TABLE 7. APPROXIMATE HUNTER PARTICIPATION IN THE LISS AREA FOR 1970 



(AH figures X 1000) 



Region 



New York (Long Island) 



6a 



6b, 6c 

 7,8,9 



Total 



Connecticut 



Participants 

 Big Game Small Game 



= 3 

 .5 



3 



Waterfowl 



.03 



1 



4 



5,4 

 3 

 2 

 1 



Total 



o03 

 .04 

 .2 



.5 



.07 



.2 



.1 



.04 



.4 



certain migratory birds from the Labrador-Quebec-Ne^vioundland region and, as such, 

 they provide habitat for the migratory populations of the Atlantic Flyway. The 

 fact that these populations can fluctuate unevenly over a period of years (Table 

 8) suggests that they are highly susceptible to environmental changes. Further 

 loss of wetland habitat in significant proportions could lead to drastic reduc- 

 tions in the waterfowl populations of the Sound, as well as those of the At- 

 lantic Flyway. 



Little information is available for hunter kill by species of up- 

 land game in either Connecticut or Long Island. The most recent information 

 for Long Island are the data provided by the New York State Department of En- 

 vironmental Conservation (Table 9 ), and this is only for two small cooperative 

 hunting units run by the State, both of which are outside the Sound Study bound- 

 aries. Pheasant and cottontail represent major portions of the small 

 game harvest for both Long Island and the LISS portions of Connecticut. Actu- 

 ally, most hunting on the north shore of Long Island is done on private lands, 

 and very little, if any, hunter kill information is available for these areas. 



Hunting demand was determined from present hunting participation 

 figures and projected population figures as adjusted for the LISS region^ It 

 must be emphasized that the hunting demand projections are estimates based 

 solely on statistics. No empirical judgments were attempted. As sho^m in 

 Table 10, all subregions except 6a, 6b, and 6c showed an increase in hunting 

 demand for small game. Waterfowl hunting demand showed increases in all sub- 

 regions with the greatest increases occurring in Suffolk County. Whether or 



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