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Annex A : Summary Tables

Annex A.1 Profile and Effort Information for All Anglers in the Great Lakes Fishery
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System
Residents
Number of Anglers 85,699 62,684 21,519 135,389 25,010 20,175 308,415
  Average age 45.3 45.3 45.9 44.5 46.1 45 45
Males 71,598 47,066 16,605 103,080 16,619 16,612 241,496
  Average age 46.5 46.8 47.3 44.5 48 45.5 45.8
Females 14,101 15,618 4,914 32,309 8,391 3,563 66,919
  Average age 39.5 41.1 41.2 44.3 42.4 42.9 42.2
Total Days Fished 971,610 725,362 261,014 1,756,366 183,695 324,595 4,222,643
Average days 11.3 11.6 12.1 13 7.3 16.1 13.7
Days icefishing 71,474 37,680 42,428 137,898 15,367 24,559 329,406
Icefishing (%) 6.5 4.9 7.6 9.2 2.7 10.3 7.4
Shore Activity (%) 47.9 58 61.3 48.9 32 62.3 54.8
Boat Activity (%) 52.1 42 38.7 51.1 68 37.7 45.2
Nonresident Canadian
Number of Anglers 2,638 108 75 839 290 724 4,569
  Average age 46.8 54 34 52.7 54.9 44.8 48
Males 2,409 108 75 731 260 483 3,961
  Average age 47.5 54 34 53.1 55 39.8 47.9
Females 229 - - 108 30 241 608
  Average age 39.6 - - 50 54 55 48.3
Total Days Fished 11,690 108 150 3,603 587 7,274 23,412
Average days 4.4 1 2 4.3 2 10.1 5.1
Days icefishing - - - - - - -
Icefishing (%) - - - - - - -
Shore Activity (%) 24.8   100 62 38.8 91.6 63.6
Boat Activity (%) 75.2 100   38 61.2 8.4 36.4
Nonresident Non-Canadian
Number of Anglers 8,211 10,369 21,075 25,893 11,367 9,198 82,181
  Average age 50.2 49.7 50.4 52.6 52.4 53.4 51.7
Males 7,271 9,464 18,992 21,996 10,521 8,011 72,823
  Average age 50.5 50.6 51.4 53 52.6 53.9 52.3
Females 940 905 2,083 3,897 846 1,187 9,358
  Average age 47.1 40.7 41.2 50.2 49.5 50.6 47.6
Total Days Fished 45,356 64,200 119,889 222,679 55,781 46,127 554,032
Average days 5.5 6.2 5.7 8.6 4.9 5 6.7
Days icefishing 3,376 66 584 7,076 2,960 113 14,174
Icefishing (%) 3.1 1 2.3 5.5 2.7 1 3.9
Shore Activity (%) 10.8 27.1 40.7 32.9 34.7 38.9 34.8
Boat Activity (%) 89.2 72.9 59.3 67.1 65.3 61.1 65.2
All Anglers
Number of Anglers 96,548 73,160 42,669 162,121 36,667 30,097 395,165
  Average age 45.8 46 48.1 45.8 48.1 47.6 46.4
Males 81,278 56,638 35,672 125,807 27,400 25,106 318,280
  Average age 46.9 47.4 49.5 46 49.8 48 47.3
Females 15,270 16,523 6,997 36,314 9,267 4,991 76,885
  Average age 39.9 41.1 41.2 44.9 43 45.3 42.9
Total Days Fished 1,028,656 789,670 381,053 1,982,649 240,063 377,996 4,800,087
Average days 10.7 10.8 8.9 12.2 6.5 12.6 12.1
Days icefishing 74,849 37,746 43,012 144,974 18,327 24,672 343,580
Icefishing (%) 6.2 4.8 7.3 8.9 2.7 9.9 7.1
Shore Activity (%) 44.2 56.9 59.2 47 32.7 59.4 52.9
Boat Activity (%) 55.8 43.1 40.8 53 67.3 40.6 47.1

