2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation New Jersey

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
New Jersey
2006 National Survey
of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation
2006 National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
FHW/06-NJ
Issued April 2008
New Jersey
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
John J. Sullivan,
Deputy Secretary
Economics and Statistics Administration
Cynthia A. Glassman,
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Steve H. Murdock,
Director
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
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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 New Jersey by Resident and Nonresident Sportspersons: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. Anglers and Hunters, Days of Participation, and Trips in New Jersey by Type of Fishing
and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Anglers and Hunters, Trips, and Days of Participation: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. New Jersey Resident Anglers and Hunters by Place Fished or Hunted: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
5. New Jersey 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 New Jersey by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8. Great Lakes Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in New Jersey by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Saltwater Anglers, Trips, and Days of Fishing in New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in New Jersey by Type of Fish: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
12. Hunters, Trips, and Days of Hunting in New Jersey by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Hunters and Days of Hunting in New Jersey by Type of Game: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
14. Hunters and Days of Hunting in New Jersey by Type of Land: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
15. Selected Characteristics of New Jersey Resident Anglers and Hunters: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
16. Summary of Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for
Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
17. Summary of Fishing Trip and Equipment Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
18. Summary of Hunting Trip and Equipment Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and
Nonresidents Combined by Type of Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19. Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Fishing: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
20. Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
21. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in New Jersey for Fishing and Hunting by New Jersey Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
22. Summary of New Jersey Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
23. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by New Jersey Residents for Fishing and Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wildlife Watching
24. Wildlife Watching in New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
25. Participants, Trips, and Days of Participation in Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching in
New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
26. Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participants by Wildlife Observed, Photographed, or
Fed in New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
List of Tables
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27. Participation in Wildlife-Watching Activities Around the Home in New Jersey: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
28. New Jersey Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching in the United States: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
29. Wild Bird Observers and Days of Observation in New Jersey by State Residents and
Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
30. Selected Characteristics of New Jersey Residents Participating in Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
31. Expenditures in New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined for Wildlife
Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
32. Trip and Equipment Expenditures in New Jersey for Wildlife Watching by New Jersey Residents
and Nonresidents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
33. Wildlife-Watching Expenditures Both Inside and Outside New Jersey by New Jersey
Residents: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
34. In-State and Out-of-State Expenditures by New Jersey Residents for Wildlife Watching: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
35. Participation of New Jersey Resident Wildlife-Watching Participants in Fishing and
Hunting: 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
36. Participation of New Jersey 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—New Jersey 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—New Jersey 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—New Jersey 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—New Jersey U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
2006 New Jersey Summary
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,820,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $752,273,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $471,178,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $281,095,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,144
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $53
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146,001,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $72,680,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73,321,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,612
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 1,713,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 615,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,483,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 7,965,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $537,388,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146,300,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $391,088,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $288
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18
Activities in New Jersey by Residents and Nonresidents Activities in New Jersey by Nonresidents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $88,397,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $81,908,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,489,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $83
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . . 198,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 198,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (X)
Days of participation away from home . . . . . . 658,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $79,715,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $43,056,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $36,659,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $218
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $65
… Sample size too small to report data reliably.
(X) Not applicable.
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Activities in New Jersey by Residents
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,836,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $663,876,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $389,270,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $274,606,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1,450
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,343,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $89,095,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $21,908,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,187,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,236
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . 1,516,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 418,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . 1,483,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 7,307,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $457,673,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $103,244,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $354,429,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $302
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14
Activities by New Jersey Residents Both Inside
and Outside New Jersey
Fishing
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530,000
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,237,000
Average days per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,167,944,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $556,386,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $611,558,000
Average per angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,203
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60
Hunting
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84,000
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,621,000
Average days per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $160,737,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $52,737,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $108,000,000
Average per hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,904
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $33
Wildlife Watching
Total wildlife-watching participants . . . . . 1,537,000
Away-from-home participants . . . . . . . . . . 513,000
Around-the-home participants . . . . . . . . . 1,483,000
Days of participation away from home . . . . . 8,694,000
Average days of participation
away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Total expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $649,008,000
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $195,252,000
Equipment and other . . . . . . . . . . . . . $453,756,000
Average per participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $422
Average trip expenditure per day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22
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Participation in New Jersey
The 2006 Survey found that 2.1 million
New Jersey residents and nonresidents
16 years old and older fi shed, hunted,
or wildlife watched in New Jersey. Of
the total number of participants, 654
thousand fi shed, 89 thousand hunted,
and 1.7 million 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
individuals engaged in more than
one wildlife-related activity.
