2006 National survey of fishing, hunting, and wildlife-associated recreation Maine

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Maine
2006 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
U.S. Department of Commerce
Carlos M. Gutierrez,
Secretary
Economics and Statistics Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
2006 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
FHW/06-ME
Issued March 2008
Maine
The U.S. Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural
heritage; provides scientifi c and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsi-bilities
or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affi liated Island Communities.
The mission of the Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve,
protect, and enhance fi sh, wildlife, and their habitats for the continuing benefi t of the American people.
The Service is responsible for national programs of vital importance to our natural resources, including
administration of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs. These two programs provide fi nan-cial
assistance to the States for projects to enhance and protect fi sh and wildlife resources and to assure
their availability to the public for recreational purposes. Multistate grants from these programs fund the
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
Suggested Citation
U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S.
Census Bureau. 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
H. Dale Hall,
Director
Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Rowan Gould,
Assistant Director
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
Economics and Statistics
Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation���Maine iii
Contents
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Survey Background and Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Highlights
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Wildlife-Associated Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sportspersons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Wildlife Watchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1996–2006 Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tables
Guide to Statistical Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fishing and Hunting Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Wildlife-Watching Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
National Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Appendixes
A. Defi nitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B. 2005 Participation of 6- to 15-Year-Olds: Data From Screening Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
C. Signifi cant Methodological Changes From Previous Surveys and Regional Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
D. Sample Design and Statistical Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Fishing and Hunting
1. Fishing and Hunting in Maine by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Maine by Type of Fishing
and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the
United States by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Game: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Land: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
15. Selected Characteristics of Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
16. Summary of Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19. Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
20. Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine for Fishing and Hunting by Maine Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Summary of Maine Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Maine Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wildlife Watching
24. Wildlife Watching in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
26. Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or
Fed in Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List of Tables
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27. Participation in Wildlife-Watching Activities Around the Home in Maine: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
28. Maine Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching in the United States: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
29. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation in Maine by State Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
30. Selected Characteristics of Maine Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
31. Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Wildlife
Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
32. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine for Wildlife Watching by Maine Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
33. Wildlife-Watching Expenditures Both Inside and Outside Maine by Maine
Residents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
34. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Maine Residents for Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
35. Participation of Maine Resident Wildlife-Watching Participants in Fishing and
Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
36. Participation of Maine Resident Sportspersons in Wildlife-Watching Activities: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
National Tables
37. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation by State Residents Both Inside and Outside
Their Resident State: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
38. Anglers and Hunters by Sportsperson’s State of Residence: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
39. Participation in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Each State by Both Residents and
Nonresidents of the State: 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
40. Anglers and Hunters by State Where Fishing or Hunting Took Place: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
vi 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
I fi nd duck hunting with friends in
a bottomland hardwood swamp or
fi shing with my kids on an Oregon
river bolsters my spirit and reminds me
why I care about conservation and our
wildlife heritage.
But wildlife-associated and vital
recreation—activities such as hunting,
fi shing, and birding—also provide
signifi cant fi nancial support for wildlife
conservation in our Nation’s economy.
According to information from the
newest National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation, 87.5 million Americans
spent more than $122 billion in 2006
on wildlife-related recreation. And
this spending supports hundreds of
thousands of jobs in industries and
businesses.
The Survey is conducted every fi ve
years at the request of State fi sh and
wildlife agencies to measure the impor-tance
of wildlife-based recreation to the
American people. The 2006 Survey
represents the 11th in a series that
began in 1955. Developed in collabo-ration
with the States, the Association
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and
national conservation organizations,
the Survey has become one of the most
important sources of information on
fi sh and wildlife-related recreation in
the United States.
In the 75-year history of the Sport Fish
and Wildlife Restoration Programs,
excise taxes on fi rearms, ammunition,
archery, and angling equipment have
generated a cumulative total of more
than $10 billion for wildlife conserva-tion
efforts by State and Territorial
wildlife agencies for fi sh and wildlife
management.
My thanks go to the men and women
who took time to participate in the
survey, as well as to the State fi sh and
wildlife agencies for their fi nancial
support through the Multistate Conser-vation
Grant Programs. Without that
support, the 2006 Survey would never
have been possible.
I am comforted to know that my chil-dren
and all Americans will have the
opportunity to appreciate our Nation’s
rich wildlife tradition. Along with
a record number of Americans, we
continue to enjoy wildlife. We are
laying the foundation for conservation’s
future.
H. Dale Hall
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Foreword
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine vii
Survey Background and Method
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Asso ciated
Recreation (Survey) has been
conducted since 1955 and is one of
the oldest and most comprehensive
continuing recreation surveys. The
Survey collects information on the
number of anglers, hunters, and wild-life
watchers; how often they partici-pate;
and how much they spend on their
activities in the United States.
Preparations for the 2006 Survey began
in 2004 when the Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) recom-mended
that the Fish and Wildlife
Service conduct the 11th Survey of
wildlife-related recreation. Funding
came from the Multistate Conservation
Grant Programs, authorized by Sport
Fish and Wildlife Restoration Acts, as
amended.
We consulted with State and Federal
agencies and nongovernmental
o rganizations such as the Wildlife
Management Institute and American
Sportfi shing Association to determine
survey content. Other sportsper-sons’
organizations and conservation
groups, industry representatives, and
researchers also provided valuable
advice.
Four regional technical committees
were set up under the auspices of the
AFWA to ensure that State fi sh and
wildlife agencies had an opportunity to
participate in all phases of survey plan-ning
and design. The committees were
made up of agency representatives.
Data collection for the Survey was
carried out by the U.S. Census Bureau
in two phases. The fi rst phase was the
screen which began in April 2006.
During this phase, the Census Bureau
interviewed a sample of 85,000 house-holds
nationwide to determine who
in the household had fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in 2005, and who
had engaged or planned to engage
in those activities in 2006. In most
cases, one adult household member
provided information for all members.
The screen primarily covered 2005
activities while the next, more in-depth
phase covered 2006 activities. For
more information on 2005 data, refer to
Appendix B.
The second phase of data collection
consisted of three detailed inter-view
waves. The fi rst began in April
2006 concurrent with the screen, the
second in September 2006, and the
last in January 2007. Interviews were
conducted with samples of likely
anglers, hunters, and wildlife watchers
who were identifi ed in the initial
screening phase. Interviews were
conducted primarily by phone, with
in-person interviews for respondents
who could not be reached by phone.