Annex A.2 Fish Harvested by Residents Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Harvest Great Lakes %
Walleye 225,661 187,788 148,564 238,217 319,071 115,322 1,234,623 3,034,484 40.7
Pike 101,543 176,365 22,280 337,776 48,461 103,929 790,353 1,405,122 56.2
Perch 772,405 3,334,371 969,948 551,046 15,351 552,174 6,195,295 9,895,909 62.6
Muskellunge - 269 20,810 8,662 671 2,911 33,322 62,927 53
Whitefish 8,263 7,665 16,731 24,282 1,320 - 58,261 150,696 38.7
Smallmouth bass 195,078 510,497 119,350 1,049,477 49,697 136,063 2,060,161 3,523,979 58.5
Largemouth bass 122,957 154,354 96,491 319,248 6,404 65,820 765,275 1,678,058 45.6
Rainbow Trout 260,674 55,304 2,703 324,046 9,189 13,728 665,645 885,064 75.2
Brown Trout 55,654 6,726 809 13,025 111 - 76,326 188,591 40.5
Lake Trout 46,837 40,065 - 149,342 39,460 4,754 280,457 454,545 61.7
Brook Trout 10,795 1,015 - 20,655 955,644 - 988,109 1,186,463 83.3
Splake 6,531 - - 8,625 - 9,508 24,664 26,024 94.8
Chinook 177,420 6,767 - 208,881 18,398 - 411,466 484,871 84.9
Coho 54,326 2,703 272 40,787 6,578 - 104,666 110,854 94.4
Sturgeon - 338 272 - - - 610 53,070 1.2
Catfish 189,577 111,564 134,631 40,577 - 120,647 596,995 936,870 63.7
Crappie 467,714 170,147 159,331 132,392 - 8,289 937,874 1,620,804 57.9
Rock Bass 232,830 289,226 202,116 720,004 3,324 109,978 1,557,479 2,441,025 63.8
Sunfish 403,078 717,385 256,305 477,884 - 157,351 2,012,003 3,087,651 65.2
Smelt 43,253 945 - 37,109 55,446 - 136,754 487,979 28
Other fish 136,332 154,413 129,850 108,428 3,356 25,459 557,837 1,895,687 29.4
Total fish 3,510,927 5,927,908 2,280,463 4,810,465 1,532,482 1,425,932 19,488,176 33,610,673 58
average per angler 41 94.6 106 35.5 61.3 70.7 63.5 - -

Annex A.3 Fish Harvested by Nonresident Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Harvest Great Lakes %
Walleye 3,892 215 150 108 1,610 3,780 9,755 16,598 58.8
Pike 770 - - 767 823 7,922 10,282 16,935 60.7
Perch 10,720 - - - - 12,222 22,942 29,348 78.2
Muskellunge - - - - - 685 685 874 78.3
Whitefish 955 - - - - - 955 955 100
Smallmouth bass 483 - - 2,214 1,052 10,599 14,348 27,093 53
Largemouth bass 3,517 - - - - 6,850 10,367 17,168 60.4
Rainbow Trout 2,350 - - 126 - - 2,476 2,897 85.5
Brown Trout 411 - - - - - 411 411 100
Lake Trout 241 - - - 60 - 301 1,585 19
Brook Trout 42 - - - - - 42 727 5.7
Splake - - - - - - - - -
Chinook 3,359 - - - 30 - 3,389 3,556 95.3
Coho 1,616 - - 474 - - 2,090 2,090 100
Sturgeon - - - - - - - - -
Catfish - - - 69 - - 69 754 9.1
Crappie - - - - - 2,055 2,055 2,244 91.6
Rock Bass 166 - - 1,449 - 125 1,740 1,980 87.8
Sunfish 399 - - 823 - 490 1,712 2,088 82
Smelt - - - -   - - - -
Other fish 2,122 323 - - - - 2,445 2,582 94.7
Total fish 31,043 538 150 6,029 3,576 44,727 86,063 129,883 66.3
average per angler 11.8 5 2 7.2 12.3 61.8 18.8 - -

Annex A.4 Fish Harvested by Nonresident Non-Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Harvest Great Lakes %
Walleye 58,335 115,439 190,037 98,132 209,647 6,441 678,032 1,019,196 66.5
Pike 21,984 2,570 7,131 133,384 147,580 69,378 382,026 524,114 72.9
Perch 88,996 233,602 638,098 203,541 33,501 134,840 1,332,578 1,800,105 74
Muskellunge 1,293 298 81,647 3,652 - 1,298 88,189 89,856 98.1
Whitefish 7,778 1,554 312 4,505 7,567 - 21,715 23,084 94.1
Smallmouth bass 41,203 129,087 205,813 267,312 19,404 96,669 759,489 834,539 91
Largemouth bass 35,638 7,441 14,516 30,039 1,496 61,843 150,972 172,757 87.4
Rainbow Trout 23,342 5,439 - 7,793 6,574 - 43,148 50,508 85.4
Brown Trout 2,308 - - 66 113 - 2,487 4,351 57.2
Lake Trout 18,339 - 659 26,614 8,288 78 53,977 62,947 85.8
Brook Trout 993 - 330 7,005 8,747 - 17,075 25,842 66.1
Splake 993 - - 132 231 - 1,356 1,667 81.3
Chinook 3,343 66 - 8,300 326 - 12,035 12,035 100
Coho 1,536 - - 539 553 - 2,628 2,628 100
Sturgeon - - 210 - - - 210 276 76.1
Catfish 2,980 6,856 4,676 14,512 1,986 2,044 33,055 34,571 95.6
Crappie 1,167 15,753 14,087 708 - 6,697 38,413 78,761 48.8
Rock Bass 9,588 2,372 32,822 76,473 99 38,206 159,560 192,987 82.7
Sunfish 25,126 12,461 39,134 30,883 - 43,516 151,121 265,200 57
Smelt - - - 2,704 38,092 - 40,796 40,796 100
Other fish 2,290 33,314 25,793 19,979 2,169 10,180 93,724 201,212 46.6
Total fish 347,233 566,253 1,255,265 936,274 486,372 471,189 4,062,586 5,437,431 74.7
average per angler 42.3 54.6 59.6 36.2 42.8 51.2 50.2 - -