Participation by 6-to-15-Year-Old
New Jersey 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 530 thousand resident anglers
16 years old and older, there were 162
thousand resident anglers 6 to 15 years
old. Also, in addition to the 84 thou-sand
residents 16 years old and older
who hunted, there were 6 thousand
6-to-15-year-old residents who hunted.
Finally, there were 1.5 million New
Jersey residents 16 years old and older
and 279 thousand 6- to 15-year-olds
who wildlife watched. Further informa-tion
on 6- to 15-year-olds is provided in
Appendix B.
Expenditures in New Jersey
In 2006, state residents and nonresi-dents
spent $1.7 billion on wildlife
recreation in New Jersey. Of that total,
trip-related expenditures were $690
million and equipment purchases
totaled $804 million. The remaining
$169 million was spent on licenses,
contributions, land ownership and
leasing, and other items.
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Participants in Wildlife-Associated Recreation in New Jersey: 2006
(U.S. residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 million
Sportspersons
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 thousand
Wildlife Watchers
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 thousand
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Tables 3, 24, and 39.
Percent of Total Participants
by Activity
(Total: 2.1 million participants)
Wildlife
watching
Fishing Hunting
31%
4%
82%
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
Expenditures in New Jersey
(Total: $1.7 billion)
Equipment
48%
Trip-related
41%
Other
10%
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation—New Jersey 7
Sportspersons
In 2006, 696 thousand state resident
and nonresident sportspersons 16
years old and older fi shed or hunted
in New Jersey. This group comprised
654 thousand anglers (94 percent of all
sportspersons) and 89 thousand hunters
(13 percent of all sportspersons).
Among the 696 thousand sportspersons
who fi shed or hunted in the state, 607
thousand (87 percent) fi shed but did
not hunt in New Jersey. Another 41
thousand (6 percent) hunted but did not
fi sh there. The remaining 47 thousand
(7 percent) fi shed and hunted in New
Jersey in 2006.
Sportspersons’ Participation in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Sportspersons (fi shed or hunted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 thousand
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 thousand
Fished only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 thousand
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 thousand
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 thousand
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 thousand
Hunted and fi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 1.
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Anglers
Participants and Days of Fishing
In 2006, 654 thousand state residents
and nonresidents 16 years old and older
fi shed in New Jersey. Of this total,
458 thousand anglers (70 percent)
were state residents and 197 thousand
anglers (30 percent) were nonresidents.
Anglers fi shed a total of 8.8 million
days in New Jersey—an average of
13 days per angler. State residents
fi shed 7.8 million days—89 percent
of all fi shing days in New Jersey.
Nonresidents fi shed 984 thousand
days in New Jersey—11 percent of all
fi shing days in the state.
A large majority of New Jersey
residents who fi shed anywhere in the
United States did so in their resident
state. There were 530 thousand New
Jersey residents 16 years old and older
who fi shed in the United States in
2006 for a total of 9.2 million days.
An estimated 86 percent of all New
Jersey residents who fi shed did so in
their home state. Of all fi shing days by
New Jersey residents, 85 percent or 7.8
million were in their home state.
Some state residents fi shed in states
other than New Jersey. In 2006, 199
thousand New Jersey residents fi shed in
other states—38 percent of all residents
fi shing in any state. They fi shed 1.6
million days as nonresidents, repre-senting
18 percent of all days fi shed
by New Jersey residents. For further
details about fi shing in New Jersey, see
Table 3.
Anglers in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 984 thousand
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
New Jersey anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 thousand
In New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 thousand
Days of fi shing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 million
In New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Fishing Expenditures in New Jersey
All fi shing-related expenditures in
New Jersey totaled $752 million in
2006. Trip-related expenditures, which
include food and lodging, transporta-tion,
and other trip expenses, totaled
$471 million—63 percent of all fi shing
expenditures. Expenditures for food
and lodging were $89 million and
transportation expenditures were $75
million. Other trip expenses, such as
equipment rental, bait, and cooking
fuel, totaled $308 million. Each angler
spent an average of $720 on trip-related
costs during 2006.
Anglers spent $254 million on equip-ment
in New Jersey in 2006, 34 percent
of all fi shing expenditures. Fishing
equipment (rods, reels, line, etc.)
spending totaled $128 million—51
percent of the equipment total. Auxil-iary
equipment expenditures (tents,
special fi shing clothes, etc.) and special
equipment expenditures (boats, vans,
etc.) amounted to $125 million—49
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 $27 million—4
percent of all fi shing expenditures. For
more details about fi shing expenditures
in New Jersey, see Tables 19 and 21
through 23.
