National Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey 2006

Marine recreational fishing is a popular pastime across the United States that generates significant economic impacts to both local economies and to the nation. In this survey, the level of fishing expenditures for anglers was quantified within each coastal state and the U.S. as a whole. The primary objectives of the national expenditure surveys are to collect trip expenditures for an angler’s most recent marine recreational fishing trip and to collect annual expenditures on durable goods used for marine recreational fishing. Additional objectives include obtaining a profile of the most recent marine recreational fishing trip and collecting demographic information on marine recreational anglers.

To analyze mean expenditures by anglers in different spending categories.

NOAA/NMFS/Office of Science and Technology

Individual angler expenditures for their most recent fishing trip and for 12 month expenditures on durable goods, demographic variables on the angler, information on their last trip (location, target species, mode, primary reason for fishing, etc).

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Sas v3 datasets

Voluntary survey of anglers. Individual angler responses for a series of trip and durable good expenditure questions, by mode of trip (shore, private boat, for-hire) and 12 month expenditures on durable goods. Anglers grouped into residents or non-residents of the surveyed state.

Recall period for durable goods is prior 12 months, so recall bias maybe an issue.

May be compared to 2011 study.

Coverage varied by state, in terms of response rates.

data checked by contractor and NMFS staff

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Data were collected from January to December 2006 in each coastal state using an economic-add on to the MRIP angler intercept survey on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Puerto Rico, and in Hawaii. In California, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Alaska, mail surveys were sent to licensed anglers who took a saltwater fishing trip during 2006. Contract firms were hired to manage the mail survey process and NMFS staff received the raw data.