A Survey of Participants in the Lower and Central Cook Inlet Halibut and Salmon Sport Fisheries
- Authors: M. Herrmann, S.T. Lee, K.R. Criddle, and C. Hamel
- Pub. no.: RP-02-04
- Year: 2001
- Price: Single copies free
Description
Survey results showed that nonresidents accounted for 44% of Cook Inlet halibut and salmon sportfishing in 1997, and nonresidents accounted for 65% of charter fishing. Alaskan respondents were younger, lived with larger families, and had lower income than nonresidents. Women comprised more than one-third of the Alaskan anglers, but only one-fifth of the nonresident anglers. In 1997 $34.1 million was spent in the Cook Inlet sport fisheries, with about $25 million brought in from outside the Kenai Peninsula. The survey results compared favorably to similar ones conducted by Alaska Department of Fish and Game covering the same time period. For full abstract see http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/afrb/afrbabst.php#Vol8_2Herrmann. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 8(2):107–117.