Fishing Expenditures in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $752 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $471 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $254 million
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $128 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $125 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27 million
Source: Table 19.
Percent of Anglers by Residence
(Total: 654 thousand participants)
Residents Nonresidents
70%
30%
Fishing Expenditures
in New Jersey
(Total: $752 million)
Trip-related
63%
Other
4%
Equipment
34%
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Hunters
Participants and Days of Hunting
In 2006, there were 89 thousand resi-dents
and nonresidents 16 years old
and older who hunted in New Jersey.
Resident hunters numbered 72 thou-sand,
accounting for 81 percent of the
hunters in New Jersey. Residents and
nonresidents hunted 1.5 million days in
2006, an average of 16 days per hunter.
Residents hunted 1.3 million days in
New Jersey or 92 percent of all hunt-ing
days.
There were 84 thousand New Jersey
residents 16 years old and older who
hunted in the United States in 2006
for a total of 1.6 million days. An
estimated 85 percent of all New Jersey
residents who hunted did so in their
home state. Of all hunting days by
New Jersey residents, 83 percent or 1.3
million were spent pursuing game in
their home state.
Some state residents hunted in states
other than New Jersey. Altogether,
34 thousand or 41 percent of all New
Jersey hunters hunted in other states.
Their 302 thousand days of hunting
in other states represented 19 percent
of all days New Jersey residents spent
hunting in 2006. For more information
on hunting activities by New Jersey
residents, see Table 3.
Hunters in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 thousand
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 thousand
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 million
Nonresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
… Sample size too small to report data reliably.
Source: Table 3.
In State/Out of State
(State residents 16 years old and older)
New Jersey hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 thousand
In New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 thousand
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 thousand
Days of hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 million
In New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 million
In other states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 3.
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Hunting Expenditures in
New Jersey
All hunting-related expenditures in
New Jersey totaled $146 million in
2006. Trip-related expenses, such
as food and lodging, transportation,
and other trip expenses, totaled $73
million—50 percent of total expen-ditures.
Expenditures for food and
lodging were $34 million and transpor-tation
expenditures were $19 million.
Other trip expenses, such as equipment
rental, totaled $19 million for the year.
The average trip-related expenditure
per hunter was $817.
Hunters spent $63 million on equip-ment—
43 percent of all hunting expen-ditures.
Hunting equipment (guns,
ammunition, etc.) totaled $55 million
and made up 88 percent of all equip-ment
costs. Hunters spent $8 million
on auxiliary equipment (tents, special
hunting clothes, etc.) and special equip-ment
(boats, vans, etc.), accounting
for 12 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 $10 million—7
percent of all hunting expenditures. For
more details on hunting expenditures in
New Jersey, see Tables 20 through 23.
Hunting Expenditures in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $73 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63 million
Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 million
Source: Table 20.
Hunting Expenditures
in New Jersey
(Total: $146 million)
Trip-related
50%
Other
7%
Equipment
43%
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Wildlife Watchers
Participants and Days of Activity
In 2006, 1.7 million U.S. residents
16 years old and older fed, observed,
or photographed wildlife in New
Jersey. Most of them, 87 percent (1.5
million), 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 partici-pating
in away-from-home activities
in New Jersey in 2006 numbered 615
thousand—36 percent of all wildlife
watchers in New Jersey. Of the 615
thousand, 418 thousand were state resi-dents
and 198 thousand were nonresi-dents.
New Jersey residents 16 years old and
older who enjoyed away-from-home
wildlife watching within their state
totaled 418 thousand. Of this group,
412 thousand participants observed
wildlife, 135 thousand fed wildlife, and
211 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, feeders, and photog-raphers
exceeds the total number of
away-from-home participants.
New Jersey residents spent 7.3 million
days engaged in away-from-home
wildlife-watching activities in their
state. They spent 6.9 million days
observing wildlife, 3.8 million days
feeding wildlife, and 3.0 million days
photographing wildlife. The sum of
days observing, feeding, and photo-graphing
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 activi-ties,
see Table 25.
New Jersey residents also took an
active interest in wildlife around their
homes. In 2006, 1.5 million state
residents enjoyed observing, feeding,
and photographing wildlife within
1 mile of their homes. Among this
around-the-home group, 1.3 million
fed, 843 thousand observed, and 468
thousand photographed wildlife around
their homes. Another 249 thousand
participants maintained natural areas
Wildlife-Watching Participants in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 24.
Away-From-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 thousand
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 thousand
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9 million
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 25.