Respondents in the second survey
phase were limited to those who were
at least 16 years old. Each respondent
provided information pertaining only to
his or her activities and expenditures.
Sample sizes were designed to provide
statistically reliable results at the state
level. Information on sampling proce-dures,
sample sizes, and response rates
is found in Appendix D.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The 2006 Survey questions and meth-odology
were similar to those used
in the 2001, 1996, and 1991 Surveys.
Therefore, the estimates are compa-rable.
The methodology of these Surveys
did differ importantly from the 1985
and 1980 Surveys, so these estimates
are not directly comparable to those
of earlier surveys. Changes in meth-odology
included reducing the recall
period over which respondents had to
report their activities and expenditures.
Previous Surveys used a 12-month
recall period, which resulted in greater
reporting bias. Research found that the
amount of activity and expenditures
reported in 12-month recall surveys
was overestimated in comparison
with that reported using shorter recall
periods.
Highlights
2 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Introduction
The National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation reports results from inter-views
with U.S. residents about their
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife watching.
This report focuses on 2006 participa-tion
and expenditures of persons 16
years of age and older.
The Survey is a snapshot of one year.
The information it collected tells us
how many people participated and
how much they spent on their activi-ties
in the State in 2006. It does not
tell us how many anglers, hunters, and
wildlife watchers there were because
many do not participate every year.
For example, based on information
collected by the Survey’s household
screen and detailed phase, we can
estimate that about 33 percent more
anglers and hunters participated nation-ally
in at least 1 of the 4 years prior to
the survey year 2006.
In addition to 2006 estimates, we also
provide trend information in the High-lights
section and Appendix C of the
report. The 2006 numbers reported can
be compared with those in the 1991,
1996, and 2001 Survey reports because
they used similar methodologies. The
2006 estimates should not be directly
compared with results from Surveys
conducted earlier than 1991 because
of changes in methodology to improve
accuracy.
The report also provides information
on participation in wildlife recreation
in 2005, particularly of persons 6 to 15
years of age. The 2005 information is
provided in Appendix B. Information
about the Survey’s scope and coverage
is in Appendix D. The remainder of this
section defi nes important terms used in
the Survey.
This report does not provide infor-mation
about the State’s wildlife
resources. That, and additional infor-mation
on wildlife-related recreation,
may be obtained from State fi sh and
wildlife agencies. The Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies can provide
the addresses and telephone numbers of
those agencies. The Association’s Web
site is <www.fi shwildlife.org>.
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Wildlife-associated recreation is
fi shing, hunting, and wildlife-watching
activities. These categories are not
mutually exclusive because many indi-viduals
participated in more than one
activity. Wildlife-associated recreation
is reported in two major categories: (1)
fi shing and hunting and (2) wildlife
watching, which includes observing,
photographing, and feeding fi sh or
wildlife.
Fishing and Hunting
This Survey reports information about
residents of the United States who
fi shed or hunted in 2006, regardless of
whether they were licensed. The fi shing
and hunting sections report information
for three groups: (1) sportspersons, (2)
anglers, and (3) hunters.
Sportspersons
Sportspersons are those who fi shed
or hunted. Individuals who fi shed
or hunted commercially in 2006 are
reported as sportspersons only if they
also fi shed or hunted for recreation.
The sportspersons group is composed
of three subgroups, as shown in the
diagram on this page: (1) those that
fi shed and hunted, (2) those that only
fi shed, and (3) those that only hunted.
The total number of sportspersons is
equal to the sum of people who only
fi shed, only hunted, and both hunted
and fi shed. It is not the sum of all
anglers and all hunters because those
people who both fi shed and hunted are
included in both the angler and hunter
population and would be incorrectly
counted twice.
Anglers
Anglers are sportspersons who only
fi shed plus those who fi shed and
hunted. Anglers include not only
licensed hook and line anglers, but
also those who have no license and
those who use special methods such as
fi shing with spears.
Three types of fi shing are reported: (1)
freshwater, excluding the Great Lakes,
(2) Great Lakes, and (3) saltwater.
Since many anglers participated in
more than one type of fi shing, the total
number of anglers is less than the sum
of the three types of fi shing.
Hunters
Hunters are sportspersons who only
hunted plus those who hunted and
fi shed. Hunters include not only
licensed hunters using rifl es and shot-guns
but also those who had no license
and those who hunted with a bow and
arrow, primitive fi rearm, or pistol or
handgun.
Sportspersons
Anglers Hunters
Fished
only
Fished
and
hunted
Hunted
only
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Four types of hunting are reported: (1)
big game, (2) small game, (3) migra-tory
bird, and (4) other animals. Since
many hunters participated in more than
one type of hunting, the sum of hunters
for big game, small game, migratory
bird, and other animals exceeds the
total number of hunters.
Wildlife Watchers
Since 1980, the National Survey has
included information on wildlife-watching
activities in addition to
fi shing and hunting. The 1991, 1996,
2001, and 2006 Surveys, unlike the
1980 and 1985 Surveys, collected data
only for activities where the primary
purpose was wildlife watching. The
1980 and 1985 Surveys included esti-mates
of unplanned wildlife watching
around the home and while on trips
taken for another purpose.
The 2006 Survey uses a strict defi ni-tion
of wildlife watching. Participants
must either take a “special interest”
in w ildlife around their homes or take
a trip for the “primary purpose” of
wildlife watching. Secondary wild-life
watching, such as incidentally
observing wildlife while pleasure
driving, is not included.
Two types of wildlife watching
are reported: (1) away-from-home
(formerly nonresidential) activities and
(2) around-the-home (formerly residen-tial)
activities. Because some people
participated in more than one type of
wildlife watching, the sum of partici-pants
in each type will be greater than
the total number of wildlife watchers.
The two types of wildlife-watching
activity are explained next.
Away-From-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes persons who
took trips or outings of at least 1 mile
from home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
fi sh and wildlife. Trips to fi sh, hunt,
or scout and trips to zoos, circuses,
aq uariums, and museums are not
considered wildlife-watching activities.
Around-the-Home Wildlife
Watching
This group includes those who
participated within 1 mile of home and
involves one or more of the following:
(1) closely observing or trying to iden-tify
birds or other wildlife; (2) photo-graphing
wildlife; (3) feeding birds or
other wildlife; (4) maintaining natural
areas of at least 1/4 acre where benefi t
to wildlife is the primary concern; (5)
maintaining plantings (shrubs, agri-cultural
crops, etc.) where benefi t to
wildlife is the primary concern; or (6)
visiting public parks within 1 mile
of home for the primary purpose of
observing, feeding, or photographing
wildlife.
