Economic Value of Lake Erie Sport Fishing to Private-Boat Sport Anglers

摘要

Sport fishing on Lake Erie has increased substantially since 1975. Since September 1980, three studies have been undertaken to estimate how private-boat sport anglers value various components of the Lake Erie fishery: (1) western basin for May-August 15, 1981, called the walleye sample; (2) western basin for August 15-November 1981, called the yellow perch sample; and (3) central basin for 1982. Excluded are anglers who hire the services of charter firms and shore anglers.