Around-the-Home Wildlife-Watching Participation in New Jersey
(State residents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 million
Feed wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 million
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 thousand
Photograph wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 thousand
Maintain natural areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 thousand
Maintain plantings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 thousand
Visit public areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 thousand
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 27.
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of 1/4 acre or more for wildlife; 249
thousand participants maintained plant-ings
for the benefi t of wildlife; and 438
thousand participants visited public
parks within a mile of 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,
31 percent of resident around-the-home
wildlife watchers also enjoyed wildlife
away from home. For further details
about New Jersey residents partici-pating
in around-the-home wildlife-watching
activities, see Table 27.
Wild Bird Observers
Bird watching attracted many wildlife
enthusiasts in New Jersey. In 2006, 1.1
million people observed birds around
the home and on trips in the state.
Seventy-three percent (822 thousand)
observed wild birds around the home
while 52 percent (593 thousand) took
trips away from home to watch birds.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in New Jersey
Wildlife watchers spent $537 million
on wildlife-watching activities in New
Jersey in 2006. Trip-related expendi-tures,
including food and lodging ($81
million), transportation ($59 million),
and other trip expenses ($6 million),
such as equipment rental, amounted
to $146 million. This summation
comprised 27 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures by participants.
The average of the trip-related expendi-tures
for away-from-home participants
was $225 per person in 2006.
Wildlife-watching participants spent
$265 million on equipment—49
percent of all their expenditures.
Specifi cally, wildlife-watching equip-ment
(binoculars, special clothing,
etc.) expenditures totaled $226 million,
85 percent of the equipment total.
Auxiliary equipment expenditures
(tents, backpacking equipment, etc.)
and special equipment expenditures
(campers, trucks, etc.) amounted to
$40 million—15 percent of all equip-ment
costs. Special and auxiliary equip-ment
are items that were purchased for
wildlife-watching recreation but can be
used in activities other than wildlife-watching
activities.
Other items purchased by wildlife -
watching participants, such as
magazines, membership dues and
contributions, land leasing and owner-ship,
and plantings, totaled $126
million—23 percent of all wildlife-watching
expenditures. For more details
about wildlife-watching expenditures in
New Jersey, see Table 31.
Wild Bird Observers in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Participants, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 thousand
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 thousand
Days, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.5 million
Around the home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.3 million
Away from home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 million
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Source: Table 29.
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures in New Jersey
(State residents and nonresidents 16 years old and older)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $537 million
Trip-related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $146 million
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $265 million
Wildlife watching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $226 million
Auxiliary and special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40 million
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $126 million
Source: Table 31.
Around-the-Home and Away-
From-Home Participation
by New Jersey Residents
(Total: 1.5 million participants)
Both around
the home and
away from
home
Around the
home only
69%
31%
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
in New Jersey
(Total: $537 million)
Trip-related
27%
Other
23%
Equipment
49%
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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 New Jersey. Only
the most general recreation compari-sons
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 New Jersey residents anywhere in
the United States. The in-state esti-mates
cover the participation, day, and
expenditure activity of U.S. residents in
New Jersey.
The expenditure estimates were made
comparable by adjusting the estimates
for infl ation—all estimates are in 2006
dollars.
New Jersey 1996 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
1996 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059 654 –38
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,125 8,820 –45
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,320,701 $752,273 –43
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788 530 –33
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,510,820 $1,167,944 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 89 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,242 1,457 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $210,970 $146,001 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 84 *
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $235,983 $160,737 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612 615 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,363 7,965 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 513 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561 1,483 *
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142 843 –26
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,380 1,255 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $1,112,934 $537,388 –52
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,614,827 $649,008 *
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
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New Jersey 2001 and 2006 Comparison
(Numbers in thousands)
2001 2006 Percent change
Fishing
Anglers in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806 654 –19
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,857 8,820 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $797,802 $752,273 *
State resident anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 530 –17
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $812,589 $1,167,944 *
Hunting
Hunters in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 89 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,120 1,457 *
In-state expenditures by U.S. hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $172,008 $146,001 *
State resident hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 84 –33
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $178,736 $160,737 *
Away-From-Home Wildlife Watching
Participants in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688 615 *
Days in state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,873 7,965 *
State resident participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 513 *
Around-the-Home Wildlife Watching
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,640 1,483 *
Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,085 843 –22
Feeders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 1,255 *
Wildlife-Watching Expenditures
In-state expenditures by U.S. wildlife watchers . . . . . . . . . . $1,417,982 $537,388 –62
Total expenditures by state residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,886,805 $649,008 –66
* Not different from zero at the 10 percent level of signifi cance.
