2007 Survey of the Recreational Cod Fishery of Newfoundland and Labrador

Sex Profile

Males made up less than 49% of the population of NL (Table 5). About 11% of all cod anglers were < 16. In all residence areas except two, male and female anglers had lower representation than at the provincial level. For the two residence areas where this was not the case, Central-NE Coast and Bonavista-Trinity, the representation of male and female anglers was considerably higher than at the provincial level.

Of all anglers who fished for cod in 2007 almost 64% were male (Table 6). The highest representation of male anglers compared to female anglers was in the West NL-N. Peninsula residence area of the province. Other than in this residence area, the proportions of male and female anglers in the other residence areas were closer to the provincial levels.

As noted above, the greatest number of anglers who fished for cod in 2007 in NL, fished in NAFO sub-division 3L.  This behaviour was consistent among all four age-sex groups of anglers. The lowest number of participants in 2007 was in NAFO sub-division 3Pn, the smallest in area of all sub-divisions in NL (Table 7). And despite the vast area covered by NAFO sub-division 2J, as would be expected due its remoteness and the low population in areas adjacent to the sub-division, the number of participants was just marginally higher than in sub-division 3Pn.