Annex A.5 Fish Harvested All Anglers Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Harvest Great Lakes %
Walleye 287,888 303,442 338,751 336,457 530,328 125,542 1,922,410 4,070,278 47.2
Pike 124,297 178,935 29,411 471,927 196,863 181,229 1,182,661 1,946,171 60.8
Perch 872,121 3,567,973 1,608,046 754,588 48,852 699,235 7,550,815 11,725,362 64.4
Muskellunge 1,293 567 102,457 12,314 671 4,894 122,196 153,657 79.5
Whitefish 16,996 9,219 17,042 28,787 8,887 - 80,931 174,735 46.3
Smallmouth bass 236,764 639,584 325,163 1,319,003 70,153 243,330 2,833,998 4,385,611 64.6
Largemouth bass 162,112 161,795 111,008 349,287 7,900 134,513 926,614 1,867,983 49.6
Rainbow Trout 286,366 60,744 2,703 331,965 15,764 13,728 711,269 938,468 75.8
Brown Trout 58,373 6,726 809 13,091 223 - 79,223 193,353 41
Lake Trout 65,417 40,065 659 175,956 47,809 4,832 334,736 519,077 64.5
Brook Trout 11,830 1,015 330 27,660 964,391 - 1,005,225 1,213,031 82.9
Splake 7,524 - - 8,757 231 9,508 26,020 27,691 94
Chinook 184,122 6,833 - 217,182 18,754 - 426,890 500,461 85.3
Coho 57,478 2,703 272 41,800 7,131 - 109,384 115,572 94.6
Sturgeon - 338 482 - - - 820 53,346 1.5
Catfish 192,557 118,420 139,306 55,158 1,986 122,691 630,119 972,195 64.8
Crappie 468,881 185,900 173,418 133,100 - 17,042 978,342 1,701,810 57.5
Rock Bass 242,585 291,598 234,938 797,926 3,424 148,308 1,718,779 2,635,993 65.2
Sunfish 428,603 729,846 295,439 509,590 - 201,358 2,164,836 3,354,938 64.5
Smelt 43,253 945 - 39,814 93,537 - 177,550 528,775 33.6
Other fish 140,743 188,050 155,642 128,407 5,524 35,638 654,006 2,099,480 31.2
Total fish 3,889,202 6,494,699 3,535,878 5,752,768 2,022,429 1,941,848 23,636,825 39,177,987 60.3
average per angler 40.3 88.8 82.9 35.5 55.2 64.5 60.2 - -