Number of People Who Hunted and
Fished in New Jersey: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
1996 2001 2006
95
1,059
135
806
89
654
Number of People Who Wildlife
Watched in New Jersey: 1996–2006
(In thousands)
1996 2001 2006
612
1,561
688
1,640
615
1,483
Total Expenditures by Participants
in New Jersey: 1996–2006
(In millions of 2006 dollars)
1996 2001 2006
1,321
211
1,113
798
172
1,418
752
146
537
Hunters
Anglers
Away from home
Around the home
Wildlife watchers
Hunters
Anglers
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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 New Jersey 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) . . . . . . . . 696 100 493 100 203 100
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 94 458 93 197 97
Fished only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607 87 421 85 186 92
Fished and hunted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7 37 8 ... ...
Total hunters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 13 72 15 ... ...
Hunted only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *41 *6 *35 *7 ... ...
Hunted and fished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7 37 8 ... ...
* 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 New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 100 8,820 100 7,542 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 37 3,646 41 2,681 36
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 243 37 3,646 41 2,681 36
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 76 5,568 63 4,860 64
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 100 1,457 100 1,321 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 82 1,259 86 949 72
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *38 *42 *315 *22 *264 *20
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
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 New Jersey Activity by New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654 100 458 70 197 30 530 100 458 86 199 38
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,542 100 6,772 90 770 10 7,846 100 6,772 86 1,074 14
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . 8,820 100 7,836 89 984 11 9,237 100 7,836 85 1,621 18
Average days of fishing . . . . . . 13 (X) 17 (X) 5 (X) 17 (X) 17 (X) 8 (X)
HUNTING
Total hunters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 100 72 81 ... ... 84 100 72 85 *34 *41
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 100 1,182 89 ... ... 1,305 100 1,182 91 *123 *9
Total days of hunting . . . . . . . . 1,457 100 1,343 92 ... ... 1,621 100 1,343 83 *302 *19
Average days of hunting . . . . . 16 (X) 19 (X) ... (X) 19 (X) 19 (X) *9 (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. New Jersey 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 100 84 100
In-state only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 62 50 59
In-state and other states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 24 *22 *26
In other states only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 14 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... 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. New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530 100 9,237 100 7,846 100
Total, all freshwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 51 4,338 47 3,237 41
Freshwater, except Great Lakes. . . . . . . . . . . . 267 50 4,295 47 3,216 41
Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Saltwater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 71 5,363 58 4,609 59
HUNTING
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 100 1,621 100 1,305 100
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 80 1,385 85 978 75
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *34 *40 *276 *17 *261 *20
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
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.
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 New Jersey
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 100 210 86 *33 *14
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,681 100 2,612 97 *70 *3
Total days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,646 100 3,500 96 *146 *4
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (X) 17 (X) *4 (X)
ANGLERS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 100 210 86 *33 *14
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 100 182 92 ... ...
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 100 86 89 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,646 100 3,500 96 *146 *4
Ponds, lakes, or reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,377 100 2,278 96 ... ...
Rivers or streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116 100 1,087 97 ... ...
* Estimate based on a sample size of 10–29. ... Sample size too small to report data reliably. (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 New Jersey by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in New Jersey
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 100 100 210 86 *33 *14
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *35 *14 *100 *30 *86 ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 24 100 52 89 ... ...
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 63 26 100 42 66 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 57 100 112 81 ... ...
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *44 *18 *100 *41 *93 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . *37 *15 *100 *36 *98 ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 32 100 59 77 ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *44 *18 *100 *41 *94 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *18 *7 *100 *15 *86 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,646 100 100 3,500 96 *146 *4
Crappie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *340 *9 *100 *333 *98 ... ...
Panfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 13 100 481 98 ... ...
White bass, striped bass, striped bass hybrids . . . . . 780 21 100 668 86 ... ...
Black bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,818 50 100 1,701 94 ... ...
Catfish, bullheads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *320 *9 *100 *317 *99 ... ...
Walleye, sauger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Northern pike, pickerel, muskie, muskie hybrids . . . *398 *11 *100 *395 *99 ... ...
Steelhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Trout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 24 100 833 95 ... ...
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Anything1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *375 *10 *100 *363 *97 ... ...
Other freshwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *156 *4 *100 *131 *84 ... ...
* 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 New Jersey: 2006
This table does not apply to this state.
