Demographics, participation, attitudes, expenditures, and management preferences of Texas saltwater anglers, 1986

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dc.acquisition-srcReview of GBNEP-20 reference list.en_US
dc.call-noSH 551 .D4 1990 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorDitton, R.B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLoomis, D.K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRisenhoover, A.D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorChoi, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOsborn, M.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorClark, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRiechers, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMatlock, G.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:24:27Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:24:27Z
dc.date.issued1990en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description57 pgs.en_US
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dc.description.abstractTo do an effective job of deploying artificial reefs in Texas offshore waters, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) reef planners and managers need to know as much about their user constituencies as they do marine resources. Reef siting has much to do with human population and tourism densities and the expressed demand for diving-related resources along the Texas coast. This project sought to characterize diver clientele in terms of their demographic characteristics, participation, patterns, level of involvement in scuba diving, experience preferences, motivations, attitudes, management preferences, and expenditures. Sport diver expenditures according to where they were made (in coastal communities in Texas, elsewhere in Texas, and out-of-state) allowed for the calculation of the total economic impact of sport divers on Texas coastal communities and at the state level. Dive charter boat operators were asked to provide names and addresses for a representative sample of their diving customers. A random sample of 1,059 sport divers was selected from dive charter boat receipts and records; there were 614 divers taking trips to the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary and 445 divers in proportion to the known number of non-Flower Garden trips by region of the Texas coast. An 11-page mail questionnaire was developed to collect data from the sample of divers. Of the 1,059 questionnaires mailed, 528 were returned usable for an overall effective response rate of 56.2%. An insufficient number of non-respondents could be contacted to test for differences in responses with respondents. Readers are cautioned there are likely differences between respondents and non-respondents.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas Coasten_US
dc.history3/9/05 eas; 10/19/04 eas; 10/15/04 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/24498
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC OCLC Collectionen_US
dc.longitudeen_US
dc.notesen_US
dc.placeAustin, TXen_US
dc.publisherTexas Parks and Wildlife Department, Coastal Fisheries Branchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries6613.00en_US
dc.relation.urien_US
dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesManagement Data Series No. 18en_US
dc.subjectanglingen_US
dc.subjectresource managementen_US
dc.titleDemographics, participation, attitudes, expenditures, and management preferences of Texas saltwater anglers, 1986en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
dc.vol-issueNo. 18en_US

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