4 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
2006 Maine Summary
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,794,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $257,124,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $118,002,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $139,122,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $604
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $241,301,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $58,997,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $182,304,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,359
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 801,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 399,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 576,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 4,778,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $865,644,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,462,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $687,181,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,066
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $37
Activities in Maine by Residents and Nonresidents Activities in Maine by Nonresidents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $124,812,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,488,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,324,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $952
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,862,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,759,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19,103,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,381
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $74
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 213,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 213,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X)
Days of participation away from home . . . . 1,157,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $141,183,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $108,699,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,483,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $621
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94
(X) Not applicable.
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Activities in Maine by Residents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,804,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $132,312,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53,514,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $78,798,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $602
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,004,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $201,439,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $38,238,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $163,201,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,382
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 588,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 186,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 576,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . 3,621,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $724,461,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $69,763,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $654,698,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,232
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19
Activities by Maine Residents Both Inside
and Outside Maine
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,854,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $147,473,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,209,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83,264,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $655
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,042,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $211,434,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,585,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $170,849,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,451
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 600,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 213,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 576,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . 3,979,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $784,855,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $105,340,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $679,516,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,307
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26
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Participation in Maine
The 2006 Survey found that 1.0 million
Maine residents and nonresidents 16
years old and older fi shed, hunted, or
wildlife watched in Maine. Of the total
number of participants, 351 thousand
fi shed, 175 thousand hunted, and 801
thousand participated in wildlife-watching
activities, which include
observing, feeding, and photographing
wildlife. The sum of anglers, hunters,
and wildlife watchers exceeds the total
number of participants in wildlife -
related recreation because many indi-viduals
engaged in more than
one wildlife-related activity.
Participation by 6-to-15-Year-Old
Maine Residents
The focus of the National Survey is
on the activity of participants 16 years
old and older. However, the activity of
6- to 15-year-olds can be calculated
using the screening data covering the
year 2005. It is assumed for estima-tion
purposes that the relative activity
levels of 6-to-15-year-old participants
and participants 16 years old and older
remained the same in 2005 and 2006.
Based on this assumption, in addition
to the 225 thousand resident anglers
16 years old and older, there were 57
thousand resident anglers 6 to 15 years
old. Also, in addition to the 146 thou-sand
residents 16 years old and older
who hunted, there were 5 thousand
6-to-15-year-old residents who hunted.
Finally, there were 600 thousand Maine
residents 16 years old and older and
77 thousand 6- to 15-year-olds who
wildlife watched. Further information
on 6- to 15-year-olds is provided in
Appendix B.
Expenditures in Maine
In 2006, state residents and nonresi-dents
spent $1.5 billion on wildlife
recreation in Maine. Of that total, trip-related
expenditures were $355 million
and equipment purchases totaled $951
million. The remaining $192 million
was spent on licenses, contributions,
land ownership and leasing, and other
items.
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Participants in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in Maine: 2006
(U.S. residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 million
Sportspersons
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 thousand
Wildlife Watchers
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 thousand
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Tables 3, 24, and 39.
Percent of Total Participants
by Activity
(Total: 1.0 million participants)
Wildlife
watching
Fishing Hunting
35%
17%
80%
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation Expenditures in Maine
(Total: $1.5 billion)
Equipment
63%
Trip-related
24%
Other
13%
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine 7
Sportspersons
In 2006, 411 thousand state resident
and nonresident sportspersons 16 years
old and older fi shed or hunted in Maine.
This group comprised 351 thousand
anglers (85 percent of all sportspersons)
and 175 thousand hunters (42 percent
of all sportspersons). Among the 411
thousand sports persons who fi shed
or hunted in the state, 236 thousand
(58 percent) fi shed but did not hunt
in Maine. Another 60 thousand (15
percent) hunted but did not fi sh there.
The remaining 115 thousand (28
percent) fi shed and hunted in Maine
in 2006.
Sportspersons’ Participation in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Sportspersons (fi shed or hunted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 thousand
Fished only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 thousand
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 thousand
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 thousand
Hunted and fi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 1.
8 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Anglers
Participants and Days of Fishing
In 2006, 351 thousand state residents
and nonresidents 16 years old and older
fi shed in Maine. Of this total, 220 thou-sand
anglers (63 percent) were state
residents and 131 thousand anglers (37
percent) were nonresidents. Anglers
fi shed a total of 4.8 million days in
Maine—an average of 14 days per
angler. State residents fi shed 3.8 million
days—79 percent of all fi shing days
in Maine. Nonresidents fi shed 990
thousand days in Maine—21 percent of
all fi shing days in the state.
A large majority of Maine residents
who fi shed anywhere in the United
States did so in their resident state.
There were 225 thousand Maine
residents 16 years old and older who
fi shed in the United States in 2006 for a
total of 3.9 million days. An estimated
98 percent of all Maine residents who
fi shed did so in their home state. Of
all fi shing days by Maine residents,
99 percent or 3.8 million were in their
home state. For further details about
fi shing in Maine, see Table 3.
Anglers in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 990 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Maine anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 thousand
In Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 million
In Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
… Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine 9
Fishing Expenditures in Maine
All fi shing-related expenditures in
Maine totaled $257 million in 2006.
Trip-related expenditures, which
include food and lodging, transporta-tion,
and other trip expenses, totaled
$118 million—46 percent of all fi shing
expenditures. Expenditures for food
and lodging were $52 million and
transportation expenditures were $40
million. Other trip expenses, such as
equipment rental, bait, and cooking
fuel, totaled $27 million. Each angler
spent an average of $336 on trip-related
costs during 2006.
Anglers spent $116 million on equip-ment
in Maine in 2006, 45 percent of
all fi shing expenditures. Fishing equip-ment
(rods, reels, line, etc.) spending
totaled $28 million—24 percent of the
equipment total. Auxiliary equipment
expenditures (tents, special fi shing
clothes, etc.) and special equip-ment
expenditures (boats, vans, etc.)
amounted to $88 million—76 percent
of the equipment total. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for fi shing but could be used
in activities other than fi shing.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, stamps, and land leasing and
ownership, amounted to $23 million—9
percent of all fi shing expenditures. For
more details about fi shing expenditures
in Maine, see Tables 19 and 21 through
23.
