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Statistics and Facts on Recreational Fishing
 

Statistics and Facts on Recreational Fishing

Fishing is a popular outdoor activity in the United States. Almost 48 million people participated in freshwater, saltwater and/or fly fishing in the U.S. in 2012. Around 12 million of these fishing participants were aged between 6 and 17 years and 4.65 million were aged between 18 and 24 years. The number of paid fishing license holders, though considerably lower than the number of participants, amounted to 29.32 million in 2009.

Angling related expenditure was at about 42 billion U.S. dollars in 2011. This expenditure includes spending on equipment (37% of total spendings), transportation (15%), food (13%), lodging (5%), license and fees (1%) and other trip costs/expenditure (28%).
Consumer spending on fishing tackle equipment, for example, is estimated to be at around 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2012. The average retail price of a rod-reel fishing combinations was at 54.61 U.S. dollars in 2011. Photo: sxc.hu / lucioperca
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Number of fisherman and angler: Number of people who went fishing within the last 12 months in the United States (USA) from spring 2008 to spring 2012 (in millions)
show statistic		Spring 201247.71
Recreational fishing expenditures in the U.S. in 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars)
show statistic		Licenses and fees0.42
Average spendings of anglers in the U.S. on recreational fishing in 2001, 2006 and 2011 (in U.S. dollars)
show statistic		20111261
Recreational fishing expenditure
 
Wildlife-related recreation expenditures in the U.S. in 2001, 2006 and 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars), by category
show statistic		2011, Wildlife watching54.96
Recreational fishing expenditures in the U.S. in 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars)
show statistic		Licenses and fees0.42
Trip-related spendings of recreational fishing participants in the U.S. in 2011 (in million U.S. dollars)
show statistic		Private transportation5457.77
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Fishing participation
 
Number of fisherman and angler: Number of people who went fishing within the last 12 months in the United States (USA) from spring 2008 to spring 2012 (in millions)
show statistic		Spring 201247.71
Affluent households: number of days household members participated in fishing in the United States in 2012 (as of July 2012)
show statistic		Did not participate, Household income of 100,000 U.S. dollars or more76.60%
Number of young adult participants in fishing in the U.S. from 2006 to 2011 (in millions)*
show statistic		20114.65
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Fishing equipment & licenses
 
Fishing equipment expenditures of anglers in the U.S. in 2011 (in million U.S. dollars)
show statistic		Rods, reels, poles, and rodmaking components2366.77
Consumer spending on fishing tackle equipment in the U.S. from 2007 to 2012 (in million U.S. dollars)*
show statistic		2012**2122
Average retail price of rod-reel fishing combinations in the U.S. from 2007 to 2011 (in U.S. dollars)
show statistic		201154.61
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