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2000 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada

Comparison of the 1995 and 2000 Survey Results for Selected Variables

Comparison of the 1995 and 2000 Survey Results for Selected Variables.
Characteristic	1995 SURVEY RESULTS				2000 SURVEY RESULTS
Characteristic	Residents	Nonresident Canadian	Nonresident Non-Canadian	Total	Residents	Nonresident Canadian	Nonresident Non-Canadian	Total
Active Anglers	3,285,840	185,540	749,260	4,220,640	2,688,139	173,919	774,006	3,636,065
Days Fished	48,836,489	1,410,597	5,260,093	55,507,179	41,155,673	1,275,239	5,454,771	47,885,683
average per angler	14.9	7.6	7	13.2	15.3	7.3	7	13.2
Fish Caught	195,883,086	5,737,725	52,715,206	254,336,017	167,973,042	5,781,469	59,010,797	232,765,309
average per angler	59.6	30.9	70.4	60.3	62.5	33.2	76.2	64
Fish Retained	97,715,012	1,702,530	14,012,651	113,430,193	71,047,320	1,263,171	12,315,636	84,626,127
average per angler	29.7	9.2	18.7	26.9	26.4	7.3	15.9	23.3
Percentage Released	50.1	70.3	73.4	55.4	57.7	78.2	79.1	63.6
Investments
Fishing Equipment	248,784,695	4,337,515	6,500,673	259,622,884	184,065,353	4,888,301	8,484,218	197,437,872
Boating Equipment	1,016,144,574	15,108,117	10,296,425	1,041,549,117	906,431,192	23,604,395	39,600,813	969,636,399
Camping Equipment	431,175,923	3,763,008	2,689,433	437,628,363	446,329,680	5,709,014	1,343,629	453,382,323
Special Vehicles	1,848,544,322	4,890,644	3,020,001	1,856,454,967	1,725,758,988	15,842,211	3,004,257	1,744,605,456
Land-Buildings	1,043,946,420	64,947,952	38,433,614	1,147,327,986	634,960,759	77,770,626	122,922,669	835,654,054
Other	114,319,295	1,645,285	3,535,001	119,499,580	89,015,128	1,725,643	4,435,071	95,175,841
Total	4,702,915,229	94,692,521	64,475,147	4,862,082,897	3,986,561,099	129,540,190	179,790,656	4,295,891,945
average per angler	1,431.27	509.57	86.08	1,151.98	1,483.02	744.83	232.29	1,181.47
Amount for Fishing	2,271,521,926	42,502,734	46,870,683	2,360,895,343	2,094,632,342	57,745,682	131,452,246	2,283,830,271
average per angler	691.31	228.72	62.58	559.37	779.21	332.03	169.83	628.11
Direct Expenditures
Food and Lodging	591,355,168	43,494,958	226,386,736	861,236,862	486,197,223	47,053,794	270,758,686	804,009,703
Transportation	695,348,968	35,688,538	107,520,378	838,557,884	575,378,038	36,606,364	120,436,536	732,420,939
Fishing Services	127,080,678	9,177,966	51,400,294	187,658,938	114,155,479	13,127,554	66,329,577	193,612,611
Fishing Supplies	164,161,883	6,284,340	23,122,652	193,568,875	134,833,213	5,593,775	28,050,158	168,477,145
Packages	155,585,132	27,940,868	242,035,596	425,561,596	116,606,418	35,231,935	342,210,908	494,049,261
Other	18,889,866	1,083,326	5,195,749	25,168,941	5,055,325	526,116	2,189,248	7,770,690
Total	1,752,421,695	123,669,996	655,661,405	2,531,753,096	1,432,225,696	138,139,539	829,975,113	2,400,340,348
average per angler	533.33	665.51	875.42	599.85	532.79	794.28	1,072.31	660.15