Table 3.32. Estimated sportfishing demand in the Louisiana coastal zone*. 



26 Coastal Parishes'' 



Man-days/man/yr 



Man-days 

 per year 

 (x IJOOO) 



Southwestern Louisiana*- 

 (Hydrologic Units VII, VIII, and IX) 



Man-days/man/yr 



Man-days 

 per year 

 (x IPOO) 



Saltwater sportfishing 

 Freshwater sportfishing 

 Sport shrimping 

 Sport crabbing 

 Sport crayfishing 



Total 



1.92 

 1.66 

 0.18 

 1.07 

 0.29 

 5.12 



4,045 

 3,491 



373 

 2,250 



610 

 10,769 



1.00 

 1.90 

 0.23 

 0.79 

 0.26 

 4.18 



479 

 908 

 112 

 378 

 125 

 2,002 



U.S. Army Corps Engineers unpublished, Lindall et al. 1972. 



The 1968 population of the 26 Louisiana coastal parishes = 2,104,800. 



The 1970 population of seven western parishes (Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Vermilion, and 

 one half of St. Mary ) = 477,861. 



Based on 1968 telephone survey. 



Table 3.33. Demand for and value of sportfishing in the Chenier Plain. 



Fishing activity, man-days/yr X 1 ,000* 

 Basin Population Saltwater Freshwater Shrimping Crabbing Crayfishing Total Value 



Calculated from the indicated population and the man-days per man per year shown in table 3.32. 



Calculated at $2 per man-day (U.S. Water Resources Council 1973). 



The first population number for each basin is for the Chenier Plain boundaries. The second number includes the adjacent 

 urban parishes (counties) to the north. 



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