is estimated that the total expenditure per fishing day was $318.35. Since 

 there were 10.459 million man days of saltwater sport fishing in Southwest 

 Florida, the total value of saltwater sport fishing was $3,333 billion. Based 

 on a figure of 118,000 jobs related to saltwater sport fishing in Florida, 

 ewery 1,000 man days of fishing supports two employees. Based on 10.459 mil- 

 lion man days of saltwater sport fishing in Southwest Florida in 1980, the 

 fishery supports 20,918 jobs. The value of the fishery is projected to be 

 about $3,821 billion in 1985 and $4,210 billion in 1990. The number of jobs 

 should increase from 24,000 to 26,400. 



Similar calculations apply to the freshwater sport fishing. Each man day 

 of fishing adds $130.59 to the economy and each 10,000 man days supports 12 

 jobs (Bell 1978). As shown in Tables R/T 8-16 in the Data Appendix, the 

 expected demand for freshwater fishing is 1.774 million fishing days in 1980, 

 2.083 million in 1985, and 2.297 million in 1990. The freshwater sport fish- 

 ing industry in 1980 was valued at $23,670 million and supported 2,219 jobs. 

 In 1985-90, the value of the fishery is expected to increase from $272,020 

 million to $299,970 million and the number of jobs should increase from 2,500 

 to 2,756. 



HUNTING 



A comprehensive analysis of the recreational value of the hunting indus- 

 try and its effect on the socioeconomic structure was prepared by Gibbs (1975) 

 from which some of the following observations were taken, and from Tables R/T 

 8-16 in the Data Appendix. 



The total value of all hunting in Florida was $294 million based on 6 

 million man days of hunting. Annual hunting expenditures in Florida are esti- 

 mated at $116 million. 



The number of out-of-state hunting licenses issued gives some measure of 

 hunting demand. The 10-day or 12-month licenses may be issued in a particular 

 county, but the licensees may hunt in several counties. In 1954-55, only 195 

 out-of-state licenses were issued in Southwest Florida, but by 1979-80, 2,086 

 were issued. 



In 1965-66, one out-of-state hunting license was issued per 100,000 tour- 

 ists, but in 1979-80 the ratio was one in 200,000. Based on the number of 

 hunters and the area of available hunting grounds, 188 acres were available 

 for each out-of-state hunter. 



The number of resident hunting licenses issued in Southwest Florida 

 increased from 9,545 in fiscal year 1954-55 to 22,558 in fiscal year 1979-80, 

 an increase of 136%. In 1960, 14 resident licenses were issued per 1,000 

 residents, but by 1980 the ratio dropped to 10 per 1,000. The largest number 

 of resident licenses were sold in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Based 

 on the area available for hunting in Southwest Florida in 1980, there were 

 about 17 acres per licensed resident hunter. The hunting area for both resi- 

 dent and out-of-state licenses was about 16 acres per hunter. 



The intensity of hunting in Southwest Florida was 508,500 man days of 

 hunting in 1980, projected to 726,100 in 1990, a 42.8% increase. Nearly 60% 



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