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Days per angler Trips per angler Trip expenditures per angler Trip expenditures per day Selected Fish by Type of Fishing (In millions) Type of fishing Anglers Days Freshwater except Great Lakes, total . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.0 419.9 Black bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0 161.0 Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 101.6 Catfish/bullhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0 98.2 Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 75.5 Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.2 90.7 White bass, striped bass, and striped bass hybrids . . 4.8 65.2 Great Lakes, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 18.0 Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 4.9 Perch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 5.5 Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4 5.7 Lake trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 4.4 Black bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.3 2.9 Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 1.9 Saltwater, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7 85.7 Flatfish (flounder, halibut) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 20.5 Redfish (red drum) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 20.2 Sea trout (weak fish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 18.2 Striped bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 15.4 Bluefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 9.9 Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 3.4 Source: Tables 3, 4, and 5. Comparative Fishing by Type of Fishing $35 $27 $59 $62 9 9 11 13 13 13 17 17 All fishing Freshwater except Great Lakes Great Lakes Saltwater $460 $597 $686 $751 Comparative Fishing Highlights In 2006, anglers spent an average of 17 days fishing and took an average of 13 fishing trips. Similarly, in freshwater excluding the Great Lakes, anglers fished an average of 17 days and took 13 trips. For Great Lakes fishing, participants averaged 13 days of fishing on an average of 9 trips. Saltwater anglers fished fewer days, averaging 11 days of fishing on 9 saltwater trips. Overall, anglers spent an average of $1,407 on fishing-related expenses in 2006. They averaged $597 per angler on their trips, or about $35 per day. For freshwater fishing excluding the Great Lakes, participants averaged $460 in trip-related expenses in 2006, equaling $27 per day. For fishing in the Great Lakes, participants averaged $751 in trip-related expenses, equaling $59 per day. Anglers in saltwater averaged trip expenditures of $686 per participant, which amounts to approximately $62 per day. Fishing for Selected Fish The most popular fish species among the 25.0 million anglers who fished freshwater other than the Great Lakes was black bass. Ten million spent 161 million days fishing for black bass. Following black bass in popularity were several species with a similar number of anglers and days of fishing. Panfish were pursued by 7.5 million anglers on 102 million days. Catfish and bullheads drew 7.0 million anglers on 98 million days. About 6.8 million anglers fished for trout on 76 million days. Crappie fishing attracted 6.2 million anglers on 91 million days. Three species were very close in popularity among Great Lakes anglers. Walleye and sauger attracted nearly 500 thousand anglers, as did perch. Anglers fished for walleye and sauger for 4.9 million days and for perch, 5.5 million days. Salmon followed closely with 418 thousand anglers fishing for 5.7 million days. Lake trout, black bass and steelhead were also popular Great Lakes species, as they were pursued by 328 thousand, 298 thousand, and 201 thousand anglers, respectively. Among the 7.7 million saltwater anglers, 2.1 million fished for flatfish, which includes flounder and halibut, on 21 million days. Redfish (red drum) followed in popularity with 1.8 million 12 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
anglers fishing for 20 million days. Also popular were sea trout and striped bass with 1.5 and 1.4 million anglers who fished for 18.2 and 15.4 million days, respectively. Other prominent saltwater species were bluefish with 1.0 million anglers and salmon with nearly 600 thousand anglers. Participation by Geographic Region In 2006, 229 million people 16 years old and older lived in the United States and 1 of every 8 of these U.S. residents went fishing. While the national participation rate was 13 percent, the regional rates ranged from 8 percent in the Middle Atlantic and Pacific to 21 percent in the West North Central. The West North Central, East North Central, East South Central, West South Central, and South Atlantic all reported participation rates above the national rate. The Mountain region tied the national rate at 13 percent, and New England was below the national rate at 11 percent. Fishing in State of Residence and in Other States A large majority of the 30.0 million anglers who fished in 2006 did so within their home state. Approximately 27.6 million participants, 92 percent of all anglers, fished in their resident state. Nearly 6.5 million, 22 percent, fished out of state. Percentages do not add to 100 because those anglers who fished both in state and out of state were included in both categories. Of the 25.0 million non-Great Lakes freshwater anglers, 93 percent, 23.3 million, fished within their resident state. About 4.6 million, 18 percent, of these freshwater anglers fished out of state. Eighty-three percent, 1.2 million, of all Great Lakes anglers enjoyed fishing within their home state in 2006. Twenty-two percent, 306 thousand, of all Great Lakes anglers fished out of state. Pacific 8% HI CA AK OR WA NV ID AZ UT Fishing Participation (National participation rate: 13%) Mountain 13% MT WY NM CO West North Central 21% ND SD NE TX KS OK Of the three different types of fishing, saltwater fishing had both the highest percentage of anglers fishing outside their resident state, 28 percent, and the lowest percentage fishing within their resident state, 79 percent. Nonresident saltwater anglers numbered 2.2 million and resident anglers 6.1 million. MN West South Central 16% IA MO AR LA WI IL MS East North Central 15% IN MI KY TN AL OH East South Central 18% GA WV SC FL PA VA NC NH VT New England 11% ME MA NY RI CT NJ DE MD DC South Atlantic 14% Middle Atlantic 8% Fishing in State of Residence and in Other States (In millions) Out of In state state Total anglers . . . . . 27.6 6.5 Freshwater except Great Lakes . . . 23.3 4.6 Great Lakes . . . . 1.2 0.3 Saltwater . . . . . . . 6.1 2.2 Percent of All Fishing—in State of Residence and in Other States (Total: 30.0 million participants) In state of residence only 78% In state of residence and other states 14% In other states only 8% Source: Table 2. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 13
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Page 3 and 4: Economics and Statistics Administra
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Appendix A. Defi nitions Annual hou
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Table B-3. Most Recent Year of Hunt
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Table B-5. Anglers and Hunters 6 to
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Table B-7. Selected Characteristics
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Table B-9. Participants in Wildlife
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Table B-11. Participants in Wildlif
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Appendix C
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Table C-1. Major Characteristics of
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Table C-2. Anglers and Hunters by C
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Table C-5. Anglers and Hunters by C
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Appendix D. Sample Design and Stati
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