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Selected Results for the Great Lakes Fishery

In May, 2000, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, in cooperation with all federal, provincial and territorial licensing agencies, undertook the 2000 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada .

Information on angling in Canada has been collected at five-year intervals since 1975. Since 1980, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has requested that information specific to the Great Lakes system be developed in order that they could determine the economic importance of this fishery. This request was made of both the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior since national surveys were being conducted by both agencies.

The surveys are no longer carried out in the same year. Canada has maintained the original five-year interval whereas in the U.S. , the survey is conducted to coincide with census years.

Data has been generated to reflect activity by both residents of the province and visitors who fished in Ontario and, more specifically, on the Great Lakes system.

Survey Highlights

1. Data Source
2. Definition of "Great Lakes Areas"
3. Estimates of Effort and Angler Profile
4. Expenditures
5. Major Purchases and Investments, Package Deals
6. Data Processing and Data Availability
7. Reliability of Data
8. Highlights
9. Comparisons With 1995 Survey

List of Tables
List of Figures
Appendix 1 - Great Lakes Areas Map
Appendix 2 - Definitions
Appendix 3 - Statistical Reliability for Key Variables

Additional information or clarification of the results presented in this report may be obtained by contacting the individual identified below. Copies of the data can be provided. Detailed information on your requirements should be made, in writing, to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Rowena Orok
Chief, Statistical Services
Economic Analysis Division
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
200 Kent St. M.S. 14S049
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0E6

Telephone: (613) 993-2264
Facsimile: (613) 991-3254
E-mail: Orokr@dfo-mpo.gc.ca