Fishing Expenditures in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $257 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $118 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $116 million
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $88 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23 million
Source: Table 19.
Percent of Anglers by Residence
(Total: 351 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
63%
37%
Fishing Expenditures in Maine
(Total: $257 million)
Trip-related
46%
Other
9%
Equipment
45%
10 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Hunters
Participants and Days of Hunting
In 2006, there were 175 thousand
residents and nonresidents 16 years old
and older who hunted in Maine. Resi-dent
hunters numbered 146 thousand,
accounting for 83 percent of the hunters
in Maine. There were 29 thousand
nonresidents who hunted in Maine—17
percent of the state’s hunters. Residents
and nonresidents hunted 2.3 million
days in 2006, an average of 13 days per
hunter. Residents hunted 2.0 million
days in Maine or 88 percent of all
hunting days, while nonresidents spent
279 thousand days hunting in Maine or
12 percent of all hunting days.
There were 146 thousand Maine
residents 16 years old and older who
hunted in the United States in 2006 for
a total of 2.0 million days. An estimated
100 percent of all Maine residents who
hunted did so in their home state. Of
all hunting days by Maine residents,
98 percent or 2.0 million were spent
pursuing game in their home state. For
more information on hunting activities
by Maine residents, see Table 3.
Hunters in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Maine hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 thousand
In Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
In Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
… Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Hunting Expenditures in Maine
All hunting-related expenditures in
Maine totaled $241 million in 2006.
Trip-related expenses, such as food
and lodging, transportation, and other
trip expenses, totaled $59 million—24
percent of total expenditures. Expen-ditures
for food and lodging were $30
million and transportation expenditures
were $26 million. Other trip expenses,
such as equipment rental, totaled $4
million for the year. The average trip-related
expenditure per hunter was
$338.
Hunters spent $111 million on equip-ment—
46 percent of all hunting
expenditures. Hunting equipment
(guns, ammunition, etc.) totaled $34
million and made up 30 percent of
all equipment costs. Hunters spent
$77 million on auxiliary equipment
(tents, special hunting clothes, etc.)
and special equipment (boats, vans,
etc.), accounting for 70 percent of total
equipment expenditures for hunting.
Special and auxiliary equipment are
items that were purchased for hunting
but could be used in activities other
than hunting.
The purchase of other items, such as
magazines, membership dues, licenses,
permits, and land leasing and owner-ship,
cost hunters $71 million—30
percent of all hunting expenditures. For
more details on hunting expenditures in
Maine, see Tables 20 through 23.
Hunting Expenditures in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $241 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $59 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $111 million
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $77 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $71 million
Source: Table 20.
Percent of Hunters by Residence
(Total: 175 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
83%
17%
Hunting Expenditures in Maine
(Total: $241 million)
Trip-related
24%
Other
30%
Equipment
46%
12 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wildlife Watchers
Participants and Days of Activity
In 2006, 801 thousand U.S. residents
16 years old and older fed, observed,
or photographed wildlife in Maine.
Most of them, 72 percent (576 thou-sand),
enjoyed their activities close
to home and are called “around-the-home”
participants. Those persons who
enjoyed wildlife at least 1 mile from
home are called “away-from-home”
participants. People participating in
away-from-home activities in Maine
in 2006 numbered 399 thousand—50
percent of all wildlife watchers in
Maine. Of the 399 thousand, 186
thousand were state residents and 213
thousand were nonresidents.
Maine residents 16 years old and older
who enjoyed away-from-home wildlife
watching within their state totaled 186
thousand. Of this group, 184 thousand
participants observed wildlife and 120
thousand photographed wildlife. Since
some individuals engaged in more than
1 of the 3 away-from-home activities
during the year, the sum of wildlife
observers and photographers exceeds
the total number of away-from-home
participants.
Maine residents spent 3.6 million days
engaged in away-from-home wildlife-watching
activities in their state. They
spent 3.3 million days observing wild-life
and 1.4 million days photographing
wildlife. The sum of days observing
and photographing wildlife exceeds the
total days of wildlife-watching activity
because individuals engaged in more
than one activity on some days. For
further details about away-from-home
activities, see Table 25.
Maine residents also took an active
interest in wildlife around their homes.
In 2006, 576 thousand state residents
enjoyed observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
wildlife within 1 mile of their
homes. Among this around-the-home
group, 502 thousand fed, 405 thousand
observed, and 204 thousand photo-graphed
wildlife around their homes.
Another 63 thousand participants main-tained
natural areas of 1/4 acre or more
for wildlife; 82 thousand participants
maintained plantings for the benefi t of
wildlife; and 51 thousand participants
visited public parks within a mile of
Wildlife-Watching Participants in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 thousand
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 24.
Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 thousand
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 25.
Around-the-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in Maine
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 thousand
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 thousand
Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 thousand
Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 thousand
Visit public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 27.
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home because of the wildlife. Summing
the number of participants in these six
activities results in an estimate that
exceeds the total number of around-the-home
participants because many people
participated in more than one type of
around-the-home activity. In addition,
33 percent of resident around-the-home
wildlife watchers also enjoyed wildlife
away from home. For further details
about Maine residents participating in
around-the-home wildlife-watching
activities, see Table 27.
Wild Bird Observers
Bird watching attracted many wild-life
enthusiasts in Maine. In 2006,
622 thousand people observed birds
around the home and on trips in the
state. Sixty-fi ve percent (402 thousand)
observed wild birds around the home
while 59 percent (367 thousand) took
trips away from home to watch birds.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Maine
Wildlife watchers spent $866 million
on wildlife-watching activities in
Maine in 2006. Trip-related expendi-tures,
including food and lodging ($117
million), transportation ($50 million),
and other trip expenses ($11 million),
such as equipment rental, amounted
to $178 million. This summation
comprised 21 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures by participants.
The average of the trip-related expendi-tures
for away-from-home participants
was $441 per person in 2006.
Wildlife-watching participants spent
$593 million on equipment—69 percent
of all their expenditures. Specifi cally,
wildlife-watching equipment (binocu-lars,
special clothing, etc.) expenditures
totaled $76 million, 13 percent of the
equipment total. Auxiliary equipment
expenditures (tents, backpacking
equipment, etc.) and special equipment
expenditures (campers, trucks, etc.)
amounted to $517 million—87 percent
of all equipment costs. Special and
auxiliary equipment are items that were
purchased for wildlife-watching recre-ation
but can be used in activities other
than wildlife-watching activities.