Annex A.6 Fish Retained by Residents Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Walleye 112,123 87,366 76,471 115,889 153,107 11,991 556,947 1,093,288 50.9
Pike 4,360 5,696 906 59,106 7,991 16,215 94,274 174,399 54.1
Perch 289,457 1,700,104 563,113 156,747 2,470 254,882 2,966,773 4,220,734 70.3
Muskellunge - - - 269 - 317 586 854 68.6
Whitefish 854 272 2,720 11,569 1,320 - 16,736 70,625 23.7
Smallmouth bass 27,321 74,450 21,222 161,281 8,464 30,122 322,860 442,791 72.9
Largemouth bass 22,295 25,261 5,713 44,064 4,940 10,390 112,662 212,030 53.1
Rainbow Trout 46,402 26,124 1,420 122,083 4,541 5,605 206,176 234,640 87.9
Brown Trout 6,574 2,697 541 2,707 - - 12,518 16,836 74.4
Lake Trout 2,308 5,985 - 84,424 14,849 - 107,566 179,341 60
Brook Trout 1,168 1,015 - 7,921 7,855 - 17,959 48,184 37.3
Splake - - - 7,533 - - 7,533 7,533 100
Chinook 39,516 1,692 - 97,202 15,713 - 154,122 162,080 95.1
Coho 14,199 2,166 272 16,252 4,054 - 36,944 36,959 100
Sturgeon - - -   - - - 14,277 -
Catfish 37,132 5,253 2,963 14,715 - 60,432 120,495 201,204 59.9
Crappie 227,106 2,992 93,962 31,523 - 1,625 357,208 553,474 64.5
Rock Bass 19,551 16,923 12,760 156,678 - - 205,912 292,449 70.4
Sunfish 18,477 50,633 28,955 54,455 - - 152,520 276,335 55.2
Smelt 43,253 - - 28,933 47,325 - 119,511 469,555 25.5
Other fish 88,111 67,624 24,310 1,552 2,685 8,693 192,975 217,423 88.8
Total fish 1,000,207 2,076,253 835,327 1,174,903 275,313 400,272 5,762,276 8,925,014 64.6
average per angler 11.7 33.1 38.8 8.7 11 19.8 18.8 - -

Annex A.7 Fish Retained by Nonresident Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Walleye 2,054 215   - 345 2,410 5,024 8,472 59.3
Pike - - - 144   241 385 1,336 28.8
Perch 3,425 - - - - 8,193 11,618 12,116 95.9
Muskellunge - - - - - - - - -
Whitefish - - - - - - - - -
Smallmouth bass - - - - - 241 241 1,854 13
Largemouth bass 166 - - - - - 166 812 20.5
Rainbow Trout 1,536 - - 63 - - 1,599 1,725 92.7
Brown Trout 137 - - - - - 137 137 100
Lake Trout 241 - - - 60 - 301 1,196 25.2
Brook Trout 42 - - - - - 42 42 100
Splake - - - - - - - - -
Chinook 2,596 - - - 30 - 2,627 2,627 100
Coho 1,342 - - 474 - - 1,816 1,816 100
Sturgeon - - - - - - - - -
Catfish - - - - - - - - -
Crappie - - - - - - - - -
Rock Bass - - - - - - - - -
Sunfish - - - - - - - - -
Smelt - - - - - - - - -
Other fish 276 - - - - - 276 276 100
Total fish 11,814 215 - 681 436 11,084 24,231 32,408 74.8
average per angler 4.5 2 - 0.8 1.5 15.3 5.3 - -

Annex A.8 Fish Retained by Nonresident Non-Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Walleye 14,171 71,680 88,005 29,826 29,414 3,321 236,417 271,873 87
Pike 1,626 - 1,780 23,826 14,835 4,858 46,925 61,132 76.8
Perch 4,742 161,028 288,943 110,104 15,277 22,816 602,910 749,699 80.4
Muskellunge - - 132 199 - - 331 331 100
Whitefish - 132 - 2,373 4,412 - 6,917 7,701 89.8
Smallmouth bass 2,607 14,387 58,937 45,913 821 5,877 128,543 133,203 96.5
Largemouth bass 2,704 519 2,307 2,243 199 2,649 10,621 12,316 86.2
Rainbow Trout 495 4,121 - 2,404 754 - 7,773 7,839 99.2
Brown Trout 594 - - 66 - - 660 660 100
Lake Trout 1,676 - - 16,935 3,945 78 22,634 26,355 85.9
Brook Trout - - - 1,345 3,216 - 4,561 5,748 79.4
Splake - - - 132 181 - 313 469 66.8
Chinook 2,023 66 - 4,016 248 - 6,353 6,353 100
Coho 1,536 - - 473 255 - 2,264 2,264 100
Sturgeon - - - - -   - - -
Catfish 66 4,021 1,929 - - 132 6,147 6,884 89.3
Crappie 78 15,753 8,711 - - 1,127 25,669 40,853 62.8
Rock Bass - 1,298 13,370 10,795 - 796 26,260 27,881 94.2
Sunfish 14,277 10,889 25,828 5,567 - 496 57,058 86,146 66.2
Smelt - - - - 38,092 - 38,092 38,092 100
Other fish 396 1,846 15,740 10,518 - 7,744 36,244 98,531 36.8
Total fish 46,992 285,740 505,683 266,735 111,648 49,893 1,266,690 1,584,330 80
average per angler 5.7 27.6 24 10.3 9.8 5.4 15.6 - -

