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Question 3. In 2005, how many days did you fish in each of the following areas in Quebec in 2005?
Area Number of days fished
Parks and wildlife reserves 656,878
Controlled exploitation zones (ZECs) 1,268,766
Outfitters 578,813
Community Wildlife Areas 317,935
Fishing ponds 86,132
Private property 701,335
St. Lawrence River, west of Île d'Orléans 424,483
St. Lawrence River, east of Île d'Orléans 203,205
Elsewhere- public lands 4,685,677
Total 8,923,224

Question 6. If you released fish on a voluntary basis, what was the reason?
  Resident Canadian Non-resident Other Non-resident Total
Fish was too small 167,764 .. .. 167,764
Fish appeared diseased 6,714 .. .. 6,714
To protect the species 66,149 .. .. 66,149
I only fish for recreation 48,166 .. .. 48,166
I had reached my limit 23,260 .. .. 23,260
Other reasons 14,742 .. .. 14,742
Total 326,795 .. .. 326,795

Question 7. Did you fish as much as you would have wanted to in Quebec in 2005?
  Number of anglers
No Response 24,471
Yes 191,660
No 439,632
Total 655,764

Question 7b. For which of the following reasons did you not fish as often as you would have liked to in Quebec in 2005?
  Not important at all 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Very important Total
Insufficient quantity of fish 286,267 9,907 17,030 8,198 34,774 10,482 12,314 18,395 7,823 34,441 439,632
    % 65.1 2.3 3.9 1.9 7.9 2.4 2.8 4.2 1.8 7.8 100.0
Fish size too small 302,263 15,301 14,744 8,611 28,993 11,469 12,530 16,160 9,960 19,600 439,632
    % 68.8 3.5 3.4 2.0 6.6 2.6 2.9 3.7 2.3 4.5 100.0
Fishing area too far from home 250,999 12,817 12,606 10,402 33,380 11,053 21,486 32,232 11,228 43,430 439,632
    % 57.1 2.9 2.9 2.4 7.6 2.5 4.9 7.3 2.6 9.9 100.0
No one to fish with 325,949 14,361 13,160 6,810 22,333 7,393 5,247 17,526 6,759 20,095 439,632
    % 74.1 3.3 3.0 1.5 5.1 1.7 1.2 4.0 1.5 4.6 100.0
Health problems 400,143 4,385 2,860 2,590 6,115 3,499 1,549 4,777 1,991 11,723 439,632
    % 91.0 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.4 1.1 0.5 2.7 100.0
Complexity of fishing regulations 372,543 15,723 8,615 6,787 10,853 3,821 3,495 6,860 3,577 7,360 439,632
    % 84.7 3.6 2.0 1.5 2.5 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.8 1.7 100.0
Access costs (in ZEC's, outfitters, wildlife reserves, etc.) 257,330 8,776 11,611 7,817 26,866 11,414 17,152 30,502 13,149 55,017 439,632
    % 58.5 2.0 2.6 1.8 6.1 2.6 3.9 6.9 3.0 12.5 100.0
Equipment purchase and rental costs 317,968 11,529 9,980 8,838 27,483 11,322 13,972 14,119 2,934 21,487 439,632
    % 72.3 2.6 2.3 2.0 6.3 2.6 3.2 3.2 0.7 4.9 100.0
Package costs for fishing excursions and trips 262,869 5,191 7,295 9,135 20,537 13,304 22,125 32,326 13,851 53,000 439,632
    % 59.8 1.2 1.7 2.1 4.7 3.0 5.0 7.4 3.2 12.1 100.0
Cost of transportation, food and lodging 276,073 8,708 11,198 10,517 29,594 13,136 19,941 25,058 9,506 35,903 439,632
    % 62.8 2.0 2.5 2.4 6.7 3.0 4.5 5.7 2.2 8.2 100.0
Poor weather conditions 290,433 19,970 17,897 17,433 31,436 8,670 10,809 13,971 6,654 22,358 439,632
    % 66.1 4.5 4.1 4.0 7.2 2.0 2.5 3.2 1.5 5.1 100.0
Not enough time 105,773 3,750 5,733 8,263 28,941 15,656 20,404 51,661 22,574 176,878 439,632
    % 24.1 0.9 1.3 1.9 6.6 3.6 4.6 11.8 5.1 40.2 100.0
Other sport and leisure activities 275,356 12,053 13,867 8,177 38,127 12,458 15,225 30,063 13,883 20,425 439,632
    % 62.6 2.7 3.2 1.9 8.7 2.8 3.5 6.8 3.2 4.6 100.0
Not enough boat ramps 370,361 9,531 7,799 4,743 13,021 3,461 8,168 7,861 2,378 12,309 439,632
    % 84.2 2.2 1.8 1.1 3.0 0.8 1.9 1.8 0.5 2.8 100.0
Other Reason 410,798 142 225 122 2,776 468 546 4,662 2,818 17,077 439,632
    % 93.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.6 3.9 100.0

Question 10. For each of the following species, would you prefer to catch a large number of small fish or a small number of big fish?
Species A large number of small fish A small number of large fish I didn't fish this species
Brook Trout 224,713 258,770 94,446
Walleye 87,938 288,425 158,906
Perch 78,038 105,844 308,320
Lake Trout 40,489 207,761 248,817
Pike 23,525 268,282 230,089

Question 13. How often did you use these sources of information on recreational fishing regulations in Quebec?
Information Source Never Sometimes Often
Tourism brochures 241,755 241,912 229,240
MRNF internet site 521,603 138,193 53,110
Other internet sites 617,000 77,353 18,553
MRNF local or regional offices 574,819 122,232 15,856
MRNF toll-free number 648,814 53,076 11,017
Friends/family/other anglers 239,679 286,956 186,271
Magazines/newspapers/television 366,183 238,965 107,758
Welcome centres 413,998 195,154 103,755
Other sources 697,013 6,927 8,966

Question 24. How many members of your household under 15 fished for recreation in Quebec and how many days in total did they fish?
  Total
Number of anglers 162,921
Number of days fished 1,022,316
Average per angler (days fished) 6.3
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