Assessing the economic impacts of nature based tourism in Scotland

Table 11 - Deer Management in Scotland: Total GVA (£m)
Sporting
Shooting of
Deer
Deer
Management
(not for sport)
Deer
Management
(including sport)
Direct total 12.1 3.6 15.7
Indirect total 51.0 4.0 55.0
Total GVA 62.8 7.6 70.4
The GVA calculations appear to us to be compatible with the FTE estimates.
4.3 Game and coarse angling
The Economic Impact of Game and Coarse Angling in Scotland (Glasgow Caledonian
University and Cogentsi, 2004).
Contractor: Glasgow Caledonian University (Alan Radford, Geoff Riddington, John
Anderson) and Cogentsi (Hervey Gibson).
Client: Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
Study Objective:
• To assess the economic impact of game and coarse angling.
Research Method:
The study encompassed the following elements:
• Literature review;
• Discussions with stakeholder groups;
• Survey of anglers;
• Survey of Fishery Boards and owners;
• Creation of Fisheries and Angler databases;
• Economic impact analysis.
The survey of anglers had two components:
• Mounting a questionnaire on a website;
• Distributing a paper version of the questionnaire through fishing clubs, tackle
shops, proprietors, etc.
A total of 920 questionnaires were distributed with a response rate of 32.3% (297
questionnaires returned).
Geographical scope: Scotland, with a regional breakdown of key findings. The
regional breakdown was:
• Dumfries and Galloway;
• The Borders;
• Highland, Moray, and Argyll and Bute;
• North East Scotland;
• Central Scotland;
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