Texas International Fishing Tournament: Participants' Characteristics, Participation in Fishing, Attitudes, Expenditures, and Economic Impacts, 1999.

摘要

There were 1,068 anglers registered at the 1999 Texas International Fishing Tournament (TIFT); when 167 social (non-fishing) and boatmen division participants were included, there were 1,234 participants overall. This has been an increase of 55% and 67% in registered anglers and overall participants, respectively, since the 1983 TIFT when a previous angler study was completed. A seven-page mail survey was mailed to all registered adult anglers in the bay division (301), offshore division (453) and fly division (8) shortly after the tournament held in August 1999. The purpose of the survey was to learn more about participants' demographic characteristics, overall level of fishing participation and involvement, TIFT fishing experience preferences, tournament expenditures, and satisfaction with the 1999 event.