Economic impacts of recreational boat fishing in the Houston-Galveston area of the Texas coast

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dc.acquisition-srcUSACOEen_US
dc.call-noGC57.2 .T4 1980en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorDitton, R.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGraefe, A.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLapotka, G.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:59:40Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:59:40Z
dc.date.issued1980en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description52 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractThe saltwater fishing patterns and economic impacts generated by recreational boat fishermen in the Houston-Galveston area of the Texas coast were investigated. Data was obtained through a mail survey of registered boat owners residing in an eight-county area surrounding Galveston Bay. About 31 percent of the boats in the study area were used for salt-water fishing in Galveston Bay or adjacent offshore waters during 1978. Saltwater boat fishermen spend more than 31 million dollars for their fishing trips in 1978, with bay fishermen spending $26,462,000 and offshore fishermen spending $5,046,000. Non-local bay fishermen spend $7,439,000 in bayshore communities and non-local offshore fishermen spend $1,970,000 in coastal communities. The economic impact of saltwater boat fishing trips in the region was $79,751,000. Since this study does not present the total economic influence of saltwater boat fishing in the study region, some factors which should be discussed when assessing the values and benefits of saltwater boat fishing are discussed.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas coasten_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Islanden_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20785
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationTAMUG Circulating Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texasen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University Sea Grant College Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries298.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesTAMU-SG-80-206en_US
dc.subjectrecreationen_US
dc.subjectsport fishingen_US
dc.subjecteconomic analysisen_US
dc.subjectboatsen_US
dc.titleEconomic impacts of recreational boat fishing in the Houston-Galveston area of the Texas coasten_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueen_US

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