Annex A.9 Fish Retained by All Anglers Who Fished on the Great Lakes, by Species and Region, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Walleye 128,349 159,262 164,476 145,715 182,865 17,721 798,388 1,373,633 58.1
Pike 5,986 5,696 2,686 83,076 22,826 21,314 141,584 236,867 59.8
Perch 297,624 1,861,131 852,056 266,852 17,747 285,891 3,581,300 4,982,550 71.9
Muskellunge - - 132 468 - 317 916 1,185 -
Whitefish 854 404 2,720 13,942 5,732 - 23,652 78,326 -
Smallmouth bass 29,928 88,837 80,159 207,195 9,285 36,240 451,644 577,848 78.2
Largemouth bass 25,165 25,780 8,020 46,307 5,138 13,039 123,450 225,158 54.8
Rainbow Trout 48,433 30,245 1,420 124,550 5,295 5,605 215,548 244,204 88.3
Brown Trout 7,306 2,697 541 2,773 - - 13,316 17,634 75.5
Lake Trout 4,225 5,985 - 101,359 18,855 78 130,502 206,892 63.1
Brook Trout 1,209 1,015 - 9,266 11,071 - 22,562 53,974 41.8
Splake - - - 7,665 181 - 7,846 8,002 -
Chinook 44,135 1,758 - 101,217 15,991 - 163,102 171,060 95.3
Coho 17,077 2,166 272 17,200 4,309 - 41,024 41,039 100
Sturgeon - - - - - - - 14,277 -
Catfish 37,198 9,274 4,891 14,715 - 60,564 126,642 208,088 -
Crappie 227,183 18,746 102,673 31,523 - 2,751 382,876 594,327 -
Rock Bass 19,551 18,222 26,130 167,473 - 796 232,172 320,330 -
Sunfish 32,755 61,521 54,784 60,022 - 496 209,578 362,481 -
Smelt 43,253 - - 28,933 85,416 - 157,602 507,647 -
Other fish 88,782 69,470 40,050 12,070 2,685 16,437 229,494 316,230 72.6
Total fish 1,059,013 2,362,208 1,341,010 1,442,319 387,397 461,250 7,053,197 10,541,752 66.9
average per angler 11 32.3 31.4 8.9 10.6 15.3 18 - -

Annex A.10a Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly or Partly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Residents Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 7,204,553 4,063,668 1,394,322 8,021,314 839,593 1,998,485 23,521,934 37,660,024 62.5
Boating Equipment 41,650,992 42,933,408 6,865,897 52,632,502 1,060,892 16,638,096 161,781,786 201,613,261 80.2
Camping Equipment 3,417,378 5,080,119 4,052,799 9,776,720 1,471,235 1,367,578 25,165,828 32,832,859 76.6
Vehicles 14,286,179 17,625,981 7,740,567 32,029,069 14,404,031 11,516,527 97,602,355 177,259,587 55.1
Land-Buildings 5,715,374 251,488 2,040,286 18,814,104 2,885,621 26,041,381 55,748,255 105,043,151 53.1
Other Investments 5,850,742 909,593 610,791 3,446,924 690,185 350,414 11,858,650 18,438,371 64.3
Total Investments 78,125,218 70,864,257 22,704,662 124,720,634 21,351,557 57,912,481 375,678,809 572,847,253 65.6
average per angler 911.62 1,130.50 1,055.10 921.20 853.74 2,870.51 1,224.10 - -

Annex A.10b Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Residents Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 7,204,553 4,063,668 1,394,322 8,021,314 839,593 1,998,485 23,521,934 37,660,024 62.5
Boating Equipment 28,645,990 35,940,994 5,573,889 25,604,506 1,017,427 8,349,996 105,132,803 138,260,832 76
Camping Equipment 1,279,032 964,978 954,027 6,585,043 997,908 843,463 11,624,450 15,940,893 72.9
Vehicles 3,713,942 3,953,474 4,197,380 12,370,255 3,569,540 5,982,009 33,786,599 67,309,450 50.2
Land-Buildings 970,957 143,758 1,530,214 6,826,784 421,779 18,247,834 28,141,326 54,982,036 51.2
Other Investments 5,615,839 857,346 475,609 2,684,862 675,221 330,347 10,639,225 16,549,444 64.3
Total Investments 47,430,312 45,924,218 14,125,442 62,092,764 7,521,468 35,752,133 212,846,337 330,702,679 64.4
average per angler 553.45 732.63 656.42 458.62 300.74 1,772.10 693.53 - -

