Economic Impact
Direct Indirect Induced Total
Sales ($1000) $1,170,862 $288,216 $476,146 $1,935,224
Income ($1000) $551,683 $125,383 $189,380 $866,446
Employment (jobs) 14,084 2,750 5,508 22,342
Source NOAA, “The Economic Importance of Marine Angler Expenditures in the United States”, 2004
* Table 3-5 includes sport fishing related activities of the Tourism & Recreation, and Boat Building and Repair
sectors, so they have already been counted in this report. We have merely separated them out for
informational purposes. They should not be added to the commercial sector to get totals.
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