Table 9. Great Lakes Anglers and Days of Fishing in New Jersey 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 New Jersey: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers, trips, and days of fishing
Activity in New Jersey
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total anglers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 100 340 69 155 31
Total trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,860 100 4,160 86 700 14
Total days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,568 100 4,728 85 840 15
Average days of fishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 (X) 14 (X) 5 (X)
(X) Not applicable.
Note: Detail does not add to total because of multiple responses.
Table 11. Saltwater Anglers and Days of Fishing in New Jersey by Type of Fish: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Anglers and days of fishing
Activity in New Jersey
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496 100 100 340 69 155 31
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Striped bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 46 100 176 77 *54 *23
Bluefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 33 100 134 83 *28 *17
Flatfish (flounder, halibut). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 58 100 201 70 *87 *30
Red drum (redfish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sea trout (weakfish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 16 100 *46 *57 *34 *43
Mackerel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mahi-mahi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Shellfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *36 *7 *100 *16 *44 ... ...
Anything1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 20 100 70 70 *29 *30
Other saltwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 14 100 61 85 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,568 100 100 4,728 85 840 15
Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Striped bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,854 51 100 2,673 94 *182 *6
Bluefish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353 24 100 1,277 94 *75 *6
Flatfish (flounder, halibut). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,510 45 100 1,999 80 *511 *20
Red drum (redfish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sea trout (weakfish). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843 15 100 *721 *86 *122 *14
Mackerel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mahi-mahi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Shellfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *88 *2 *100 *44 *50 ... ...
Anything1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801 14 100 590 74 *211 *26
Other saltwater fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 12 100 666 97 ... ...
* 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 New Jersey by Type of Hunting: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Hunters, trips, and days of hunting
Activity in New Jersey
Total, state
residents and nonresidents
State residents Nonresidents
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
HUNTERS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 100 72 81 ... ...
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 100 57 78 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *38 *100 *26 *70 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
TRIPS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,321 100 1,182 89 ... ...
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 100 873 92 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *264 *100 *252 *96 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
Other animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
DAYS
Total, all hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 100 1,343 92 ... ...
Big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,259 100 1,146 91 ... ...
Small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *315 *100 *262 *83 ... ...
Migratory bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ...
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 New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 100 1,457 100
Big game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 82 1,259 86
Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 75 1,142 78
Elk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Wild turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *27 *31 *204 *14
Other big game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Small game, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *38 *42 *315 *22
Rabbit, hare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Grouse/prairie chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *20 *23 *188 *13
Other small game. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Migratory birds, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 New Jersey 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 100 72 100 ... ...
Public land, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 67 49 68 ... ...
Public land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *27 *31 *17 *24 ... ...
Public and private land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *32 *36 *32 *44 ... ...
Private land, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 64 51 70 ... ...
Private land only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *25 *29 *19 *26 ... ...
Private and public land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *32 *36 *32 *44 ... ...
DAYS
Total, all types of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,457 100 1,343 100 ... ...
Public land1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751 52 647 48 ... ...
Private land2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 65 887 66 ... ...
* 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 New Jersey 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,734 100 562 8 100 530 8 100 84 1 100
Population Density of Residence
Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,258 93 476 8 85 450 7 85 68 1 80
Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476 7 86 18 15 80 17 15 *17 *4 *20
Population Size of Residence
Metropolitan statistical area
(MSA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,734 100 562 8 100 530 8 100 84 1 100
1,000,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,923 88 453 8 81 424 7 80 66 1 79
250,000 to 999,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . 598 9 81 13 14 78 13 15 *14 *2 *16
Less than 250,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 3 *28 *13 *5 *28 *13 *5 ... ... ...
Outside MSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sex
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,299 49 461 14 82 431 13 81 82 2 97
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,436 51 101 3 18 99 3 19 ... ... ...
Age
16 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
18 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678 10 *28 *4 *5 *24 *3 *4 ... ... ...
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,074 16 57 5 10 *49 *5 *9 ... ... ...
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308 19 191 15 34 183 14 35 *17 *1 *20
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371 20 145 11 26 140 10 26 *28 *2 *34
55 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 14 67 7 12 64 7 12 *14 *1 *17
65 years and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,109 16 62 6 11 62 6 12 ... ... ...
Ethnicity
Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 907 13 *23 *3 *4 *23 *3 *4 ... ... ...
Non-Hispanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,828 87 539 9 96 507 9 96 84 1 100
Race
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,264 78 516 10 92 484 9 91 84 2 100
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885 13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
All others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 9 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Annual Household Income
Under $10,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$10,000 to $19,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
$20,000 to $29,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 6 *40 *10 *7 *40 *10 *7 ... ... ...