Annex A.11a Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly or Partly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Nonresident Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 92,687 - -15,013 1,804 - -346 109,850 123,237 89.1
Boating Equipment 28,318 - - - - - 28,318 33,774 83.8
Camping Equipment 104 - -7,507 - - -208 7,818 8,130 96.2
Vehicles - - - - - - - - **.*
Land-Buildings - - - - - - - - **.*
Other Investments 2,156 - - - - -1,039 3,195 5,980 53.4
Total Investments 123,265 - -22,520 1,804 - -1,592 149,181 171,122 87.2
average per angler 46.72 - -300.26 2.15 - -2.20 32.66 - -

Annex A.11b Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Nonresident Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 92,687 - 15,013 1,804 - 346 109,850 123,237 89.1
Boating Equipment 28,318 - - - - - 28,318 33,774 83.8
Camping Equipment 104 - 4,879   - 208 5,191 5,502 94.3
Vehicles - - - - - - - - **.*
Land-Buildings - - - - - - - - **.*
Other Investments 2,156 - - - - 1,039 3,195 5,980 53.4
Total Investments 123,265 - 19,892 1,804 - 1,592 146,553 168,494 87
average per angler 46.72 - 265.23 2.15 - 2.2 32.08 - -

Annex A.12a Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly or Partly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Nonresident Non-Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 85,778 24,177 8,391 144,228 4,975 10,123 277,674 326,639 85.0
Boating Equipment 239,609 319,479 - 1,920,923 95,844 - 2,575,854 2,577,480 99.9
Camping Equipment - - - 22,876 - - 22,876 22,876 100.0
Vehicles - - - - - - - - **.*
Land-Buildings 81,131 5,990,231 - 25,513,963 2,662,325 375,602 34,623,252 36,012,446 96.1
Other Investments 51,190 3,409 17,079 45,668 12,693 4,066 134,105 156,631 85.6
Total Investments 457,708 6,337,296 25,471 27,647,658 2,775,837 389,791 37,633,760 39,096,072 96.3
average per angler 55.74 611.12 1.21 1,067.77 244.20 42.38 464.69 - -

Annex A.12b Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), Nonresident Non-Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 85,778 24,177 8,391 144,228 4,975 10,123 277,674 326,639 85
Boating Equipment 239,609 319,479 - 1,491,667 95,844 - 2,146,599 2,148,225 99.9
Camping Equipment - - - 17,126 - - 17,126 17,126 100
Vehicles - - - - - - - - **.*
Land-Buildings 40,566 4,492,673 - 5,405,384 2,662,325 237,756 12,838,704 14,199,981 90.4
Other Investments 51,190 3,409 17,079 36,188 8,699 4,066 120,631 143,157 84.3
Total Investments 417,142 4,839,739 25,471 7,094,595 2,771,843 251,945 15,400,735 16,835,129 91.5
average per angler 50.8 466.71 1.21 274 243.85 27.39 190.16 - -

Annex A.13a Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly or Partly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), All Anglers Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 7,383,017 4,087,845 1,417,727 8,167,346 844,568 2,008,954 23,909,458 38,109,900 62.7
Boating Equipment 41,918,919 43,252,887 6,865,897 54,553,425 1,156,736 16,638,096 164,385,959 204,224,516 80.5
Camping Equipment 3,417,482 5,080,119 4,060,305 9,799,595 1,471,235 1,367,786 25,196,522 32,863,864 76.7
Vehicles 14,286,179 17,625,981 7,740,567 32,029,069 14,404,031 11,516,527 97,602,355 177,259,587 55.1
Land-Buildings 5,796,506 6,241,719 2,040,286 44,328,067 5,547,946 26,416,982 90,371,506 141,055,596 64.1
Other Investments 5,904,087 913,002 627,871 3,492,593 702,878 355,519 11,995,950 18,600,982 64.5
Total Investments 78,706,190 77,201,553 22,752,653 152,370,095 24,127,394 58,303,865 413,461,750 612,114,446 67.5
average per angler 815.2 1,055.21 533.24 939.85 658.02 1,937.20 1,053.52 - -

