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Number of participants in fishing in the U.S. 2006-2017
Number of participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*
This statistic shows the number of participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017. In 2016, there were approximately 56.84 million participants in fishing in the U.S., up from 55.75 million the previous year.
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This statistic shows the number of participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017. In 2016, there were approximately 56.84 million participants in fishing in the U.S., up from 55.75 million the previous year.
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- Release date
- July 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2006 to 2017
- Number of respondents
- 30,999 respondents
- Age group
- 6 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
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* Includes fly, freshwater and saltwater fishing.
A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.
A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.
Fishing includes fly, freshwater, saltwater and other fishing.
Number of survey participants: 40,141 (2009) / 38,742 (2010) / 38,742 (2011) / 38,172 (2012) / 19,240 (2013) / 10,778 (2014) / 32,658 (2015) / 24,134 (2016) / ; information on survey dates for 2006 to 2008 were not given.
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- Release date
- July 2018
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2006 to 2017
- Number of respondents
- 30,999 respondents
- Age group
- 6 years and older
- Method of interview
- Online survey
- Supplementary notes
-
* Includes fly, freshwater and saltwater fishing.
A weighting technique was used to balance the data to reflect the total U.S. population ages six and above.
A participant is defined as an individual who took part in the activity at least once in the given year.
Fishing includes fly, freshwater, saltwater and other fishing.
Number of survey participants: 40,141 (2009) / 38,742 (2010) / 38,742 (2011) / 38,172 (2012) / 19,240 (2013) / 10,778 (2014) / 32,658 (2015) / 24,134 (2016) / ; information on survey dates for 2006 to 2008 were not given.
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Statistics on "Recreational fishing in the U.S."
- Overview
The most important statistics
- Most popular outdoor activities in the United States from 2009 to 2017, by number of participants (in millions)Most popular outdoor activities in the U.S. from 2009 to 2017
- Geographical distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017Geographical distribution of fishing participants in the U.S. 2017
- Most commonly used fishing location types in the United States in 2017Most commonly used fishing location types in the U.S. 2017
- Share of Americans who went fishing in the last 12 months in 2018, by ageShare of Americans who went fishing 2018, by age
- Number of people per fishing trip in the United States in 2017Number of people per fishing trip in the U.S. 2017
- Participation
The most important statistics
- Number of participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*Number of participants in fishing in the U.S. 2006-2017
- Number of participants in freshwater, saltwater and fly fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)Participants in freshwater, saltwater and fly fishing in the U.S. 2006-2017
- Number of young adult participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*Number of young adult participants in fishing in the U.S. from 2006 to 2017
- Number of youth participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*Number of youth participants in fishing in the U.S. from 2006 to 2017
- Age distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017Age distribution of fishing participants in the U.S. 2017
- Income distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017Income distribution of fishing participants in the U.S. 2017
- Gender distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017Gender distribution of fishing participants in the U.S. 2017
- Share of fishing participants who caught fish on their last outing in the United States in 2017Fishing participants who caught fish on their last outing in the U.S. 2017
- Equipment and licenses
The most important statistics
- Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in millions)*Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States from 2000 to 2018
- Gross cost of fishing licenses in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)Gross cost of fishing licenses in the U.S. from 2000 to 2018
- Average annual expenditure on hunting and fishing equipment per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)*U.S. household expenditure on hunting and fishing equipment 2007-2017
- Fishing equipment expenditure of anglers in the U.S. in 2016, by expenditure category (in million U.S. dollars)Equipment expenditure in recreational fishing in the United States 2016
- Consumer spending on auxiliary fishing equipment in the U.S. in 2016, by expenditure category (in million U.S. dollars)Supplementary equipment expenditure of anglers in the United States in 2016
- Which resources would make it easier to fish?Resources which would make fishing easier in the U.S. 2017
- Fishing trips
The most important statistics
- Distribution of annual outings among fishing participants in the United States in 2017Annual outings of fishing participants in the U.S. in 2017
- Trip-related spending of recreational fishing participants in the United States in 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Trip-related spending on recreational fishing in the United States in 2016
- Number of people per fishing trip in the United States in 2017Number of people per fishing trip in the U.S. 2017
- Most commonly used fishing location types in the United States in 2017Most commonly used fishing location types in the U.S. 2017
- Uses of fish caught by fishing participants on their last outing in the United States in 2017Uses of fish caught by fishing participants on their last outing in the U.S. 2017
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Statistics on "Recreational fishing in the U.S."
- Most popular outdoor activities in the United States from 2009 to 2017, by number of participants (in millions)
- Geographical distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Most commonly used fishing location types in the United States in 2017
- Share of Americans who went fishing in the last 12 months in 2018, by age
- Number of people per fishing trip in the United States in 2017
- Number of participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*
- Number of participants in freshwater, saltwater and fly fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)
- Number of young adult participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*
- Number of youth participants in fishing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*
- Age distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Income distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Gender distribution of fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Share of fishing participants who caught fish on their last outing in the United States in 2017
- Uses of fish caught by fishing participants on their last outing in the United States in 2017
- Reasons why fishing participants took part in outdoor recreation in the United States in 2017
- Positive attributes of participating in fishing in the United States in 2017
- Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in millions)*
- Gross cost of fishing licenses in the United States from 2000 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Average annual expenditure on hunting and fishing equipment per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2017 (in U.S. dollars)*
- Fishing equipment expenditure of anglers in the U.S. in 2016, by expenditure category (in million U.S. dollars)
- Consumer spending on auxiliary fishing equipment in the U.S. in 2016, by expenditure category (in million U.S. dollars)
- Which resources would make it easier to fish?
- Distribution of annual outings among fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Trip-related spending of recreational fishing participants in the United States in 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Methods of recreational shore fishing in Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as of 2012, by category
- Methods of recreational boat fishing in Italian Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as of 2012, by category
- Wildlife-related recreation expenditures in the U.S. in 2001, 2006 and 2011 (in billion U.S. dollars), by category
- Share of recreational fishing expenditure in the United States in 2016, by category
- Share of people who have fished within the previous year at a place where a permit* was required in Northern Ireland from 2011/2012 to 2016/2017, by gender
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- Number of participants in boardsailing and windsurfing in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)
- Most popular close to home outdoor activities among households in Canada in 2015
- Share of households participating in outdoor activities close to home in Canada from 2011 to 2015
- Number of paid fishing license holders in the United States in 2018, by state (in thousands)*
- Number of participants in backpacking in the United States from 2006 to 2017 (in millions)*
- Share of households participating in outdoor activities close to home in Canada in 2015, by income
- Average annual consumer spending on outdoor activity equipment and apparel in the United States in 2014, by type (in U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of annual consumer spending on outdoor activity equipment and apparel in the United States in 2014, by type
- Sports and leisure activities by anglers in England and Wales as of 2012, by category
- Number of Spanish purse seine fishing vessels that fished in the national fishing ground in 2017, by modality census
- Quarterly import price index of farm and fishing products in Canada from 2014 to 2018*
- Ethnic distribution of freshwater fishing participants in the United States in 2017
- Expenditure per capita on fishery products in the different autonomous communities of Spain in 2015 (in euros)
- Number of enterprises in the freshwater aquaculture sector in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017
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