Other items purchased by wildlife-watching
participants, such as maga-zines,
membership dues and contribu-tions,
land leasing and ownership, and
plantings, totaled $94 million—11
percent of all wildlife-watching expen-ditures.
For more details about wildlife-watching
expenditures in Maine, see
Table 31.
Wild Bird Observers in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 thousand
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.4 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.2 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 29.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in Maine
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $866 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $593 million
Wildlife watching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $517 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $94 million
Source: Table 31.
Around-the-Home and Away-
From-Home Participation
by Maine Residents
(Total: 576 thousand participants)
Both around
the home and
away from
home
Around the
home only
67%
33%
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in Maine
(Total: $866 million)
Trip-related
21%
Other
11%
Equipment
69%
14 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—Maine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1996–2006 Comparisons
Comparing the estimates from the
1996, 2001, and 2006 Surveys gives
a perspective on the state of wildlife-related
recreation in the late 1990s and
early-to-mid 2000s in Maine. Only the
most general recreation comparisons
are presented here.
The best way to compare estimates
from surveys is not to compare the
estimates themselves but to compare
the confi dence intervals around the
estimates. A 90-percent confi dence
interval around an estimate gives the
range of estimates that 90 percent of all
possible representative samples would
supply. If the 90-percent confi dence
intervals of two surveys’ estimates
overlap, it is not possible to say the two
estimates are statistically different.
The state resident estimates cover the
participation and expenditure activity of
Maine residents anywhere in the United
States. The in-state estimates cover
the participation, day, and expenditure
activity of U.S. residents in Maine.
The expenditure estimates were made
comparable by adjusting the estimates
for infl ation—all estimates are in 2006
dollars.
Maine 1996 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
1996 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 351 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,114 4,794 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $449,000 $257,124 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 225 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $171,229 $147,473 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 175 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,144 2,283 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $366,070 $241,301 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 146 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $278,053 $211,434 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 399 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,942 4,778 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 213 52
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 576 33
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 405 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 502 25
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $283,608 $865,644 205
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $126,834 $784,855 519
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
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Maine 2001 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
2001 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 351 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,234 4,794 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $286,070 $257,124 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 225 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $180,728 $147,473 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 175 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,469 2,283 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $185,133 $241,301 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 146 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $135,824 $211,434 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419 399 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,981 4,778 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 213 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 576 15
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 405 *
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 502 18
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $394,381 $865,644 119
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $295,391 $784,855 166
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
Number of People Who Hunted
and Fished in Maine: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
195
356
164
376
175
351
Number of People Who Wildlife
Watched in Maine: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
Away from home
Around the home
1996 2001 2006
454
433 419
501
399
576
Total Expenditures by
Participants in Maine
(In millions of 2006 dollars)
Wildlife watchers
Hunters
Anglers
1996 2001 2006
449
366
284 286
185
394
257 241
866
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Purpose and Coverage of Tables
The statistical tables of this report were
designed to meet a wide range of needs
for those interested in wildlife-related
recreation. Special terms used in these
tables are defi ned in Appendix A.
The tables are based on responses to
the 2006 Survey, which was designed
to collect data about participation in
wi ldlife-related recreation. To have
taken part in the Survey, a respondent
must have been a U.S. resident (a
resident of one of the 50 states or the
District of Columbia). No one residing
outside the United States (including
U.S. citizens) was eligible for inter-viewing.
Therefore, reported state and
national totals do not include partici-pation
by those who were not U.S.
residents or who were U.S. citizens
residing outside the United States.
Comparability With Previous
Surveys
The numbers reported can be compared
with those in the 1991, 1996, and 2001
Survey Reports. The methodology used
in 2006 was similar to that used in
those Surveys. These results should not
be directly compared to results from
Surveys earlier than 1991 since there
were major changes in methodology
in 1991. These changes were made to
improve accuracy in the estimates.
Coverage of an Individual Table
Since the Survey covers many activi-ties
in various places by participants
of different ages, all table titles,
headnotes, stubs, and footnotes are
designed to identify and articulate each
item being reported in the table. For
example, the title of Table 2 shows that
data about anglers and hunters, their
days of participation, and their number
of trips are reported by type of activity.
By contrast, the title of Table 7 indi-cates
that it contains data on freshwater
anglers and the days they fi shed for
different species.
Percentages Reported in the Tables
Percentages are reported in the tables
for the convenience of the user. When
exclusive groups are being reported, the
base of a percentage is apparent from
its context because the percents add to
100 percent (plus or minus a rounding
error). For example, Table 2 reports
the number of trips taken by big game
hunters, those taken by small game
hunters, those taken by migratory bird
hunters, and those taken by hunters
pursuing other animals. These comprise
100 percent because they are exclusive
categories.
Percents should not add to 100 when
nonexclusive groups are being reported.
Using Table 2 as an example again,
note that adding the percentages associ-ated
with the total number of big game
hunters, total small game hunters,
total migratory bird hunters, and total
hunters of other animals will not yield
total hunters because respondents could
hunt for more than one type of game.
When the base of the percentage is not
apparent in context, it is identifi ed in a
footnote. For example, Table 15 reports
two percentages with different bases:
one base being the number of total
participants at the head of the column
and the other base being the total popu-lation
who are described by the row
category. Footnotes are used to clarify
the bases of the reported percentages.
Footnotes to the Tables
Footnotes are used to clarify the infor-mation
or items that are being reported
in a table. Symbols in the body of a
table indicate important footnotes.
These symbols are used in the tables
to refer to the same footnote each time
they appear:
* Estimate based on a sample size of
10–29.
... Sample size too small to report data
reliably because there were fewer
than 10 responses.
W Less than .5 dollars.
Z Less than 0.5 percent.
X Not applicable.
NA Not asked.
Estimates based upon fewer than 10
responses are regarded as being based
on a sample size that is too small for
reliable reporting. An estimate based
upon at least 10 but fewer than 30
responses is treated as an estimate
based on a small sample size. Other
footnotes appear, as necessary, to
qualify or clarify the estimates reported
in the tables. In addition, these two
important footnotes appear frequently:
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses.
• Detail does not add to total because
of multiple responses and nonre-sponse.