$30,000 to $39,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 7 *41 *9 *7 *41 *9 *8 ... ... ...
$40,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 5 *27 *7 *5 *21 *6 *4 ... ... ...
$50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 929 14 112 12 20 104 11 20 *15 *2 *18
$75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 12 93 12 17 89 11 17 ... ... ...
$100,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,348 20 161 12 29 148 11 28 *28 *2 *33
Not reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,126 32 83 4 15 83 4 16 ... ... ...
Education
11 years or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839 12 *42 *5 *7 *38 *5 *7 ... ... ...
12 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,167 32 171 8 30 164 8 31 *28 *1 *34
1 to 3 years college . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,240 18 129 10 23 119 10 23 *21 *2 *25
4 years college or more . . . . . . . . . . . 2,488 37 220 9 39 208 8 39 *27 *1 *32
* 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 New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125,761 677 1,662 1,394
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,733 516 238 176
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93,723 506 185 135
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327,402 497 659 470
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184,961 365 507 258
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,320 143 198 39
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *325,625 *57 *5,726 *257
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,628 134 57 11
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,051 94 96 9
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,317 220 120 38
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752,273 600 1,253 1,144
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,650 466 190 135
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,589 453 165 114
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307,939 483 638 471
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,299 321 399 191
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,311 88 163 21
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *111,118 *39 *2,867 *170
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,720 102 46 7
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,677 *45 *60 *4
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,970 151 133 30
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,001 93 1,567 1,612
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,083 75 455 383
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,133 76 250 215
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19,463 *23 *853 *219
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,390 67 832 594
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,862 *21 *324 *77
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *1,818 *15 *119 *20
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,259 *18 *129 *25
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,347 84 76 70
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226,216 91 2,476 110
* 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 New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724,907 583 1,243 1,102
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,650 466 190 135
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,589 453 165 114
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307,939 483 638 471
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,729 337 753 382
ALL FRESHWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,679 249 532 532
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,208 170 171 120
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,181 181 123 91
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,508 181 317 237
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,783 142 167 83
FRESHWATER, EXCEPT
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131,203 248 529 531
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,208 170 171 120
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,014 181 122 91
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,508 181 317 237
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22,473 141 159 83
GREAT LAKES
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
SALTWATER
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,151 440 1,254 1,020
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,442 375 158 120
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,408 345 152 106
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,431 380 659 505
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,869 187 1,016 289
... 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 New Jersey 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135,576 87 1,552 1,496
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,083 75 455 383
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,133 76 250 215
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19,463 *23 *853 *219
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,897 67 945 679
BIG GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,596 72 1,059 1,032
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,097 61 262 220
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,694 64 152 133
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,130 *19 *276 *70
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,674 58 787 609
SMALL GAME
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *35,627 *40 *884 *2,132
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *11,356 *33 *341 *908
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,988 *30 *235 *559
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,338 *14 *650 *30
MIGRATORY BIRD
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *20,730 *26 *790 *4,614
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
OTHER ANIMALS
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 New Jersey 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752,273 1,144 600 92 1,253
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471,178 720 535 82 880
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,650 135 515 79 172
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,344 123 466 71 172
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *8,306 *13 *28 *4 *296
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,589 114 453 69 165
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307,939 471 483 74 638
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56,191 86 210 32 268
Boating costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,834 316 154 24 1,343
Bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,642 54 408 62 87
Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,671 13 236 36 37
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *601 *1 *19 *3 *32
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR FISHING
Fishing equipment, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128,299 191 321 49 399
Reels, rods, and rod-making components . . . . . . . . . . . 51,381 76 161 25 320
Lines, hooks, sinkers, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,188 30 279 43 72
Artificial lures and flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,891 26 235 36 76
Creels, stringers, fish bags, landing nets, and gaff
hooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,007 6 49 7 82
Minnow seines, traps, and bait containers. . . . . . . . . . . 1,513 2 52 8 29
Other fishing equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,320 51 101 15 331
Auxiliary equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,311 21 88 13 163
Special equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *111,118 *170 *39 *6 *2,867
Other fishing costs6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,366 42 234 36 117
* 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 New Jersey 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146,001 1,612 93 105 1,567
TRIP-RELATED EXPENDITURES
Total trip-related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,680 817 82 92 886
Food and lodging, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,083 383 82 92 416
Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,280 228 75 84 270
Lodging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,133 215 76 86 250
Other trip costs, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19,463 *219 *23 *26 *853
Privilege and other fees1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Boating costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Heating and cooking fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EXPENDITURES
PRIMARILY FOR HUNTING
Hunting equipment, total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,390 594 67 75 832
Firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *25,199 *260 *19 *22 *1,312
Ammunition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,210 47 41 46 104
Other hunting equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,981 288 51 57 508
Auxiliary equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,862 *77 *21 *24 *324
Special equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ...