Annex A.13b Major Purchases and Investments (Wholly Attributable to Recreational Fishing), All Anglers Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Retention Great Lakes %
Fish Equipment 7,383,017 4,087,845 1,417,727 8,167,346 844,568 2,008,954 23,909,458 38,109,900 62.7
Boating Equipment 28,913,916 36,260,473 5,573,889 27,096,173 1,113,271 8,349,996 107,307,719 140,442,831 76.4
Camping Equipment 1,279,136 964,978 958,907 6,602,169 997,908 843,671 11,646,768 15,963,522 73
Vehicles 3,713,942 3,953,474 4,197,380 12,370,255 3,569,540 5,982,009 33,786,599 67,309,450 50.2
Land-Buildings 1,011,522 4,636,432 1,530,214 12,232,169 3,084,104 18,485,590 40,980,031 69,182,017 59.2
Other Investments 5,669,185 860,755 492,689 2,721,051 683,920 335,451 10,763,051 16,698,582 64.5
Total Investments 47,970,719 50,763,957 14,170,805 69,189,162 10,293,311 36,005,671 228,393,625 347,706,302 65.7
average per angler 496.86 693.86 332.11 426.77 280.73 1,196.32 581.96 - -

Annex A.14 Direct Expenditures Allocated for the Great Lakes, Residents Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Packages 915,168 1,572,974 139,143 2,849,467 371,464 15,795 5,864,011 12,682,398 46.2
Accommodation 2,475,451 2,149,095 443,978 5,157,068 385,049 114,237 10,724,878 17,859,690 60.1
Campsite Fees 3,120,620 3,454,623 346,041 3,786,185 289,756 510,351 11,507,577 17,567,980 65.5
Food 6,424,545 4,439,101 1,194,405 14,296,548 2,723,372 1,296,738 30,374,710 50,489,503 60.2
Travel 8,842,430 6,888,555 2,001,432 15,206,596 2,518,654 2,066,314 37,523,983 61,503,339 61
Household Boat Costs 11,397,210 7,040,813 2,458,197 17,866,364 1,488,007 2,160,517 42,411,108 55,633,026 76.2
Boat Rentals 461,822 411,385 139,474 1,068,838 21,646 15,672 2,118,838 4,547,667 46.6
Supplies 3,617,029 2,230,519 964,472 6,627,445 885,284 1,163,355 15,488,103 24,035,163 64.4
Guides 262,663 16,288 3,967 238,771   966 522,656 757,731 69
Licence Fees 1,052,049 864,797 323,314 2,020,822 385,342 288,087 4,934,412 7,074,045 69.8
Access Fees 560,759 227,234 110,217 469,146 39,717 40,642 1,447,714 2,829,526 51.2
Other Expenses 96,272 72,787 32,516 97,351   33,846 332,772 690,781 48.2
Direct Expenses 39,226,018 29,368,172 8,157,158 69,684,602 9,108,291 7,706,519 163,250,760 255,670,849 63.9
Average per angler 458 469 379 515 364 382 532 334 -
Average per angler-day 40.37 40.49 31.25 39.68 49.58 23.74 38.85 19.45 -

Annex A.15 Direct Expenditures Allocated for the Great Lakes, Nonresident Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Packages 65,258 - - 94,157 19,166 - 178,581 451,621 39.5
Accommodation 195,981 - - 50,691 - 1,420 248,093 372,267 66.6
Campsite Fees 80,597 - - 2,841 - 26,174 109,611 124,405 88.1
Food 263,279 - - 45,291 9,827 61,371 379,768 539,655 70.4
Travel 404,454 - - 49,255 7,559 64,395 525,663 647,906 81.1
Household Boat Costs 156,598 - - 68,515 - 22,960 248,073 275,249 90.1
Boat Rentals 48,548 - - 17,138 - 69,069 134,754 241,902 55.7
Supplies 65,913 - - 12,579 1,285 18,118 97,895 125,217 78.2
Guides 65,053 - - - - - 65,053 65,053 100
Licence Fees 48,964 1,856 1,295 13,866 4,174 11,996 82,151 98,563 83.3
Access Fees 1,850 - - 180 - - 2,030 3,112 65.2
Other Expenses - - - 2,903 - - 2,903 2,903 100
Direct Expenses 1,396,493 1,856 1,295 357,417 42,011 275,502 2,074,574 2,947,853 70.4
Average per angler 529.28 17.19 17.27 426 144.86 380.53 454.13 101.39 -
Average per angler-day 119.47 17.19 8.63 99.04 71.7 37.85 88.61 10.87 -

