fees for fishing and hunting on public lands, and costs not classi- 

 fied in other categories. 



Coastal Area Fished 



The number of salt-water fishermen and their expenditures 

 are divided among the coastal areas of the United States — the 

 Atlantic, the Gulf, and the Pacific. These data are shown in 

 the illustrations on pages 12 and 13 and in the tables on pages 

 44-46. The Atlantic Coast includes the coastal area fi"om 

 Canada south through Dade County, Florida; the Gulf Coast, 

 from Dade County, Florida to Mexico; and the Pacific Coast, 

 from Canada to Mexico. Salt-water fishermen who fished be- 

 yond the territorial limits of the United States and returned to 

 a port in the United States are included in these statistics. Those 

 who fished only from ports outside the United States are not 

 included. 



Fresh-Water and Salt-Water Sport Fishermen and Big- 

 Game, Small-Game, and Waterfowl Sport Hunters 



The number of sport fishermen and hunters in the United 

 States in 1960 is shown in the illustrations on pages 19-22 

 and in the tables on pages 52-54. The tables also show these 

 sportsmen by sex and by age divisions. 



Sport fishermen are classified as fresh-water anglers or salt- 

 water anglers. Fresh-water sport fishing is defined as fishing 

 on inland streams, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and coastal streams 

 above tide limits. Salt-water sport fishing is defined as fishing 

 in the ocean, coastal bays and estuaries, surf, and coastal streams 

 below tide limits. Many anglers fish in both fresh water and 

 salt water. Consequently, the sum of the number of fresh- 

 water anglers and salt-water anglers exceeds the number of total 

 anglers reported. 



Sport hunters are classified as big-game hunters, small-game 

 hunters, and waterfowl hunters. Big-game hunting includes 

 hunting for antelope, bear, deer, elk, javelina (peccary), moose, 

 mountain goat, mountain sheep, wild boar, and wild turkey. 

 .Small-game hunting includes hunting for fox, opossum, rabbit, 

 raccoon, squirrel, dove, grouse, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, 

 prairie chicken, quail, rail, snipe, and woodcock. Waterfowl 

 hunting includes hunting for coot, duck, gallinule (marsh hen), 

 and geese. Many hunters hunt more than one kind of game. 

 Consequently, the sum of the number of the three types of 

 hunters exceeds the total number of hunters reported. 



Population 



The number of sport fishermen and hunters was projected 

 from a sample of households. The relationship of the number 

 of these sportsmen to the population is shown in the illustra- 

 tions on pages 19-25 and in the tables on pages 52-54. The 

 number of households with sport fishermen or hunters is shown 

 in the illustration on page 17 and in the tables on page 51. 

 These data also include the geographic and population density 

 distribution, age, and sex of the sport fishermen and hunters. 



Persons 12 years old and older who fished and/or hunted in 

 1960 are included in this survey. The sum of the "Total who 

 fished'" and "Total who hunted" exceeds the total number of 

 fishermen and hunters because both of these classifications in- 

 clude a number of sportsmen who both fished and hunted. 



The illustrations on pages 28 and 29 and the table on page 

 52 show the sport fishing and hunting population by age and by 

 sex. The sepaTkte tabulations shown for the significant age di- 

 visions are as follows: 



12-15 years. Young teen-agers 



16-17 years. Older teen-agers 



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