“Multiple responses” is a term used
to refl ect the fact that individuals or
their characteristics fall into more than
one category. Using Table 12 as an
example, those who hunt for big game,
small game, migratory birds, and other
animals are counted only once as a
hunter in the “Total, all hunting” row.
Another example is Table 15, where
total anglers and hunters add up to
more than total sportspersons. Totals
will be smaller than the sum of subcat-egories
when multiple responses exist.
“Nonresponse” exists because the
Survey questions were answered
voluntarily and some respondents did
not or could not answer all the ques-tions.
Totals are greater than the sum of
subcategories when nonresponses have
occurred. This occurs because some
respondents answered the question that
provided the category estimate but did
not answer the subcategory questions.
Guide to Statistical Tables
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Table 1. Fishing and Hunting in Maine by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Sportspersons
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
sportspersons Number
Percent of
resident
sportspersons Number
Percent of
nonresident
sportspersons
Total sportspersons (fished or hunted) . . . . . . . . 411 100 260 100 151 100
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 85 220 85 131 87
Fished only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 58 114 44 122 81
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 28 106 41 ... ...
Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 42 146 56 *29 *19
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 15 40 15 *20 *13
Hunted and fished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 28 106 41 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in Maine by Type of Fishing and Hunting:
2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 100 4,794 100 3,831 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 86 4,272 89 3,395 89
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 303 86 4,272 89 3,395 89
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 28 703 15 436 11
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 100 2,283 100 1,926 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 95 1,854 81 1,427 74
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 34 436 19 361 19
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16 *9 *117 *5 *105 *5
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and hunters, trips,
and days of participation
Activity in Maine Activity by Maine residents in United States
Total, state
residents and
nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Total, in state
of residence and
in other states
In state
of residence
In other
states
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 100 220 63 131 37 225 100 220 98 ... ...
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,831 100 3,412 89 419 11 3,462 100 3,412 99 ... ...
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . 4,794 100 3,804 79 990 21 3,854 100 3,804 99 ... ...
Average days of fishing . . . . . . 14 (X) 17 (X) 8 (X) 17 (X) 17 (X) ... (X)
HUNTING
Total hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 100 146 83 *29 *17 146 100 146 100 ... ...
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926 100 1,766 92 *160 *8 1,778 100 1,766 99 ... ...
Total days of hunting . . . . . . . . 2,283 100 2,004 88 *279 *12 2,042 100 2,004 98 ... ...
Average days of hunting . . . . . 13 (X) 14 (X) *10 (X) 14 (X) 14 (X) ... (X)
(X) Not applicable. * Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 4. Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Place fished or hunted
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 100 146 100
In-state only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 94 141 97
In-state and other states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
In other states only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail may not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 5. Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in the United States
by Type of Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of fishing and hunting
Participants Days of participation Trips
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
FISHING
Total, all fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 100 3,854 100 3,462 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 95 3,510 91 3,129 90
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 214 95 3,501 91 3,128 90
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 24 526 14 333 10
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 100 2,042 100 1,778 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 96 1,693 83 1,326 75
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 35 356 17 319 18
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 6. Freshwater Anglers, Trips, Days of Fishing, and Type of Water Fished: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Maine
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 100 209 69 94 31
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,395 100 3,100 91 295 9
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,272 100 3,472 81 800 19
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 (X) 17 (X) 9 (X)
ANGLERS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 100 209 69 94 31
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 100 183 67 90 33
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 100 98 81 *24 *19
DAYS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,272 100 3,472 81 800 19
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,734 100 3,005 80 729 20
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 100 1,439 95 *83 *5
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. (X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 7. Freshwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Maine
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 100 100 209 69 94 31
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *33 *11 *100 *24 *73 ... ...
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 51 17 100 *32 *63 *19 *37
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 42 100 83 64 46 36
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 47 15 100 *35 *75 *12 *25
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 59 100 131 73 48 27
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 23 100 57 82 *13 *18
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *46 *15 *100 *31 *68 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12 *4 *100 *10 *87 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,272 100 100 3,472 81 800 19
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *490 *11 *100 *251 *51 ... ...
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 637 15 100 *465 *73 *172 *27
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 35 100 909 61 591 39
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . 427 10 100 *317 *74 *109 *26
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,318 54 100 1,865 80 453 20
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592 14 100 540 91 *52 *9
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *357 *8 *100 *335 *94 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *60 *1 *100 *57 *95 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Maine: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
Table 9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
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Table 10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in Maine: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in Maine
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 52 52 48 48
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 100 312 72 124 28
Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 100 504 72 198 28
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 (X) 10 (X) 4 (X)
(X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in Maine by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in Maine
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number
Percent of
total
types
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days Number
Percent of
anglers/
days
ANGLERS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 100 100 52 52 48 48
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Striped bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 59 100 *31 *52 *28 *48
Bluefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23 *23 *100 ... ... ... ...
Flatfish (flounder, halibut). . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Red drum (redfish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sea trout (weakfish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mackerel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15 *15 *100 ... ... ... ...
Mahi-mahi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Shellfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *20 *20 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other saltwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703 100 100 504 72 198 28
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Striped bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 74 100 *397 *77 *121 *23
Bluefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *143 *20 *100 ... ... ... ...
Flatfish (flounder, halibut). . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Red drum (redfish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sea trout (weakfish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mackerel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *169 *24 *100 ... ... ... ...
Mahi-mahi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Shellfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *54 *8 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other saltwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Respondent fished for no specific species and identified ‘‘Anything’’ from a list of categories of fish.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters, trips, and days of hunting
Activity in Maine
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 100 146 83 *29 *17
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 100 139 84 *26 *16
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 100 51 86 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
TRIPS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,926 100 1,766 92 *160 *8
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,427 100 1,315 92 *112 *8
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 100 319 88 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *105 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283 100 2,004 88 *279 *12
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854 100 1,654 89 *200 *11
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 100 356 82 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *117 *100 ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
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Table 13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Game: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Type of game
Hunters, state
residents and nonresidents
Days of hunting
Number Percent Number Percent
Total, all types of game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 100 2,283 100
Big game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 95 1,854 81
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 92 1,676 73
Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23 *13 *314 *14
Wild turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *21 *12 *159 *7
Other big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Small game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 34 436 19
Rabbit, hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12 *7 *102 *4
Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Grouse/prairie chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 22 279 12
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Migratory birds, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16 *9 *117 *5
Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other animals, total 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes groundhog, raccoon, fox, coyote, crow, prairie dog, etc.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in Maine by Type of Land: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters and days of hunting
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 100 146 100 *29 *100
Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 23 *38 *26 ... ...
Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *14 *8 ... ... ... ...
Public and private land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26 *15 *26 *18 ... ...
Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 90 130 89 *26 *90
Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 75 104 71 *26 *90
Private and public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26 *15 *26 *18 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,283 100 2,004 100 *279 *100
Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 17 *363 *18 ... ...
Private land2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,929 85 1,678 84 *252 *90
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Days of hunting on public land includes both days spent solely on public land and those spent on public and private land.
2 Days of hunting on private land includes both days spent solely on private land and those spent on private and public land.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 15. Selected Characteristics of Maine Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Characteristic
Population
Sportspersons
(fished or hunted)
Anglers Hunters
Number Percent Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
sports-persons
Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
anglers Number
Percent
who
partici-pated
Percent
of
hunters
Total persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 100 266 25 100 225 21 100 146 14 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 36 52 14 20 46 12 21 *17 *4 *11
Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 64 213 31 80 179 26 79 129 19 89
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area
(MSA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 55 108 18 41 95 16 42 51 9 35
1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 34 60 16 23 53 14 24 *28 *8 *19
Less than 250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 20 48 22 18 41 19 18 *24 *11 *16
Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 45 158 32 59 131 27 58 94 19 65
Sex
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522 49 203 39 77 173 33 77 128 25 88
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551 51 62 11 23 53 10 23 *17 *3 *12
Age
16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 10 *23 *21 *9 *18 *17 *8 ... ... ...
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 13 *38 *26 *14 *34 *23 *15 *18 *13 *13
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 17 81 45 30 73 40 32 *38 *21 *26
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 23 58 24 22 48 20 21 38 16 26
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 15 38 24 14 *32 *20 *14 *21 *13 *14
65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 19 *18 *9 *7 *14 *7 *6 *14 *7 *10
Ethnicity
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *7 *1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Non-Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,067 99 264 25 99 224 21 99 144 14 99
Race
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,041 97 254 24 96 214 21 95 139 13 95
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26 *2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Annual Household Income
Under $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 *14 *37 *5 *13 *35 *6 ... ... ...
$10,000 to $19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 11 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$20,000 to $29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 13 *31 *21 *11 *28 *20 *12 *21 *15 *14
$30,000 to $39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 11 *28 *22 *10 *20 *16 *9 *17 *14 *12
$40,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 9 *32 *35 *12 *26 *28 *11 *22 *24 *15
$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 18 73 38 27 62 33 28 *31 *16 *21
$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 9 *20 *21 *8 *20 *21 *9 *13 *13 *9
$100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 6 *29 *48 *11 *27 *46 *12 ... ... ...
Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 20 *26 *12 *10 *21 *10 *9 *16 *8 *11
Education
11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 16 44 26 16 *32 *19 *14 *30 *18 *20
12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 35 89 24 34 76 20 34 53 14 37
1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 24 71 27 27 62 24 28 38 15 26
4 years college or more . . . . . . . . . . . 271 25 62 23 23 55 20 24 *24 *9 *17
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses. Percent who participated shows the percent of each row’s population who participated in the activity
named by the column (the percent of those living in urban areas who fished, etc.). Remaining percent columns show the percent of each column’s participants who
are described by the row heading (the percent of anglers who lived in urban areas, etc.).
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Table 16. Summary of Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633,809 450 1,409 1,412
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,440 294 277 198
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,427 314 208 159
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,131 215 140 73
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,938 252 250 148
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,162 115 218 53
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *270,314 *30 *8,877 *558
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,827 62 45 6
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,041 43 94 8
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,528 278 329 208
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,124 380 677 604
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,735 231 224 147
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,653 252 158 113
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,613 207 128 76
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,679 201 138 74
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,653 42 87 7
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *84,460 *15 *5,618 *130
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *690 *17 *41 *2
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,666 159 136 54
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,301 178 1,352 1,359
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,704 137 217 170
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,774 137 188 148
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,519 34 105 20
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,779 113 299 193
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,174 58 260 84
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *680 *13 *53 *4
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *863 *12 *72 *5
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,863 152 460 381
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,904 78 1,724 315
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per angler
(dollars)
ALL FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233,794 350 669 548
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,735 231 224 147
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,653 252 158 113
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,613 207 128 76
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,792 218 532 211
ALL FRESHWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,659 293 590 485
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,642 200 183 121
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,354 217 149 107
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,065 181 100 60
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,598 180 476 197
FRESHWATER, EXCEPT
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,659 293 590 485
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,642 200 183 121
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,354 217 149 107
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,065 181 100 60
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,598 180 476 197
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
SALTWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47,891 96 497 334
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,093 56 268 151
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,300 70 104 73
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,548 51 167 86
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,950 34 500 24
... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 19 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per spender
(dollars)
Average per hunter
(dollars)
ALL HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169,894 165 1,027 969
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,704 137 217 170
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,774 137 188 148
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,519 34 105 20
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,898 119 930 631
BIG GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111,216 151 738 671
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,376 126 177 136
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,158 123 164 122
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,221 *29 *112 *20
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,460 99 664 393
SMALL GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,931 61 244 1,402
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,609 44 151 820
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,385 47 93 544
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,846 *35 *111 *28
MIGRATORY BIRD
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,996 *17 *235 *949
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
OTHER ANIMALS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,532 *7 *228 ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *490 *7 *73 ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Table 20 for detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 19. Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
angler
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
anglers
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257,124 604 380 108 677
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118,002 336 295 84 400
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,735 147 279 79 186
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,905 102 224 64 160
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,830 45 56 16 285
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,653 113 252 72 158
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,613 76 207 59 128
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,137 20 42 12 171
Boating costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,509 36 73 21 172
Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,651 13 149 42 31
Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,789 5 51 15 35
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 2 29 8 18
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR FISHING
Fishing equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,679 74 201 57 138
Reels, rods, and rod-making components . . . . . . . . . . . 8,957 24 86 24 104
Lines, hooks, sinkers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,306 11 144 41 30
Artificial lures and flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,431 14 146 41 37
Creels, stringers, fish bags, landing nets, and gaff
hooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *591 *2 *15 *4 *40
Minnow seines, traps, and bait containers. . . . . . . . . . . *679 *2 *19 *5 *36
Other fishing equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,715 21 57 16 136
Auxiliary equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,653 7 42 12 87
Special equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *84,460 *130 *15 *4 *5,618
Other fishing costs6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,330 56 169 48 138
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
1 Includes boat or equipment rental and fees for guides, pack trip (party and charter boats, etc.), public land use, and private land use.