Other hunting costs5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,424 116 84 94 125
* 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 New Jersey for Fishing and Hunting by New Jersey
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075,828 643 1,673 1,546
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 724,907 583 1,243 1,108
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88,650 466 190 135
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,589 453 165 114
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206,834 154 1,343 316
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101,105 472 214 154
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253,729 337 753 388
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 135,576 87 1,552 1,525
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,083 75 455 383
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,133 76 250 215
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *19,260 *20 *986 *217
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,897 67 945 707
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,345 25 8,704 309
STATE RESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 932,572 465 2,007 1,892
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 637,258 424 1,505 1,392
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,376 336 216 158
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,341 324 140 99
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,690 114 1,668 416
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,862 344 235 177
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247,988 292 848 542
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . 80,006 69 1,163 1,110
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,348 59 193 157
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,745 60 147 121
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58,097 54 1,066 806
Unspecified equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215,309 24 8,865 437
NONRESIDENTS
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing and hunting,
total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,256 178 803 706
Trip and equipment expenditures for fishing, total. . . . . . . . . . 87,649 159 550 446
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,274 131 125 83
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,248 129 227 149
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *16,144 *40 *407 *82
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,242 129 157 103
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,741 *44 *129 *29
Trip and equipment expenditures for hunting, total. . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Boating costs1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other trip costs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
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 New Jersey Residents’ Fishing and Hunting Expenditures Both Inside and Outside
New Jersey: 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,579,802 526 3,005 2,811
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,472 424 426 321
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,271 425 257 194
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319,382 415 770 568
Equipment (fishing, hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199,918 331 605 356
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,216 149 256 68
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *360,359 *59 *6,100 *641
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,062 144 56 14
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,792 112 96 19
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353,330 230 1,536 629
FISHING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,167,944 487 2,400 2,203
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,695 390 402 296
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,340 391 234 172
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308,351 408 755 582
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132,576 291 455 250
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,044 93 215 38
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *122,176 *40 *3,065 *230
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,677 102 46 9
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,232 52 62 6
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328,852 176 1,866 620
HUNTING
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,737 83 1,930 1,904
Food and lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,776 70 341 282
Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,930 72 249 212
Other trip costs1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *11,031 *23 *481 *131
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,836 66 1,003 780
Auxiliary equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *9,803 *28 *355 *116
Special equipment3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Magazines and books. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,067 *21 *100 *24
Membership dues and contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *5,171 *25 *207 *61
Other4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,478 77 318 290
UNSPECIFIED5
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249,614 100 2,505 444
* 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 New Jersey 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 NEW JERSEY
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978,181 491 1,991 1,984
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411,178 427 962 834
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,791 308 568 355
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,852 134 207 57
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *325,625 *57 *5,726 *661
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,736 275 141 79
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663,876 437 1,521 1,450
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389,270 394 987 850
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,944 277 444 268
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,926 80 174 30
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *111,118 *39 *2,867 *243
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,619 211 126 58
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89,095 75 1,194 1,236
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,908 65 336 304
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,591 54 928 702
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,862 *21 *324 *95
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,089 67 136 126
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total4 . . . . . 223,524 80 2,777 453
OUT OF STATE
Expenditures for fishing and hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591,089 217 2,722 2,655
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187,759 194 968 843
Equipment (fishing and hunting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,062 68 366 113
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *10,365 *31 *332 *47
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333,169 106 3,145 1,497
Expenditures for fishing, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494,505 190 2,606 2,484
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157,556 172 917 791
Fishing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,632 47 205 48
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *6,117 *19 *325 *31
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310,143 80 3,899 1,558
Expenditures for hunting, total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,778 38 1,847 2,062
Trip-related expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *30,203 *32 *947 *880
Hunting equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *15,180 *24 *638 *442
Auxiliary equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *2,941 *10 *295 *86
Special equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ...
Other3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22,453 *34 *669 *654
Unspecified expenditures for fishing and hunting, total 4 . . . . *25,544 *17 *1,529 *115
* 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 New Jersey by State Residents and Nonresidents Combined: 2006
(Population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)
Participants Number Percent
Total participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,713 100
Away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615 36
Observe wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600