The Grand Traverse Bay Sport Fishery: Angler Activity, Revenue, And Economic Impact

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• Personal Author:
  Kapetsky, James M. ; Ryckman, James R.
• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Sea Grant Program
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  MICHU (Michigan Sea Grant)
• Description:
  Over a one-year period, from May 1971 to May 1972, sport fishing activity in Grand Traverse Bay amounted to an estimated 69,000 angler days. Visitors to the area expended more than two-thirds of total angler activity. An estimated $418,000 of gross income attributable to the fishery resource accrued to the three-county community adjacent to the bay over the one-year period, mostly from anglers using public launching sites and from charter fishermen. Net income to the community from sport fishing was estimated at $203,000. Business activity generated by sport fishermen created an estimated 21.5 full-time equivalent jobs which were attributable to the fishery resource.
• Keywords:
  Economic Aspects Fishing Economic Aspects
• Series:
  Sea Grant Technical Report   no. 34 ; Michigan Sea Grant publication   73-201
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  MICHU-T-73-001
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d14bbdf71a539d5e79f91c4603a1cd0279a517d08090cd1d22a7b01ab8fc096e
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38311/noaa_38311_DS1.pdf
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