Annex A.16 Direct Expenditures Allocated for the Great Lakes, Nonresident Non-Canadians Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Packages 388,153 169,880 1,132,502 2,981,232 3,732,266 749,410 9,153,443 11,454,610 79.9
Accommodation 1,171,962 630,220 555,228 5,228,597 1,096,145 1,441,295 10,123,447 11,685,824 86.6
Campsite Fees 183,639 29,619 13,835 260,581 197,539 65,299 750,512 1,065,712 70.4
Food 830,638 710,726 739,761 5,546,756 1,009,324 1,266,693 10,103,898 11,344,957 89.1
Travel 708,257 746,181 786,333 3,036,014 803,981 376,417 6,457,183 7,641,631 84.5
Household Boat Costs 205,679 681,770 731,555 2,238,378 219,248 215,147 4,291,778 4,667,605 91.9
Boat Rentals 134,299 251,813 126,369 528,951 144,838 240,839 1,427,110 1,595,963 89.4
Supplies 203,827 242,202 296,208 939,502 262,399 118,744 2,062,884 2,440,270 84.5
Guides 262,768 142,604 747,327 323,208 8,443 498,517 1,982,867 2,081,573 95.3
Licence Fees 213,425 377,772 589,557 894,446 362,970 248,122 2,686,291 2,956,589 90.9
Access Fees 2,341 17,852 31,109 51,838 10,067 1,280 114,489 128,378 89.2
Other Expenses - 592 874 57,772 64,847 3,406 127,491 144,550 88.2
Direct Expenses 4,304,989 4,001,231 5,750,659 22,087,276 7,912,068 5,225,170 49,281,392 57,207,662 86.1
Average per angler 524.3 385.85 272.87 853.02 696.06 568.08 608.51 121.07 -
Average per angler-day 94.9 62.32 47.96 99.19 141.82 113.28 90.26 16.8 -

Annex A.17 Direct Expenditures Allocated for the Great Lakes, All Anglers Who Fished on the Great Lakes, 2005
  Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Great Lakes System Total Ontario Great Lakes %
Packages 1,368,578 1,742,854 1,271,645 5,924,857 4,122,896 765,205 15,196,035 24,588,630 61.8
Accommodation 3,843,394 2,779,315 999,206 10,436,356 1,481,194 1,556,952 21,096,417 29,917,781 70.5
Campsite Fees 3,384,855 3,484,242 359,877 4,049,607 487,294 601,824 12,367,699 18,758,097 65.9
Food 7,518,463 5,149,827 1,934,166 19,888,596 3,742,523 2,624,803 40,858,377 62,374,115 65.5
Travel 9,955,141 7,634,737 2,787,765 18,291,865 3,330,195 2,507,126 44,506,829 69,792,876 63.8
Household Boat Costs 11,759,487 7,722,583 3,189,752 20,173,257 1,707,256 2,398,624 46,950,959 60,575,880 77.5
Boat Rentals 644,669 663,198 265,844 1,614,928 166,483 325,579 3,680,701 6,385,532 57.6
Supplies 3,886,769 2,472,721 1,260,680 7,579,526 1,148,968 1,300,217 17,648,882 26,600,649 66.3
Guides 590,484 158,892 751,294 561,979 8,443 499,482 2,570,575 2,904,357 88.5
Licence Fees 1,314,438 1,244,426 914,166 2,929,134 752,486 548,205 7,702,854 10,129,197 76
Access Fees 564,950 245,086 141,326 521,165 49,785 41,922 1,564,233 2,961,016 52.8
Other Expenses 96,272 73,379 33,390 158,026 64,847 37,252 463,166 838,233 55.3
Direct Expenses 44,927,500 33,371,260 13,909,111 92,129,295 17,062,370 13,207,191 214,606,727 315,826,365 68
Average per angler 465.34 456.13 325.98 568.27 465.34 438.82 546.83 814.82 -
Average per angler-day 43.68 42.26 36.5 46.47 71.07 34.94 45.02 61.33 -

Annex A.18 Statistical Reliability of Selected Variables, All Active Anglers, 2005
Region Sample Size Days Fished Fish Caught Fish Kept Direct Expenditures Major Purchases and Investments (W/P)2 Major Purchases and Investments (W)3
Lake Ontario 328 8.7 13.6 23.2 7.8 54.7 66.4
Lake Erie 311 7.9 10.3 11.7 10.2 33.1 35.0
Lake St. Clair 264 9.5 17.9 20.2 9.5 32.1 33.0
Lake Huron 674 5.6 16.4 20.8 5.8 46.4 49.9
Lake Superior 189 6.6 20.5 16.7 16.0 44.2 54.0
St. Lawrence River 161 13.6 18.4 19.4 12.6 39.4 40.1
Great Lakes 1,753 3.5 7.3 9.1 3.9 33.6 32.7

Notes:
1 Coefficient of variation=(standard error of the mean/mean)*100.
2 Major purchases and investments wholly or partially attributable to recreational fishing.
3 Major purchases and investments wholly attributable to recreational fishing.
Source : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Notes: Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.
Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Economic Analysis and Statistics.

Date Modified: 2013-02-27

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