2 Boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
3 Includes electronic fishing devices (depth finders, fish finders, etc.), tackle boxes, ice fishing equipment, and other fishing equipment.
4 Includes tents, special fishing clothing, etc.
5 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
6 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of anglers may be greater than 100 because spenders who did not fish in this
state are included.
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Table 20. Expenditures in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Expenditures Spenders
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Average per
hunter
(dollars)
Number
(thousands)
Percent of
hunters
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Total, all items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241,301 1,359 178 102 1,352
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,997 338 152 87 389
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,704 170 152 87 196
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,401 134 134 77 174
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,303 *36 *22 *13 *282
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,774 148 137 79 188
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,519 *20 *34 *19 *105
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,024 *12 *22 *12 *93
Boating costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR HUNTING
Hunting equipment, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,779 193 113 65 299
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15,388 *88 *24 *14 *642
Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,887 27 98 56 50
Other hunting equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,504 77 56 32 243
Auxiliary equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,174 84 58 33 260
Special equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Other hunting costs5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,406 390 155 89 462
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes guide fees, pack trip or package fees, public and private land use access fees, and rental of equipment such as boats and hunting or camping equipment.
2 Includes bows, arrows, archery equipment, telescopic sights, decoys and game calls, handloading equipment and components, hunting dogs and associated costs, hunting
knives, and other hunting equipment.
3 Includes tents, special hunting clothing, etc.
4 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
5 Includes magazines and books, membership dues and contributions, land leasing and ownership, and licenses, stamps, and permits.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. Percent of hunters may be greater than 100 percent because spenders who did not hunt
in this state are included.
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Table 21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in Maine for Fishing and Hunting by Maine
Residents and Nonresidents: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
STATE RESIDENTS AND NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490,911 411 1,193 1,195
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 233,794 350 669 666
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,735 231 224 147
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,653 252 158 113
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,509 73 172 36
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,104 187 75 40
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,792 218 532 330
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 169,894 165 1,027 973
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,704 137 217 170
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,774 137 188 148
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,300 32 103 19
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,898 119 930 635
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,223 27 3,232 212
STATE RESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349,846 237 1,477 1,345
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 122,897 199 616 559
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,539 140 140 89
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,823 146 136 90
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,517 52 163 39
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,634 120 47 26
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69,384 145 480 316
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 142,374 131 1,088 977
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,770 109 154 115
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,151 110 175 131
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,097 *23 *92 *14
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,136 108 968 715
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,575 21 3,947 325
NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141,065 175 808 936
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 110,896 150 738 846
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,196 91 354 246
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,831 106 188 151
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,992 *20 *195 *30
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,470 67 127 65
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,408 73 634 354
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 27,520 35 795 955
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12,934 *28 *463 *449
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,623 *28 *238 *230
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,202 *9 *130 *42
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,761 *12 *581 *235
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boat launching, mooring, storage, maintenance, insurance, pumpout fees, and fuel.
2 Includes equipment rental, guide and access fees, ice and bait for fishing, and heating and cooking oil.
3 Respondent could not specify whether item was for hunting or fishing.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 22. Summary of Maine Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
Maine: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
FISHING AND HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510,023 256 1,991 1,921
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,793 187 213 150
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,248 191 221 159
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,753 139 163 86
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,175 190 328 234
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,430 87 213 69
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *249,935 *26 *9,677 *941
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,596 64 56 14
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,282 44 97 16
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,810 210 318 252
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,473 216 683 655
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,010 143 154 98
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,763 149 146 97
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,436 138 149 91
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,611 145 183 118
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,827 *24 *76 *8
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *44,937 *12 *3,734 *199
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *945 *19 *51 *4
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,969 118 67 35
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211,434 143 1,475 1,451
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,784 110 162 122
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,485 110 186 141
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,316 *24 *95 *16
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,170 106 321 234
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,952 52 191 68
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *501 *13 *39 *3
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,005 *14 *70 *7
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,841 126 467 404
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149,722 69 2,185 564
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes boating costs, equipment rental, guide fees, access fees, heating and cooking fuel, and ice and bait (for fishing only).
2 Includes tents, special clothing, etc.
3 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
4 Includes land leasing and ownership, licenses, stamps, tags, and permits.
5 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse. See Tables 19–20 for a detailed listing of expenditure items.
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Table 23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by Maine Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006
(State population 16 years old and older)
Expenditure item
Amount
(thousands
of dollars)
Spenders
(thousands)
Average per
spender
(dollars)
Average per
sportsperson
(dollars)
IN MAINE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465,825 256 1,819 1,791
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,751 219 420 353
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,535 184 308 217
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,185 83 207 66
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *228,486 *25 *9,087 *878
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,868 220 327 276
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,312 215 616 602
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,514 182 294 243
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,681 139 163 103
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,766 *22 *81 *8
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,415 122 77 43
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201,439 143 1,406 1,382
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,238 123 311 262
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,636 106 309 224
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,556 51 186 66
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,065 129 459 405
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total4 . . . . . 86,184 63 1,374 331
OUT OF STATE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,257 34 1,264 2,429
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *12,780 *16 *820 *718
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,600 *20 *275 *314
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,557 *14 *180 *144
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *14,640 *24 *611 *1,125
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,341 *11 *958 *795
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *3,890 *14 *288 *299
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,048 *10 *996 *2,093
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total 4 . . . . ... ... ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably.
1 Includes tents, special hunting or fishing clothing, etc.
2 Includes boats, campers, 4x4 vehicles, cabins, etc.
3 Includes magazines, books, membership dues, contributions, land leasing and ownership, stamps, tags, and licenses.
4 Respondent could not specify whether expenditure was primarily for either fishing or hunting.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses and nonresponse.
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Table 24. Wildlife Watching in Maine by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants Number Percent
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 100
Away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 50
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 49
Photograph wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 30
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *67 *8
Around the home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576 72
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 51
Photograph wildlife. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 25
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 63
Visit public parks1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *51 *6
Maintain plantings or natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *99 *12
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29.
1 Includes visits only to parks or publicly owned areas within 1 mile of home.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
Maine: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants, trips, and days
of participation
Activity in Maine
Total, state residents